Parkside improves your tile specification experience

Finding the right tile for your project is now easy with Parkside’s new website. Whatever your specification mission, the new Parkside website makes it easy to find the right answer from a choice of over 20,000 commercial tiles. Whether you’re... View Article

Combinations unlocked

Combining cladding with stone, brick and other materials on residential facades can create character and have effective results, as Lisa Grosse from Cedral explains Contemporary houses are particularly suitable for combining cladding materials – we are seeing a shift away... View Article

Challenges & opportunities

Dennis Milligan from the British Flue & Chimney Manufacturers Association gives his view on the ups and downs for the stove and chimney/flue industries currently The regulatory framework for construction is changing; from the Building Safety Act to the Building... View Article

Google HQ: Bearing the weight of a grand vision

Landmark developments such as Google’s UK headquarters need construction materials that can match the quality of the architectural vision. In Lignacite, Lyons & Annoot found the ideal concrete block partner… The Project As the first Google-designed and owned building outside the... View Article

The sustainability of galvanized steel

Galvanized steel is an integral part of everyday life and is all around us. But how does its prevalence today affect the environment of the future? How sustainable is it? What role does it play in the circular economy? And... View Article

Troldtekt v-line is cutting edge

LISTEN HERE Troldtekt’s award-winning ‘design solutions’ range has been extended with the addition of the new v-line variant. v-line 1way and v-line 2way both comprise panels with either 6 or 10 longitudinal grooves milled into the surface of standard 25mm... View Article

Grow your tile knowledge with CPD sessions

Join Parkside’s RIBA approved CPD seminar sessions at its Clerkenwell Sustainability and Design Studio to keep your career progressing and expand your knowledge on how tiles can contribute to great design and better sustainability in your projects. Unlocking knowledge on... View Article

Lighter, brighter homes

Glass balustrades are one of the fastest-growing glazing products in Europe and F.H. Brundle have the widest range of innovative, stylish and installer-friendly, handrailing and balustrade ranges available. Homeowners, architects and product designers have striven to introduce as much transparent... View Article

There’s more to floors

Manufacturers can help specifiers navigate their carpet choices to help underpin sustainability aims, says Becky Gordon from Interface Building sustainably is a challenge that applies at a macro level across entire projects. However, there’s no silver bullet; it’s ultimately achieved... View Article

The compliance balancing act

Balancing air quality and guidance with meeting energy and carbon reduction metrics can be a challenge. Ian Rogers from Gilberts Blackpool offers compliance advice  Designers and specifiers of HVAC are facing a raft of new, diverse issues to address, prompting... View Article

A neat solution for a variety of projects

Available in plank, tile and herringbone looks, Origin 55 Engineered Click Acoustic is the new luxury vinyl tiles floor from IVC Commercial that provides installation and comfort benefits. Using an advanced multi-layer construction to provide installation and comfort benefits, IVC... View Article

Educational Nordic Copper

LISTEN HERE The architectural clarity of a new teaching facility at Gresham’s School in Norfolk – incorporating panels of Nordic Brown Light pre-oxidised copper alongside full-height glazing – typifies an innovative approach to education. Enabled by Sir James Dyson, a... View Article

A world first moves Unilin Panels closer to circularity

Transformational recycling technology from Unilin Panels reclaims wood fibre from HDF and MDF and gives it a second life. MDF and HDF boards are commonly used in furniture and interior design, yet it has been impossible to recover and recycle... View Article

Improved smoke protection

Series 61 (S61) is the latest smoke control damper to come to market from Gilberts, Britain’s leading independent air movement specialist. The single ‘door sized’ S61 compliments the company’s established, successful UKCA certified and CE marked Series 60 (S60) smoke... View Article

Resapol – Northwood Town Wall

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Resapol, the UK’s trusted supplier of Specialist Construction Products, recently worked with existing customer Northwood House Charitable Trust for the recommendation of suitable products for the renovation of the Town Wall Entrance to Northwood House, situated in... View Article