New housing development incorporates renewable heating

Oak Trees is a new housing development in Slough Lane, situated in the market town of Attleborough, within the rural Norfolk landscape. The site consists of 22 houses, chalets and bungalows built in a traditional style. The developer, Bennett Homes,... View Article

Roca London Gallery wins 2013 New London Award

Roca London Gallery by Zaha Hadid Architects has won the 2013 New London Award for retail interiors. Roca London Gallery Manager, Eva Kazmierska, comments: “We are thrilled to win the Retail Interiors category of the New London Awards. The customer... View Article

Turley Associates wins NLA conservation award

Planning consultancy Turley Associates has won the New London Architecture (NLA) 2013 Award for Conservation for the former Queens Cinema development, Bishop’s Bridge Road, London. Michael Lowndes, director at Turley Associates comments: “We are delighted to have won the NLA... View Article

Affordable living created in Darlaston

Darlaston residents are already beginning to take advantage of new affordable homes following a unique deal by Sanctuary Group. More than 50 properties in Woden Road have been purchased by the leading housing and care provider as part of a... View Article

Groundbreaking home ownership plan moves national

A national roll-out of Gentoo’s Genie home purchase plan has been announced today through a partnership with Orbit Homes. Aspiring homeowners in Orbit’s areas of operations across the Midlands, East and South East England will be given access to the... View Article

Strong performance for versatile United House

United House Group, the leading specialist residential developer and social housing contractor, has delivered a strong performance for the year ending 31 December 2012 with Group profit before tax of £21.4million, up by £6.6million on last year, its annual results... View Article

A bona finish for a fir floor

The John Hope Gateway is Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s biodiversity and information centre. It’s a shining example of green construction and sustainability, and the restaurant features a Douglas Fir floor which has just been finished with Bona Traffic HD! The... View Article

RMIG helps create a new image for Norwegian University

A new £30million education development in Bergen, Norway is using more than 2000m2 of aluminium cladding from RMIG, which incorporates thousands of precision perforations to create a series of distinctive images on the building’s exterior. Developed on a site previously... View Article

Benoy celebrates Lan Kwai Fong Wuxi ground breaking

Benoy, a world leader in Architecture, Masterplanning, Interior Architecture and Graphic Design, is excited to celebrate the ground breaking of the much anticipated Lan Kwai Fong development in Wuxi, China. The masterplan and architectural design concept by Benoy were unveiled... View Article

Choose wood, choose FSC

Tallulah Chapman, communications manager, FSC UK discusses the reasons for choosing FSC certified wood for builds. The London 2012 Athlete’s Village was completed last year using 18,508m³ of timber, which is enough to fill 7.5 Olympic swimming pools or stretch... View Article