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Gomos #1 – concrete modular design inspired by sewer-pipe engineering

Wednesday, 30th August 2017

The Gomos System is the result of a business R&D project. It is a concrete modular system which presents an accurate and efficient answer to the contemporary need for simplifying and accelerating the building processes. It is an evolutionary system,... View Article

At 18 storeys, Mjøsa Tower in Brumunddal to take title of world’s tallest wooden building

Tuesday, 29th August 2017

When completed in March 2019, Mjøsa Tower in the Norwegian town of Brumunddal will be the world’s tallest wooden building. The construction, which started in early April this year, is an example of how wood can be substituted for concrete,... View Article

Earth House – empowering people with abundant, sustainable materials

Friday, 25th August 2017

The 189.3 m2 house is located 25 minutes away from the city centre of Mérida. The intention behind building with earth is to create harmony between vernacular and modern architecture, tradition and technology, past and present; creating a style that... View Article

Metsä Wood: Dome of visions made from sustainable wood

Wednesday, 23rd August 2017

Aarhus in Denmark is the European Capital of Culture in 2017 and for this occasion, a huge transparent dome of glue-laminated timber will serve as the Aarhus municipal pavilion for building culture. The dome-shaped wooden building, Dome of Visions, is... View Article

Taylor Lane completes MOD Housing Development

Wednesday, 23rd August 2017

Taylor Lane Timber Frame has supplied and erected timber frame kits for 322 three and four bedroom homes for service personnel and their families based at barracks on and around Salisbury Plain. The circa £70 million housing development in Tidworth,... View Article

As part of the ongoing regeneration of Slough town centre, Barnshaws Section Benders has provided curved steel to support The Curve, the new cultural and learning centre: a project delivered by Slough Urban Renewal on behalf of Slough Borough Council. The steel forms part of the building’s façade, which delivers a truly modern aesthetic, intended to uplift the local area. As a result, the building has been awarded ‘Development of the Year 2017’ at the Thames Valley Property Awards.

Barnshaws put The Curve in Slough

Wednesday, 16th August 2017

As part of the ongoing regeneration of Slough town centre, Barnshaws Section Benders has provided curved steel to support The Curve, the new cultural and learning centre: a project delivered by Slough Urban Renewal on behalf of Slough Borough Council.... View Article

British-designed 365m Küçük Çamlıca TV tower construction is underway

Tuesday, 8th August 2017

Construction of Istanbul’s 356m high Küçük Çamlıca TV Tower (KCTV), with facades devised by UK building engineering designers Newtecnic, has commenced. When the futuristic building is completed the £36m structure will be the city’s tallest replacing several unsightly existing broadcast... View Article

Rocksplit House: local stone “kotounto” construction aids with heat dissipation

Monday, 7th August 2017

Cometa Architects’ Rocksplit house utilizes traditional stone cladding methods to regulate thermal exchange, keeping the building cool. The steep ground and the plot’s narrow dimensions determine the pronounced form of the building which rises from the mountain and over the... View Article

I-Architecture: the “fourth industrial revolution”

Monday, 7th August 2017

The project focuses on the complexities of housing crisis in London and Spain questioning contemporary modes of production. Studying systems in architecture and digital fabrication methods, the project proposes a fully automated mode of production embracing a post-capitalistic scenario. An... View Article

Alingsås district court shortlisted in international architectural competition

Monday, 7th August 2017

Tengbom designed the Alingsås district court’s zinc-clad extension with respect both to the people and to the democratic rule of law. Now the building has gone through to the next round in the prestigious WAF Awards, competing against projects from... View Article

Zeitz MOCAA Section by Heatherwick Studio

Heatherwick Studio overcome concrete challenges at Zeitz Museum

Friday, 21st July 2017

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), will open to the public at Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront on 22 September 2017, the world’s largest museum dedicated to contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora, designed by internationally acclaimed... View Article

WilkinsonEyre with Brisac Gonzales have secured planning consent for 18 Blackfriars

WilkinsonEyre Brisac Gonzalez glazed mixed-use Blackfriars scheme secures planning consent

Thursday, 20th July 2017

WilkinsonEyre with Brisac Gonzalez have secured planning consent for 18 Blackfriars, a 111,500m² mixed use scheme in London, SE1. At 53 storeys the residential tower by WilkinsonEyre has been designed to create a unique new building on the London skyline... View Article

Images; top left: Barretts Grove © Timothy Soar, top middle: The British Museum World Conservation and Exhibitions Centre © Joas Souza, top right: City of Glasgow College - City Campus © Keith Hunter, bottom left: Command of the Oceans © Hélène Binet, bottom middle: Hastings Pier © Alex de Rijke, bottom right: Photography Studio for Juergen Teller © Johan Dehlin

2017 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced: judges comment on the materials used for each project

Thursday, 20th July 2017

The shortlist for the prestigious 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building has been announced today (Thursday 20 July). The six shortlisted buildings (below) will now go head-to-head for architecture’s highest accolade, to be awarded by the Royal Institute... View Article

GRAHAM Construction has successfully delivered the new £13million Chester Bus Interchange, with the landmark facility now open to the public and full services in operation.

Landmark Chester Bus Interchange opens to the public with striking timber, steel and grass curved roof

Thursday, 20th July 2017

Graham Construction has successfully delivered the new £13million Chester Bus Interchange, with the landmark facility now open to the public and full services in operation. A key element of the £300million Chester Northgate in the city centre, the interchange will significantly improve... View Article

Chapman Taylor’s new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express, built off-site from purpose built steel shipping containers, has been completed at Manchester’s Trafford City. It is the first hotel in the North West to be built using this particular type of volumetric modular construction.

Chapman Taylor uses steel shipping containers to create first volumetric modular hotel in Manchester

Friday, 14th July 2017

Chapman Taylor’s new 220 bedroom Holiday Inn Express, built off-site from purpose built steel shipping containers, has been completed at Manchester’s Trafford City. It is the first hotel in the North West to be built using this particular type of... View Article

Steel structure of Beijing’s new international airport passenger terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects has been completed

Steel structure of Beijing’s new terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects has been completed

Friday, 14th July 2017

With the city’s existing airport at capacity, Beijing’s new international airport will serve the world’s fastest growing aviation sector. Initially accommodating 72 million passengers per year (630,000 flights/year on four runways), the new airport is designed for further expansion to... View Article

Contemporary design and flexible teaching spaces are at the heart of Bishop Grosseteste University’s £2.2 million redevelopment, which has now completed on site. Delivered by Lincoln-based architects LK2 and local construction company Robert Woodhead Ltd, working with Sutherland Consulting and Price & Myers. The project was carried out in two phases and saw a circa 7,770 sq ft extension added to the Constance Stewart Hall to accommodate new, flexible teaching space.

Redevelopment of Bishop Grosseteste University chooses steel frame to add a contemporary and modern twist

Thursday, 13th July 2017

Contemporary design and flexible teaching spaces are at the heart of Bishop Grosseteste University’s £2.2 million redevelopment, which has now completed on site. Delivered by Lincoln-based architects LK2 and local construction company Robert Woodhead Ltd, working with Sutherland Consulting and Price & Myers. The... View Article

Benchmark Architects' Huntingdon Crematorium

Benchmark‘s design for new crematorium proposes palette of simple brickwork

Wednesday, 12th July 2017

Benchmark Architects expands its unusual portfolio of projects with a design for a graceful new crematorium and burial ground at Jubilee Park, Huntingdon. The materials proposed are a simple palette of crisp white brick work and grey texture bricks, with gold... View Article

A new arts centre in West Yorkshire built by Wildgoose Construction (main build contractors) has opened its doors to the public. Designed by Matlock architecture practice Evans Vettori, the Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax combined the traditional eighteenth century red brick building with concrete, aged-copper, wood and glass. The entrance foyer also has a feature etched glass wall by architectural artist Sarah Galloway and provides access to the adjacent Piece Hall.

Derbyshire Arts Centre combines traditional red brick with concrete, copper, wood and glass

Wednesday, 12th July 2017

A new arts centre in West Yorkshire built by Wildgoose Construction (main build contractors) has opened its doors to the public. Designed by Matlock architecture practice Evans Vettori, the Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax combined the traditional eighteenth century... View Article

Space Group completes listed refurbishment with concrete and glass

Monday, 10th July 2017

This is the refurbishment and extension of a Grade II listed building on Tredegar Square in East London. A new extension replaced an existing one which had come to the end of its lifespan. A space once characterised by heavy... View Article