All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 10
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CommentWhat do we need from the next London mayor?
Ben Derbyshire suggests a few fresh policies for a more sustainabile and equitable built environment
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CommentHow to make mass housing for individuals
Simon Saint at Woods Bagot argues for a different approach to achieve efficiencies at scale but also consumer choice
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CommentGreen Homes Grant fiasco highlights lack of national retrofit programme
The failure to properly fund domestic retrofit puts a national programme further out of reach
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CPDCPD 1 2021: Specifying roofs to reduce fire risk
This CPD, sponsored by ROCKWOOL, explains how to apply fire-conscious design, construction and materials specification to a building’s fifth facade – its roof
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CommentTen top tips for post-pandemic resi
Yolande Barnes on how developers and investors can respond to increasing demand for home workspaces
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CommentHow to innovate and make the most of brownfield sites
Turley’s Amy Cooper looks at the ZED Pods housing scheme in Bristol as an example of optimising land in our cities
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CPDCPD 10 2020: Daylight design for commercial buildings using structural glazing
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, explains how the maximising of daylight through bespoke structural glazing can improve wellbeing and productivity of a building’s occupants as well as cutting energy costs, and sets out the specification considerations
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InformationOn demand | Interview with Simone de Gale, CEO, Simone de Gale Architects
On demand: Listen to the discussion between Simone de Gale and Elizabeth Hopkirk
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InformationOn demand | Interview with Anne Kemp, fellow and technical director, Atkins and chair of UK BIM Alliance
On demand: Anne Kemp joins Building for its Digital Building Week
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In FocusCould covid spell the end of open-plan living?…
… probably not, but people are reassessing their housing needs, with room for home-working and outdoor space top of the wishlist. Now housebuilders are starting to rethink home designs
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InformationWebinar | Outcome based design: Better project outcomes through efficient design
On demand: How efficient design, collaboration and specification lead to better project outcomes
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In FocusCan manufacturers produce enough materials to go round?
As sites start to reopen will material shortages slow down work?
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CPDCPD 23 2019: Benefits of underfloor heating
This CPD, sponsored by WMS, will look at factors that can impact the use of underfloor heating systems and more
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CPDCPD 22 2019: Saving water and energy
This CPD, sponsored by Franke Sissons, will consider how to conserve water and the ways specifiers can help to reduce water consumption
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CPDCPD 21 2019: Guidance on thermal comfort in the learning environment
This CPD, sponsored by Kingspan Insulation, looks at how to meet Building Regulations Part L and thermal comfort recommendations
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In FocusYour essential guide to extra care housing
Where’s the work and who is doing it in this growing sector
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In FocusBuilding Better, Building Beautiful report: Style and substance?
The commission’s interim findings address questions of planning and engagement but there’s less about resource
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In FocusBarking fire: what can we learn?
The blaze at a Building Regs-compliant, timber-clad residential block prompts searching questions