Spec: products and solutions for your designs
Boring facades can seriously damage your health
What does neuroscience tell us about what to promote or avoid in facade design?
Checklist: designing and specifying flat roofs
Mark Austin, technical director at SpecStudio, lists the elements to review to develop a thorough flat roof specification
For the Avicii Arena, a new retractable roof is an acoustic game changer
A massive new foldaway internal roof enables the venue to rapidly transform in response to its events schedule
Wick Lane: an integrated new development where rooflines salute the past
dRMM's east London Wick Lane development blends industrial and residential space, and references local heritage via its roof forms
The importance of designing spaces that sound as good as they look
Sound, too often the afterthought of building design, can make people feel inspired and connected to spaces
Cowley Manor: an old swimming pool becomes stone-clad hotel space
At a listed country house hotel, De Matos Ryan devised a stone and timber-framed pavilion on the former site of a swimming pool
Powers of Ten competition: play with scale to gain pounds
Competition: create an object, installation, building or urban intervention that plays on the idea of scale, to create wonder, drama or even shock
Costed: Envelope and cladding materials
Nicola Sharkey, UK insights and research lead at Gleeds, advises on envelope and cladding product costs
Walworth Town Hall: bold new interiors behind roof risen from the ashes
At fire-damaged, Grade II-listed Walworth Town Hall, Feix&Merlin has worked within original roof dimensions to create striking spaces from modern materials
Reach for the sky: The Rooflight Co.
Human expertise combines with advanced manufacturing techniques to create The Rooflight Co’.s products
Spatial beauty and surprise: designing bespoke houses
A PiP webinar featured presentations on houses shortlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2024
Capella: All clear at King’s Cross
The door and window choices for the 14-storey Capella housing scheme in King’s Cross
In association with Meesons
Bronze finish is the winner at high-end office
Slimline, speedy entry system provides discreet, space-saving security
In association with Franke
3 ways to build inclusivity into your kitchen designs
A trio of great products for your clients - and all the people who live with them
In association with Charcoalblue