Snickers Workwear Climate Control – Baselayer Underwear

Dressing for the cold is like building a house – start with a good foundation. The Snickers Workwear Baselayer clothing for professional tradesmen and women uses high-tech breathable fabrics for ventilation and body moisture transport for sustainable warmth and comfort.... View Article

UNStudio completes the largest retail complex in north Shanghai

UNStudio, in collaboration with Nihon Sekkei, recently completed the Shanghai Jiuguang Centre. The design for this brand new retail destination, which sits in the middle of a bustling Shanghai neighbourhood merges an advanced commercial ecosystem with a human-centric, customer-friendly destination.... View Article

L&G Modular pipeline reaches over 800 homes

Legal & General Modular Homes is proposing a new neighbourhood of innovative modular homes at Bore Hill Farm in Warminster. The plan, the first of its kind in Wiltshire, would deliver 95 highly sustainable, energy efficient and affordable homes on... View Article

MS Fire Retardant, from Delta Membranes

LISTEN HERE 🔊 David J Symes from Delta Membrane Systems Limited discusses the versatility of Delta MS 500 Fire Retardant membranes when it comes future proofing construction In an age where prevention to fire is rightly under scrutiny in the... View Article

Episode 3 of the Building Insights podcast is now live

The third episode of the Building Insights podcast is now available! In this episode, Antony Wood, executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH speaks to the managing editor of Architects’ Datafile, James Parker, about... View Article

Focussing on fire safety

GEZE UK has revised a piece of lifesaving learning – the popular RIBA-approved CPD Specifying, Installing and Maintaining Ironmongery for Fire Doors has been completely revised and updated and includes new visuals and updates to regulations all in GEZE’s new... View Article

Acoustic panels can embrace the extreme

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Recent tests have shown that Troldtekt acoustic panels withstand moisture levels up to 98%, even when combined with high temperatures up to 40°C. These latest tests were carried out by the accredited Danish Technological Institute to the... View Article

The New Snickers Workwear Body-Mapping Pile Jacket

Taking working comfort and layering systems to a whole new level.   The Snickers Workwear climate control system includes functional base layers, insulating mid layers and weather-protective outer layers.  These technically advanced working clothes allow craftsmen and craftswomen to adjust... View Article

Passivhaus goes large

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Agar Grove is set to become the UK’s largest Passivhaus scheme, with its housing tenants already seeing the benefits from the first completed phase. James Woodward, architect at Hawkins\Brown, tells Roseanne Field why the practice decided to... View Article

Opening a new volume in NYC

LISTEN HERE 🔊 A renovation project on 5th Avenue opens up a public library facility and resolves the functional anomalies of a former department store to provide high quality spaces for all users. James Parker reports on a fruitful collaboration... View Article