A centre of learning

Ulster University’s new campus is a significant and complex achievement that knits a formerly suburban education provision into a busy part of Belfast’s city centre. Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios describes the scheme to ADF’s Tom Boddy The historic and newly... View Article

New social value on the block

James Parker reports on MVRDV’s scheme to transform a Paris city block, which produced a scheme that visually celebrates its intertwined mix of office, library and hotel spaces, and added further value with social housing Montparnasse sits in the south... View Article

Dulux: Helping You Design For Dementia

This week marks Dementia Action Week – an initiative from the Alzheimer’s Society that looks to raise awareness of dementia and signpost to the support available to those living with the condition and their families. AkzoNobel brands Dulux Trade and... View Article

Crittall’s West End Success

Recently completed is the refurbishment of a substantial mixed-use building in the plush Fitzrovia/Marylebone area of central London. Crittall Windows made a significant contribution to both the aesthetic and sustainability of the seven-storey Devonshire House that commands the corner of... View Article

Magply makes its mark at Futurebuild

The five foot high flame billowing from a fan unit on the corner of IPP’s stand at Futurebuild ensured the 16,000 specifiers who toured the exhibition (Excel London, 5-7th March) were left in little doubt regarding one of the key... View Article

Luceco’s Sigma at the Liver Building

Luceco has recently supplied their Sigma luminaires to the Royal Liver Building. The building overlooks the River Mersey from its waterfront location on the Pier Head and forms one of the ‘Three Graces’ along with the Port of Liverpool Building... View Article

Styles’ Scott McKenna Runs for StrongMen Charity

Scott McKenna, Style south’s specification manager, recently completed his first official half marathon in 2hrs 20mins, raising money for the StrongMen charity which provides support for men suffering from bereavement. McKenna said, “The London Landmarks event was really well organised,... View Article

Discreetly ecological, on a grand scale

Nottingham-based CPMG Architects spoke to ADF’s Tom Boddy about their phase of an extensive hotel and spa complex under construction west of Shanghai, which is driven by sustainability and embedded into the landscape Situated two hours west of Shanghai and... View Article