Small is beautiful on World Green Roof Day

Small roof spaces – from bike sheds to bus stops, kitchen extensions to home offices – make perfect homes for beautiful green roofs and industry experts supporting this year’s World Green Roof Day on June 6th are encouraging everyone to... View Article

WGRD’s window of opportunity for urban greening

Market-leading modular green roof manufacturer Wallbarn has joined forces with World Green Roof Day organisers in calling for people to look out of their windows and identify flat roofs that would be perfect for transforming into insect and bird friendly... View Article

High demand training courses offered by Mapei

Mapei’s purpose-built training facility, located opposite the UK Headquarters in Halesowen, West Midlands, cements the company’s commitment to providing ongoing support to its customers and construction professionals through courses across various product lines and specialisms. Situated at Mapei’s Midland House,... View Article

Vent-Axia urges filter-check on Clean Air Day 2019

Sussex-based Vent-Axia, a leading British ventilation manufacturer, is urging households to check their ventilation filters for Clean Air Day on Thursday, 20 June 2019. Clean Air Day is co-ordinated by environmental charity Global Action Plan and aims to raise awareness of... View Article

Futurebuild 2019: addressing architects’ challenges

Futurebuild, the new name for Ecobuild, remains the leading event for architects and specifiers to meet and learn, be inspired, and do business, adding new features for 2019 Futurebuild 2019 (formerly Ecobuild) will focus on exploring and tackling the biggest challenges... View Article

Mapei to feature at Architect@Work 2019 exhibition

Mapei UK will be exhibiting at Architect@Work 2019, situated at London’s Old Truman Brewery on 30-31 January. The theme for this year’s event is “future-proof”, where Mapei will make a fitting display as it exhibits two of its products: Ultratop... View Article

London Festival of Architecture 2019 call for entries opens

The call for entries for the London Festival of Architecture 2019 is now open: an opportunity for all individuals and organisations interested in London’s built environment to be part of the world’s largest architecture festival when it returns to the... View Article

Remmers showcase at W18/Elements Exhibition

Environmentally-friendly and sustainable aren’t just buzzwords for Remmers (UK) Ltd, who will showcase their new LW-722 stain finish at the W18/Elements Exhibition which starts on 30th September. Replacing fossil fuels with biomass process technology, they have used cutting edge technology... View Article

2018 Stephen Lawrence Prize shortlist revealed

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the Stephen Lawrence Prize, with this year marking its’ twenty-first anniversary. Seven projects have been shortlisted, including woodland classrooms for a school, a touching memorial to 173 people who... View Article

2018 RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist announced

The shortlist for the prestigious 2018 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK’s best new building has been announced. The shortlist of six exceptional buildings comprises student housing, an office building, cemetery, art gallery, lecture theatre and a nursery school. The... View Article

Bamboo pavilion uses innovative construction technique

Part of the Rencontres d’Arles festival, CONTEMPLATION is a hybrid initiative combining photography, architecture, and music. Photographs by Buddhist monk and thinker Matthieu Ricard are displayed in a setting especially conceived for the project: a unique 1,000 square metre pavilion made of bamboo.... View Article