Avant Homes submits plan to deliver £20m 80 home development

Wakefield-based housebuilder Avant Homes West Yorkshire has submitted plans and exchanged contracts on a 5.63-acre site in Lofthouse Gate, Wakefield to deliver a £19.9m, 80-home development. Called Lingwell Gate and located on Lingwell Gate Lane in Lofthouse Gate, the site will consist... View Article

Surface360: Wood Effect Porcelain Tiles

Paving Tiles that look like wood to replace traditional timber decking Wood effect porcelain tiles are 20mm thick porcelain tiles suitable for the outdoors, with a hyper-realistic surface finish that mimics the natural grains, knots, textures and irregularities of real... View Article

Vistry and Hyde receive planning approval for 353 new homes

Vistry Group, the UK’s leading provider of mixed-tenure homes, and The Hyde Group (Hyde) have received planning consent from Medway Council for Phases 4 and 5 of Rochester Riverside. These latest phases will deliver 353 new homes at the joint-venture’s... View Article

Foster + Partners’ ‘From Earth to Space and Back’

For three weeks, the ‘EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky’ festival will fill the Kennedy Center with musicians and astronauts, poets and researchers, visual artists and engineers, actors and environmentalists, architects and astronomers, dancers and scientists, filmmakers and space... View Article

Altecnic unveils new display van with renewables focus

  Altecnic Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of hydronic solutions and part of the Caleffi Group, have unveiled their new display van, a mobile showroom designed to bring an extensive range of innovative solutions directly to trade merchants and training... View Article

VIVID begins building new homes

VIVID, a leading provider of affordable homes in the south of England, has started construction work in Bursledon to build 12 new homes. The development will comprise of 7 social rent homes and 5 shared ownership homes, on the cusp... View Article

Why Regulation 38 is essential

Almost eight years on from the tragic events of 14th June 2017, achieving uncompromising fire safety in residential buildings remains a thorny issue for the UK construction sector. One particularly sore topic is around the collation, management and provision of... View Article

Sapphire Balconies Enhance Outdoor Living at Deptford Wharves Plot 4

Sapphire’s balconies are bringing high-quality outdoor living spaces to apartments in Plot 4 of Lendlease’s Deptford Wharves development. A total of 217 apartments feature Sapphire’s Next Generation suite of balconies, complete with flat infill vertical bar balustrades, providing a sleek... View Article

EVO: The Future of Intelligent Charging

Rolec has been manufacturing and supplying affordable electric vehicle charging to families and businesses globally for over 17 years. Throughout this time, we have kept our ear to the ground and listened to what our customers need. Which is why... View Article

Harmonious colour in the bathroom with KEUCO EDITION 11 ART

KEUCO has launched their new EDITION 11 ART series with its tone-on-tone colour concept that creates stunning bathroom furniture: delicate in design yet solid in structure. Colour options are bold and distinctive all the products are available in White, Sand,... View Article

The art of concealment with Pendock

Decorative architectural casing solutions from Pendock have been used for almost four decades to conceal structural elements and building services, with Linea building linings and Radius column casings being the most frequently specified. Linea building linings Comprising nine different architectural... View Article

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN Bright membrane transforms Bordeaux’s Auchan Shopping Centre: towards sustainable architecture and energy efficiency for urban centres

RENOLIT ALKORPLAN’s Bright membrane installation at Bordeaux’s Auchan Shopping Centre exemplifies cutting-edge sustainable and energy-efficient roofing. This lightweight solution has reduced the building’s air conditioning use by 15-20% with its high solar reflectance. As part of the Group’s Cool3 campaign,... View Article