Housebuilders call for greater accuracy in river pollution rules

Overestimates of the amount of river polluting nutrients housebuilding generates is leading councils to delay 100,000 new homes’ planning applications, claims the Home Builders Federation. A new report by planning consultancy Lichfields shows Natural England’s pollutant methodology to be based... View Article

The Daylight Award 2022 laureates announced

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara from Grafton Architects, and Anna Wirz-Justice receive The Daylight Award 2022 On the UNESCO International Day of Light, The Daylight Award announces the 2022 Laureates: Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara for their architecture, and Anna... View Article

High-quality student accommodation on the rise

Nicola Ball of architects KKA says that as universities face greater competition to attract students from both home and abroad, accommodation has become an important differentiator, which has led to standards rising across the country Student accommodation is not what... View Article

Sound advice for educational settings

Nigel Watkins of Rockfon shares some thoughts and guidance on specifying acoustic ceiling and wall solutions to help create the ideal conditions for successful study Schools and places for education are no longer where students simply sit in rows in... View Article

Flexible rooms for future learning

Neil Miller from QIC Trims looks at how the flexibility needed in modern education environments can be achieved by specifying glass partitions, meaning that teachers can be relieved of the need to alter the contents of a space A glass partition’s... View Article

Keller – positive about being carbon negative!

Caring for the environment is a priority for everyone – both trade professionals and consumers – and, by choosing Keller for the home, the designer, specifier and homeowner is doing the utmost in the first step, the kitchen furniture. Keller... View Article

Insight into Self Build with KTS

Invite to join – Kingspan Timber Solutions – Insight into Self Build Event Participants will have the chance to gain some valuable self-build insights from the KTS team of experts You will also have the opportunity to explore five luxury... View Article

Enabling multi-purpose sustainable schemes

Enabling green and blue into the existing infrastructure is often overlooked. Deemed impossible or expensive. Retrofitting, however, is possible and has the potential to deliver excellent results across the sustainability agenda. How we work with you We work with a... View Article

Kaldewei bathroom solutions – introducing Whirl systems

Kaldewei Whirl systems combine top quality, state-of-the-art bathroom design with the joy of a luxurious private spa, offering intensive massage, a gentle caress or floating weightless in the water. Installed in Kaldewei steel enamel bathtubs, these systems impress with their... View Article

Sika moves Parex Monorex GM production to the UK

UK leader in construction chemicals Sika, has moved production of its most popular colours in the Parex Monorex GM render range from France to the UK to match the expectation and growth in demand from its customers and drive down... View Article

Tiles for any type of pool with Aquatechnica

With solutions for competition, spa and health clubs, residential and outdoor pools, Aquatechnica™ system-based tiles are now available exclusively through Parkside Architectural Tiles & Strata Technical Tiles. For tile solutions for swimming pools turn to Aquatechnica™, a system-based approach that... View Article

Blue Sky thinking transforms disused barn

Blue Sky Barn is a fascinating conversion of a disused barn into a four-bedroom family home. Situated on a farm in England’s Norfolk, architects 31/44 have used form and materials to preserve the memory of the original agricultural structure in... View Article

Do you know Lecico Bathrooms?

Lecico Bathrooms are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of bathrooms and washroom products. Lecico manufactures a range of internationally certified sanitaryware products sold under Atlas Trade, Atlas Pro and Design Series brands. The Atlas Pro product range provides a... View Article

Bottoms up: Clegg Food Projects begins work at new distillery

National construction company Clegg Food Projects is working on a scheme to construct a new head office, production, and distribution centre for Alcohols Limited, near Watling Street on the A5, northeast of Rugby. Part of the family-owned Palmer Group, Alcohols Limited Langley... View Article

Ask the Manufacturer – The building blocks of success

To celebrate the family firm’s 75th anniversary, Jack Wooler of Housebuilder & Developer talks to Giles de Lotbiniere, Chairman of Lignacite, about the company’s foundation, and what makes it special In 1947, retired ex-serviceman and engineer, Sir Edmond de Lotbiniere,... View Article