Plans have been approved for Plot 5 Central Square, a new 35 storey residential tower next to Cardiff Central station. Designed by Scott Brownrigg for developer Rightacres, the new tower will be the tallest in Wales and will provide 364... View Article

Bargate Homes has been awarded Premier Guarantee’s National Excellence Award for Development of the Year for its flagship £128m Rivercross scheme in Warsash, Hampshire, as well as the highly coveted Developer of the Year. The Premier Guarantee Excellence Awards recognise... View Article

Plans to regenerate a brownfield site in the centre of Hemel Hempstead with 56 one- and two-bedroom homes and a purpose-built headquarters for homeless charity, DENS have been given the green light.  The Paradise Depot site, off St Albans Road,... View Article

Despite an overall upbeat assessment of construction output from the Purchasing Managers’ Index in its most recent report, it shows the housebuilding sector is in a state of crisis, according to the Federation of Master Builders. May ‘s PMI Index... View Article

Construction work has begun on the Chengdu Jiaozi Courtyard Towers, the MVRDV-designed mixed-use complex that will complete the last empty site in Chengdu’s Jiaozi Park Financial and Business District, located right next to the district’s central building complex, the Tianfu... View Article

netMAGmedia, which publishes a range of media brands for the construction industry, recently held its inaugural Building Insights LIVE round table at the Building Centre in London, bringing specifiers and suppliers together to discuss their key topics. The event was... View Article

Zaha Hadid Architects and Chicago-based ArchAgenda launch METROTOPIA, a unique metaverse venture dedicated to becoming the virtual communication hub for the global design community. The Metrotopia Metaverse launched with a virtual Venice Architecture Biennale exhibition entitled ‘Knowledge Transfer’ displaying current... View Article

With energy prices remaining impossibly high, installing energy efficient systems and appliances remains a key consideration for most undertaking a self-build project. In this article we speak to Katie Georgeson at 4Lite about outdoor lighting installations and the products and... View Article

Avant Homes West Yorkshire has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of a construction director to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion. Freddie Woodworth, who joins from residential developer Vistry Partnerships, has more than 20 years’ experience in the construction... View Article

Planning and design consultancy Marrons has strengthened its architectural team with a trio of hires. Principal architect Chloe Willis and architectural assistant Shannon Lander will be working from Marrons’ Bristol hub, while Zubair Hussain, also an architectural assistant, will be based in Birmingham. Chloe... View Article