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Designing Buildings includes 6 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
Features and news
Gentle density and the current context of planning changes
How should designers deliver it now as it appears in NPPF.
Making the most of urban land: Brownfield Passports
Policy paper in brief with industry responses welcomed.
The boundaries and networks of the Magonsæte.
MHCLG demolition and retrofit survey closing this week
Helping to inform future updates to national planning policy.
London Build Fire and Security Expo
20-21 Nov and now with new Ambassador Programme..
The Scottish Building Safety Levy
Eight weeks of consultation closing on 18 November.
The grey, the brown and the golden rules of housing
shifting policies from the wild west of housing development.
Future proofing homes that are fit for purpose
Specification challenges and the role of plastic.
Thousands of new homes unlocked for brownfield sites
£68 million to 54 councils for neglected land into new homes.
Roof terraces and higher-risk buildings
Context, review, interpretation, case and guidance..
Sustainable Futures. Redefining Retrofit for Net Zero Living
More speakers confirmed for BSRIA Briefing 2024.
Architecture in Britain and Ireland, 1530 - 1830
Steven Brindle’s book is required reading.
Employment Rights Bill; making work pay
‘Biggest uplift in employment rights law since the 1970s’
Battle for Mill Road Free Library
Years of failures by the county and city councils.
2024 ECA Industry Awards evening
Full list of electrical contractors scooping top prizes.
Briefing on the implications of the final Grenfell inquiry report
What it means for Architectural Technology professionals.
Around the web
Students design Jamie Oliver restaurant.
Construction Management, 28 Oct
‘Modern professionalism is central to changing construction culture’.
Launch of the Scottish Building Standards Hub.
New Homes in New Ways - Collaboration and Innovation through Modern Methods of Construction.
Free modern, Victorian and and mansion block retrofit Guides.
NHBC technical standards.
ISG suppliers facing initial £180m hit.
National Home Decarbonisation Group: Big Retrofit Challenge.
What happens when the BSR investigates an RBCA.
Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?
Competency matrix for Principal Designer Register.
Legal and Technical Advice for Electrical Contractors: Part 1.
Construction Management, 22 Oct
A site manager’s view on quality post-Grenfell.
5th Anniversary Essays.
Minister gives up Grenfell role after objections.
RIBA Stirling Prize winner 2024: The Elizabeth Line.
Construction Management, 17 Oct
Why heat pumps should be hot for commercial buildings.
Chance for Ireland’s most talented construction professionals to shine.