One of Lord Norman Foster’s first public buildings in the United Kingdom, the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, has received a protected status from Heritage Minister Ed Vaizey. The move was welcomed ...
This unusual little bridge in Sarajevo is the design of three Bosnian product design students in response to a tender issued five years ago. Just completed, the Festina Lente bridge (which translates as ‘to make ...
A new eco-friendly hotel, ‘The Orchard’, has opened for business on The University of Nottingham’s award-winning main campus. The £20 million hotel, funded entirely by the University, has been completed by BAM Construction on a ...
Construction has exploded along the High Line ever since it opened: condos hover over the rehabilitated track and look out onto the Hudson, while the new location of the Whitney Museum is making headway on the southern end of the park ...
On the advice of English Heritage, architecture minister Ed Vaizey has listed Norman Foster’s first major public building: the 1977 Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, in the United Kingdom. According to BDOnline, the popular ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors has announced that Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects will receive the 2013 AIA Architecture Firm Award. Tod Williams, FAIA, and Billie Tsien, AIA, have been working together since ...
Armstrong Ceilings has refreshed its Atelier stand at The Building Centre. Almost three years after debuting at The Building Centre, Armstrong Ceilings has moved its exhibition space there up a gear and relaunched it under ...
Knauf Marmorit, one of the leaders in render systems, has been specified by Speymills Contracts to provide their Noblo system for the new Premier Inn Hotel and Brewers Fayre Restaurant in Widnes, Cheshire.
Vandex Unimortar 1 is a highly versatile waterproof repair mortar. It provides an ideal solution for basement refurbishment work where it can be used as a one coat, high-build tanking slurry, as well as for ...
A zero-energy house under construction in Germany is set to provide the first real-life test for a new façade system that uses live microalgae to provide shade and generate renewable energy at the same time. ...
The MesseTurm Frankfurt is one of the first skyscrapers in Europe to receive a LEED Silver certification in the category ‘Existing Buildings’. The distinction has been awarded by the internationally recognised sustainability certification program LEED ...
With less than one week to go until Decorex International 2012 at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, AV specialist Kensington Home Technology (KHT) has announced that it will be showcasing a host of new products from ...
Ultrascape Flowpoint handles slopes, steps and dancing diggers with ease!
Ideal Standard International, the leading provider of innovative and design-driven bathroom solutions, has launched a new range of products and services designed to provide an all-inclusive solution for selecting, installing and maintaining hotel bathrooms.
An architect based in Penzance, in the far west of Cornwall, Lesley Price has been working on the Chapel Development for 2 years, effectively creating a small hamlet of 5 different houses at the entrance ...
Expansion continues at Lakeside Retail Park, part of the destination shopping area at West Thurrock, Essex, with the expansion of the largest concentration of retail accommodation in Europe.
Alumasc’s Swisrail External Wall Insulation (EWI) system has provided an NHBC approved facade solution for the new Keir Hardie Health Park in South Wales. Designed by the Bristol studio of architects BDP, the health ...
Disraeli Court in Hereford, a sheltered housing development owned by Herefordshire Housing Ltd, was suffering from subsidence problems so severe that the facility had to be closed and the residents moved out. Several repair schemes ...
Forth Valley College, one of the largest in Scotland, has installed 360 Kingspan Renewables Thermomax solar thermal vacuum tubes at two of its newest campuses, Alloa and Stirling. The HP200 tubes were fitted to New ...
Polyflor, the UK’s largest manufacturer of commercial and residential vinyl flooring is delighted to announce that its products have recently been specified by Pure Gym Group Ltd.
For Minerva Plc’s 640,000 sq ft commercial office and retail development – The Walbrook Building, designed by Foster + Partners – air and water tightness around the building’s facade was vitally important. To provide a ...
Axis Automatic Entrance Systems have helped finish the new little Waitrose store in the centre of Ipswich. Waitrose is looking to improve its presence in Ipswich and as well as being part of a major ...
Collinson: When BBC Worldwide were looking for a new long term home for the Doctor Who Experience it was an obvious choice to bring this famous multi-sensory interactive exhibition to a new purpose-built residence in ...
Founded in 2004, Charlotte James is one of Scotland’s leading specialist upholstery manufacturers and has an established and skilled workforce creating a range of both classic and contemporary pieces. Unit 20/21 Dryden Vale Bilston Glen ...
Jessica Zoob trained at Central School of Art and Nottingham University, during which she travelled extensively, spending time on research in China and exploring other parts of Indonesia. For seven years, she worked as a ...
Bernard Thorp & Company hand screen printers of fabrics and wallpapers in London since 1971 All fabrics and wallpapers are created to suit individual requirements and personal taste with designs being meticulously hand-screen printed in ...