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Architecture apprenticeships could be threatened by government plans. Norman Foster: Stirling winner sends important message about investing in infrastructure. Fresh Birmingham-to-Manchester rail link mooted as HS2 northern leg substitute. Emerging practice Alt Studios submits Newcastle infill mews plans.
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The AJ’s Competitions Editor rounds up the best UK and international architectural competitions – including frameworks, ideas contests, high-profile commissions and other opportunities. The Holcim Foundation is now accepting entries to its annual awards programme featuring a $1 million prize fund [11 February 2025]
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The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings. Building studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools. How ‘sponge city’ Rotterdam is adapting to climate change. The Dutch city is creating public spaces that balance development with increased biodiversity.
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The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings. The latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education. Heatherwick Studio’s Vessel reopens after three-year closure.
Building regs 2022: what’s changed and what you need to know
Jun 15, 2022 · New and replacement heating systems in both domestic and non-domestic builds must have a maximum flow temperature of 55°C. Existing non-domestic buildings must improve the efficiency of heating and hot water boiler systems through installation of new controls. In new buildings (non-domestic), the minimum lighting efficacy has been raised to 80 ...
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Full AJ100 rankings: Foster + Partners tops league of UK’s largest ...
Jun 18, 2021 · 4/5 Foster + Partners’ vision for a modular resort on the Red Sea of Shurayrah. Foster + Partners remains the UK’s largest employer of architects, retaining the top spot in the AJ100 rankings for the 10th year in a row. Norman Foster’s practice now employers 383 qualified architects, up two from last year, extending its lead to 30 over ...
Top contractor heads for collapse, leaving doubts over major …
Sep 20, 2024 · The six companies that have applied for administration are: ISG Construction Ltd, ISG Engineering Services Ltd, ISG Jackson Ltd ISG Retail Limited, ISG UK Retail Ltd and ISG Central Services Ltd. According to the most recent filed accounts for ISG Construction covering the year ending 31 December 2022, the company had an income of £545 million ...
Maggie’s Centre, Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow by OMA
Oct 20, 2011 · It actually re-imagines what a skyscraper can be, whereas SOM’s Freedom Tower in New York, a landmark because of height alone, remains squarely stuck in the past. So the Koolhaas-designed Maggie’s Centre, located in the middle of the Gartnavel Hospital campus in Glasgow, was always going to be the most provocative, the most interesting of ...
Saving the earth: making the case for rammed earth architecture
Apr 15, 2021 · Rammed earth is seen by some as primitive, or associated with poverty. Yet it can be rendered, clad, painted, plastered, dry-lined or sealed and so used as a direct replacement for energy-hungry clay bricks or concrete blocks. It is formed largely from aggregates – sands and gravels – with a small clay content acting as a binder.