1. Buildings

MacEwen Award 2020: Deadline extended until 11pm tomorrow!

This is the final call for entries to the MacEwen Award. Socially conscious projects were never more important, and recognition for your scheme awaits. Don't miss your chance

1 November 2019

  1. Products

Latest ideas to clad your building

It’s what you dress your project in that makes the biggest impression. PiP offers some help with procuring the final coat

18 November 2019

  1. Culture

What was the Bauhaus legacy in Britain?

Dessau’s Torten Estate featured in an influential lecture and exhibition concentrating on the housing crisis, given by Walter Gropius just before left the UK for America

15 November 2019

Editor's choice

Featherstone Young’s home for a pair of retired doctors in Rutland hugs the village boundary to avoid sprawl and preserve a meadow

The modern rural newcomer to Rutland that’s ‘a joy to live in’

Individuality and sociability blend in designs that invite customisation in this typically imaginative project by Peter Barber Architects

Peter Barber pulls off another rich mini-district

Web savvy and client focused, Architecture for London is not bound by the old rules in how it wins commissions, or executes them, as at this Victorian villa in Dartmouth Park

Tszwai So argues this refurbished villa shows why the typology should be treated more seriously

Piercy&Company's conversion of two Victorian warehouses for Fora eschews industrial brashness for a calm, disciplined interior united by a dramatic stairway

Members' club meets business hotel in Piercy&Company's new premises for Fora

Donald Trump might not believe in climate change but luckily individual states – and more importantly practices – are working to ensure responsible design

Olson Kundig on designing with climate change in mind and a plethora of energy codes

In association with Norbord

Flooring

The flooring manufacturer's products for healthcare settings have been rated for their adherence to dementia design principles and usability in dementia-inclusive environments

Danfloor specialist carpets awarded dementia certification

The latest vinyl floorcoverings to mimic wood, stone and ceramics offer specifiers all the beauty of the real thing with the added benefits of easy cleaning and lower costs

Where style meets function: Forbo vinyl floorcoverings

GTI Max flooring provides a quick and durable renovation option for high and heavy traffic areas and was the ideal solution for a soccer dome conversion in the Channel Islands

GTI Max flooring specified at Channel Islands activity centre

Polished concrete with inlays and trims demands expertise in design and a masterful touch in installation. Lazenby's floors are shining examples

Lazenby brings elegance and beauty to concrete floors

Junckers' Oak Boulevard hardwood flooring is durable, beautiful and - in a new Rustic White oiled finish - a thoroughly modern solution for light-filled interiors

Junckers extends its signature Oak Boulevard flooring range

Doors and windows

The Senior Architectural Systems aluminium range offers low U-values, slim profiles and a range of opening types

Senior's Pure aluminium windows offer maximum design flexibility

Ridgeglaze and Flushglaze fixed rooflights have been specified on a project that creates a bold connection with the outdoors while protecting against the elements

The art of daylighting: Ridgeglaze and Flushglaze rooflights

The composite glazing manufacturer's RIBA CPD materials cover everything architects need to know about window specification, whatever the sector and regulatory context

Velfac CPD: All you need to know about window specification

BIM modelling allows architects to download data and test the benefits of LLumar window film in commercial projects

LLumar solar control window film harnesses BIM modelling

The Rooflight Company is the only manufacturer of rooflights with a unique insulated kerb detail that delivers a whole-unit U-Value of 1.3Wm2K

Rooflight Company offers frameless, unobtrusive window solution

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