Vandersanden facing bricks picked for London law school facade
Manufacturer's Anicius textured hand-formed product helps integrate new and existing buildings at the WilkinsonEyre-designed City Law School in Clerkenwell
4 June 2021
Product innovation
Waste salt replaces lime in cement used to build UAE’s Venice Biennale pavilion
Binder made with magnesium compound from brine avoids chemical reactions and emissions
Data-led intuition is the key to designing for the digital age
Digital innovation will lead a revolution in the design process
Research reveals how spatial design helped collectivise rural China
President’s Awards for Research commendation sees link to changing Western way of life
In association with Vandersanden UK
Creme brick laid in Flemish bond marks out Baptist church facade
The Vandersanden yellow brick is the making of Allies and Morrison's mixed-use development in Westbourne Park
Webinar: How digital technologies can best be used to transform working practices
How to transform working practices, streamline project delivery and drive efficient teamwork
Will lockdown’s work patterns help construction harness the full benefit of technology?
The industry has the chance to get up to speed with BIM
Fortnite creator turns its skills to architecture with immersive real-time visualisation
Foster + Partners and BDP join proponents of Twinmotion's interactive experience
Q&A: Aidan Meller and his creative robot Ai-Da
This humanoid robot can converse, draw and paint
In association with Michelmersh
Core Floren brick range now available in UK
The Michelmersh bricks featuring in award-winning UK buildings
Who is site automation good for?
Profiteering sticking plaster or means to transform the industry?
In association with Leviat
Leviat Ancon windpost TWP2 limits heat loss
Innovative product minimises thermal bridging in masonry cavity walls
In association with Vandersanden UK
Vandersanden publishes first sustainability report
Brick manufacturer in bid to lead sustainable transformation of building sector
Why more consumer choice needs standardized production
Quick construction + personal choice = mass customisation
Brick that decimates embodied carbon set to start production
Kenoteq start-up says K-Briq has potential to meet entire UK demand
In association with Vandersanden UK
Vandersanden brick specified for Sussex spa
The Spa at South Lodge near Horsham features sand-coated Lithium facing brick
Shovelling off risk has to stop – but how?
Industry must move from minimum compliance to full responsibility for safety
Shantytowns and social engineering in 1950s Argentina
How Argentina’s shantytowns became a 1950s battleground
Only digital tools can fully support today’s complex decision making
How mini models showed the design future must be digital
Fosters’ Hermes tool slashes design schedules
One model for all disciplines, updated in just hours
BIM unearths lost secrets of parliament
Palace of Westminster yields original ventilation secrets
AI-driven design frees architects to let their imaginations soar
Spacemaker and Delve speed design and boost creativity
In association with the Brick Development Association
BDA introduces Brickmakers Quality Charter register
Brick Development Association's new standard makes it easier to identify responsible manufacturers
How to use your data to take advantage of the digital revolution
The transition from drawing board to CAD is nothing on this
Scottish housing unit proves viability of homegrown timber for CLT
Demo project will be shown at November’s COP26 climate change meeting
In association with Vandersanden UK
New colours and textures prompt brick rethink
The clay block is being reimagined for architects
In association with Vandersanden UK
Building with brick webinar series returns
Vandersanden UK reruns popular online seminars on what the clay block offers architects
In association with Vectorworks
Virtual Vectorworks Design Day looks beyond architecture
This year's online event allowed the industry to break out of its silo
Ancient nanomaterial: Researchers aim to make the West fall in love with earthen construction
Project will demonstrate carbon and wellbeing benefits of building materials made from earth
Tool to assess domestic heat loss works with smart meters and the cloud
Prototype product shows 99% pass rate on standard heating trials
In association with Vectorworks
Architects harness collaborative BIM for social housing project
Seán Harrington Architects use Vectorworks Project Sharing to design Tallaght apartments
Digital tool White ReCapture makes it easier to reuse building parts
Experts will assess digital data from laser scans
In association with Lazenby