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Intrigue and accessibility meet at Jacksons Lane creative arts and circus hub
From circus acts to community café, Highgate arts venue extends its reach
LDA reshapes Strand/Aldwych into a people-centred space
Public realm snatches calm, green, sociable space from London’s wheezing traffic
Housing specified: Idlewild Mews, Croydon
vPPR explains its specification decisions for an infill housing project
Waste nappies offer hope for developing world housebuilders
Nappies’ hidden strength proffers promise of cheaper homes
Sugarcrete sweetens the carbon emissions pill
Sugarcane by-product bricks cut carbon footprint to 20%
Social housing can harness Passivhaus principles
How to satisfy local authorities’ desire for energy-efficient homes
Only one in ten businesses has any retrofit budget for their buildings
Architects dismayed by report’s finding of little support for retrofit
Laing O’Rourke switches to low-carbon concrete on all UK projects
Contractor says the move will cut its embodied carbon by 28 per cent
Competition - enter now! Design a school from a store with Department 4 Education
Turn a redundant department store into a school and win £2500
Whole house retrofits offer realistic alternative to demolition
Welsh zero carbon retrofit scheme has ‘far-reaching’ implications for UK
Diversity on the house: one-off homes
PiP’s bespoke house webinar probes the typology and its advantages
Critical steps on the road to good housing
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In association with Partel
Fire-rated breather membranes you need to know about
Two new products exceed current fire safety regulation levels for high rise and high risk buildings
In association with Soprema
Bespoke roofing solution keeps the rain out in Yorkshire
Congregation and community stay cosy at All Hallows Church Leeds
In association with Canon