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Spatial beauty and surprise: designing bespoke houses
A PiP webinar featured presentations on houses shortlisted for the RIBA House of the Year 2024
Capella: All clear at King’s Cross
The door and window choices for the 14-storey Capella housing scheme in King’s Cross
Costed: Doors and windows
Nicola Sharkey, UK insights and research lead at Gleeds, advises on costs
Throwing a warehouse party
Fathom Architects’ retrofit and refurb of four Clerkenwell warehouses creates extra space, order – and fu
Specified: Lighting demonstrates its flexibility
How to specify the right lighting in the right place
Specification tips in practice: Robust, contextual materials repay careful application
Key specification moves in Archmongers’ house extension
Our top five Products stories for 2024
A report on the growing demand for TV and film studios in the UK was among this year’s most-read stories
Grohe’s first UK showroom is a regular Santa’s grotto
Stephen Cousins pays a festive visit to the kitchen and bathroom supplier's new London showroom
Facade power: solar cells generate office tower’s electricity needs
A Melbourne office tower has over 1,000 solar cells on its facade, generating more energy than the building consumes
How FE colleges lay the foundation for vital skills
Ways to design buildings that enable effective teaching
‘Invisible’ photovoltaics on steel standing seam roof
‘Invisible’ Velario solar roof gains traction among UK architects
Costed: Balancing the lighting books
Nicola Sharkey, UK insights and research lead at Gleeds, advises on costs
In association with Cupa Pizarras
Slate is tops for Wetherby barn conversions
Renovated 160-year-old West Yorkshire farm buildings feature the roofing material with the lowest carbon footprint
In association with Partel
Bridging the gap: the biggest challenge in retrofit
If left unaddressed, thermal bridging creates condensation, increases energy demand and compromises insulation
In association with Autodesk