Architect Stride Treglown has transformed a dated 1970s office building in the UNESCO World Heritage Setting of Bath. Originally built in 1972, the six-storey building at 20 Manvers Street did not meet the demands of modern occupiers, with plant at… Continue Reading →

More than 100 new homes on an historic city route will help restore a part of Nottingham to its former glory. Work to develop 111 new homes for sale by Keepmoat Homes on Blackstone Walk and Arkwright Walk, formerly known… Continue Reading →

The need to preserve a Tameside church building has highlighted the specialist historic building expertise offered by a leading north west structural engineering consultancy. Marple Bridge-based Rhodes & Partners recently completed a structural assessment of the bell tower of St… Continue Reading →

The SME construction sector grew in the second quarter of 2017, albeit at a slower rate than the first three months of the year, according to the Federation of Master Builders (FMB). Key results from the FMB’s State of Trade… Continue Reading →

Bennetts Associates’ Storyhouse in Chester, featuring a Proteus HR rainscreen clad copper ‘head’, is an inspired rework and reinvigoration of the 1930s Odeon cinema. Executed in Proteus HR TECU copper, the ribbed, abstracted rainscreen clad fins envelope the 150-seat studio… Continue Reading →

Major renovation projects, which have seen brand new restaurants added to three of Valor Hospitality Europe’s Hilton Garden Inn hotels, are now complete. The Hilton Garden Inn Bristol City Centre was the first of the three to unveil its new… Continue Reading →

Work on transforming Rhyl’s Sky Tower into a light beacon is progressing at a pace, with the structure being lit up for the first time this week. The transformation of the Sky Tower forms a part of planned major regeneration… Continue Reading →

The industry will get a clear verdict next week on whether Grenfell-like cladding systems pass or fail stringent Building Regulation guidance for use on towers. BRE is about to start fire testing full-scale models of cladding systems to establish how combinations… Continue Reading →