💷 Costings: what price brick and blockwork in 2026?
Tom Passmore, associate at @TTalinea, breaks down UK prices and the cost considerations you need to know for these construction mainstays.
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🧱 Bricks and blocks have long been a construction mainstay, but novel approaches are still possible at various scales – as shown by three recent projects by Between Art and Technology Studio - Architects, Goldstein Heather and Squire & Partners.
https://t.co/sPlaI5hi28
There's one element of inclusive design often missing at concept stage: how a space sounds. Just like step-free access and intuitive wayfinding, it must be considered early and closely [AD] @oscaracoustics
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#AcousticDesign#InclusiveDesign
☝️OPPORTUNITY A Sussex council is procuring design services for the £1.5 million development of a new sea cadet and community facility in a city centre park
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Guilty Pleasure: BDP senior director John McElgunn explains why the gaudy pastiche of Las Vegas’s Venetian Casino continues to impress him https://t.co/rzNSIUwuMF
🎓 Architecture aspires to serve the public, so it's time for architectural education to meet today’s challenges, argues Lee Ivett, head of the @LSofARCH – part of our series taking stock of the profession in 2026.
https://t.co/jWRFdIGnl0
Obituary: Colen Lumley was a former colleague of Leslie Martin, working on projects such as the Oxford Museum of Art, the Gulbenkian Foundation Gallery in Lisbon and the Cambridge Faculty of Music
“Operational clarity is not bureaucracy, it’s creative freedom” – a RIBAJ webinar, sponsored by Fresh Projects, heard about the importance of practices having the right operational support systems to operate effectively https://t.co/6LjuLZl6bP
Since 1966, the cities of Manchester and Cambridge have won 178 RIBA Awards between them. What do the winning buildings say about the changing role of the architect? https://t.co/QLF2Ack7F1
Gaudy, fake, taking thousands of years of architectural history and applying it as wallpaper, Las Vegas’s Venetian Casino is also a sustainability nightmare, yet remains a guilty pleasure for BDP senior director John McElgunn https://t.co/7qhfZYrl5m
2026 RIAS Awards for the best new Scottish buildings: a restored Art Deco outdoor pool by Studio Octopi, a social housing scheme by jmarchitects, new buildings for the University of Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates and Hassell, and more … https://t.co/Egf18b8p1l
At its Witham site in Essex, @crittallwindows has stepped up investment in CNC machinery and lean manufacturing, making a proven product better served by its process [AD]
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What does 'quiet luxury' mean for architecture? A report by RIBAJ and Material Bank digs into the trend…
Architects William Smalley, Piercy&Company and Holloway Li are showcased in the report, which explores quiet luxury in homes, workplaces and leisure
https://t.co/gG2b2PFeld
Obituary: Colen Lumley, a one-time colleague of Leslie Martin, was a prominent member of Cambridge’s architectural scene with a particular interest in educational buildings. David Raven looks back at his life https://t.co/e1I8FgnTqo
Since the RIBA Awards were launched in 1966, no cities other than London have won more times than Manchester and Cambridge. Tim Abrahams looks at the changes in building types and styles that have been chosen over the years https://t.co/lIQJtGEUZg
At its Witham site in Essex, @crittallwindows has stepped up investment in CNC machinery and lean manufacturing, making a proven product better served by its process [AD]
👉 Discover more: https://t.co/ypvDzjBp9Z
🎂 It’s a year of anniversaries for the @RIBA Awards. The regional awards, which form their foundation, have created a unique built-environment record.
But in a changing world, writes Oliver Urquhart Irvine, their authority can’t be taken for granted.
https://t.co/NkKxWuwQjn