Briefing – Page 9
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FeaturesLife under Egis and why the government should invest in London: WW+P’s Chris Williamson talks to Building Design
After more than three decades of independence, Weston Williamson + Partners sold a majority stake to engineering giant Egis last year. Daniel Gayne caught up with co-founder Chris Williamson in Cannes last month to find out how things are going
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FeaturesMalcolm Reading: making the case for architectural competitions
Malcolm Reading is still busy flying the flag for architectural competitions and British architecture, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesWhat you need to know about Morrell’s ‘seminal’ review into products testing
A review of construction product testing commissioned by ministers following Grenfell Inquiry evidence has recommended sweeping changes. Here’s a guide to what it all means.
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FeaturesMove over concrete – this is structural stone's moment
Stone is typically stronger than concrete with one third of the carbon impact. Engineer Webb Yates is reinventing an ancient material for the modern age
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FeaturesThe future of wooden buildings: thinking bigger
Sebastian Hernandez of Stora Enso, joins architect Andrew Waugh, and Mario Lederman of Lendlease to discuss how the wooden building industry in the UK can start to think bigger
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Britain’s dim view of the Eiffel Tower, 1886-89
Writers in The Builder express complete disdain for the newly built Parisian landmark, describing it as a ”useless attempt to astonish the eye”
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FeaturesURBED retrofit team: a guide to social housing decarbonisation
URBED’s retrofit team share their experience and advice on how to approach the retrofit of social housing
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FeaturesDowen Farmer Architects: pursuing the path less travelled
From backland sites to dark kitchens, Dowen Farmer Architects relish unusual and challenging projects, finds Ben Flatman
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FeaturesBuilding archives: The construction of the Forth Bridge, 1873 - 1890
The Builder makes an ascent up the “vast bones” of the half built bridge, the scale of which astonished the engineering world at the time
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FeaturesThe Phoenix, Lewes: ‘This is how we will have to build in the future’
Can developer Human Nature and a team including Ash Sakula and Mæ help reshape UK housing? Ben Flatman reports from East Sussex
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FeaturesLiverpool Street station was saved once before. Can campaigners do it again?
As the battle over Sellar’s plans to overhaul Liverpool Street hots up, Daniel Gayne delves into the archive to find out about the original 1970s campaign to save the Victorian station
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FeaturesHow Wilford took the firm he built with Stirling to new heights… and then walked away
After the death of Sir James Stirling in 1992, his partner Michael Wilford stepped up to steer the practice forward. Then Wilford suddenly walked out.
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FeaturesTime for Plan BEE: helping architectural education break out of its silo
A cross-disciplinary course seeks to engender collaborative working and greater levels of professional competence. Ben Flatman finds out more
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Features‘We should get on and build it.’ John Armitt makes the case for cracking on with HS2
The chair of the National Infrastructure Commission on why politics can never be taken out of building and why we should stop dithering
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction site, 1876
An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse
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Building StudyManchester’s new joy division: Factory International
Manchester’s Factory International mega‑venue aims to encourage artists to push the boundaries – as the designers themselves have done
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FeaturesBuilding archives: The opening of Clifton Suspension Bridge, 1864
The Builder reports on the opening of Brunel’s historic bridge, which was finally completed more than a century after plans were first laid.
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FeaturesBuilding archives: The clearance of London’s worst slum, 1843 - 1846
Letters and news items chart the construction of a new road through the centre of the notorious St Giles slum, the “haunt of the drunkard and the debauchee”
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FeaturesWhat the second staircase mandate might mean for high-rise architecture
Michael Gove announced plans just before Christmas for mandatory second staircases in towers over 30m. But what impact is this likely to have?
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FeaturesThis could run and run: HS2 angst and its budget of billions
‘Nothing to see here,’ was the gist of the chancellor’s comments last week as he denied Euston would be axed to save cash. But is it really that simple for a job like HS2?