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The latest sample cost breakdowns for various retrofit items and natural products
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‘Over 90% of concrete used in construction could be replaced with timber’
Timber Development UK, working with Waugh Thistleton Architects, has released Timber Typologies, a free downloadable ‘beginner’s guide’ for various timber solutions. Fran Williams speaks to Waugh Thistleton associate Alastair Ogle to find out what it’s all about
Leisure, sports, community and care combined
Holmes Miller’s Allander Leisure Centre in Glasgow, incorporating an adult day care centre, is a new type of leisure-cum-care model of community hub
Review: Who is Herzog & de Meuron’s Royal Academy show for?
Fran Williams visits Herzog and de Meuron’s first London exhibition for almost 20 years, which opened last Friday at the Royal Academy
JRA repurposes historic former Daily Mail HQ off Fleet Street
John Robertson Architects (JRA) has refurbished the former headquarters and printworks of the Daily Mail, which was in use as a newspaper office until the 1980s
Revisit: ZHA’s Glasgow Riverside Museum 12 years on
How is Zaha Hadid Architects’ 2011 Glasgow’s harbour museum faring? Hayley Chivers pays a visit accompanied by key figures in its creation
M&S Oxford St is about embodied memory as well as embodied carbon
As Michael Gove prepares to announce his verdict on the proposed demolition of M&S Marble Arch, let’s hope he has considered our memories and understanding of the place we know as Oxford Street, writes Simon Henley
Glasgow projects round-up
Fran Williams and Rob Wilson look at notable recent and ongoing schemes in and around Glasgow
Defined by its difference: Architectural Association Student Show 2023
The core project of this Projects Review seems to be to distil hundreds of voices into something more legible and coherent
Paul Stallan: ‘Glasgow is my energy’
The co-founder of Stallan-Brand analyses the huge challenges and inspiring opportunities faced by architects working in his home city