Building Design articles from February 2005

Building Design archives from February 2005

Prescott bows to US: Rogers left out in the cold as Prescott makes new urbanism the hot topic at the Manchester summit.(John Prescott, Richard Rogers)
February 4, 2005... John Prescott appeared to shun Richard Rogers, the principal advocate of European-inspired development in Britain's towns and cities, at this week's Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester, as he indicated a further move towards US-style...

Hadid talks tough.(Zaha Hadid, women in architecture)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Britain's leading female architect, Zaha Hadid, has added her voice to the clamour of support for the 50/50 Campaign. The Pritzker Prize winner, who was celebrating her own success this week, threw her weight behind BD's campaign for more...

Zaha's competition wins keep on flowing.(News)(Zaha Hadid, Aquatics Centre for London's contracts, Architecture Foundation)(Arup Associates contracts)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Zaha Hadid has continued her spectacular series of competition wins by clinching the commission for the Aquatics Centre for London's 2012 Olympics bid. Hadid, who won the competition for the Architecture Foundation's new headquarters last...

Arb in validation row: South African furious at Arb's refusal to accept RIBA-accredited part II.(News)(Royal Institute of British Architects, Deon du Plessis)
February 4, 2005... A trainee architect has slammed Arb for refusing to accept his part II RIBA-accredited qualification. Deon du Plessis, a 27-year-old South African hoping to use the title "architect" in this country, is one of 240 individuals from outside...

Extreme sports touted for Skelmersdale.(News)(Broadway Malyan contracts)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... A forgotten new town stuck between Liverpool and Manchester will finally find its place on the map as the British home of extreme sports, according to architect Broadway Malyan. The firm, which has been appointed to come up with a "vision"...

Benson & Forsyth has beaten HBMA, Rick Mather and Stanton Williams to design a 25 million [pounds sterling] retail and leisure development in Nottingham city centre.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Benson & Forsyth has beaten HBMA, Rick Mather and Stanton Williams to design a 25 million [pounds sterling] retail and leisure development in Nottingham city centre. A planning application will be made in March, with completion anticipated by...

The 30 million [pounds sterling] transformation of Liverpool's central library was thrown into doubt this week.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The 30 million [pounds sterling] transformation of Liverpool's central library was thrown into doubt this week. The Victorian Society has objected to "radical" plans by Gaunt Francis to demolish part of the grade II building's facade, and is in...

Kingston University has been granted 3 million [pounds sterling] from the Higher Education Funding Council to build a centre for excellence in teaching and learning, focusing on the built environment.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Kingston University has been granted 3 million [pounds sterling] from the Higher Education Funding Council to build a centre for excellence in teaching and learning, focusing on the built environment (pictured). The centre has been designed by...

US real-estate billionaire Richard Lefrak is in talks with Elliott Bernerd and Blackfriars Investments about bidding for the 1.5 billion [pounds sterling] regeneration of London's Elephant & Castle.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... US real-estate billionaire Richard Lefrak is in talks with Elliott Bernerd and Blackfriars Investments about bidding for the 1.5 billion [pounds sterling] regeneration of London's Elephant & Castle. Other interested parties are thought to be...

Norman Foster has been awarded the inaugural Great Briton award for outstanding achievement in the creative industries.(People)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Norman Foster (above) has been awarded the inaugural Great Briton award for outstanding achievement in the creative industries. The awards celebrate the international success of British individuals and were established by banking group Morgan...

Academy for Sustainable Communities.(People)
February 4, 2005... Chris Murray, director of learning and development at Cabe, has been seconded to the new Academy for Sustainable Communities as acting chief executive for six months. He will complete the Leeds-based academy's business planning and start-up...

Capital of Culture.(People)(Bob Scott leaves, Drummond Bone appointed)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Bob Scott, chairman of Liverpool's Capital of Culture is to step down, and will be replaced by Drummond Bone, vice-chancellor of Liverpool University.

The Royal Academy of Arts.(People)(Ian Ritchie and Peter Cook are appointed)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The Royal Academy of Arts has appointed Ian Ritchie and Peter Cook as joint professors of architecture.

John Prescott has hit back at the environmental audit committee, which claimed this week that his plans for housing growth did not take into account environmental costs.(Power play)
February 4, 2005... John Prescott has hit back at the environ mental audit committee, which claimed this week that his plans for housing growth did not take into account environmental costs. Speaking at the Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester, he said:...

Pupils should be consulted on the design of their schools at the beginning of the project, according to John Sorrell, the new chairman of Cabe.(Power play)(Sorrell Foundation, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Pupils should be consulted on the design of their schools at the beginning of the project, according to John Sorrell, the new chairman of Cabe. Sorrell's charitable foundation, the Sorrell Foundation, has been awarded 1.5 million [pounds...

RIBA claims victory over planning policy: government capitulates as good design is enshrined in new ODPM guidance.(News)(Royal Institute of British Architects, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister )
February 4, 2005... The RIBA claimed a victory tiffs week as the government bowed to intensive lobbying and championed good design in its much-anticipated central planning document. But the new planning guidance met with a cautious reaction from planners, who...

Brown backs Prescott plans.(News)(Gordon Brown)(Housing development)
February 4, 2005... Chancellor Gordon Brown this week moved to allay fears that government housing plans would not win sufficient Treasury funding by backing deputy prime minster John Prescott's ambitious development strategy. In a speech to the Sustainable...

Housing Corporation to value design above deliverability.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The government's funding body for housing is to rate design quality above ease of delivery when handing out grants. The Housing Corporation, which grants 1.65 billion [pounds sterling] a year for new housing and improvements, is in the...

English Partnerships secures team for 15,000 London homes.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, has selected three consortia including nine architects to design up to 15,000 new homes across London. The first homes will start on site in the summer, with the programme set to run...

Leisure goldmine.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... CZWG and Holder Mathias's 300 million [pounds sterling] entertainment resort, promising more than 92,900sq m of entertainment facilities and the UK's largest theatre outside London's West End, has been submitted for outline planning permission....

Green light for second Poundbury: Prince Charles-backed village scheme in Bradford gets go-ahead.(News)(Prince's Foundation)
February 4, 2005... Poundbury mark II, in a village outside Bradford, has won planning permission following vociferous support from Prince Charles and the Church of England. The 8.3 million [pounds sterling] scheme, masterplanned by the Prince's Foundation...

Architects fees are set to soar by 40%.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Architects' fees will rise by more than 40% in the next four years, according to market researchers. The predicted rise is due to increased public-sector demand for architects. As the government focuses on public-sector delivery, there...

Safety first.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Home secretary Charles Clarke called on architects to give greater consideration to crime prevention when designing new buildings. Saying that low-level crime was one of the UK's biggest problems, he called for "security and crime prevention to...

Veteran conversion.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Impact Property Services has been chosen to convert a grade II listed house belonging to war veterans' charity Toc H into a conference centre for the charity. Alison House in Matlock, Derbyshire, will be redesigned to include double rooms,...

Sustainable push.(Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The RIAS has launched an accreditation scheme for sustainable building designers. Chief executive Sebastian Tombs said: "Recognising solid achievements in buildings that have been in use for at least a year helps encourage other professionals...

Frankfurt turns over a new leaf.(First Look)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Designs for an elegant new office block in Frankfurt inspired by the natural world have been revealed by Anglo-German practice Sauerbruch Hutton Architects. The firm beat Auer & Weber Architects of Stuttgart and RKW of Dusseldorf in a...

Planning crisis in N Ireland.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Northern Ireland's planning system is in the grip of a severe and worsening crisis largely of its own making, prominent architects claimed this week. The Northern Ireland Executive's planning service saw a 20% increase in planning...

Hepworth plan still on despite grant loss.(News)(David Chipperfield Architects and Wakefield Metropolitan District Council contracts)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... David Chipperfield Architects is confident its 23 million [pounds sterling] Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield will go ahead despite being turned down for a 7 million [pounds sterling] Heritage Lottery Fund grant last week. Despite the funding...

Saving Grace.(3XNielsen A/S)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... A 65 million [pounds sterling] plan by Danish practice 3Xnielsen for a museum on the Fourth Grace site in Liverpool has won a 7.5 million [pounds sterling] EU grant. The North West Development Agency is likely to match the grant. Plans for a...

Tsunami relief project.(Architectural services donates funds )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Architects for Humanity London has launched Project Re:Build to help with the tsunami relief effort. AFH is calling on architectural practices for funds and skills. To make a donation, visit www.architectureforhumanity.org

Feat of learning.(New learning center in Cardiff, Wales)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Welsh first minister Rhodri Morgan has opened Cardiff-based Holder Mathias Architects' new 2.5 million [pounds sterling] learning centre in Newport. More than 4,000 students will benefit from the extension, which includes lecture halls and a...

Foster's fine art.(News)(Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts gets refurbished)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Refurbishment of Norman Foster's Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia in Norwich has started on site. The project, led once again by Foster & Partners, is the first major refurbishment of the arts centre since...

Web poll.(News)
February 4, 2005... Last week we asked: Would you live in a house that took 36 hours to build? said yes 66% said no 34% This week we ask Do women in architecture need to toughen...

Olympic bid lifts public-space hopes.(News)
February 4, 2005... The RIBA and English Heritage are using a presentation to the International Olympic Committee to try to kick-start the long-delayed regeneration of London's public spaces. The IOC is visiting London in two weeks' time to assess the...

Victorian housing needs to be restored not razed, warns EH.(News)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... English Heritage has warned the government not to demolish nearly a million abandoned homes in the north of England and the Midlands, saying this could endanger the country's historic environment. The heritage body has called on the...

Homes of learning.(News)(Student residential block at Wolfson College, Oxford that was built in 1960 is described)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Berman Guedes Stretton has completed a residential block next to the famous 1960s Wolfson College, Oxford, designed by Powell & Moya. The L-shaped, three-storey student residential block includes 19 single rooms and nine flats for couples. The...

Tate seeks talks to stop tower: site owner unlikely to scrap plans.(News)(Tate Modern, MAB)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Tate director Nicholas Scrota is seeking a meeting with the new owner of a site earmarked for a tower close to the entrance to London's Tate Modern. Serota is a long-time opponent of the 63m tower, designed by Philip Gumuchdjian and Kevin...

Lib Dem MP wades into Bath Spa melee.(News)
February 4, 2005... The Bath Spa saga took a new twist this week when Bath MP Don Foster waded into the ongoing row between Grimshaw and contractor Mowlem. Bath & North East Somerset Council is controlled by the Liberal Democrats and until now, fellow Lib Dem...

Stagnant Suffolk.(East Anglia)(Suffolk Preservation Society, historic buildings protection)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The head of the Suffolk Preservation Society, Richard Ward, has slammed volume housebuilders and companies such as KFC and supermarket chain Aldi for commissioning "mediocre" buildings that "slowly erode the county's distinct identity." Ward...

Aspirational contest.(East Anglia)
February 4, 2005... The Suffolk Preservation Society is also holding a competition for schemes completed in Suffolk in the past five years. The Alfred Williams Prize of 2,000 [pounds sterling] is part of a bid to improve architectural aspirations in the region....

Essex tsar.(East Anglia)(Essex Development & Regeneration Agency)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... The Essex Development & Regeneration Agency is to recruit a cultural tsar to promote art, design and architecture in Essex. The 37,000 [pounds sterling]-a-year post is mainly intended to promote arts in the region, but will also look at the...

Out of the ashes.(East Anglia)(AAK Design's contracts, Ashlea Boys' Club, historic building renovation)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... A historic building that was damaged in an arson attack last year is being converted into new housing by AAK Design of Lowestoft. The Ashlea Boys' Club was badly damaged by the fire last November, but the scheme, for three new homes, will...

Norwich awards.(East Anglia)(Michael Reynolds & Associates has won the home design award)(Norwich Forum for the Construction Industry Housing Design Awards)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Michael Reynolds & Associates has won the overall prize in the first Norwich Forum for the Construction Industry Housing Design Awards. The practice won the prize for a housing scheme in Norwich for the Peddars Way Housing Association. The...

Snape plan.(East Anglia)(concert venue)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... A masterplan for the renowned concert venue at Snape Maltings, near the Suffolk coast, proposes a new "cultural village", including a Centre of Excellence for Music & Related Arts. The masterplan is due to be entered for planning permission...

The Zaha way: women must stop hiding, take charge and demand more, says Zaha Hadid. Zoe Blackler interviews architecture's leading lady and 50/50 champion.(News Analysis)(Interview)
February 4, 2005... The UK's most famous woman architect has some advice for the next generation: architecture's hard. You need to get tough. "It's no good just blaming the men" says Zaha Hadid. "If there's one thing holding back women in architecture, it's...

Jencks on Johnson: remembering one of the 20th century's most provocative architects. Robert Booth speaks to Charles Jencks after the death of Philip Johnson.(News Analysis)(Interview)
February 4, 2005... The architecture critic Charles Jencks was lying in bed one morning after delivering a lecture at Yale University on his most famous idea, post-modernism in architecture. At 9.15am a student burst into his room brandishing the front page of the...

Commercial story gets in the way.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... The Houston in Euston piece (Works January 28) contained an entirely predictable comment by your reviewer. He was clearly rather troubled by the Wellcome Trust building as it has a very straightforward, client-friendly, rectangular plan-form...

Live by the code.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... I understand there is scepticism about the need for design codes (News January 28). We hear that they "stifle" creativity, but this argument originates from two camps--those architects whose work far exceeds any design code aspiration, and...

Fixing costs.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... It was intriguing to read your article, "Housings quick fix" (News Analysis January 28), regarding the viability of a 60,000 [pounds sterling] house and PRP's "affordable house" designs (pictured left), not least because it is possible to...

Perfect professor.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... The sudden death of Professor Ross Jamieson is a very sad loss. I am indebted to him for teaching me and setting me up in my career. He always had a kind word, patient ear and extensive knowledge. A perfect teacher. Sumita Sinha, London

Don't blubber.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... Congratulations to BD's Ellis Woodman for having produced two balanced and thoughtfully critical reviews of buildings by high-profile architects (W0rks January 7 and 14). We need critics who are not afraid to reveal the flaws in the buildings...

Where's the love?(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... Graham Towers is right to point out that Wells Coates's Embassy Court is a bad neighbour to Brighton's Regency architecture (Letters January 28). But it's there now, it's listed, and poor old Wells Coates only really did about three buildings,...

Empathy myth.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... Malcolm Fraser's article (News Analysis January 21), though interesting, is flawed. You only have to look at the work of Zaha Hadid, Kathryn Findlay and Amanda Levete to know that the myth of the "empathetic" female architect is just that, a...

We want to design.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... The debate about women in architecture has to move away from spatial ability. Not all women are empathetic and not all men can read maps: 50% of female architects leaving the profession is not due to a sudden recognition of spatial inferiority....

Ancient heroes.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... I was delighted that Malcolm Fraser's article drew attention to Ancient Egypt. It is to Egyptian civilisation that we may look as an example of Fraser's empathetic approach, with its high status and appreciation of women, property and marriage...

It's time to act.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... Will the large practices that have signed up to the 50/50 Charter really act on it, or are they simply paying lip service to this issue? We set up our practice, HEAT, almost five years ago, and 62% of our staff are women. We believe a...

Teaching trade-off.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
February 4, 2005... Perhaps the architectural and teaching professions should do a trade-off. At our local primary school of eight teachers, all are female. Teachers do the necessary long hours, the environment could only improve, and our children would become...

Correction.(Letters)(Correction Notice)
February 4, 2005... Future Systems' new Maserati museum in Modena (News January 21) features Maserati's emblem, not Ferrari's as stated.

Planners could yet be the solution.(national planning policy, city planners quality services)(Editorial)
February 4, 2005... Here's a test for the planners. The new national planning policy, unveiled on Tuesday, demands right at the beginning that "design which fails to take the opportunities available for improving the character and quality of an area should not be...

Narcissists who can't take criticism.(Soapbox)(Modern architecture)
February 4, 2005... Will Alsop's anger last month that anyone dare criticise his work illuminated a widening rift in architectural culture. The debacle of the new Goldsmiths building is a symptom of a malaise that is stifling British architecture, and its poor...

Car crime.(Concrete Boots)
February 4, 2005... Writer and English Heritage commissioner Bill Bryson has warned that Britain is in danger of becoming as reliant on cars as the US. As an illustration, he told a story about his neighbours when he lived in New England. They used to drive...

Barking buildings.(Concrete Boots)
February 4, 2005... John Norquist, president of the Congress for New Urbanism, coined a new phrase at this week's sum in it: "The bow wow factor." This is when Prescott's beloved "wow factor" goes wrong. "The wow factor is an ineffective response to regeneration....

Fat fighter.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... John Norquist also delivered an amusing warning on the dangers of building more roads. "Widening roads to solve traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to solve obesity," he wisecracked.

Swede dreams.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Just as architects were beginning to feel well and truly left out of the government's Sustainable Communities Plan, news emerged that Swedish furniture giant Ikea may be looking to fill the gap. As predicted by BD in 2002, a project due to...

Lobotomy plan.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Planners should watch out. John Prescott is planning drastic action to bring them into line. The deputy PM said he remains frustrated that planners still don't understand what sustainable communities are all about--like the rest of us do?--so...

Common goals.(Concrete Boots)
February 4, 2005... Will Alsop's ambitious plans for a supercity stretching from Liverpool to Hull through Manchester and Leeds may have raised a few eyebrows, but it has at least one implication that is sure to gain enthusiastic support. As Radio 4's Mark...

Modernism up against the wall: post-war modernist architecture is the inspiration for artist Toby Paterson.(Culture)
February 4, 2005... On February 10, an exhibition of new work by Glaswegian painter Toby Paterson opens at the Barbican in London. It's a show that architects ought to find stimulating, and some may even find exasperating. Paterson, 30, is obsessed with...

Exhibition.(Selector)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Vitrines, sleighs and a lump of fat all figure in a major new retrospective of unconventional and influential German artist Joseph Beuys at Tate Modern, Bankside, London. Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments, until May 2. Tel: 020 7887...

Talk.(Selector)
February 4, 2005... Joseph Sharpies explores the influence of Charles Reilly, professor of architecture at the Liverpool School of Architecture (1904-33) in this Twentieth Century Society lecture. February 10, 6.30pm, The Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London (020...

Exhibition: Bridget Riley has selected pieces from 1981 to 2004 for an exhibition of her works on paper at Wiltshire's New Art Centre.(Selector)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Bridget Riley has selected pieces from 1981 to 2004 for an exhibition of her works on paper at Wiltshire's New Art Centre. From February 6 to April 17, Artist's House, New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Roche Court, East Winterslow,...

Dreams become nightmares: Zoe Blackler meets George Clarke, TV's latest face of architecture.(Culture)(Channel 5 Broadcasting)
February 4, 2005... With reality TV now a well-worn genre, it is amazing that there is still anyone naive enough to let a film crew into their lives. Especially those headed to foreign parts to pursue their new dream life. Because, clearly, if you've been chosen...

Dial-a-building.(Inspiration)(Motorola V600)(Brief Article)
February 4, 2005... Some people are horrified and some amused by the inspiration for our Liverpool project (a conference centre and arena at King's Dock), which is my mobile phone--a Motorola V600. The design aesthetic of the mobile phone is highly relevant...

Common thread to the Swiss role: Ellis Woodman learns about the particular influence of the ETH school in Zurich.(Culture)(Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Andrea Deplazes and Quintus Miller works)
February 4, 2005... Introducing talks by Andrea Deplazes and Quintus Miller at the RIBA last week. Steven Spier suggested it was a misnomer to describe the recent work featured in his book. Swiss Made. as Swiss architecture. As he pointed out. every one of the 12...

Is London getting a square deal? The Greater London Authority has grand plans to transform the capital's public realm, but will these succeed in bringing together the city's inhabitants? Ellis Woodman explores the meaning of public space.(Works)(Dixon Jones contracts)
February 4, 2005... This week saw the unveiling of Dixon Jones' 35 million [pounds sterling] proposals for the upgrading of London's Exhibition Road. When it completes in 2009, the project should represent the most significant contribution to the capital's public...

Five of the GLA's 100 public spaces proposals.(Works)(Greater London Authority and architectural services contracts)
February 4, 2005... Acton Town Square Architect: East The square design is about renewing the place as a functioning public space; removing the junk currently wedged into the square: trees, walls, bollards, planters, and replacing it with as little as...

LPS exposed: hailed as the solution to the housing crisis in the early sixties, large panel systems fell out of favour after the Ronan Point disaster in 1968. Here, architect and LPS campaigner Sam Webb explains how the blocks were constructed and why they are still a problem.(Solutions: large panel systems)(Aylesbury Estate)
February 4, 2005... 1. The early years A month ago the residents of Southwark's Aylesbury Estate (pictured above in 1977) received a warning from the council. They were told their estate was still liable to progressive collapse nearly 40 years after...

The towering legacy of LPS: as researchers test the remaining large panel systems buildings, Sam Webb maintains the only solution is demolition.(Solutions: large panel systems)
February 4, 2005... Thirty-seven years after a fatal gas explosion ripped apart a tower block on the Ronan Point estate in east London, the murky world of large panel systems is under the spotlight again. The revelation (News January 21) that the condition of...

Kingspan Insulation Ltd.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... Kingspan insulation has harnessed the latest in computer graphic usability on its highly acclaimed web site. Visitors to www.insulation.kingspan.com are given the option of viewing three dimensional moving images which can provide an...

Metsec.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... Using a cradle support system of Metsec lightweight steel lattice beams and inflated tubing is proving a fast and cost effective alternative to replacing deflected flat roofs on a number of schools in the south east. Enquiries 5003 or see...

Watco UK Ltd.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... A convenient and lightweight material from Watco UK Ltd is the quickest way to remove ice from steps, pavements and driveways. Watco Ice Melt has 400% greater coverage than rock salt and is 30 times more effective than rock salt at...

Knauf Insulation.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... Mark Andrews has been appointed Managing Director of Knauf Insulation; the promotion giving him full responsibility for the company's operations in the UK and Ireland. Andrews faces the enviable challenge of implementing a series of initiatives...

Nicholls & Clarke Group of Companies.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... Leading tile and bathroom manufacturer, Nicholls and Clarke, has launched the most comprehensive tiles and bathroom catalogue on the market. This beautifully presented catalogue has quickly become the new 'Bible' for specifiers, house-builders...

Corus Building Systems.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... The newly redeveloped Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) has been equipped with a Kalzip standing seam system which provides an exceptionally durable, low maintenance external envelope for the building, whilst protecting it...

Prefit.(Products & Literature)
February 4, 2005... Prefit, specialist in fittings for glass, is marketing in the UK a new range of patch fittings and locks suitable for use with 15mm and 19mm thick glass doors to meet the ever-increasing demands of architects and designers for tall doors. ...