Pamela Burton: RIBA Intelligence Future ViewFrom community hubs for homeworkers to the demise of the high-rise office, the first in a series on post-pandemic design asks what our future workspaces might look like. Will the office ever be the same again? As loosening of some Coronavirus lockdown measures beginis, it is clear that the workplace […]
Archives for May 2020
George Clarke calls for an end to ‘Wet’ Build
Max Halliwell Yes – He’s ‘On the Telly’With almost 200 people crowding into an event to hear the forthright views of TV presenter, George Clarke on housebuilding, In these extracts from his article, Max Halliwell looks at why questioning the mindset of the construction industry has attracted such interest.Transform the Way we BuildA group […]
Costing Modular Construction
Rob Mills: Aecom Greater AwarenessDebates about modular construction and off-site manufacture are nothing new. But with more suppliers, better quality and greater awareness within the industry, could it finally achieve critical mass? Rob Mills of Aecom looks at the figuresModular housing in Ladywell, LewishamBackgroundIt may have had different names over the years – prefabrication, modular […]
House Prices After Lockdown
Prof. Yolande Barnes – Housing Today Fast Forward Structural Changes by 10 YearsCoronavirus could fast forward structural changes to house prices by 10 years. Housebuilders need to react fast. It is now plainly evident that the housing market cannot function at all during the coronavirus lockdown. At the very least, viewings, listings, surveys, mortgage appraisals […]
French Buildings MUST be 50% wood
Global Construction Review 2022 Sustainability TargetThe government of France is set to require that all new public buildings must be made at least 50% from wood or other sustainable materials from 2022 as it pushes for sustainable urban development.Paris LeadsThe local government in Paris had already pledged a greater use of natural materials such as […]
