About
Designing Buildings is the construction wiki. The only industry-wide, cross-discipline forum for finding and sharing knowledge about the planning, design, construction and operation of built assets.
It is the most popular construction industry website in the UK.
Designing Buildings is a free, open access site. Anyone can create articles about subjects they know and anyone can find articles about subjects they don’t.
It is supported by ICE, CIOB, BSRIA, IHBC, CIAT and ECA.
Write an article
You can write about any subject related to the construction industry, including research, publications, organisations, theories, news, products and practices. All we ask is that articles are factual (not adverts) and are encyclopaedic in style (not blog posts).
Sharing your knowledge is great for the industry, and it is also a great for you. You can add your profile to articles you write, so when people read about your subject they also find out about you.
To create an article:
- Log in or register.
- Click the orange ‘Create an article’ button.
- Enter the name of your article.
- Write your article.
Want to keep up to date about what's new on the site and what's new in the industry?
Designing Buildings includes 5 microsites - mini wikis about specialist subjects. Created with our partners, they provide easy access to curated knowledge about particular aspects of the built environment:
We can create a microsite for you. It is a fast, low cost, low risk way to get a branded website that allows you to curate knowledge about your specialist subject.
Firefox add-on
Try Designing Buildings Wiki Anywhere to look up any industry term direct from any website when you are using the Firefox browser.
Just highlight what you want to find out about on any website and a box will pop up telling you all about it.
More than 20,000 industry terms have been explained. If an explanation of the term you are looking for does not exist you will be asked if you want to create it.
Features and news
Budget 2022 - CIOB Ireland responds
Institute applauds funding initiatives but presses for additional retrofit and tax measures.
Electrotechnical sector prepares for All-IP networks
The switch from analogue to digital has begun.
The fourth industrial revolution is well underway.
IHBC COP26 virtual Conservation Helpdesk
Free online resource will offer guidance on conserving places and the planet during COP26.
Government allocates additional money for building new homes on derelict land.
Human centric goes beyond user friendly
Smart built environments can be designed around the requirements of real people.
Being practical about digital transformation
Consistency is at the core of realistic strategies.
CIOB's Art of Building photography competition
Entries being accepted until 20 November 2021.
Fuller’s legacy in the field of resource management.
Around the web
BSI opens consultation on PAS 8672 - contractor competence framework.
New town planned on land in Kent owned by Prince Charles.
Bidders for Scottish Governement contracts must pay employees real living wage.
More incentives needed for success of built environment transtion to net zero.
Can tech draw more diverse talent to the construction sector?
Ventilation standards for housing raise issues for residents in Western Isles.
Working adults offered STEM subject courses through 10 Institutes of Technology.
BSG finds dust control breaches to be most significant health hazard on construction sites.
Key cement and concrete producers agree to 25% cuts of CO2.
Infrastructure Intelligence, Oct 12
Link between climate and infrastructure highlighted in new report.