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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 6 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
Artificial intelligence and project management
Two new research reports published by APM.
Association for Project Management membership offer
50% off APM Associate membership for Designing Buildings users.
Building safety, a shifting landscape for professionals
A commentary from the insurance perspective.
In brief with further links.
Walter Segal: self-built architect
A definitive book on a pioneer of green architecture.
Funding for heritage on the high street
Using heritage as a catalyst for reviving historic centres.
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting update.
Declaration prioritising sustainable urbanisation adopted.
A small hidden, often distant but key building component.
Some brief words about the actuator.
CIAT Chief Executive steps down.
After 34 years at the Institute.
Volunteer opportunity launched by the ICE
To support the next generation of engineers.
Provisional findings show illegal cartels in the industry.
CIAT reporting from the Competition and Markets Authority.
Making sustainable construction number one priority.
The future of construction report.
Interview with ECA CEO.
Many provisions came into force on June 28, 2022.
With room to expand.
An information packed session at the BSRIA conference.
Refurbishment, Energy Efficiency, Indoor air and process.
Considering building acoustics with the AT Journal.
Why building acoustic considerations must be non-negotiable.
Create a profile, write informed product articles and share.
Aluminium Composite Panels (ACP) is one example.
Top 50 Women in engineering 2022.
Inventors and innovators at ICE.
Life, death and art at the Stuart court. Book review.
Real estate, place adaptation and innovation.
Review and comment on the revised draft before July 11.
We are indeed now 10 years old, so go on and be bold !
Write about something you know, help us build and grow !
IHBC's 25th anniversary 2022 Aberdeen School.
A blended event and triumphant return.
New Construction Leadership Council Co-Chair selected.
Mark Reynolds succeeds Andy Mitchell as Co-Chair of CLC
Around the web
UK heat pumps, heat interface units, and boilers.
Lee Shepherd Q&A: BAM’s product platform approach.
Mentoring milestone with over 200 mentors.
Survey on barriers to Net Zero buildings.
Construction Management, June 26
European challenges threaten UK supply chains.
HESPR from AJ on ‘toxic culture’ in arch education.
Legal experts share advice.
SEA points out gaps in Net Zero policy
White paper; A Fairer Private Rented Sector.
Built Environment Carbon Database, Jun 30
Consultation ending.
Exploring the world of Artificial Intelligence
The future of the built environment according to Mace
Wearable device monitors onsite dust exposure.
IHBC News and Blog site, June 24
Bedford Corn Exchange listed at Grade II (GII)
Construction Management, June 27
Army of ‘Pipebots’
APM, June 27
Construction Management, June 24.
10 demolition firms accused of bid rigging.
National Grid completes 7km tunnel to rewire London.
Comment on the Code of Practice for Solar PV installations.
New Lego HQ opens in Denmark.
Passivhaus and embodied carbon to download.
Designing for the Climate Emergency.
Construction Management, June 13.
Skills shortage: How to hire post-Brexit.
Hopes for improved productivity via 5G.
New measure to make UKCA marking easier.
GEO BON and bioDISCOVERY, June 21-26. Nairobi.
Post-2020 science briefs for global biodiversity framework.
HSE shares new guidance on slips and trips.
Apeldoorn icon at centre of new residential district.
Atkins and Network Rail develop digital twin of Reading station.
PAS 2080 is now out for its 4-week public consultation.