Most read in 2020
The top 10 most read articles on Designing Buildings Wiki in 2020 were:
| Article | Number of views | |
| 1 | Types of drawings | 117,142 |
| 2 | Bill of quantities | 107,227 |
| 3 | Tender documentation | 103,031 |
| 4 | Megacities | 91,495 |
| 5 | Preliminaries | 84,097 |
| 6 | Brutalism | 82,614 |
| 7 | Types of flooring | 82,473 |
| 8 | Types of brick bonding | 72,933 |
| 9 | Variations | 71,989 |
| 10 | Procurement routes | 70,337 |
And in a difficult year, the most read news stories were:
- Coronavirus and force majeure.
- Government publishes UK infrastructure strategy.
- Carbon emissions of electric heating v gas.
- EWS1 forms not required for buildings without cladding.
- Common principles of International Fire Safety Standard introduced.
- Building back better with BREEAM.
- Reform of building safety standards.
- The Construction Playbook.
- Transforming Public Procurement Green Paper.
- Ventilation and control of COVID-19 transmission.
Here's hoping for a better 2021.
Featured articles
Check out some of the best features and news from Designing Buildings as well as key stories from around the web.
Post-War Homes: mid-century British architecture. Book review.
CIAT reflects on the party conferences.
CIOB announce the winners of the Art of Building photography competition.
National Scheme of Delegation introduced.
The cost of employing people remains a concern.
Code of Practice for Electrical Energy Storage Systems.
ECA calls on members to comment on draft 4th edition.
Bringing together expertise and creating cultural benefits.
CIOB celebrates positive Ofsted report.
The Building Safety Regulator announces a call for evidence.
Government approach could undermine delivery and regeneration.
World's first mass timber data centre.
The overlooked environmental aspect of data centre development.
Introduction to radon awareness
New technical information sheet published by CIOB.