Top 20 new articles in 2021
The most popular new articles added to Designing Buildings in 2021 were:
- Submersible bridge
- Archidict
- Quality Benchmarks - A Construction Perspective
- What do design professionals need to know about U-value calculation conventions?
- Charter for diversity and inclusion in construction and special report launched by CIOB
- Information management mandate
- Stink pipes
- Edwardian architecture
- Radial city plan
- Suspended timber floor
- BS 476
- Dust heap
- Funicular
- Black excellence in UK civil engineering
- Digital transformation - what does it mean?
- Fourth industrial revolution
- Flood Resistant Construction
- An algorithm in architecture
- Biocement
- Pavilion
Featured articles and news
Not buildings. Happy holiday from DB.
Future Homes Standard: Industry calls for more ambition
As the Government FHS consultation finally closes.
Improving government projects with data and AI
Enabling better outcomes, efficient modern delivery and influential leadership on government projects.
BSRIA Living Laboratory Innovation Challenge
Final days for submission, closing March 29.
Windows, their frames, forms, factors and functions.
The hidden subtleties of U-Value calculations
Different contexts and what to include as variables.
A brief run down with related articles.
Electrical sector calls for safer public EV charge points
Serious concerns about electrical safety in the public domain.
Building Blocks manifesto presented to parliament
Architects Declare call in for support of five critical policies.
The four elements of project management with APM
Analysis, expectations, collaborative communication and partnerships.
City of London launches Heritage Building Retrofit Toolkit
Empowering owners to initiate necessary adaptations.
Guidance on RAAC in listed buildings
Published by Purcell, endorsed by IHBC, SPAB and C20.
Learning from the past.
Reluctance to hire people with criminal convictions revealed
Employing People with Criminal Convictions Report.
Tackling unconscious bias; Women's History Month
Personal reflections, as the last week of March approaches.