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
Check out some of the best features and news from Designing Buildings as well as key stories from around the web.
Recognition, influence and growth
SocEnv identifies three strategic pillars in new strategy to 2045.
Discover the future of roofing, cladding and insulation.
New guidance for professional practice, cultural change and regulation in social housing.
The heritage of nuclear and conventional power stations.
New measures to stop people being ripped off
Government to protect families from cowboy builders and aggressive bailiffs.
New Futurebuild showcase brings an innovation-first approach.
National Planning Policy Framework
Understanding the 2026 changes.
ECA's public affairs priorities
Member consultation opens to shape priorities for 2027 to 2030.
Dutyholder responsibilities from 1 July 2026.
Where performance meets practice
The Building Envelope Stage at UKCW Birmingham.
CIAT publishes briefing on planning reforms.
Leaders in Learning for Practice Network
Call for conservation leaders in learning to register interest in new network.


















