Projects and Features
A school for future needs
In-built flexibility has played a major role in the design of a new school in Liverpool, where all teaching blocks can be enlarged and rearranged to …
Hospital gets steel treatment
Changing the cores to a steel braced design as well as incorporating a bespoke flooring system helped create an efficient steel programme at Peterborough’s …
Design Awards
Corus Student Awards A structure to enclose a winter sports facility or a bridge to carry a dual carriageway over a grade separated interchange were this …
All change at Cheapside
Plans are afoot to return one of London’s oldest thoroughfares into a retail destination. Martin Cooper reports from One New Change, a new landmark retail …
Making a splash with steel
Steelwork’s aesthetic appeal has come to the fore in the design of a new swimming pool and library complex in Bromley. Work has commenced on a new swimming …
Purpose built green warehouse
Due for completion in early 2010, Tesco’s huge Teesport distribution centre represents a massive investment which will create hundreds of jobs as well as …
Tigers stand converted
A new grandstand at Leicester Tigers’ ground is nearing completion after the majority of construction work was carried out during a busy rugby season. Martin …
Lighting up a city centre
A large multi-use development known as Riverlights is expected to usher in a new era of prosperity for Derby city centre. Many former industrial towns and …
New college is lesson in design
A confined site and a protected copse were just two of the challenges overcome and then incorporated into the design of a new college in Crewe. South Cheshire …
New Landmark for historic site
Offering views of the nearby racecourse and the River Dee, the Head-Quarters in Chester is a steel-framed structure comprising hotel, offices and residential …
