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FeaturesFrom the archives: the construction of Waterloo International, 1992
Source: Jo Reid and John Peck Nicholas Grimshaw’s Waterloo International station
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FeaturesDesigning from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
A major expansion for one of Oxford’s oldest colleges reimagines the logic of the quadrangle with a theatrical, landscape-first ensemble shaped by dialogue and detail
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FeaturesHow Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
The first test event to demonstrate that the stadium meets safety standards was held in February. A second one was held in March with the third and final event, which will feature a capacity crowd, will take place later this year before the season starts ...
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FeaturesTackling the challenges in Building Safety Act compliance
A recent roundtable, hosted in partnership with construction software company Procore, explored the challenges the Building Safety Act has created and the solutions industry needs to be compliant. Jordan Marshall reports
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why viability is tight for construction projects in the UK
Global uncertainty, combined with domestic regulatory change, a fragile demand outlook and expectations around inflation are combining to create tricky conditions. It’s a finely balanced equation with many moving parts. Pablo Cristi Worm of Aecom reports
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FeaturesIs PFI about to stage a comeback?
As part of Building’s new Funding the Future series, Joey Gardiner considers the chances of an unlikely renaissance for the much-maligned initiative
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FeaturesIs a Swiss lift shaft-building robot the future of construction?
In central London, a robot called Emma is being used to make the gruelling job of building lift shafts faster, safer and more precise. Tom Lowe visits the site of Skanska’s 105 Victoria Street to see if the device is all it’s cracked up to be
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FeaturesCost model: Incorporating sustainability in purpose-built student accommodation
Private investment is driving change, and meeting sustainability demands within strict time, cost and labour limitations is the challenge
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Features5 minutes with … Angela Joseph at Brookfield Properties UK
The firm’s development director on changing her career path, the importance of collaboration and communication and getting the day off to a good start
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FeaturesMax headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life
Extending the building wasn’t an option as it is hemmed in above, below and on all four sides
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Features‘We tried and we tried and we very nearly got there’: Osborne’s finance chief on the company’s collapse – and lessons the industry can learn
A year ago, the contractor went into administration after nearly 60 years in business. Pete Duff tells Dave Rogers what happened and what needs to change
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FeaturesWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom ...
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FeaturesMy route into construction … Rob Willden, cost manager at Linesight
The industry includes an impressive range and variety of roles – but unless you are on the inside it can be hard to know how to break in, let alone progress to the top. In this series, we talk to professionals about their often surprising career twists and turns
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Features‘I’m here as a change agent’ – Bam’s construction boss on Co-op Live, doing the right things and… dealing with snakes
Australian Kim Sides took up the hot seat at the £800m contractor a year ago. She tells Dave Rogers how things have gone so far
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Features5 minutes with … Nick Tagliarini at Pexhurst
The firm’s director on his 23 years helping Pexhurst to grow, why you should not rest on your laurels – but not take yourself too seriously – and what happens every time he loses his iPhone
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Features‘We rode out the storm’: Adjaye Associates upbeat after ‘worst year that any architecture firm could have gone through’
Practice makes loss of £720,000 after one-off £1.4m tax payment but describes drop in revenue as a “blip”
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FeaturesMore than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building reviews the Channel tunnel terminals
As the world’s longest undersea tunnel prepares to open to passengers, Building’s architectural critic is left unimpressed by the ’vast mechanical jungle’ built at Folkestone