Built Environment

Taking in the sea air: why pleasure piers prevailed

Taking in the sea air: why pleasure piers prevailed

Many Victorian-era UK piers are still standing strong and remain viable commercial assets, even though leisure habits have changed enormously in the past 150 years

Mark Williams20 January 2025

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How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

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How Grimsby is winning the regeneration game

Decades of economic decline are now being reversed in the coastal town, with an ambitious programme of investment in the built environment alongside community events

Karen Day 06 January 2025

How much water can your flat roof tolerate?

How much water can your flat roof tolerate?

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How much water can your flat roof tolerate?

Bauder’s product manager explains why there’s an important distinction to be made between standing and ponding water and how it can affect your insurance

Noella Pio Kivlehan 16 December 2024

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Is shipping container construction lost at sea?

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Stephen Cousins09 December 2024

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How can good prison design change lives?

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Noella Pio Kivlehan11 November 2024

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New homes and riverside regeneration in Barking

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go to article New homes and riverside regeneration in Barking

Adam Branson04 November 2024

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A property problem: there are millions of empty homes

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go to article A property problem: there are millions of empty homes

Mark Williams21 October 2024

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Could filling empty homes solve the housing crisis?

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Gela Pertusini14 October 2024

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Brian Ashby FRICS: from surveyor to the silver screen

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Mark Williams24 September 2024

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Disney vs DeSantis: does self-governance work?

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Modus staff16 September 2024

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Why later living design must prioritise social wellbeing

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Mark Williams09 September 2024

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How Luton Town revamped its stadium in just three months

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Stephen Cousins04 September 2024

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Stephen Radford MRICS: the pub surveyor

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Karen Day27 August 2024

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