Swedish architectural practice White Arkitekter has unveiled its design for Sonyas, a landmark building destined to be both a cultural centre and home to the firm’s new headquarters in Gothenburg. Combining ambitious climate goals with strong social values, the project... View Article

Affordable homes for local people are on their way to a historic former shoe factory site near Mousehold Heath in Norwich. Norwich City Council leader Lucy Galvin and Councillor Denise Carlo, cabinet member for housing and communities, joined Flagship Homes,... View Article

Enabling works begin at Blyth Gardens, bringing 75 new homes to Erskine Almost a quarter of homes will be affordable and specially designed for older residents Enabling works are now under way at Cala Homes (West)‘s Blyth Gardens development in... View Article

Vistry, the UK’s leading specialist mixed-tenure housebuilder, and Sanctuary, one of the UK’s leading social housing providers, have expanded their partnership through a joint venture that will help bring forward Hopfields, a 2,204-home mixed-use community in south Worcester, providing a... View Article

Oliver North will lead the growth and evolution of Ridge’s cost and commercial management capability, strengthening the consultancy’s position on nationally significant infrastructure, investment and strategic capital programmes. He joins Ridge as Head of Cost and Commercial Management and Partner,... View Article

Orbit, one of the UK’s leading not-for-profit housing providers, is reshaping its repairs and maintenance services as it works towards its 2030 ambition to provide amongst the best customer experience of any housing association in the country. Orbit worked closely... View Article

Leading social housing provider Stonewater has received confirmation of its A3 credit rating with a stable outlook from Moody’s Ratings, as the organisation reports increased income and operating surplus in its results for the six months to 30 September 2026.... View Article

NHBC, the UK’s largest new homes warranty and insurance provider, recently hosted the fourth annual Build to Rent Innovators, this year in partnership with Real Estate:UK. Held in central London, this year’s event saw more than 100 operators, developers, investors and... View Article

Two years ago, Building Insights LIVE held its first round table bringing the construction supply chain together with housebuilders, consultants and water experts to look at the crucial need to bring water saving in new housing up the agenda in... View Article

The devastating ‘chimney effect’ that contributed to the rapid spread of smoke and fire at London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017 is being tackled by an enterprising research project between specialists at the University of Hertfordshire and construction firm, Ambar Kelly... View Article

Avant Homes Scotland has submitted planning to deliver the second phase of its £91.5m, 343 new-home development at Blindwells, near Tranent. The proposed £43.5m, 169-home second phase, which will be called Althamer Gardens, will follow on from the housebuilder’s current £48m,... View Article

Landmark mixed-use building brings together 163 residential units with commercial and social spaces The scheme was built with 85% prefabricated components, including the world’s first prefabricated lift system Striking redbrick façade pays visual homage to London’s iconic St Pancras station... View Article

What do you get when you put a former actor, a passion for self-build and the man running the UK’s National Self Build & Renovation Centre in front of a camera? One cracking episode of The Self Build Sessions! 🎙️🏡... View Article

Lagoons, public spaces and walkable districts define the year-round coastal city, one of the Mediterranean’s most ambitious planned destinations. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled plans for a new 20.6-million-square-meter coastal city on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast, near Marsa Matrouh... View Article

New historic images look back at Alexandra Dock’s industrial past, as regeneration of the site continues through a £20million investment from top 10 housebuilder Keepmoat. The former industrial site is being transformed into a mix of one, two, three and... View Article