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Designing Buildings Wiki
Newsletter 8 October 2019
Featured articles and news
Designing for pedestrians
How people can be encouraged to walk more.
Tall buildings
Two RSHP projects appear on the most influential tall building list.
Unlocking the Church
The lost secrets of Victorian sacred space. Book review.
BREEAM guidance
Creating thermal comfort and allowing users to control their environment.
Green housing revolution
BRE calls for standards to apply to all homes, not just newly built ones.
Lewis and Harris
Lews Castle has been reinvented as a cultural and heritage hub.

 

Around the web
TCI, Oct 7
Plans to improve the capacity of Edinburgh Waverley Station.
BIM+, Oct 6
Drone-based setting out is trialled on site.
Construction Manager, Oct 4
Tory MP slams construction bosses’ high salaries.
GCR, Oct 2
MIT's reprogrammable ink lets objects change colour.
RIBA, Oct 3
The 2019 Client of the Year shortlist.
Gov.uk, Oct 7
Drax Re-power station proposal has been granted development consent.
ECA, Oct 3
Leading industry stars win the 2019 Power Players initiative.
GCR, Oct 7
Beijing’s tallest building opens to the public.
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