The GGF is a main sponsor of the G14 Awards Attracting specialists from the fields of mechanical engineering, glass manufacturing, processing and finishing, crafts, architecture and construction, as well as glazing, facades and the solar sector, Glasstec is the perfect opportunity for industry professionals to network. Feedback from the event highlighted the following factors: • More[…]

Fire safety is a subject that Wrightstyle knows quite a lot about. Our advanced systems are specified internationally – from shopping centres in Beirut to medical facilities in Hong Kong, and from a memorial chapel in the USA to Olympic projects in London and Athens. Were therefore aware of the huge variation in fire regulations[…]

In late 2012, an excavation undertaken by the University of Leicester’s Department of Archaeology led to the extraordinary discovery of King Richard III’s remains in a Leicester city car park – unlocking a part of history that had remained lost for centuries.   Maber was commissioned by Leicester City Council to design the Richard III Visitor[…]

The owners of the site are McLaren Property and Citygrove who formed a joint venture back in November 2013. A spokesman for the developer McGrove Properties (the name of the joint venture) said: “We welcome Lambeth Council’s decision to resolve to grant consent for the New Bondway project. The project team has worked closely with[…]

The pre-recession Building Schools for the Future (BSF) years were a catalyst for design innovation in the education sector. Challenged to create environments that are inclusive, inspirational and sustainable, architects were able to access the budgets needed to design next generation spaces for future generations of students. That BSF golden age is behind us but[…]

Non-compliance with legislation can have serious consequences as a property developer in Leicester found out in 2012 when he was fined £40k. Robert Alan Price allowed students to move into flats that did not have a fire escape or emergency exit signs or smoke detectors and fire doors were either missing or ill-fitting. Ensuring that[…]