UK-GBC launches STEP Programme

UK-GBC’s major new initiative, the Sustainability Training & Education Programme (STEP), will expand knowledge right across the construction and property sector, ‘from mailroom to boardroom’.

The first two STEP courses launch this year.

• An ...Read more

Construction Products Association Launches Loft Conversion Project Guide

A new Loft Conversion Project Guide is now available as a download from the Construction Products Association, which brings together in one volume all the building regulations and other regulatory requirements for loft conversions.

Aimed at builders, building ...Read more

Britain’s best selling quality daily newspaper

The British Homes Awards provide the catalyst for innovation in the way we design and construct our homes, creating exemplars of best practice.
With the support of The Daily Telegraph-with a daily readership of approaching 2 million (of which 86% are ABC1)- ...Read more

The Real Apprentice

A local housing maintenance, repairs and improvement specialist is starting a search for their next apprentice and is inviting local people to showcase their talent and hunger for a career in the construction industry.

Six trainees will have a unique opportunity ...Read more

How to Penetrate the Housing Market

10 February 2010, The Building Centre London

An afternoon seminar organised by CIMCIG, this seminar will give you ideas for developing the housing market. Speakers include Neil Jefferson of Zero Carbon Hub and John Stewart, HBF's Economist.

The standard ...Read more

Forgotten Spaces

25 May – 4 July 2010

RIBA London, Design for London and Qatari Diar competition.

RIBA London has teamed up with Design for London and developer and investor Qatari Diar to launch Forgotten Spaces, an ideas based competition that will highlight areas ...Read more

Construction Youth Trust moves in to The Building Centre

The Building Centre is pleased to welcome The Construction youth Trust as its newest tenant.

The Construction Youth Trust supports young people whose journey to work can be challenging due to barriers relating to their financial circumstances, lack of awareness ...Read more

Making Sustainable Development Happen

UK-GBC Annual Conference and Sustainability Awards in Association with Building Magazine

24 November 2009, Kings Place, London

The UK Green Building Council is collaborating with Building magazine on a double-bill of must-attend green building events. The ...Read more

Brick Awards 2009

The annual Brick Awards, organised by the Brick Development Association, is one of the longest established and most widely respected design awards in the UK. The Awards recognise excellence in design and construction using brick. The principle criteria for entry is that ...Read more

George Osborne unveils Conservative Green Policies

On 16 April 09, The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne gave his proposals for a greener future at an event organised by the UK Green Building Council and held at The Building Centre, Store Street London.

The Shadow Chancellor declared that what was needed in next ...Read more

CALL FOR ENTRIES

SHOWCASE YOUR DESIGN EXCELLENCE!

The Mail on Sunday British Homes Awards 2009 call for design submissions for a Lifetime Home and within 12 Categories

Following the successful legacies of The Barratt Green House and the Avanti House with Crest ...Read more

BATIMAT 2009: Paris, France

Batimat is the world’s leading building and construction exhibition.

2,779 exhibitors including 45% international from 48 countries
447,338 trade visitors including 18.5% international from 141 countries

Every other year in Paris BATIMAT brings ...Read more

Announcing the Mail on Sunday British Homes Awards 2009

"The British Homes Awards reflect the very best of British industry. They continue to demonstrate that the most forward-thinking, imaginative and innovative designs do not have to result in sterile, abstract places - but instead can help to shape great places to ...Read more

The Building Centre International Evening

On 12th November 2008, The Building Centre held an International Evening with over 80 people attending, including representatives from overseas embassies, trade promotion agencies and contacts from UK companies, ensuring an exceptionally worthwhile networking event for all ...Read more

The Mayor’s Launch of the London Housing Strategy

Standing next to the Pipers Model of London which, appropriately, shows not only the current, but many of the proposed future buildings in London, The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, today (20th November) launched his London Housing Strategy at New London Architecture in ...Read more

Emirates Glass LEAF Awards Winners 2008

Leading figures in the architectural and interior design world gathered at The Dorchester, London,on 23rd October for the fifth annual Emirates Glass LEAF Awards, where The Building Centre was proud to sponsor the New Innovation of the Year Award.

The event, ...Read more

Open House: Green Sky Studios (24 to 26 September).

25 of London's up-and-coming and established architects will be inviting you into their own studios to reveal how they are helping to design a greener world. The architects will be taking forward the debate about how we can make our cities greener with those who will be ...Read more

Price & Myers Exhibition

'Geometrics- Elements of Form, Structure, Materials, and Manufacture' An exhibition showing the work of Structural Engineer, Price & Myers' Geometrics group.

'Geometrics; Elements of Form Structure Materials and Manufacture' offers a fascinating insight into ...Read more

Emirates Glass Leaf Awards, supported by The Building Centre

Hundreds of leading and up-and-coming architects from all over the world are currently submitting entries for the prestigious Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2008, supported by The Building Centre.

Now in their fifth year, the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards have rapidly ...Read more

specifinder.com re-launch

The Building Centre has re-launched Specifinder, its free online resource for building products and manufacturer information. With the re-launch of the website Specifinder.com is now more user-friendly, offering an improved search facility as well as new functions such ...Read more

Rehau Forum London Opens at The Building Centre

REHAU Building Centre, 18th February 2008

REHAU’s large, new facility at the London Building Centre is the UK showcase for the range of environmentally friendly polymer products within its Building Solutions division.

Officially opened on 18 February by ...Read more

Don't miss the final of the Green Dragons' Den at Ecobuild

The long list of ten entrepreneurs competing for Ecobuild’s annual Award for Innovation in Sustainable Design & Construction has been announced.

Soon to be whittled down further by a panel of judges – led by Tim Smit of the Eden Project – only three finalists ...Read more

Store Street No 13 podcast: Peter Cook in conversation with Carmody Groarke

Young Architect of the Year Award winners Carmody Groarke opened the new Store Street series with a sell-out talk at The Building Centre. Hear duo Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke discuss recent projects such as their film studios in the Australian outback, and learn how ...Read more

Ecobuild 2008 - zero carbon in a day

Ecobuild returns to Earls Court (26-28 February 2008), double the size with more than twice the number of exhibitors, more free seminars and a whole series of impressive attractions linked to the key themes – zero carbon, water management and renewable ...Read more

Designing for London 2012: The Velopark

In the London 2012 Showcase Space, Main Gallery
28 Nov - 23 Feb 2008

The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic cycling races, consist of four disciplines; Track, Road, Mountain Bike, and BMX events. The London 2012 VeloPark, to be based in the north of the ...Read more

LEAF Awards 2007

The Building Centre has again been privileged to be associated with the Leading European Architects Forum (LEaF) and more particularly this year in supporting one of the categories in the Emirates Glass LEAF Awards 2007

This year, the LEAF Awards, which are open ...Read more

Bringing offsite to you

The market for off-site construction methods is expanding rapidly year on year. More and more clients, designers and constructors are discovering that off-site methods offer substantial benefits in terms of project quality, predictability, productivity on site, ...Read more

Helping the UK's construction industry "build bridges" with China

www.boscons.co.uk is the website of a business which offers a service to companies within the UK’s construction industry who might wish to establish and develop successful trade relationships with suppliers and manufacturers in ...Read more

No 1 Lower Carbon Drive

No. 1 Lower Carbon Drive - produced by The Building Centre for the London Development Agency - has opened on Trafalgar Square. The mock-up of a full-size traditional Terrace House is designed to showcase the Mayor of London's Green Homes initiative.

Visitors to ...Read more

IBP National Journalism Awards 2007

At the recent Awards Ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel, Park Lane The Building Centre was again pleased to sponsor the category of Young Journalist. The judges were encouraged by the large number and high standard of entries received making the judging process this year ...Read more

The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards

The Emirates Glass LEAF Awards will be taking place at the Waldorf Hilton in London on the 29th November 2007.

This is our 4th annual LEAF Awards which are set to be the most influential event on this year’s international architectural calendar. Every year, the ...Read more