Store Street Social – cocktails and live music at The Building Centre

Join us for cocktails and live music at The Building Centre every Friday from 5.30pm this June

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Release of BE: 2

The wellbeing issue of the journal of The Built Environment Trust

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Digital Turn

A free exhibition exploring digital construction with Semblr, Design Computation Lab, ZHCODE and more.

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Welcome to the underworld

An exhibition that will take you on a journey through time, illuminating the hidden feats of construction below ground.

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Build drawing skills: townscape sketching

A course that will take you out into the city to improve freehand drawing and observation skills.

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Exhibit your work and lead the debate in 2018

If you would like to connect with our educational programme or want us to share your story, then contact our programming team to discuss working with us.

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If you are looking for a cutting-edge flexible workspace at the heart of the construction industry, take out membership of CoWork Construct.

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15/06/2018

Harvard and Google collaborate on project aiming to reduce harmful ...

    

Harvard and Google aim to identify and cut harmful chemicals from construction materials

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13/06/2018

Swedish researchers create cellulose-based biomaterial stronger tha...

    

Cellulose-based biomaterial stronger than steel and spider silk

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04/06/2018

These three-dimensional sculptures look like architectural drawings

   

Architectural sculptures by David Moreno look like paintings

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Thermal Comfort: a condition of mind which expresses satisfaction with the thermal environment and is assessed by sub...

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29/05/2018

Is soil-based construction the future of sustainable housing in dev...

    

Adding sodium hydroxide to soil creates a durable, environmentally sustainable building material

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23/05/2018

Are giant bubbles filled with clean air the answer to our pollution...

    

Are giant bubbles filled with clean air the answer to our pollution problem?

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02/05/2018

Pollution-guzzling sculpture absorbs fumes produced by 90,000 cars ...

    

Kengo Kuma produces an origami-like installation that absorbs harmful pollution

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04/04/2018

Biofabricated ‘living colours’ are cheaper, non-toxic alternatives ...

    

A Toulouse-based start-up has developed a range of biosynthetic from bacteria

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09/04/2018

Otherworldly grottos with millions of algorithmically-generated su...

    

Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger create experimental grottos that challenge architectural boundaries

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17/04/2018

Igloo-like pollution pods illustrate how rapid urbanization affects...

    

Michael Pinksy’s ‘Pollution Pods’ are a series of geodesic air-filled domes.

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08/03/2018

Automating the construction industry

    

Companies using automation to disrupt the construction industry at ground level.

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City Conversations – Segregation and Safety

   

A discussion on what we can do with limited transport space to make sustainable forms of transport safer.

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Engineering dark matter, CERN's Large Hadron Collider

   

A unique evening event exploring the world’s most ambitious scientific and engineering projects

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01/02/2018

From beehives to banana slugs- how animals influence design

    

What can architects learn from how animals construct their living spaces?

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VMZINC® corrugated façade for new Hackney apartments

   

GPAD London’s design of eight apartments over a doctor’s surgery in Elsdale Street Hackney features VMZINC curved and pe

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02/02/2018

Three ways architecture is tackling climate change

    

Three long-term strategies architects are implementing to ensure the decrease of the effects of global warming

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19/02/2018

Vibrant exhibition at The Building Centre explores the allure of co...

    

This month, Lindenhall Studio presents ‘The London Deal’ at The Building Centre.

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26/04/2018

What draws us to a building? Eye tracking studies may have the answer

    

Eye tracking studies reveal what kind of architecture we are drawn to

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01/05/2018

Hot supermaterial 'graphene' makes concrete four times as strong

   

Graphene in concrete creates a stronger, more water-resistant building material

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19/04/2018

Windows as power stations! New glass can be used as solar power panels

    

Research has lead to the development of glass panels that instead of using energy, create it

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12/03/2018

Paper as strong as rock: how old paper can be transformed into a bu...

    

Old paper can be compressed into a strong, durable building material

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02/03/2018

Bolt Threads: the supermaterial made from spider silk

    

Bolt Threads has spent over seven years studying the proteins found in spider silk.

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23/03/2018

This year’s Burning Man features a spiralling temple made out of ti...

    

A timber temple made by Mamou-Mani Architects will open at this year's Burning Man

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27/02/2018

Is salt the new concrete? Dutch architect envisages building cities...

    

The Salt Project is a biomimetic project which envisions using saltwater to create sustainable buildings in Qatar

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21/05/2018

The House Of Secret Gardens, Ahmedabad, India

    

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02/03/2018

Colourful pavilion champions the benefit of building with bamboo

    

Urban Brains is a temporary pavilion situated in Kuala Lumpur constructed with bamboo and transparent plastic

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19/10/2017

Video: Reinier de Graaf in conversation with Patrik Schumacher

   

Reinier de Graaf in conversation with Patrik Schumacher event now available to watch online.

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