Technical Madeira Terrace: Restoring Brighton’s cast iron icon It is the longest cast iron structure in Europe. Kristina Smith visits the Victorian-era Madeira Terrace in Brighton, where a painstaking heritage project is under way
News Biggest-ever replica of a Neolithic feasting hall completes at Stonehenge English Heritage today unveiled its £1m reconstruction of a 7m-tall, 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge.
People Buckingham Palace to expand building surveyor team The Royal Household is recruiting a senior building surveyor to help maintain and decarbonise its historic London estate
Opinion Monument or workshop of democracy? Westminster’s £40bn conundrum The crumbling Palace is too important to be left to rot, but heritage alone can’t justify a full restoration.
Technical Lasdun Wall – the rebirth of a brutalist icon Mace has begun reworking Denys Lasdun’s 1960s modernist landmark at the University of East Anglia into a low carbon teaching and research facility
Legal ‘What are the legal risks on a stadium redevelopment?’ The latest contract clinic question comes from a contractor who has been invited to bid a football ground rebuild
News Morgan Sindall appointed to refurbish historic London leisure centre Morgan Sindall Construction’s London business has begun the refurbishment of the historic Kings Hall Leisure Centre in Hackney, with plans to preserve key features of the Grade II listed building throughout construction.
News In pictures | The best images from December A round-up of the most impressive construction pictures from the past month.
News In pictures | Over 100 historic buildings at risk saved this year Conservation charity Historic England has taken 129 sites from its Heritage at Risk Register, a survey on the health of England’s historic buildings and places.
News Medieval church tower suspended 14m above ground at City high-rise site A 700-year-old church tower will remain suspended almost 14m above ground while Multiplex builds a 36-storey Fifty Fenchurch Street office project in the City of London.
News In pictures | McLaren’s subcontractor restores Ikea Oxford St windows Newly released images show how window refurbishment specialist ASWS restored the facade steel and mansard hardwood windows of the new Ikea store in London’s Oxford Street.
News McAlpine to revamp England’s largest Victorian water tower The specialist heritage arm of Sir Robert McAlpine has been appointed for a £6m restoration of the largest surviving Victorian municipal water tower in England.
News McLaren signs £90m revamp of art deco London offices McLaren Construction has been appointed as the main contractor for the £90m refurbishment of London Art Deco landmark offices Brettenham House.
Technical In pictures | Walter Lilly completes major renovation of Lambeth Palace Walter Lilly has completed the first significant refurbishment of Lambeth Palace in over 70 years.
CIOB Community CIOB Conservation Conference 2025: A celebration of creativity Stewart Wright MCIOB reports on the recent CIOB Conservation Conference 2025.
People Heritage bodies collaborate to improve retrofit training New publication aims to help address critical skills and knowledge gaps across the retrofit workforce
News York’s oldest railway structure to be refurbished into brass band HQ Network Rail has received planning approval to restore York’s oldest surviving railway structure and turn it into the rehearsal space of a contesting brass band.
CIOB Community Conservation conference puts the focus on creativity in heritage The CIOB annual Conservation Conference will this month celebrate the creativity, dedication and expertise within the heritage and conservation sector.
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