Richard Bailey, director of The Design Collective Architects, and SIGA Natural Slate Category Manager Gerard Ferris, discuss best practice for achieving a high-quality slate roof on a new-build care home with Architecture Today's Technical Editor John Ramshaw.
Envelope
High-performance waterproofing products from Radmat are central to a major residential development in London by RM_A Architects
Building Review
At Fen Court, Eric Parry Architects shows how corporate architecture can regain its social and cultural role, says Louisa Hutton
Slate Roofing
SIGA Natural Slate sales director Robert Edwards discusses the company’s new website and how it can help architects achieve best practice for slate specification
Building Review
Gianni Botsford’s latest project is deeply rooted in both its site and an architectural ethos, finds Piers Taylor
Flat Roof Penetrations
Flat roofs that are durable and fit for purpose rely on many factors – not least the correct detailing and implementation of penetrations. Daniel Bosworth, Design & Technical Manager at SIG Design & Technology, examines best practice for this important discipline
Building
Vernacular forms and natural materials help counter preconceptions in TODD Architects’ mental health facility in Omagh
Building
An elegant eaves detail by Allies & Morrison forges strong links between old and new hall structures at King’s College School in Wimbledon
Focus
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has renewed the Hayward Gallery’s pyramid rooflights
Workspace
Stiff & Trevillion's creation of an independent workspace at the River Building in the City of London includes a one-acre roof garden
Building
Evans Vettori adopts triangular geometries to extend the Square Chapel arts centre in Halifax
Refurbishment
Studio Seilern uses replacement facades and an origami-form mansard roof to lend new life to a tired London office building
