Letter: We need a Brutalist love of concrete to get to net zero 22 Jan 2021 Edwin Heathcote’s excellent article “Beauty and the Brutalists” is a cautionary tale of what happens when politicians meddle with building design.
The Concrete Centre & MPA joins the UKBIMA Affiliate Programme 12 Jan 2021 The UK BIM Alliance is delighted to announce a formal affiliation with The Concrete Centre and Mineral Products Association. The Concrete Centre provides material, design and construction guidance.
Net zero needs a design aesthetic 23 Dec 2020 Would a modern twist on the Bauhaus vision help to inspire and transform, asks Elaine Toogood. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen recently said that the climate transition needs its own ‘distinctive aesthetic’. She has vowed to set up a new Bauhaus movement to inspire architects and designers.
The Queen of Concrete 01 Nov 2020 Elaine Toogood is Head of Architecture at The Concrete Centre - the UK’s hub for material, design and construction guidance related to the use of concrete. She has nearly 25 years’ experience as an architect across a range of design projects including several self-build homes.
Specifying Sustainable Concrete 15 Oct 2020 We’re just about to start the third section of our virtual Sustainability Series, with this part looking in a more detail at the numbers and data that you can use for evaluating the sustainability of your project, either looking at the embodied carbon or at the whole lifecycle.
Playing to our strengths 13 Oct 2020 Like many of you, I’ve been thinking a lot about how we can build back better after COVID. We’ve had a chance to stop and reflect, to reconnect with what’s important to us, and to our communities and to nature.
Using concrete for life 13 Oct 2020 Jenny Burridge, Head of Structural Engineering, The Concrete Centre talks us through the use of long-lasting precast concrete as a perfect offsite construction for tall buildings design.
UK concrete and cement sector sets out roadmap for beyond net zero 06 Oct 2020 The UK concrete and cement industry has launched a roadmap to become net negative by 2050, removing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits each year.
Concept v4: Cost and Carbon – updated conceptual design tool from The Concrete Centre 30 Sep 2020 The Concrete Centre, the provider of material, design and construction guidance for concrete has launched an update to its software tool Concept.
Kingston University Town House 29 Sep 2020 On Monday 10th August The Concrete Centre held a seminar featuring Kingston University Town House which played out to a ‘packed’ virtual audience. Elaine Toogood, head of architecture at The Concrete Centre listened in and particularly enjoyed listening to Matt McCulloch of Grafton Architects talk about the development of the design strategy for the project – the practice’s first in the UK.
Forthcoming events 16 Dec Understanding and implementing second generation Eurocode 2 12:30 - 13:30 Free 13 Jan The evolution of concrete architecture from a circular economy perspective 12:30 - 13:15 Free 10 Feb Concrete Frames Explained 12:30 - 13:30 Free