by Marina Young | Sep 16, 2026
Two competent consultants assess the same building. They work from the same drawings and the same specification. Yet their whole life carbon figures come out different, sometimes by a margin that surprises the client. This is not a sign that one of them is wrong. It...
by Marina Young | Oct 5, 2026
On Monday 5 October, the International Union of Architects marks World Architecture Day. The theme this year is Housing is a Human Right. Build It. It calls on architects to engage beyond design practice, into questions of housing policy, affordability and equitable...
by Marina Young | Sep 1, 2026
We continue our series of interviews with the ADW team, which we opened with our Director, Anthony Waterman. This time, we sit down with Harish Borah. Construction can calculate some things. Others, it must judge. Harish has spent over a decade working where the two...
by Marina Young | Jun 5, 2026
Every World Environment Day, attention turns to renewable energy, low-carbon materials, and emerging technology. These conversations matter. But from a construction economics perspective, some of the most significant environmental decisions on any project are made...