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Future Materials: The challenges of specifying.

CDW: Brand activations & installations at Material Source Studio London.

CDW: Brand activations & installations.

Paula Camiña Eiras, founder, Co-Obradoiro Galego, on combining craftsmanship with culture for regenerative outcomes.

Paula Camiña Eiras, founder, Co-Obradoiro Galego.

Muraspec launches digitally printed murals designed to transform surfaces into powerful design statements.

Muraspec launches new digitally printed murals.

Radii combines material expression with technical integrity, elevating the resident experience at The Eades Walthamstow.

Radii: The Eades Walthamstow.

AI: Simply intriguing or integral to creating significant impact?

Communal spaces: Is AI intriguing or impactful?

In Practice: With Manalo & White London.

AI: Sustainability champion, or insupportable?

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AI: Sustainability champion, or insupportable?

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Aurore Baulier, founder, Atelier Baulier, on Passivhaus in practice and the power of retrofit.

Aurore Baulier, founder, Atelier Baulier.

Vepa UK launches Hemp Carbon: Furniture with modern character & natural foundations.

Vepa UK launches Hemp Carbon Furniture.

AI: Novelty or non-negotiable?

Material Moods: 10 creative expressions of Belonging.

Material Moods: 10 expressions of Belonging.

Material Moods: Belonging & creative expression.

New Tennessee Performing Arts Center by BIG extends the vibrancy of downtown Nashville.

BIG's new Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

Stuart Rogers, national operations director, Muse & board member, LandAid on shaping places that support people.

Stuart Rogers, Muse & LandAid.

What is the role of modelmaking in an increasingly digital world?

What is the role of modelmaking?

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Designers Nook Escape

Manchester

Designers Nook Escape

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AI: Destroyer or creator?

Glasgow

AI: Destroyer or creator?

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Manchester then and now

Manchester

Manchester then and now

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Circular Design Event

Manchester

Circular Design Event

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Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - Glasgow

Glasgow

Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - Glasgow

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Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - Manchester

Manchester

Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - Manchester

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Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - London

London

Paint Foundation: Understanding the Essentials CPD - London

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Manchester Architectural Tour

Manchester

Manchester Architectural Tour

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Lunchtime CPD: Use of Light Gauge Steel & Insulation in regard to reaction to fire & fire resistance

Manchester

Lunchtime CPD: Use of Light Gauge Steel & Insulation in regard to reaction to fire & fire resistance

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Thirty years on from the Manchester bomb: A moment of reflection

Manchester

Thirty years on from the Manchester bomb: A moment of reflection

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Race Across Manchester

Manchester

Race Across Manchester

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Manchester Property: Community living – true or false?

Manchester

Manchester Property: Community living – true or false?

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Scotland Property: Retrofit revolution or evolution?

Glasgow

Scotland Property: Retrofit revolution or evolution?

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London Property: Developing places – inclusive or exclusive?

London

London Property: Developing places – inclusive or exclusive?

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Katy Ghahremani, partner/architect, Make Architects, on EDIB principles, high-profile projects & role models in the workplace.

Katy Ghahremani, partner, Make Architects.

Full programme now live for Material Source Studio London at CDW 2026.

CDW 2026: Full programme now live.

ILIV’s portfolio of faux leather fabrics expands with the launch of Tofino.

ILIV’s Tofino: A new faux leather fabric.

Buttress Architects, This City & Jasper Sanders + Partners collaborate on No.1 Ancoats Green.

No.1 Ancoats Green, Manchester.

40 Views on supporting Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging through inclusive design.

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40 Views on supporting Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging through inclusive design.

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A workspace fit for music copyright royalty: Motive creates brand-led headquarters for Ice Services.

Motive's brand-led headquarters for Ice Services.

Lola Ben-Alon, assistant professor, Columbia University & director, Natural Materials Lab.

Lola Ben-Alon, director, Natural Materials Lab.

New Cundall HQ sees collaboration between SPACE, Bowmer and Kirkland & Ryder Architecture - with biophilic design by Benholm.

New Cundall HQ with biophilic design by Benholm.

Milliken’s new capsule floor tile collection The Sisal Edit draws inspiration from tactility of plant fibres.

Milliken’s floor tile collection: The Sisal Edit.

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Radii combines material expression with technical integrity, elevating the resident experience at The Eades Walthamstow.

Radii: The Eades Walthamstow.

Exceptional experience: Basha Franklin crafts scheme for Myo with tailored glazed partition package from Radii.

Radii collaborates with Basha Franklin for Myo.

Wedge transforms quartz sand into enduring, digitally fabricated pieces of furniture.

Wedge fabricates 3D printed furniture from sand.

Russwood's Timber & Taste event explored how materiality can support Scotland’s transition to low carbon design.

Russwood Timber & Taste event: Low carbon design.

Cigarette filters, shells, and hair extensions will all be transformed for Green Grads London.

Green Grads London: Transformation for the future.

Russwood on five things you may not know about timber cladding.

Russwood: Timber cladding.

Future Materials Library™ launches at Material Source Studio.

Future Materials Library™ launches.

Future Materials Library™: How do we define sustainability?

Future Materials Library: Defining sustainability.

Surfacing by Heather Gibson: Ceramic stoneware rooted in materiality and memory.

Surfacing by Heather Gibson, County Hall Pottery.

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