Buttress gets green light for housing on site of demolished Stirling Prize winner

The Architects’ Journal Buttress gets green light for housing on site of demolished Stirling Prize winner Buttress Architects has won approval for 263 homes on the site of the first-ever RIBA Stirling Prize winner – Hodder Associates’ Centenary Building for the University of Salford – which was demolished last year The post Buttress gets green light for housing on site of demolished Stirling Prize winner appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Ian Weinfass

New homes approved for Crescent Salford

ECF, a partnership between Homes England, L&G, and Muse, has received approval for 236 new homes designed by Buttress Architects in the Crescent Salford development, being delivered with Salford City Council and the University of Salford, supported by Greater Manchester Combined Authority's Good Growth Fund,

Morgan Sindall begins Salford acoustics building

Work to build an acoustics research, testing and teaching facility at the University of Salford has begun.

United Infrastructure and University of Salford unite to retrofit UK houses

United Infrastructure and the University of Salford partner to retrofit a 1930s house at Salford's Energy House 2.0 facility. The post United Infrastructure and University of Salford unite to retrofit UK houses appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

Buttress reveals housing plans for site of flattened Stirling Prize winner

The Architects’ Journal Buttress reveals housing plans for site of flattened Stirling Prize winner Buttress Architects has submitted plans for 236 homes on the site of the RIBA Stirling Prize’s first-ever winner – Hodder Associates’ Centenary Building for the University of Salford – which has now been demolished The post Buttress reveals housing plans for site of flattened Stirling Prize winner appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Richard Waite

Tom Scott - Science vs the Weather: Salford's Energy House, 19122016

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control for factors like sun, wind and rain? The solution: put the whole house inside an environmental chamber: a building inside a building that means the weather is controlled, repeatable, and part of the science.