Winners announced for The Concrete Centre's 2026 Student Design and Sustainability Competition 10 Jul 2026 The Concrete Centre has announced the winners of its 2026 Student Design and Sustainability Competition, celebrating outstanding student talent in sustainable design and recognising innovative approaches to designing with concrete.
Navigation skills 10 Apr 2026 Of all the questions The Concrete Centre receives from architects, the majority concern how to specify low-carbon without having to go in-depth on concrete technology or supply chain dynamics.
First cuts are the deepest 10 Dec 2025 When it comes to carbon, the earlier you start, the bigger impact you can make. At our events and CPD presentations, designers often ask about new products, and what to specify for the lowest-carbon concrete.
Invisible touch 10 Sep 2025 This issue, we have a spectacularly inert building on our cover. The Ray Dolby Centre is designed to house some of the most sensitive equipment in the world, and the level of vibration transmission is 250 times lower than human perception.
Ways of seeing 10 Jun 2025 Scale is something of a theme within this issue, in a thought-provoking if unintentional way. I found it fascinating to read about how the design teams of both Goods Yard in Stoke and Colne Valley Viaduct considered their projects from different perspectives and evolved beautiful shapes, textures and details for viewers near and far, fast and slow.
Scandi gris 10 Feb 2025 There’s quite a Scandi vibe to this issue of Concrete Quarterly, with our cover story and innovation feature both highlighting examples from Denmark.
Writing on the walls 10 Nov 2024 Right now, there is some exciting experimentation into how concrete structures might be reused, and I’ve been thinking a lot about how architecture might evolve in a more circular economy.
2024 Structural Concrete Student Competition winners announced 16 Aug 2024 The Concrete Centre’s annual student Structural Concrete competition has been won by Gavin Hughes, Niall McGettigan, Amy McKillen and Ellie Swaile-Blemmings from Queens University, Belfast.
Bigger, better data 10 Jul 2024 “What’s the embodied carbon?” That’s a very important question for specifiers to ask about building materials and products – even if it’s far from a simple one to answer.
Different circles 10 May 2024 We’re fully in the swing of event season, and it’s great to be out and about, meeting people in person and having lots of conversations about sustainability and concrete.
Forthcoming events 20 Aug Structural Concrete Competition Awards 2026 16:00 - 17:00 Free 24 Sep Sustainability in Practice: Inspiring Projects, Practical Insights 18:00 - 21:00 Free