ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION ARTICLES
Development in the green belt
Melissa Magee, company director and architect at Carless + Adams, discusses the sensitive issue of building on the green belt and how this sensitivity affects planning permission for new care homes, and explains why action is needed now to avoid greater problems in the future
Putting down the pen: non-drawing design interventions
Designing gardens for care settings can be both challenging and highly rewarding, but how do we ensure that new outside spaces are still being used in the longer term? According to garden designers Debbie Carroll and Mark Rendell of Step Change Design, non-drawing design interventions might be the answer
Stairlifts and home lifts: time to raise your game
As the design of stairlifts and home lifts continues to be enhanced by the latest technology, an increasing number of care providers are installing them in new builds and retrofitting them in existing buildings to make them fully accessible to residents, staff, and visitors.
The Jubilee Suite: Abbot Care Home’s royal transformation
Josh Potter, PR & communications business partner at Excelcare, discusses a recent interior renovation project at Abbot Care Home in Essex that was inspired by Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
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Care Roadshows - Scotland
Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow
21st April 2026
Care Show London
ExCel, London
29 April 2026 - 30 April 2026
Care Roadshows - North West
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool
12th May 2026
Care Roadshows - Midlands
Villa Park Stadium, Birmingham
14th May 2025
Care Innovation Summit
Business Design Centre, London.
11th June 2026
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Epsom Downs Racecourse, Epsom
13th October 2026