Academics

Designing Buildings Wiki is a free, cross-discipline knowledge base for the construction industry covering everything from property development and design to construction and operation. It is used by 10,000 people a day, helping educate, spread best practice, promote innovation and prevent mistakes.

We are looking to collaborate with academics to help you share lecture notes, research papers, abstracts and any other knowledge-based content.

• We will promote suitable content on our home page, newsletter and social media.
• Your content will automatically link up to 3,500 articles already on the site.

Your profile picture or logo will appear at the top of your articles, along with your name and a link back to your website. So when people read about your subject, your university will be the one that is seen.

There is no charge for browsing, registering or adding content to Designing Buildings Wiki. It is a completely free site. We will even help you add your content for you if you want us to.

Creating an article

To create an article, just register, (registration is free) and create a profile. Then click the orange 'Create an article' button.

You will be asked to check whether the article already exists, and if it doesn't, you will be asked if you want to create it.

You can type your article from scratch or you can paste it from another application.

Adding your profile to your articles

To add your profile to the top of articles you have written, edit the article, move the cursor to the end of the article and click the insert signature button.

Then save the article.

What sort of content is acceptable

You can write about any subject related to the construction industry, but articles should be factual, not promotional. You can include as much promotional material as you like on your profile page, but not in articles.

Writing style should be 'encyclopaedic' rather than 'bloggy'. See Quick Style Guide for more information.