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The Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has released its Annual Report for the year ending 31st December 2016. The GGF Annual Report 2017 highlights the Federation’s outstanding financial performance in 2016 which was significantly boosted by the sale of the... View Article

Prime Minister Theresa May announced an additional £2bn of affordable housebuilding as part of her “mission” to solve the housing crisis, at a speech to the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. In addition to heralding a “new generation of council... View Article

With over 1.5 million square feet in design and under construction throughout the US and Canada, Henning Larsen has established a new office in New York City. The practice’s aim is to set a new architectural agenda in North America... View Article

The David Attenborough Building has won the Architects’ Journal Retrofit Award: Best Office (2,000m2 – 10,000m2) in 2017. This award relates to the workspace within the building for the Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) – a unique collaboration between the University of Cambridge and leading internationally-focused... View Article

We are delighted to announce PM Devereux is joining Ryder Architecture with effect from 1 October 2017. Devereux Architects was acquired by PM Group, the international project delivery specialists, in 2007 and have been collaborating with Ryder over the past 12 months. ... View Article

JDS Architects (Brussels) and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (New York) have announced their selection to head a multi-disciplinary team to design the Citroën Cultural Centre project in Brussels. The new €125m facility in the refurbished historic Citroën building in central... View Article

A total of 13.3 million ft² of London office space could be lost to office-to-residential conversions carried out under new Permitted Development Rights introduced in 2013, according to new research published by the British Council for Offices (BCO).  This figure... View Article

Two University of Nottingham postgraduate students from the Department of Architecture and Built Environment (DABE) are enjoying a double celebration after emerging as joint winners in the prestigious UK Passivhaus Student Competition. Passivhaus buildings provide a high level of comfort... View Article

Work has begun on a new £13m building on the South Bank campus of Leeds College of Building. The new campus will feature red brick and metal cladding to echo the area’s industrial heritage targeted to achieve BREEAM Excellent. Architect... View Article