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After 20 years of standing derelict, Port Talbot Cinema finally sees contractors arrive on site to commence its delicate restoration. BAM Construction is beginning works under a pre-contract agreement with Neath Port Talbot Council to re-develop the grade II listed... View Article

Leading hospitality interior designers Su Doggett and Carl Simmonds have joined the London studio of global architectural practice HKS as Principal and Director – Hospitality Interiors and Design Director Hospitality Interiors respectively. This marks a significant step for HKS, introducing... View Article

AHR is set to move its Bristol team to a new office space in a move to maximise collaborative working, with all staff working across eight services and nine sectors to be based within the open-plan office across a single floor.... View Article

The opening ceremony of the new Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia marked the completion of the Comcast Technology Centre, which includes new, innovative workspaces for Comcast alongside active public spaces, that reflect the vitality of the city. This was followed... View Article

The first two shortlisted homes were revealed in the opening episode of a special four-part Channel 4 TV series – Grand Designs: House of the Year – broadcast on Wednesday 23 October. The full shortlist of seven homes will be... View Article

Newly Constructed Webster Green Brings 82 Affordable and Supportive Homes for Formerly Homeless Individuals and Families to Bedford Park Neighbourhood Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) recently announced the completion of Webster Green, a $30m affordable and supportive housing development in... View Article

Lenton Green, a scheme that transformed five high-rise flats into new homes, has been recognised by the East Midlands region of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as a leading housing development, and one which delivers exceptional design and... View Article

The hospitality-led, mixed-use project designed for Dominvs Group is characterised by one of the largest green walls in the world, creating a distinctive architectural addition to a gateway City site, while absorbing eight tonnes of pollution annually and setting the... View Article

Award-winning architecture practice, Assael Architecture, has promoted Allan Stringer and John Lynch to associate directors as the company continues to go from strength to strength Both Allan and John joined Assael back in 2011 as Part II architectural assistants and... View Article

MVRDV celebrated the completion and opening of WERK12, a 7,700m2 mixed-used development located close to Munich’s East Station in a ceremony held yesterday evening. Forming the nucleus of the Werksviertel-Mitte district, an urban regeneration plan on a former industrial site,... View Article

Wilson Associates to create New Design-Led Space Sleep & Eat, ‘Europe’s leading design and innovation event for the hospitality sector’, has revealed The Hub – an exciting new addition to the show being created by the London arm of Wilson... View Article

Conran and Partners have completed a significant redesign of the lobby spaces at Crowne Plaza ® Paris – République. The launch marks the first step in a wider roll-out of a new concept-design blueprint for the brand in Europe, aiming... View Article

To build on a vacant site in Paris requires infill in harmony with the existing urban fabric. Rue Orfila is a typical neighbourhood street, the former rue des Hautes-Gâtines in the Commune de Charonne. Mobile Architectural Office consider that each... View Article