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Watson Batty Architects has started works on a new care home for Exemplar Health Care with plans to achieve the highest accreditation in design for dementia. Construction has commenced to deliver Springfield Vale, a 33-bed complex care home in Barnsley. ... View Article

The Quality Team at Leeds College of Building has been selected as a finalist in The Quality Professionals Awards (QPA) for Further Education and Employability. Whittled down from over 500 nominees, the elite finalists represent the best and most inspirational quality... View Article

ReardonSmith Architects has appointed three new directors, all promoted from within the senior team. They are: Bradley Fowler, Irek Pasek and Elizabeth Walton. Bradley, who joined ReardonSmith some 24 years ago, has contributed to many of the firm’s most significant... View Article

The £4+ million scheme will see two grade II listed Georgian townhouses carefully merged with unlisted, underused office space to create 33 student accommodation rooms. The project will see the site restored to its original, residential purpose, while integrating a... View Article

One of London’s largest adaptive reuse projects, the ambitious transformation of the former Camberwell Magistrates’ Court, has been granted planning approval by Southwark Council. Led by acclaimed architects, Ackroyd Lowrie for Criterion Capital, the groundbreaking scheme will reinvent the long-vacant... View Article

Today the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) announces its programme of exhibitions and events, ahead of the upcoming temporary closure on 31 May of RIBA’s headquarters at 66 Portland Place for refurbishment. More exhibitions, talks and events will continue at RIBA... View Article

The Foster + Partners Applied R+D team has developed Cyclops, a free, bespoke design plugin for Grasshopper in Rhino, which is available to everyone. Cyclops seamlessly integrates into existing workflows and turbocharges ray tracing simulations that are fundamental for environmental... View Article

NBS’ latest sustainability survey reveals two-thirds of architects say sustainability is often sidelined in strategy and briefing stages Key Findings 84% of construction professionals believe sustainability is best addressed during the strategy and brief stage, yet this is not widespread... View Article

A new three-storey office/Laboratory building has completed at Peterhouse Technology Park in Cambridge. Designed by Scott Brownrigg for British Land, ‘The Optic’ provides over 100,000 sq ft of prime office and flexible laboratory space and forms part of a wider... View Article

The UK’s most progressive building services professional body announces a complete brand overhaul – including a new name that reflects its evolving focus. Today, the Building Services Research and Intelligence Association (BSRIA) announces its new brand identity, better reflecting its... View Article

IGLO Architects has undertaken a significant adaptive reuse project with the Backhaus Production and Management Facility, skillfully carrying Ayazağa’s industrial heritage into the future while addressing contemporary needs. Led by architects Zafer Karoğlu and Esen Akyar, IGLO Architects has provided... View Article

Leading global multi-disciplinary design consultancy, HKR is pleased to announce the promotion of Ayna Azhigali to Director. Ayna has been an integral part of HKR for the past ten years, progressing from Senior Architect to Associate, Associate Director, and now... View Article

CIBSE is excited to announce the launch of the “Building for the Future” campaign, a transformative initiative designed to build a lasting legacy for the building services engineering profession. Central to this vision is the recent opening of CIBSE’s new... View Article

StudioHIVE Architects (SHA) is leading the charge in sustainable architecture with its latest project acting as a pilot for a new carbon building standard. The Bristol-based practice is working on transforming the Grade II listed “erecting sheds” at Silverthorne Lane... View Article

For three weeks, the ‘EARTH to SPACE: Arts Breaking the Sky’ festival will fill the Kennedy Center with musicians and astronauts, poets and researchers, visual artists and engineers, actors and environmentalists, architects and astronomers, dancers and scientists, filmmakers and space... View Article

Greenaway Architecture has submitted a planning application to Southwark Council for a modern infill house in the heart of East Dulwich, London. Positioned on a discreet urban plot, formerly used for parking, the new home has been designed as a... View Article

Foster + Partners is designing a green masterplan for Iași, a city in eastern Romania. The masterplan breathes new life into the land around the historic Palace of Culture, strengthening the relationship between the palace and the park, enhancing permeability... View Article

The Architectural Association (AA) and Nigel Coates present Margherissima, a Special Project of the 19th International Architecture Exhibition realised by LaBiennale di Venezia inside the Polveriera Austriaca at the historic Forte Marghera, which proposes a vibrant new neighbourhood alongside the... View Article

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) has today welcomed the confirmation of skills funding and investment in affordable homes through the Chancellor’s Spring Statement. Responding to the statement, Eddie Weir PCIAT, President, said: “Today’s Spring Statement shows just how... View Article