General Articles

FaulknerBrowns Architects has opened a studio in Dublin. Dublin is FaulknerBrowns’ second international studio, with existing offices in Vancouver and Newcastle. The new office will be led by partner Niall Durney, who was born in Dublin and joined the practice... View Article

Sports and leisure specialist GT3 Architects has led an internal design review, reimagining a state-of-the-art training academy and community-driven stadium for Newcastle United. Building on the company’s ‘people architecture’ ethos, the project is the first of several in-house design reviews,... View Article

The latest Building Insights podcast with Alina White, an associate at Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects, is now live. With the pandemic having left a question mark over many urban commercial office environments, clients are keen to employ the design tools... View Article

Leading architecture firm GT3 Architects has bolstered its team with a new client relationship and development lead. Stephen Parker will join the practice, working with a national remit and forming part of its leadership team.  With more than 35 years’... View Article

De Matos Ryan has transformed The Alice Hawthorn’s sustainability with the addition of twelve guest bedrooms and the renovation of its Grade II listed pub. At the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Nidd, the village of Nun Monkton was... View Article

Chybik + Kristof (CHK) unveil plans for the construction of Ostrava Tower, a 235 metre-tall and 98,000 m² multipurpose skyscraper located in the heart of Ostrava’s city centre. Initiated by the architects in 2019, their latest urban infill project addresses... View Article

Due to an increase in the number and scale of exciting forthcoming projects, the architectural firm behind the masterplan of the pioneering Central Quay development in Cardiff, Rio Architects, is delighted to announce it has expanded its Cardiff team with... View Article

Rocco Design Architects Associates’s (RDA) Performing Arts Centre, flagship of the Bao’an Cultural Complex, opened on 17 September 2021 in Shenzhen, China. Overlooking Quanhai Bay and the South China Sea, the building anchors the southern end of the cultural complex.... View Article

A significant milestone in one of the DfE’s ‘Low Carbon Pathfinder’ projects has been reached with an end-of-module-installation ceremony taking place at Merstham Park School, near Reigate in Surrey. The ceremony was attended by representatives from DfE – including Paul... View Article

Landscape Institute announces: Mitigating the Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies conference will be running online on 22-24 March 2022. As we face the greatest catastrophe to befall the natural world, we are the first generation to feel the effect of climate... View Article

The architects behind Oriel, the new Moorfields Eye Hospital and an award-winning campus for Birkbeck University of London has completed a new research facility for UCL. PEARL is the first-of-its-kind laboratory that can simulate the urban environment to test how people use infrastructure... View Article

If you were to design a building that puts occupants’ happiness first, what would it look like? How would the materials, form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? From the author of 2018’s hugely successful Happy by... View Article

On the 4th February, the world watched Beijing celebrate the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics as the world’s first dual Olympic city. The only new permanent venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, the National Speed Skating... View Article

One of Nottingham’s most recently refurbished spaces is a finalist for three awards at this year’s British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands and Central England Awards. Architecture and interior design firm CPMG Architects oversaw the internal refit of the Grade... View Article

Perkins&Will, led by Penoyre & Prasad with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, has signed a contract with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to design two new state-of-the-art hospitals on the site of Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). The appointment follows a competition... View Article