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Foster + Partners: A new tower on the block

Monday, 28th November 2022

425 Park Avenue is the first full-block office building on New York’s Park Avenue in over 50 years. The new building is located alongside Modernist icons such as the Seagram Building, Lever House and the CBS Building, on the world’s... View Article

University of Cambridge’s ‘Homerton College Dining Hall’ is the UK’s best new timber building

Monday, 28th November 2022

University of Cambridge’s ‘Homerton College Dining Hall’ designed by architects Feilden Fowles, is the UK’s best new timber building, having won the Gold Award at the 2022 Wood Awards. Elegant and impressive, the dining hall was praised by the judges... View Article

How to realistically net Net-Zero

Monday, 28th November 2022

This month has seen another show of force by climate protestors. Whether you agree with their tactics or not, their actions capture a wider sentiment, that we’re not doing enough to halt climate change. The same could be said for... View Article

Sustainable Hamad Airport Expansion Opens for The FIFA World Cup 2022

Wednesday, 23rd November 2022

As The FIFA World Cup 2022 host, Doha has started the expansion of the Hamad International Airport (HIA) Central Concourse Project in 2019 to accommodate more than 58 million passengers annually. The project is completed and opened in November 2022.... View Article

Foster + Partners receive planning for The William in Queensway

Tuesday, 22nd November 2022

New design-led workspaces, shops and homes confirmed as part of £3bn Queensway regeneration, as The William receives planning permission. Designed by Foster + Partners, The William will be a landmark timber structure for London, with work starting on site in... View Article

New associate director joins DMWR Architects

Tuesday, 22nd November 2022

Gary Wolstenholme has joined DMWR Architects as associate director based in the Manchester practice. Barry Harper-Smith, managing director of DMWR Architects comments, “We are delighted to welcome Gary to the Manchester team at an exciting time where we are seeing... View Article

Workspace Design Show returns for 2023!

Tuesday, 22nd November 2022

Workspace Design Show returns for the second time, unveiling an exciting speaker line-up as part of its 2023 edition. Taking place once again at London’s Business Design Centre, the show brings together the UK’s workplace interiors community to explore the... View Article

Reimagined beach house and refined family home shortlisted for RIBA House of the Year 2022

Monday, 21st November 2022

Seabreeze This project is experimental and delightful – and pink! A unique interpretation of a beach house, it has been designed to withstand the harsh coastal environment while still embracing the light-hearted pleasures of the English seaside. Located on the... View Article

Industry responds to Autumn Statement

Thursday, 17th November 2022

The architecture sector has responded to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s first Autumn Statement, in which he outlined a series of measures designed to protect the UK against global economic forces, but also provided some relief to businesses expecting more hardship, and... View Article

Novel House by KSR Architects and Interior Designers

Wednesday, 16th November 2022

KSR Architects & Interior Designers opens the doors to Novel House; an ambitious scheme of 17 apartments in the heart of Hampstead Village. It is one of the largest multi-residential projects to be built in Hampstead for many years. The seven-storey... View Article

Collins Arch, designed by Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects, wins two CTBUH awards

Tuesday, 15th November 2022

Collins Arch, Woods Bagot and SHoP Architects’ mixed-use project located in the heart of Melbourne’s urban core adds two more honours to its growing list of distinctions following the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s (CTBUH) 2022 award ceremony.... View Article

Freedom museum Groesbeek wins a 2022 architecture masterprize award

Tuesday, 15th November 2022

The Freedom Museum in Groesbeek, the Netherlands, has been awarded the prestigious Architecture MasterPrize for 2022. The museum is housed in a shaded dome, an innovation of Shaded Dome Technologies, a company founded by architectural studio ZJA, Royal HaskoningDHV, and... View Article

AGC Glass UK and OnLevel UK collaborate to certify new solutions for frameless glazed balustrades and Juliet balconies

Friday, 11th November 2022

AGC Glass UK and OnLevel UK are pleased to announce that Stratobel Strong laminated safety glass is now certified in OnLevel’s frameless balustrade systems TL6020, TL3020 and Skyforce Juliet balcony for loads up to 0.74kN. OnLevel’s UK Operations Director Martyn... View Article

Purcell’s Radley College extension triumphs in 2022 Brick Awards

Friday, 11th November 2022

A painstakingly detailed extension to a chapel at Radley College, a private school in Oxfordshire, was the overall winner in the 2022 Brick Awards, held in London last night. The heritage project won in three award categories – Supreme Winner,... View Article

Surface Design Awards 2023 Finalists Announced

Thursday, 10th November 2022

The Surface Design Awards Finalists have been revealed with judges praising the high standard of innovation and sustainability in entries received from around the world. After a stringent judging process, the Finalists for this year’s Surface Design Awards have been selected,... View Article

How digital specification is bringing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to life

Thursday, 10th November 2022

With COP27 now underway, the construction industry will be poised for new recommendations on how to tackle the growing climate crisis. However, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals already provide a framework for creating healthier and happier communities. Lee Jones of... View Article

Woods Bagot to lead $100m masterplan of Art Deco icon Burnham Beeches, marking Six Senses first Australian venture

Thursday, 10th November 2022

Following extensive community consultation and planning, the Trenerry Consortium – comprised of the Victor Smorgon Group, Kanat Group and Trenerry Property – has revealed a $100m masterplan for historic Burnham Beeches, following the Consortium and Woods Bagot’s recently completed Sorrento... View Article

ADF’s latest white paper ‘The Road to Zero Carbon (2030-2050)’ is now available

Wednesday, 9th November 2022

According to the World Green Building Council, buildings are globally responsible for half of the world’s total CO2 emissions and resource consumption, and 36% of global energy consumption. In 2019 RIBA joined the international Architects Declare movement to put practical... View Article

Gateway Central and Gateway West buildings completed at White City Place

Wednesday, 9th November 2022

The Gateway Central and Gateway West buildings at the White City Place business campus in west London are now completed and currently being marketed to prospective tenants by Stanhope, on behalf of Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo and some of its... View Article

MVRDV completes dramatic transformation of a 1970s city block in Paris

Wednesday, 9th November 2022

Gaîté Montparnasse, the MVRDV-designed transformation of a city block just a short walk from Paris’ Tour Montparnasse, is now open. The project has rationalised the existing uses of the mixed-use block – which included a hotel, shopping centre, office space... View Article