Project Articles

YIT starts self-developed apartment building projects with the value of approximately EUR 45 million in total. The projects comprise over 230 apartments in total. The start-ups were recorded in the third quarter when the start decisions were made.  The projects... View Article

The new Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design in the world heritage city of Bergen in Norway has opened.  Designed by the internationally acclaimed Norwegian architects, Snøhetta, the building houses University of Bergen’s departments of art and design, brought... View Article

Cotswold architect, coombes:everitt, has secured planning permission for a new 4,500 ft contemporary home in Cowley, Gloucestershire. The new home will replace a poorly situated 1960s bungalow. Inspired by the weeping willow tree within its grounds, the aptly named Willow... View Article

A group of Cardiff University architecture graduates are being praised for their globally-minded social enterprise, having built a new kindergarten and community hall on Vanua Levu Island, Fiji. Working with charities, NGOs and schools worldwide, CAUKIN Studio is a collaborative of students... View Article

The newly completed transport interchange at Gorse Stacks, Chester, was named the winner of the Medium Category at the North West Institute Structural Awards during a ceremony in Manchester last Friday. Jefferson Sheard’s Manchester studio was appointed upon the detailed... View Article

The Bund Finance Centre – a major new mixed-use development jointly designed by Foster + Partners and Heatherwick Studio – is set to revitalise Shanghai’s waterfront. Occupying a prominent site on the Bund, the buildings define the ‘end point’ to... View Article

A major student residential and mixed-use scheme in Vauxhall has been granted planning permission by Lambeth Council. Designed by tp bennett for developer Downing, the application is for a 37-storey student residential building and a six-storey commercial office development on the west side... View Article

One Angel Square, a new headquarters building for Northamptonshire County Council has completed, enabling its workforce to relocate from 12 separate properties into one BREEAM Excellent building. The brief was for a 22,000 m² flexible office to accommodate 2,000 employees.... View Article

A major new £36m secondary school in Sutton has successfully received planning permission following a progressive design proposal by Architype. The 6 form-entry school with 6th form is part of the wider masterplan for the intended London Cancer Hub (LCH),... View Article

Westminster City Council has resolved to grant permission for the New Outpatients Building at St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. St Mary’s is the major acute hospital for north-west London, as well as a major... View Article

Swedish practice White Arkitekter has developed the design for a new facility to be built on the existing Panzi Hospital site in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Panzi hospital was set up in 1999, by Dr Denis Mukwege and... View Article

The Cashel Palace Hotel embodies Irish history. Formerly the Bishop’s Palace, it was completed for Archbishop Theophilus Bolton in 1730 within the shadow of the Rock of Cashel –  the place, according to legend, where St. Patrick converted a fifth... View Article