Domino effect

An addition to the University of Massachusetts displays a composition of staggered copper and glass elements to create a dramatic entranceway. Jack Wooler spoke to architects BIG about how and why this domino effect was created The Business Innovation Hub... View Article

Brewster Bye is at home with new housing framework wins

Leeds based Brewster Bye Architects has been appointed onto seven frameworks that will deliver hundreds of affordable homes throughout the UK over the next 12 months, which reinforces the firm’s position as one of the UK’s leading architecture practices in... View Article

New images show demolition of Euston towers

The latest images from the HS2 site at Euston show contractors at work on top of the two 1970s towers at the front of Euston station – with 4 floors already removed from the two huge office blocks. Grant Thornton... View Article

A new hope

A pioneering cancer treatment centre in Manchester saw international architects HKS harnessing high-tech methods for attacking tumours using proton beams, while providing a human-centred facility. James Parker reports Proton beam therapy is an advanced and highly precise form of radiotherapy... View Article

Raising the standard

Jack Wooler explores the architects’ strategy behind a social housing scheme in Much Wenlock, Shropshire – a project which shows how Passivhaus can be achieved in a design that also worked with difficult terrain On the steeply sloping site of Callaughtons... View Article

Housing delivery programme appoints prize-winning architect

City of York Council’s programme to deliver 600 homes in the next five years has added another building block with the appointment of a widely-celebrated and multi award-winning architect’s practice. Following a national competition which saw over 50 entries from... View Article

Rollalong reveals modular designs for housing

Rollalong, the largest permanent offsite construction company in the south of England, has unveiled plans for 600 new homes which its building for affordable housing provider Magna Housing. Rollalong’s Managing Director Steve Chivers and the Magna Housing team revealed the... View Article

Stepnell completed multi-million pound premier yacht club

Award-winning construction firm Stepnell has completed a multi-million pound state-of-the-art yacht club in Poole, Dorset. The contractor was appointed by Parkstone Yacht Club and collaborated with architects Boyle & Summers to design and build a new three storey clubhouse, with flexible accommodation that can be... View Article

Lendlease tops out third phase of Elephant Park

Lendlease has announced the topping out of the third phase of its £2.3bn development at Elephant Park in London. This phase of construction consists of 829 apartments across two 24-storey towers, and nine mansion blocks. The Allford Hall Monaghan Morris-designed... View Article

Forest canopy

Inspired by the ‘Bamboo Forest’ of a nearby national park, the Wuxi Taihu Show Theatre near Shanghai marks the entrance to a huge new tourist attraction in its city. Roseanne Field reports The city of Wuxi sits on the banks... View Article