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Industry gives mixed response to Gove move to make it pay for re-cladding

Wednesday, 12th January 2022

The construction and housing industries have given a mixed response to Secretary of State for Housing Michael Gove’s announcement that £4bn for replacing cladding to ensure it is fire-safe on buildings over 11 metres will be passed from leaseholders to... View Article

‘Exceptional’ University of Portsmouth building granted planning permission

Wednesday, 15th December 2021

The Victoria Park Building for the University of Portsmouth has been granted Planning Permission by unanimous decision, after councillors praised the building’s “exceptional design”. Set on the edge of Victoria Park, the new academic Building houses 12-storeys of general and... View Article

UNStudio completes the largest retail complex in north Shanghai

Wednesday, 15th December 2021

UNStudio, in collaboration with Nihon Sekkei, recently completed the Shanghai Jiuguang Centre. The design for this brand new retail destination, which sits in the middle of a bustling Shanghai neighbourhood merges an advanced commercial ecosystem with a human-centric, customer-friendly destination.... View Article

Skanska signs construction contract for the Barkarby extension in Stockholm

Wednesday, 15th December 2021

Skanska has signed a contract with the Stockholm Regional Council to do frame completion and tunnel installations in the extension of the blue metro line from Akalla to Barkarby in Stockholm, Sweden. The contract is worth about SEK 900M, which... View Article

L&G Modular pipeline reaches over 800 homes

Wednesday, 15th December 2021

Legal & General Modular Homes is proposing a new neighbourhood of innovative modular homes at Bore Hill Farm in Warminster. The plan, the first of its kind in Wiltshire, would deliver 95 highly sustainable, energy efficient and affordable homes on... View Article

Episode 3 of the Building Insights podcast is now live

Monday, 13th December 2021

The third episode of the Building Insights podcast is now available! In this episode, Antony Wood, executive director of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat – CTBUH speaks to the managing editor of Architects’ Datafile, James Parker, about... View Article

The Royal Society of Sculptors begins £6.5m restoration of its historic home, Dora House

Tuesday, 23rd November 2021

The Royal Society of Sculptors is undertaking a conservation project to transform its historic home, Dora House, the Grade II listed building. The project that has achieved planning consent will be completed next Summer and is the first phase of... View Article

Bringing a character to the neighbourhood

Thursday, 18th November 2021

The first apartment sales have been closed for the ‘O’, an MVRDV-designed high-rise that – as one of four letter-shaped apartment buildings that together spell out the word HOME – forms one of the standout elements of Mannheim’s Franklin Mitte... View Article

MVRDV reveals finalist proposal for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument

Tuesday, 16th November 2021

The Lens, MVRDV’s competition proposal for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument dedicated to Canada’s Queer community – in particular those who endured what is now termed the LGBT Purge – has been selected as a finalist and is now available for... View Article

The World’s Best New Building! RIBA International Prize 2021 Shortlist Announced

Tuesday, 16th November 2021

Three exceptional architecture projects from around the globe have been revealed as the 2021 shortlist for the RIBA International Prize by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The prestigious biennial award celebrates projects that demonstrate design excellence and social... View Article

MVRDV reimagines Berlin Film Studios with Sustainable Materials

Thursday, 11th November 2021

MVRDV has received planning approval for the first two buildings in Atelier Gardens, a proposal to sustainably transform the campus of Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA). Situated on the southern edge of Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, BUFA has been a key... View Article

Landmark West Ealing 100% affordable residential project wins Appeal highlighting ‘exemplary design’

Monday, 8th November 2021

A landmark 20 storey 100% affordable residential tower in West Ealing, London has been granted approval on Appeal, with the Inspector praising the ‘exemplary design.’ The development – 55 West – will provide 144 affordable apartments, with split level ground floor amenity... View Article

Green light for Muse Developments’ landmark One City Park, Bradford

Thursday, 21st October 2021

Muse Developments, one of the UK’s leading names in town and city-centre urban regeneration, has received full planning consent for One City Park, a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ 56,403 ft² office building in the heart of Bradford city centre. The development will... View Article

Concepts Revealed for Tourism Hub at Muckno Estate, Ireland

Thursday, 21st October 2021

Scott Brownrigg have revealed concept drawings for a new sustainable tourist hub in the heart of County Monaghan in Ireland. The concept has been developed for the partnership between Monaghan County Council and Fáilte Ireland together with Professor Terry Stevens... View Article

LWK + PARTNERS wins Qianhai FUTURE TIMES landscape design competition

Thursday, 21st October 2021

LWK + PARTNERS Landscape Team in collaboration with DDON has won the international competition to design landscape areas of multiple sites of FUTURE TIMES in China’s Qianhai, Shenzhen’s headline-making industry co-operation zone, after fighting off other strong global design firms!... View Article

ADDP Architects’ New Martin Modern in Singapore

Tuesday, 19th October 2021

ADDP Architects, the award-winning architecture firm founded in 1986 and headquartered in Singapore, today officially unveils the design for Martin Modern, an ambitious urban project consisting of two 30-storey towers that uphold the highest standards of sustainable architecture. Martin Modern follows... View Article

ZHA Ranks 1st in Design Competition to Renovate Vilnius Station

Wednesday, 29th September 2021

The evaluation commission of the international architectural competition to select the best concepts for the redevelopment of the Vilnius railway station complex and surrounding area awarded the highest ranking to the proposal by Zaha Hadid Architects. Zaha Hadid Architects’ ‘Green Connect’... View Article

MVRDV completes Ilot Queyries, a courtyard apartment building that combines intimate streetscapes and expansive green space

Thursday, 16th September 2021

MVRDV has completed construction of Ilot Queyries, a courtyard apartment building providing 282 homes – including 128 for social housing – parking, commercial space, and a rooftop restaurant in an intimate urban setting with plenty of light, air, and a... View Article

MDI Architecture names interior partners on East Thiers Station project

Monday, 13th September 2021

MDI Architecture is set to bring to life the interior of the 6,000 m² €100m East Thiers Station in Nice – designed by Daniel Libeskind – with Agilité Solutions, Zatti Interiors, and ESA Engineering listed as partners for the realisation... View Article

Paul Murphy Architects bring Kings Road landmark back to life

Wednesday, 8th September 2021

The former Hand and Flower pub on the Kings Road has been carefully restored and extended by Paul Murphy Architects (PMA) to create a new high quality, mixed-use development and in its own small way, mend part of the street... View Article