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Brooke House, a new residential development by GRID architects, has completed in Acton, west London, delivering 102 100% affordable homes for women on behalf of Women’s Pioneer Housing (WPH) in partnership with L&Q. The 15-storey building replaces an outdated estate... View Article

CIBSE in collaboration with Arup and Loughborough University, has launched the updated CIBSE TM59 Overheating risk in dwellings: A design stage methodology, providing the industry with revised guidance for assessing and mitigating overheating risk in new homes and major residential... View Article

Associate Director Patrick Hastings has helped to shape some of LOM’s most technically ambitious projects. Pat sat down to discuss materiality and problem-solving, from lessons learned on early residential projects to the value of time spent on site, and how... View Article

NEW guidelines have been published by the Government Property Agency (GPA) as it continues its mission to create a smaller, better and greener office estate. Today (2 July) the GPA launched its updated Government Workplace Design Guide, which outlines improved... View Article

A21architects has been commissioned by Professor Kypros Nicolaides to design a pioneering new building at 1-4 Windsor Walk, London SE5. This state-of-the-art facility will serve as the home for the newly announced EMBRACE (Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supported Care and... View Article

White Breakers is a black clad, retrofitted, single storey property, located within a dark skies section of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, facing the Irish Sea. The refurbishment of the family home sought to radically improve the energy efficiency of... View Article

Built in 1914, the Edwardian bandstand is the only surviving example known in England of this type   Buttress Architects’ restoration work on Todmorden’s Grade II listed bandstand is now complete, along with a contemporary new community pavilion in Centre... View Article

Nissen Richards Studio has designed BOOM! – an exhibition exploring the impact of the post- war baby boom on Norwegian architecture for the National Museum – Architecture in Oslo. The exhibition, which runs till 9 August, is the first to... View Article

June 5, 2026 (Trafoi, Italy) – In June 2026, Hotel Bella Vista in Trafoi opens its new wing, designed by Matteo Thun – a project that interprets the dialogue between nature and architecture in the heart of Stelvio National Park.... View Article

AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering and project management services company, has played a key role in the development of new guidance on inclusion in learning spaces for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), by the Department for Education which is... View Article

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) has today responded to the publication of the UK Climate Change Committee’s 2026 progress report on reducing UK greenhouse gas emissions.   Usman Yaqub, CIAT President, said: “Coming as much of the UK... View Article

Foster + Partners has unveiled detailed masterplan designs for the Al Najd Agricultural City in Dhofar, southern Oman. Working in collaboration with Dar Al-Handasah, the Oman-based international multi-disciplinary consultant, the 54 million-square-foot, self-sustaining agricultural development will be built on fertile... View Article

Scottish architectural practice Smith Scott Mullan will officially transition to employee ownership from today (22 June 2026), with owners Graham Acheson, Eugene Mullan and Rick McCluggage transferring their shares to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Smith Scott Mullan’s transition to... View Article

Design professionals came together with a range of dementia care e xperts, consultants, academics and the construction supply chain this week in London, to take a holistic view of the factors needed for spaces that support the varied needs of... View Article

Greg Bishop, Director of Digital Transformation, Creative ITC Digital failures in the architecture sector are no longer an IT-only concern, but a direct threat to project delivery. Cyber activity targeting housing and construction has surged, rising nearly 61% between February... View Article

The refurbishment of the roof on the east stand of Swansea Stadium, which saw the like-for-like replacement of the original Brett Martin Marlon CS polycarbonate sheets, not only addressed weather damage but also restored the light transmission of the roof,... View Article

Located in Dongguan within the Greater Bay Area of southern China’s Pearl River estuary, the new Songshan Lake Exhibition and Performance Centre is at the heart of a mixed-use masterplan to revitalize the Yuehe Lake waterfront. Designed by ZHA to... View Article

The UK built environment is navigating a complex landscape of shifting economic pressures, regulatory evolutions and emerging sector opportunities. That’s why Futurebuild have partnered with Barbour ABI for an exclusive webinar, where an expert panel will map out the structural... View Article