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Solicitor Michael Gerard of Michael Gerard Solicitors (www.mg-law.co.uk) explains why it is so important to be certain when issuing a practical completion certificate. All standard forms of contract provide for the issuing of a notification when practical completion has been... View Article

Planning has been granted by Newham Borough Council for an unusual 800 sq m residential scheme for client Cliveden Land Ltd. Edward Williams Architects has cleverly inserted four new buildings into the car parking area of an existing development of... View Article

MVRDV has won the competition organized by Chinese real estate developer Vanke to design their new headquarters building in Shenzhen. The 250-metre-tall Vanke Headquarter Tower – unofficially called Vanke 3D City by MVRDV – is due to start construction in... View Article

2018 has been a transformative year at Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. From an international merger with Perkins+Will to the expansion of the partner group, the company has become a stronger, more formidable international player while maintaining its rich... View Article

Two architectural technologists from multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p have committed to mentoring De Montfort University (DMU) students. Tahir Caratella and Amit Chhatralia have commenced part-time tutoring roles with first- and second-year students from the Architectural Technology degree course respectively. Tahir... View Article

The general benefits of a Brutalist approach using fair-faced concrete for residential schemes, and the potential applications in the UK as well as in Mediterranean examples I have never been comfortable with the term “Brutalist” especially when coupled with “fair-faced... View Article

The first phase of plans to transform the Kings Hall heritage site to a Health and Wellbeing Campus has been granted Planning Approval by Belfast City Council. Based in south Belfast, the Kings Hall Health and Wellbeing Park will become the most innovative Health and Wellbeing... View Article

Edward Williams Architects has completed a roof-top extension to a mid-twentieth-century primary school in Lewisham, developing and detailing the initial designs by Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects. Turnham Primary School needed additional facilities on a restricted site for their expanding pupil... View Article

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announce today the list of 383 works competing for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The 383 works draw the present picture... View Article

BE DESIGN, the multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering practice, is rounding off the year with a series of significant new appointments, announcing seven additional members to its team. The practice celebrated its fifth anniversary this year and works across a number of... View Article