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Bond Bryan shortlisted for Architectural Practice of the Year and Project of the Year at this year’s Education Estates Awards

Tuesday, 7th August 2018

Bond Bryan are delighted to be shortlisted for two awards at this year’s Education Estates Awards. These awards focus attention on some of the most important issues within the Education sector and recognise the very best companies, collaborations and projects... View Article

Mercury Tower

Tuesday, 7th August 2018

Malta’s location at the midpoint of the Mediterranean has made the island a centre of trade and tourism. Welcoming almost 2.5 million international tourists last year with the number of visitors growing by almost 10% annually, Malta’s hospitality industry employs... View Article

Growing demand leads architects to expand landscape team

Tuesday, 7th August 2018

Architectural practice maber is expanding its landscape team in response to rapidly growing demand. The team has grown from two to seven people in less than a year, and now provides a variety of landscape design services through the practice’s... View Article

IKO PLC appoints new group managing director

Thursday, 2nd August 2018

Global roofing, waterproofing and insulation manufacturer IKO PLC has appointed Anthony Carlyle as its new Group Managing Director. Anthony moves from his position as MD of IKO Polymeric where he has spent more than 13 years, having started the division... View Article

The 2018 Structural Awards shortlist reveals how engineering influences modern design

Wednesday, 1st August 2018

This morning (1st August 2018), the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) reveals the shortlist for the Structural Awards 2018, featuring 53 entries selected from 115 projects globally. Now in its 51st year, these prestigious annual awards celebrate the world’s best engineering structures and demonstrate... View Article

Blog: Specifying door closers for social housing projects

Monday, 30th July 2018

Following a leaked report published in the London Evening Standard about the role the lack of functioning door closers played in the spread of the Grenfell fire, Graham Hulland, Product Marketing Manager at dormakaba reviews best practice for specifying door... View Article

Construction output to fall for first time in six years

Monday, 30th July 2018

The UK’s construction industry is expected to experience a moderate fall in 2018, following five years of consecutive growth. The Construction Products Association’s Summer Forecasts anticipate growth for the whole of 2018 to fall 0.6%, before accelerating to 2.3% in... View Article

Fact of the Week – 30th July 2018

Monday, 30th July 2018

On July 28th, 1945, a US Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14... View Article

RIBA Client of the Year shortlist reveals the clients championing brilliant architecture

Thursday, 26th July 2018

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the shortlist for the RIBA Client of the Year 2018. The annual award recognises the role that a good client plays in the creation of fine architecture. The 2018 shortlist is: Bloomberg... View Article

Chadwick Hall on the 2018 Stirling Prize Shortlist

Wednesday, 25th July 2018

Henley Halebrown’s Chadwick Hall project comprising of three residential halls for the University of Roehampton (London) has made the Royal Institution of British Architects’ (RIBA) Stirling Prize 2018 shortlist. The Prize is awarded annually to the best building in the... View Article

Foster + Partners exhibition opens at Tsinghua University Art Museum, Beijing

Wednesday, 25th July 2018

Foster + Partners’ latest exhibition, ‘Sustainable Communities | Shared Futures’, opened on 24th July 2018 at the Tsinghua University Art Museum. The ceremony was officiated by Stephen Ellison, Minister Councillor for the British Government in China, and attended by Prof.... View Article

Revised National Planning Policy Framework published

Wednesday, 25th July 2018

The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) has been revised by the Ministry of Housing including new rules intended by the to make it easier for councils to challenge poor quality development, and provide communities with a greater voice on how... View Article

Max Fordham have a project on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist for the third year in a row

Wednesday, 25th July 2018

On Friday (19 July 2018), Tate St Ives was named on the shortlist of six projects in the running for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018. Max Fordham worked with Jamie Fobert Architects (and alongside Price & Myers) on the extension to Tate St Ives, having worked with... View Article

Resi.co.uk adds £79 million to the value of British homes since 2016 launch

Monday, 23rd July 2018

Data from Resi.co.uk, the online architectural platform that’s making great home design faster, cheaper, and easier for the UK, reveals its plans have led to renovations which have added £79.9 million to the value of British homes since launch in 2016.... View Article

RGU student’s Torry housing proposal wins second prize in international architecture competition

Monday, 23rd July 2018

A third year architecture student from Robert Gordon University’s Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment has placed 2nd in an international architecture competition for his innovative housing designs for Torry in Aberdeen. Angus Chow (21) came runner up in the Unbuilt Housing 2018... View Article

Charles Holland Architects win London Bridge public realm competition

Monday, 23rd July 2018

Charles Holland Architects have won a design competition – organised by the London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Team London Bridge – to improve wayfinding and the public realm outside London Bridge station. The competition was open to architects, designers and... View Article

Quote of the Week – 23rd July 2018

Monday, 23rd July 2018

“For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well” – Mario... View Article

Caledonian secures top spot on the £300 million ESFA Batch C Modular Framework

Thursday, 19th July 2018

Caledonian, and its partner Architects HLM, has secured first place on the modular framework to provide permanent, component based buildings and facilities for the ESFA’s new secondary schools block replacement programme. Caledonian won this procurement competition with others from the... View Article

GRAHAM Construction chosen to build a new £45m Eye Hospital in Edinburgh

Thursday, 19th July 2018

GRAHAM Construction has been selected to develop a new eye hospital for NHS Lothian. The £45m capital scheme, procured through the Health Facilities Scotland Framework, will replace the existing Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion in Edinburgh city centre, which opened in... View Article

Neolith Reaches Higher Ground with 570 Broome

Thursday, 19th July 2018

As urban areas become more crowded and populations increase, so too do greenhouse gas emissions. These directly impact on public health and contribute to negative phenomena including global warming and acid rain. According to recent findings from the United States... View Article