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The foundations and below-ground works of the new Taikang Financial Centre in Wuhan completed this week. Construction of the three towers within the 266,000 square metre development have now begun towards the centre’s planned completion in 2025. Founded in 1996,... View Article

Global architecture practice HOK has appointed Eli Hoisington and Susan Klumpp Williams as its new co-chief executive officers, succeeding Bill Hellmuth who passed away on April 6, shortly after his scheduled retirement. Hoisington and Klumpp Williams, who have served as... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is delighted to announce that Pakistan’s first female architect, Professor Yasmeen Lari, will receive the 2023 Royal Gold Medal for architecture. This award – the first to be personally approved by His Majesty... View Article

International architecture studio, OB Architecture, has unveiled their recently completed country house project, Spa House. The project saw the award-winning team create a holistic pool and garden pavilion in the grounds of a family home in Winchester, seamlessly connecting the... View Article

Led by the UK’s leading social enterprise, Places for People, the approved plans for Gilston Park Estate lay the foundations for six new villages to the north of Harlow on the Hertfordshire and Essex border. The masterplan, led by international... View Article

Maccreanor Lavington’s design for a new student accommodation building for Alumno Group has been awarded planning permission. The scheme sits on a challenging vacant triangle of land at the junction of Rockingham and Tiverton Street and includes three of the... View Article

Aedas designs a world-class headquarters for DESMAN in the Binjiang IoT (Internet of Things) Town, Hangzhou. The headquarters connects the major public green axis, overlooking the Smart Gate to the north and the landscape park to the south. Our design... View Article

The UK’s newest university, ARU Peterborough with its signature building, ‘University House’, has opened as part of a project delivered through a unique partnership between the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority, Peterborough City Council (PCC) and Anglia Ruskin University (ARU).... View Article

In the pursuit of creating comfortable and energy-efficient buildings, architects must consider a variety of design strategies to achieve cooler spaces, especially in the context of a warming climate. Three key approaches to consider include optimising building orientation, implementing shading... View Article

Designed by Studio Moren, the recently opened InterContinental is poised to quickly re-establish itself as the destination hotel in the Zambian capital. The opening marks the completion of the final phase of a project in which Studio Moren designed the refurbishment of... View Article

Apple BKC, Apple’s first flagship store in India, is now open. The store occupies a prominent corner of Jio World Drive, a new retail destination that is part of the Bandra Kurla Complex. Stefan Behling, head of studio, Foster +... View Article

Nansha New District is leading the future to be a free-trade zone as the main linkage between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau. Entrusted by China Railway Construction Corporation Limited, Ken Wai, a Global Design Principal of Aedas, led the team... View Article

KWL Architects, one of the UK’s leading care sector architects, has transitioned into an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Its founding directors, Philip Lewis and Neil Ross, started the company in Stow Hill, Newport in 2001 after working together for over... View Article

The global architecture firm Benoy has unveiled its design plans for ‘Konoz’, a cutting-edge entertainment city in the heart of Riyadh – the capital of Saudi Arabia. The project will be developed by Abdullah Al Othaim Investment Company, one of... View Article

MVRDV has presented its design for the extensive renovation of the Theater Koblenz, comprising an interior renovation and redesign of significant parts of the theatre’s backstage elements. Working within the boundaries of the existing building, the project carefully balances the... View Article

Aedas executive director Yaochun Wen led the team to create a new mixed-use hub that faces Anchang River, inter-connecting the ecological park and business zone in the Science and Technology City New Area in Mianyang, Sichuan. The project is designed... View Article

Today MVRDV has revealed the masterplan for the expansion of the Noviotech Campus in Nijmegen, in the east of the Netherlands. The plan unifies the currently disjointed campus buildings and adds new buildings in the empty spaces between them, all... View Article

Work on the University of Bristol’s new Temple Quarter Enterprise Campus – a total investment of around £500m – will get underway next month after the University signed contracts with construction company Sir Robert McAlpine. Designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley... View Article