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February 2023 marks the reopening of Manchester Museum, following its ambitious £15m transformation. The museum reopens its doors with the aim to build greater understanding between cultures, a more sustainable world and to bring to life the lived experience of... View Article

A Joint venture partnership between Asset Capital and Prescient Capital has acquired a landmark office building in Leeds city centre with plans for major redevelopment and ambitions to set new standards in accommodation. The Partnership has purchased Wellington Plaza from... View Article

Leeds’s longest standing architecture firm is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a string of new contract wins in the residential, education, health, community enterprise, arts, sports and leisure sectors. Brewster Bye Architects was founded in 1992 and is renowned for its... View Article

MVRDV, along with co-architects ALL for real estate developer Groupe Giboire, has completed Ascension Paysagère, a residential complex at the confluence of two rivers in the west of Rennes, France. Occupying a crucial transitional space between the Rennes’ centre and... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has named The New Library, Magdalene College in Cambridge by Níall McLaughlin Architects, as the winner of the 26th RIBA Stirling Prize.  The exquisitely detailed new building provides students at the 700-year-old University of Cambridge college... View Article

Contemporary and sustainable architecture practice CaSA have cleverly remodelled an original 1960s property with a focus on affordable and future-proofed solutions, creating an intelligently refurbished family home which was recently announced as the 2022 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)... View Article

Designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects, The New Library at Magdalene College, Cambridge, has been crowned the winner of the 26th RIBA Stirling Prize, the first time a college has been given the award. RIBA described it as an “exquisitely detailed new... View Article

Design studio Woods Bagot has transformed InterContinental Sydney in a top-to-bottom redesign of the five-star property across guest rooms, public areas, restaurant and bar venues. Tracey Wiles, interior design leader at Woods Bagot, said the $120m project was unlike any other due to the... View Article

An Actis CPD which shows how to comply with changes to Part L and prepare for the Future Homes Standard has been approved as a Royal Institute of British Architects approved training module. The CPD, which looks at how to ensure professionals meet the... View Article

Liverpool architecture firm KKA has received approval from Bristol City Council for its work on the 3,626-seater Sports and Convention Centre next door to Ashton Gate Stadium. The Sporting Quarter – developed by Bristol Sport – will provide a new home for... View Article

As a host city of 19th Asian Games, the strategic planning of Hangzhou Qianjiang has facilitated the overall growth of southern Yangtze Delta. It comprises of an olympic stadium, a central business district and the Gangli mixed-use project. Aedas executive... View Article

HLM Architects has hired Katie Parfitt as studio director in London. Katie joins the practice from TODD Architects and will be responsible for leading the studio’s team and a portfolio of clients that include Royal Mail Group, Thameside West and... View Article

One of the UK’s leading architectural practices, CPMG Architects, has been appointed to the latest stage of work at a major leisure resort scheme located two hours to the west of Shanghai, China. The award-winning architecture practice – which is... View Article

Following their first collaboration in 2007, Chybik + Kristof and Koma Modular – a Czech module manufacturer – conclude their collective work on the ‘Modular Research Centre’, showcasing an innovative use of modular structures by altering conventional systems. Located in... View Article