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De Matos Ryan has transformed The Alice Hawthorn’s sustainability with the addition of twelve guest bedrooms and the renovation of its Grade II listed pub. At the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Nidd, the village of Nun Monkton was... View Article

Chybik + Kristof (CHK) unveil plans for the construction of Ostrava Tower, a 235 metre-tall and 98,000 m² multipurpose skyscraper located in the heart of Ostrava’s city centre. Initiated by the architects in 2019, their latest urban infill project addresses... View Article

Due to an increase in the number and scale of exciting forthcoming projects, the architectural firm behind the masterplan of the pioneering Central Quay development in Cardiff, Rio Architects, is delighted to announce it has expanded its Cardiff team with... View Article

Rocco Design Architects Associates’s (RDA) Performing Arts Centre, flagship of the Bao’an Cultural Complex, opened on 17 September 2021 in Shenzhen, China. Overlooking Quanhai Bay and the South China Sea, the building anchors the southern end of the cultural complex.... View Article

A significant milestone in one of the DfE’s ‘Low Carbon Pathfinder’ projects has been reached with an end-of-module-installation ceremony taking place at Merstham Park School, near Reigate in Surrey. The ceremony was attended by representatives from DfE – including Paul... View Article

Landscape Institute announces: Mitigating the Climate and Biodiversity Emergencies conference will be running online on 22-24 March 2022. As we face the greatest catastrophe to befall the natural world, we are the first generation to feel the effect of climate... View Article

The architects behind Oriel, the new Moorfields Eye Hospital and an award-winning campus for Birkbeck University of London has completed a new research facility for UCL. PEARL is the first-of-its-kind laboratory that can simulate the urban environment to test how people use infrastructure... View Article

If you were to design a building that puts occupants’ happiness first, what would it look like? How would the materials, form and layout support healthy ways of living and working? From the author of 2018’s hugely successful Happy by... View Article

On the 4th February, the world watched Beijing celebrate the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics as the world’s first dual Olympic city. The only new permanent venue for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, the National Speed Skating... View Article

One of Nottingham’s most recently refurbished spaces is a finalist for three awards at this year’s British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands and Central England Awards. Architecture and interior design firm CPMG Architects oversaw the internal refit of the Grade... View Article

Perkins&Will, led by Penoyre & Prasad with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, has signed a contract with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to design two new state-of-the-art hospitals on the site of Leeds General Infirmary (LGI). The appointment follows a competition... View Article

HLM Architects has announced the appointment of Matthew Morrish as the practice’s first heritage architect. Having previously worked on the Regency-era Brighton Dome and many Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian-era buildings, Matthew brings over 20 years’ experience of working with new... View Article

Darren Hilliker, architecture and design manager at CMD Ltd, discusses the risks of poor ergonomics in hot-desking environments and suggests some solutions. With both the government and many employers keen to get people back into the office after so much... View Article

Leeds based Brewster Bye Architects has promoted Andrew Chapman to associate director and Waqar Hussain has become a fully qualified architect at the firm, after successfully completing his RIBA part 3 exams. Andrew joined Brewster Bye in 2013 and has... View Article

Leeds based Brewster Bye Architects has promoted Andrew Chapman to associate director and Waqar Hussain has become a fully qualified architect at the firm, after successfully completing his RIBA part 3 exams. Andrew joined Brewster Bye in 2013 and has worked... View Article