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Schüco Innovation Now to launch

Wednesday, 10th March 2021

One year. Three topics. Countless innovations. Schüco UK is using a dramatic online format to introduce its new products and its vision for the future. The Schüco Innovation Now (i.NOW) launch event will take place at 10.30am on Wednesday 24th March and is... View Article

SGP delivers £1.2million Grade II listed synagogue redevelopment in Leicester

Tuesday, 9th March 2021

Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) are pleased to announce the completion of a £1.2 million redevelopment and refurbishment of the Victorian Grade II listed Highfield Street Synagogue in Leicester. SGP’s design creates an expansive glazed foyer to link the... View Article

HLM Architects and Llewelyn Davies transition to Employee Ownership Trust

Tuesday, 9th March 2021

HLM Architects and Llewelyn Davies are marking 2021 with the transition to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), effective immediately. The move means 100% of the shareholding has been placed into a Trust, putting its future firmly in the hands of... View Article

Work starts on Saunders’ luxury Caribbean homes crafted with lava rock into the hillside.

Tuesday, 9th March 2021

Saunders have designed four luxury homes on Lanse aux Epines on the Caribbean island of Grenadabin the West Indies, two elegant four bedroom three storey villas with sea views and bespoke bungalows. All are set in a lush landscape surrounding... View Article

Bristol City Council approves Firmstone’s plans for comprehensive redevelopment of St Catherine’s Place Bedminster

Monday, 8th March 2021

Developer Firmstone’s proposals to kickstart the long-awaited regeneration of East Street at St Catherine’s Place have been approved by Bristol City Council. The plans will deliver 180 much-needed homes, newly refurbished retail units on East Street and increased public open... View Article

Bank of Scotland Revisits its Roots

Monday, 8th March 2021

Based in the heart of Glasgow, the Bank of Scotland’s flagship branch required a makeover that would add personality to the brand, while reflecting the bank’s proud Scottish roots. Specified by M Worldwide, an array of Forbo Flooring Systems solutions... View Article

Budget 2021: a boost for construction?

Thursday, 4th March 2021

An extension to the furlough scheme, a £10m MMC taskforce, a new ‘Infrastructure Bank’ totalling £12bn in capital, £15bn to be spent on the transition to net zero by 2050, an extension on the stamp duty holiday, and the introduction... View Article

UnderFloor Climate Management service launches to provide HVAC design expertise

Wednesday, 3rd March 2021

An experienced team of HVAC technical specialists is launching a new service to provide design expertise and systems for commercial developments. UnderFloor Climate Management (UFCM), which is a part of the Polypipe group, will work with architects, developers and contractors... View Article

Refurbishment work continues on historic building for Acciona in Madrid

Wednesday, 3rd March 2021

Construction on a new office building for Acciona, the Spanish sustainable infrastructure and energy company, is in full swing. The project seeks to revitalise an abandoned old industrial building built in 1905, creating a sustainable exemplar for building reuse and... View Article

Architects of Tomorrow: GT3 offers virtual work experience

Wednesday, 3rd March 2021

Leading architecture practice GT3 Architects has launched an innovative virtual work experience for students interested in design and the built environment but unable to undertake studio placements due to Covid-19. The work experience, which is aimed at students aged 14-18, will... View Article

Built Environment Summit launches ahead of UN Climate Change Conference

Monday, 1st March 2021

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Architecture 2030 and Architects Declare are joining forces to host a Built Environment Summit at RIBA’s central London HQ, one week ahead of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, in Glasgow.... View Article

A message to you, Rishi

Monday, 1st March 2021

Next week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer will announce his hotly anticipated 2021 Spring Budget statement. Against the backdrop of falling Covid numbers but increasingly challenging import/export shenanigans, a persistent housing crisis, tough climate agenda and expensive Furlough Scheme, he’ll... View Article

New multi-million pound Greater Manchester building marks two decades and 85 schools for leading architects

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Leading North East practice Space Architects is celebrating 20 years of designing schools, with the submission of plans for their 85th building, a multi-million pound school in Hyde, Greater Manchester. The firm’s first secondary education project in the public sector was... View Article

£500M Cambridge International Technology Park submitted for Planning

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Scott Brownrigg’s design for over 500,000 sq ft of speculative office and laboratory buildings for Abstract (Cambridge) Limited has been submitted for planning. The joint acquisition of the15.26 acres (6.177ha) site at Fulbourn Road Cambridge with Cambridge College, Peterhouse will... View Article

Stride Trelgown becomes a B Corp Pioneer

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Stride Treglown has announced it has successfully achieved B Corporation (B Corp) certification. The practice is the second and largest UK architect and one of only a handful of firms in the UK built environment sector to join the B... View Article

Construction begins on MVRDV’s mixed-use tower in San Francisco

Wednesday, 24th February 2021

Construction has started on MVRDV’s 23-storey mixed-use building at Mission Rock in San Francisco. The project is one of four buildings in Phase 1 of a multi-phase masterplan developed by the San Francisco Giants and Tishman Speyer. It is designed... View Article

Construction Begins on the Pyramid in Tirana, Albania – MVRDV breathes new life into complex communist monument

Monday, 22nd February 2021

Construction has started on the Pyramid of Tirana, the brutalist monument in the heart of Albania’s capital city. MVRDV’s design will see this crucial heritage building, once the showpiece of Communist dictator Enver Hoxha, dramatically renovated. The concrete structure will... View Article

Social housing sector running out of time to meet sustainability targets, say industry experts

Thursday, 18th February 2021

Nine in ten social housing construction professionals believe the sector is in urgent need of new government guidelines if it is going to successfully meet sustainability targets, new research has revealed. In a survey of 150 decision makers, including architects,... View Article

Aluminium Day returns!

Monday, 15th February 2021

Now in its third year, leading aluminium fenestration solutions manufacturer Senior Architectural Systems’ #AluminiumDay will be back on social media on Saturday 13th March 2021! This year’s theme is ‘Invention and Innovation’ and Senior is inviting the industry to join in... View Article

Kick-starting city centres post-Covid: 7 ways to transform office blocks for new urban realities

Thursday, 11th February 2021

London-based innovation consultancy New Territory have boldly re-imagined city centres with 7 innovative concepts, unveiled today. The future-focused provocations are a response to the major economic and strategic challenges facing the real estate sector, city governments and businesses, which have... View Article