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Mixed industry outlook for architects, while opportunities for newly qualified architects still open according to new research

Tuesday, 24th November 2020

Just under a third of architects (31.1%) consider the outlook for the industry over the next three to six months to be challenging, with a further 3.9% responding that it was bleak. A slightly larger proportion, however, (36.7%) had a... View Article

London firm Urbanist Architecture sees 65 per cent increase in demand for homes in rural areas due to pandemic

Monday, 23rd November 2020

Multidisciplinary architecture and planning firm Urbanist Architecture has reported a surge in enquiries for homes in the countryside, a trend seen as a direct result of the COVID-19 crisis, with the practice seeing a 65 per cent increase compared to Q4 of... View Article

Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, for Pestana’s Cristiano Ronaldo CR7 brand, approved at planning

Monday, 23rd November 2020

The 4*plus hotel, with lounge bar and rooftop terrace, located at the corner of Piccadilly and Newton Street has been approved by Manchester City Council. The scheme proposes the re-use of a Grade II listed building and an 11-storey new... View Article

Beyer Blinder Belle revitalises historic Franklin School, new home to Planet Wordm D.C.’s inaugural language-arts museum

Monday, 23rd November 2020

Beyer Blinder Belle  (BBB) announces that  Planet Word, a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language, opened to the public on October 22nd. The Museum is housed in D.C.’s historic and long-vacant Franklin School, which was... View Article

HS2’s Interchange Station wins sustainability gold award

Friday, 20th November 2020

Arup’s design for HS2’s Interchange station received a gold award in this year’s World Architecture News (WAN) awards ceremony. The awards bring together the most senior and influential professionals from across Architecture internationally to recognise and celebrate excellence. This year’s... View Article

Foster + Partners unveils competition-winning design scheme for Guangming Hub

Friday, 20th November 2020

Foster + Partners has won the design competition for Guangming Hub, a new Transport Oriented Development situated on the high-speed rail link that connects Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The proposal also integrates three new metro lines in the city... View Article

MVRDV tops out Radio Tower & Hotel in Manhattan

Friday, 20th November 2020

MVRDV’s first high rise project under construction in the United States has topped out. Radio Tower & Hotel reflects the diversity and vibrancy of the existing fabric and communities in New York City’s Washington Heights neighbourhood. Located on Amsterdam Avenue... View Article

The autobiography of award-winning architect Sir Terry Farrell launches RIBA’s Lives in Architecture series

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Sir Terry Farrell, one of Britain’s most influential architects of the twenty-first century, offers a full, personal account of his life in architecture in his brand new, self-titled autobiography. The first in a series of autobiographical titles soon to come... View Article

TODD Architects led Nightingale project opens at Whiteabbey Hospital, Newtownabbey

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has officially opened Northern Ireland’s second Nightingale Hospital in County Antrim. The new facility at Whiteabbey Hospital will ultimately have up to 100 beds available to ease pressure on the region’s Covid-19 wards in... View Article

Planning approval for £18M Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on former Glasgow Garden Festival site kickstarts Clyde Mission

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has secured Glasgow City Council planning approval to build an £18M Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on the site of the former Glasgow Garden Festival. The development team, which in... View Article

Limerick Twenty Thirty appoints FCBStudios and Bucholz McEvoy Architects to lead design team to transform historic Cleeves site

Thursday, 19th November 2020

The new urban quarter will be an attractive cultural hub destination, offer new gathering spaces for the City and community, and act as a catalyst for new models of sustainable urban living and working in Limerick. An initial masterplan for... View Article

£3.5M Extension Work Completes at De Montfort University

Thursday, 19th November 2020

The Yard, a brand-new multi-million–pound extension that will significantly increase the capacity of De Montfort University’s Business and Law Faculty, has now completed. The four-storey building, which has been designed by CPMG Architects and constructed by principal contractor Clegg Construction, is an extension of the existing Hugh Aston building. The ground floor is home to a Student Advice... View Article

London South Bank University students win RIBA Master of Architecture awards

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Two students from London South Bank University’s (LSBU) School of Architecture and Built Environment (BEA) have today won prestigious RIBA Master of Architecture (MArch) awards in two categories. Postgraduate students, Michael Crook and Sarah Nottet-Madsen both won the awards for their excellent... View Article

£3.5m extension work completes at the De Montfort University

Wednesday, 18th November 2020

They Yard, a brand-new multi-million-pound extension that will significantly increase the capacity of De Montfort University’s Business and Law Faculty, has now completed. The four-storey building, which has been designed by CPMG Architects and constructed by principal contractor Clegg Construction,... View Article

The Rock by Gort Scott Architects

Wednesday, 18th November 2020

The Rock is a private house in the Canadian mountain resort of Whistler, designed by London-based architectural practice Gort Scott. This exemplary new-build family home is perched upon a distinctive rocky outcrop above Alta Lake, across which it enjoys beautiful... View Article

F.H. Brundle balcony products complete luxury spa development

Wednesday, 18th November 2020

LISTEN HERE 🔊 Quality F.H Brundle hardware products have provided the finishing touch to a stunning multimillion-pound development. A luxury spa was added to the existing buildings of The Olde Belle hotel and restaurant in Retford, Nottinghamshire, including a unique... View Article

Finalists announced for Student Awards for Excellence in Architectural Technology category

Tuesday, 17th November 2020

The Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) is delighted to announce the Finalists for its Student Awards for Excellence in Architectural Technology category for the Architectural Technology Awards, the premier accolades that recognise outstanding achievement in the discipline. The winners... View Article

Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park Awarded 2020 ULI New York Award for Excellence in Development & Award for Excellence in Design

Tuesday, 17th November 2020

SWA/BALSLEY announces that Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park – one of New York City’s most ambitious parkland developments in decades – has been awarded a 2020 ULI New York Awards for Excellence, in the “Excellence in Civic Development” category, and a ‘Special Recognition’ Award for Excellence... View Article

King’s Cross completes on its latest office building

Monday, 16th November 2020

A striking new office building, 22 Handyside Street at King’s Cross, designed by Coffey Architects, has now completed. Located, on the corner of Handyside Street and York Way of the 67-acre King’s Cross development, the building features a skewed, pitched roof, perforated aluminium... View Article

Gun Quarter set for £35m sustainable build-to-rent development

Monday, 16th November 2020

Planning permission has been granted to Claridge Architects to construct a £35 million, 203-unit build-to-rent property on Hanley Street in Birmingham’s historic Gun Quarter. The residential-led, mixed use proposal on behalf of Czero Developments will deliver a sustainable, high quality... View Article