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National Lottery gives green light for Rochdale Town Hall revamp

Tuesday, 20th October 2020

Rochdale Town Hall, one of the most historically significant buildings in the country, is in line for a major restoration after The National Lottery Heritage Fund approved an £8.3m grant to redevelop the Grade I listed masterpiece. The funding boost,... View Article

Sydney’s streets as car-free market gardens, potential value $2.9 billion

Tuesday, 20th October 2020

The impact of reducing cars in Sydney could provide life satisfaction benefits up to $2.9 billion in value and solve the NSW Premier’s priority to increase people’s access to green space, asserts a report released today. Streets Ahead: A New... View Article

Viewranks Estates’ debut into co-living given go-ahead at ‘Nineyards’ in Kingston Town Centre, launching an art deco inspired development designed by Assael Architecture

Tuesday, 20th October 2020

Viewranks Estates and Assael Architecture have been given the go-ahead by the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames for a 200-room co-living development in Kingston Town Centre The proposals respond to the borough’s strategy ‘Re-imagining Kingston Town Centre’s Streets and... View Article

Smithfield Yard: A distinctively ‘Belfast’ workplace and retail development designed around a new public space that supports flexible working environments

Monday, 19th October 2020

Detailed planning approval has been granted for Smithfield Yard, a 167,000 sq.ft mixed-use development in Central Belfast for three new exemplar ‘Grade A’ and SME workspace buildings, arranged around The Yard – a new area of public realm. FCBStudios have... View Article

Brymor Group to Refurbish and Re-New Southampton University Halls of Residence

Monday, 19th October 2020

Portsmouth based construction company, Brymor Group, has been awarded the contract to refurbish and reinvent the Montefiore Block Halls of Residence for students at the University of Southampton. Built in the 1960’s, Montefiore Blocks A & B are the oldest... View Article

Manchester Museum announces South Asia Gallery Designer

Monday, 19th October 2020

Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester, would like to announce the appointment of Studio C102 and Mobile Studio Architects as the design team for our new permanent South Asia Gallery, which will open in August 2022. In collaboration... View Article

2020 – Restaurant & Bar Design Awards – The Winners

Monday, 19th October 2020

The Winners Garden Hotpot a restaurant in Chengdu, China designed by MUDA-Architects and INNS Bar, a bar in Chengdu, China designed by Wooton Designers were the Overall winners of the 2020 Restaurant & Bar Design Awards. The Clockspire (Sherborne) and... View Article

REL awarded M&E package for £20m school refurbishment

Friday, 16th October 2020

Willmott Dixon has appointed REL Building Services to deliver an M&E package as part of a £20m project to refurbish and expand a secondary school in Romford, Essex. The contract will require building services to be sensitively designed and installed... View Article

Outdoor learning gives children a healthy view of the world

Friday, 16th October 2020

Raised in the rural south west of Scotland, I remember only too well-wet playtimes at school, sitting bored at my desk and staring out of the window, or hanging around the corridors. Thankfully, there is a shift happening and indoor... View Article

OPUS 5 | Évreux Theater, France

Friday, 16th October 2020

In Évreux, OPUS 5 architectes has delivered the renovated Théâtre “Legendre”, enhancing the town’s emblematic Beaux-Arts style edifice with a more contemporary look and feel. The highly respectful project aimed to restore this theatre dating from 1903 to its former... View Article

Cambridgeshire development launch offers London commuters the post-lockdown idyll

Friday, 16th October 2020

The much-anticipated launch of Hayfield Avenue is taking place on Saturday 31st October. The luxurious development is located in the Cambridgeshire village of Great Gransden and will offer families the opportunity to live in a tranquil, rural village that is... View Article

Mixed picture for architects – RIBA Future Trends September 2020

Friday, 16th October 2020

In September 2020 the RIBA Future Workload Index rose slightly again to +9, with 31% of practices expecting a workload increase in the coming three months. 22% are expecting a decrease, and 47% are expecting workloads to remain the same.... View Article

Keeping safe with passive fire protection

Wednesday, 14th October 2020

Despite its importance, there’s considerable evidence to show passive fire protection solutions are being ineffectively designed, specified and installed in buildings. In this article, Craig Wells, Sales Director at Quelfire discusses the benefits of passive fire protection and how specifiers... View Article

rg+p secures place on £10.4m framework

Wednesday, 14th October 2020

Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has secured a place on the EN:Procure Consultancy Framework, which will see £10.4m worth of investment in social housing and public sector projects across the East Midlands, North West and Yorkshire & Humber over the next... View Article

Aberdeen’s Grandhome community benefit from new outdoor space designed by award-winning architects Reiach and Hall

Wednesday, 14th October 2020

The new community of Grandhome, located in Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don area, has welcomed the opening of Davidston Square, a new, multi-use outdoor space located in the heart of its first neighbourhood. Designed by award-winning architects Reiach and Hall, the... View Article

‘Sitting Pretty’ – Young architects and designers bring London rail stations to life

Tuesday, 13th October 2020

A series of witty and challenging benches by emerging architects and designers are unveiled this week at some of London’s largest railway stations, following a design competition organised by the London Festival of Architecture and Network Rail. From a playful... View Article

French studio delivers the “Grand Palais”

Tuesday, 13th October 2020

Antonio Virga has delivered, in the historic centre of Cahors, the “Grand Palais”, a 7-theater cinema with a capacity of 1,051 spectators that is part of a master redevelopment plan for the Place Bessières, now dedicated to pedestrians Located on... View Article

Excitement builds as landmark construction works are completed at Nottingham Castle

Monday, 12th October 2020

Nottingham Castle is a step closer to becoming a world-class visitor destination and heritage site following the completion of major improvement works. As part of the £30m transformation of Nottingham Castle – specialist restoration works and a brand-new visitors centre... View Article

Work begins on new £5m health and social care training centre

Friday, 9th October 2020

Work has begun on a £5m new health and social care training centre at the University of Wolverhampton after contractors for the ambitious project were appointed. The new Marches Centre of Excellence in Health, Allied Health and Social Care at... View Article

Organic architectural forms secure planning for 1,400m2 house on Green Belt site

Friday, 9th October 2020

A sinuous brick ‘wall house’ by Richard Parr Associates has won planning permission on a Green Belt site bordering open countryside and woodland, located 2 miles from the historic village of Knowle in the West Midlands. The 1,400m2 (15,000 sq... View Article