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Harbour cove designed by Grant Associates opens in Barangaroo, Sydney

Thursday, 22nd October 2020

A new harbour cove and boardwalk designed by landscape architect Grant Associates has opened to the public in Barangaroo in Sydney’s new business district. Watermans Cove features a crescent-shaped cantilevered waterfront walkway to allow people to get close to, and... View Article

TODD Architects wins planning for aparthotel at Belfast linen warehouse site

Wednesday, 21st October 2020

TODD Architects has won planning permission for Bedford Yard, an aparthotel and office development in the heart of Belfast City centre, opposite the BBC’s HQ on Ormeau Avenue. By refurbishing a vacant four-storey red brick former warehouse and adding a newbuild... View Article

Barbara Hepworth Building wins major national award

Wednesday, 21st October 2020

The University of Huddersfield’s Barbara Hepworth Building has been named as the Project of the Year at the prestigious Education Estates awards. The eye-catching home of the School of Art, Design and Architecture won Project of the Year (Colleges and... View Article

Specifying Entrance Matting for Schools & Universities

Wednesday, 21st October 2020

Schools, colleges, and universities have some of the busiest entrances of any building. They experience frequent intense periods of footfall, have multiple entrances and often tightly managed budgets. This makes entrance matting specification for education one of the most difficult... View Article

Heating and Ventilating Reviews 11th Annual Awards saw Airflow Developments conquer, with two Highly Commended products and one Category Win

Tuesday, 20th October 2020

On the 15th October 2020 Heating and Ventilation Review (HVR) held their 11th consecutive annual awards. As many other events have, HVR took to our screens and held their first ever virtual ceremony. Celebrating the best of the Heating and... View Article

Masterplan unveiled for Sunderland’s major riverside regeneration

Tuesday, 20th October 2020

FaulknerBrowns Architects and Proctor & Matthews Architects, with specialist input from MawsonKerr Architects and landscape architects Camlins, has announced a collaborative masterplan design that will reinvent the heart of Sunderland while drawing on its industrial heritage. Designed for Sunderland City... View Article

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