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The opening ceremony for the first Galeries Lafayette store in the heart of Luxembourg was held last week. It is the first building to open as part of a major mixed-use development by Foster + Partners, in collaboration with Tetra... View Article

Lobjoy-Bouvier-Boisseau Architecture redesigns a mixed-use building to house the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the Fondation Francois Sommer in the heart of the Marais – Paris, France A place for exhibitions, a workplace, a public place as well as one of... View Article

Wimshurst Pelleriti (WP) has completed the renovation and extension of a historic office building in Richmond for client CBRE Global Investors. Planning was approved within five months and the building completed earlier this year, 15 months after permission was granted.... View Article

MVRDV has won a competition to redesign the Tancheon Valley and waterfront in Seoul with “The Weaves”, a design that tries to knit together a tangle of pedestrian and bicycle paths, natural landscapes, and public amenities into an appealing, playful,... View Article

A planning application has been submitted to Gateshead Council for a transformative £35m residential-led development on the south bank of the River Tyne. Known as Brett Wharf, the proposals have been designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects on behalf of The High... View Article

BDG architecture + design has been appointed to design the new campus for WPP in Detroit. The historic Marquette Building in downtown Detroit has been announced at WPP’s latest co-location campus, allowing the company to benefit from and contribute to... View Article

A 1980s office building in the heart of London’s King’s Cross has been transformed into a contemporary, high-specification workspace for The Office Group (TOG), following an ambitious project collaboration between building product specialists Forterra and architects dMFK. The new façade... View Article

LocHal Public Library in Tilburg, The Netherlands has been declared the World Building of the Year 2019 this evening at the twelfth annual World Architecture Festival (WAF), held in Amsterdam. The scheme was designed by Civic architects (lead architect), Braaksma... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 2020 RIBA Honorary Fellowships, which will be awarded to individuals from diverse backgrounds, including property, infrastructure, arts and architectural design. RIBA Honorary Fellowships are awarded annually to people who are not architects but have... View Article

Sheltered Housing development, designed by Saunders Boston Architects, recognised at Inside Housing Development Awards 2019 Reynolds Court, a Sheltered Housing scheme designed by Saunders Boston Architects in Newport, Essex, was recognised as a finalist in the Best Older People’s Housing... View Article

Andrew Whalley, Grimshaw Chairman, laid out an ambitious approach to the firm’s environmental strategy in his opening keynote at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam this week. His lecture, titled ‘Zero,’ outlined Grimshaw’s commitment to an ambitious start of the... View Article

Inside World Festival of Interiors has announced the best interior designs of 2019 across the categories of Bars & Restaurants, Civic, Culture & Transport, Creative Re-use, Display, Hotels and Residential. The annual awards encompass the best interior designs from the... View Article

The Uusi Kansallinen (‘the New National’) architecture competition held this year sought proposals for the design of an annex to the National Museum of Finland. A total of 185 pseudonymised entries were submitted, with JKMM Architects’ work Atlas ultimately selected... View Article

Australia’s oldest and largest public library has revealed its transformed spaces to the public as part of State Library Victoria’s Vision 2020, an ambitious AU$88.1 million redevelopment that will increase public space by 40 percent. State Library Victoria, a historic... View Article

Continuing the practice’s exploration of play spaces for children that began with the Ashburnham school playground in 2017, Foster + Partners, in partnership with the Bryan Adams Foundation and playground designers Made From Scratch, has revitalised a tightly bound outdoor... View Article

The ambitious £3 million extension of an activity centre at Adventure Parc Snowdonia in North Wales, Adrenaline Indoors, has recently been completed and the adventure hub is welcoming thrill seekers of all ages looking for their next sporting fix The... View Article