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Waugh Thistleton Architects’ design for the Kennaway Estate was approved on Wednesday 6 November when councillors for the London Borough of Hackney voted in favour of Southern Housing Group’s proposal to regenerate the estate. The scheme will deliver 61 new homes, enhance... View Article

A new residential development located at The Ridgeway, Sele Farm in Hertford, has reached completion. Architecture and building consultancy practice, AHR has transformed The Ridgeway by replacing poor-quality, ageing buildings with 120 new contemporary affordable homes within an attractive neighbourhood... View Article

Zaha Hadid Architects (UK) working with Esplan (Estonia) have been have been awarded first place in the design competition for the new terminal of the Rail Baltic railway at Ulemiste, Tallinn. Rail Baltic is a planned 870 km electrified railway... View Article

Chris Dyson Architects has completed a new café in south London’s Grade I-listed Crystal Palace Park. The distinctive two-storey building comprises a café and terrace at ground level, and a community space at first floor level. Wrapped in half-round cedar... View Article

Award-winning Assael Architecture’s designs to transform the former Bristol Fire Station and a vacant brownfield site at Aubrey Place have been granted planning permission to develop 546 Build to Rent (BtR) and affordable homes in the centres of Bristol and... View Article

A clever reflection of the main hall at the Victoria and Albert Museum and an aerial view of the Camp Adventure Observation Tower in Gisselfeld Klosters Forest, Denmark are among 24 finalists announced this week for The Architectural Photography Awards... View Article

House Lessans, a sophisticated rural home in Northern Ireland built using the most basic of materials and, Secular Retreat, an enigmatic and sculptural home on a remote Devon hilltop – are the fifth and sixth homes to be shortlisted for RIBA House... View Article

Penoyre & Prasad, the award-winning architecture practice behind the Sibson Building for the University of Kent and the new Moorfields and UCL Project Oriel in London, is set to merge with the London studio of global architecture firm Perkins and... View Article

Arbeta, a £10 million remodelled office building for Manchester City Council and Manchester Creative Digital Assets Ltd has reached full completion. The 138,000 sq ft building formerly known as One Central Park in Greater Manchester was designed by PRP’s Manchester... View Article

Renowned practices including Steven Holl Architects, Mikhail Riches, AECOM, WilkinsonEyre and Chris Dyson Architects are among those shortlisted for 2020 Surface Design Awards, which exemplify creative use of surface materials and lighting. There are an impressive 39 projects across 14... View Article

Fareham Borough Council has granted outline planning permission for the creation of Welborne Garden Village, a holistically-planned new place whose spirit, character and form are inspired by its landscape setting. The 6,000-home settlement by Buckland Development Ltd. is amongst the... View Article

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has unveiled an inspiring new learning space, within its Grade 2* listed London HQ, designed by Hayhurst & Co. Including an uplifting new studio and sophisticated study space, along with an external terrace... View Article

The start of construction of the new state-of-the-art Sheringham Leisure Centre, in Norfolk, has been marked with a ceremonious ground-breaking event on Tuesday 29 October. The new centre, which will replace the existing ‘Splash’ facility, was designed by Cambridge-based architecture... View Article

Just released Healthy Homes: Designing with light and air for sustainability and wellbeing supports the argument that design solutions focused on sustainability should also positively impact the health and wellbeing of building occupants. Co-author Koen Steemers, Professor of Sustainable Design... View Article

Derby’s oldest architectural practice, Morrison Design Limited has promoted Anthony Page to Associate Director. Anthony joined the firm in February 2004 and has 15 years’ experience working in the commercial, science and technology, blue light, public and predominantly hotel sectors.... View Article

A Restorative Rural Retreat for Sartfell, a striking stone property in the middle of a nature reserve on the Isle of Man and Black House, a cantilevered black timber box in Skye lowered dramatically onto a rocky foreshore – are... View Article