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MultiPly, an eight metre high, carbon neutral, timber pavilion, made exclusively from American tulipwood, opens to the public in Madrid Rio at its entrance to the Casa de Campo, as part of the Madrid Design Festival, on the 1st of... View Article

MVRDV is pleased to announce Steven Smit as its new director of MVRDV Asia. “With Steven we add a very experienced manager to the team, who shares our ambition, optimism, and adventurous spirit,” says managing director Inger Kammeraat Steven Smit... View Article

‘100 Ideas That Changed Architecture’ chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped architecture. Entertainingly written by an expert on architecture, it provides a concise history of the subject, and offers a fascinating resource to dip into for the general... View Article

Multi-award-winning architects, Design Engine, have been appointed for a new student accommodation project at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford, following an invited competitive interview which focused on the practice’s design approach rather than any single definitive solution. The project... View Article

Jamie Fobert has been appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Queen’s New Year Honours List, for services to architecture His recent work includes highly acclaimed extensions to Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge and Tate St Ives in Cornwall,... View Article

MVRDV and The Why Factory have created a number of key contributions to the “Eyes of the City” exhibition at the 8th edition of the Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture (UABB), on show until March 2020 in Shenzhen. Inspired by the... View Article

Planning permission has been granted for an impressive new 12 storey, 212-bedroom hybrid-hotel scheme that will be located in a popular part of Great Ancoats Street, in the New Islington area of Manchester city centre Award winning Yorkshire-based property and... View Article

Proposals to develop 269 apartments for private rent on Gateshead Quayside have won unanimous approval from the borough’s planning committee High Street Residential – part of the High Street Group of Companies and the developer behind Hadrian’s Tower in Newcastle... View Article

Design Haus Architecture, based in Nottingham UK, is pioneering the use of virtual reality (VR) technology borrowed from the gaming industry to transform the architectural design process and allow clients to see if their the vision for their project has... View Article

French architecture practice Moreau Kusunoki and Australia’s Genton as local design architect, to design the new Powerhouse Museum in Sydney – Australia NSW Minister for the Arts Don Harwin announced december 17th that the architectural partnership of Moreau Kusunoki and... View Article

Work is due to begin shortly on a new 100-bed specialist dementia care home in Harrogate after Caddick Construction was awarded the £10.8m build contract by Vida Healthcare Limited Groundworks for Vida Court, adjacent to Beckwith Head Road, are scheduled... View Article

Jaguar Land Rover’s ‘state-of-the-art’ advanced product creation centre designed by Bennetts Associates is now open. The project brings together design, engineering and production purchasing under one roof for the first time, in a new facility that is designed to encourage... View Article

Major international interdisciplinary architecture and engineering practice, BDP, has announced the opening of a new studio in Leeds following the delivery of a series of successful high-profile projects in the city. The studio will be led by Architect Associate, Vicky... View Article

SWA/Balsley is designing Highline Plaza at Schuylkill Yards, a major mixed-use redevelopment adjacent to Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station. The new public plaza will transform an underutilized surface parking lot into a vibrant landscape of connection—one that celebrates the distinctive infrastructure... View Article

Architecture, sports and leisure specialist, LK2 Group has bolstered its team with the appointment of an impressive senior architect and two new apprentices Maria Karolides – who has worked in the education sector since 2001 – has taken up the... View Article