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The impact of Brexit uncertainty on construction – RIBA reveals 2019 trends

Friday, 17th January 2020

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today published its monthly summary of business intelligence, alongside a commentary on the stand-out trends reported by architects throughout 2019 In 2019, Brexit uncertainty had a significant impact on the architecture profession... View Article

Rockwell complete £106m deal with Aviva Investors for 82 West India Dock Road

Friday, 17th January 2020

Rockwell, a London-focussed mixed-use property developer with a track record of high-quality development projects, has today announced the completion of a £106m investment deal with Aviva Investors to fund the delivery of a 400-bed Premier Inn hotel adjacent to Westferry... View Article

Plans by FaulknerBrowns for prime riverside residential scheme approved

Thursday, 16th January 2020

Plans submitted to Gateshead Council for Brett Wharf, a transformative £35m residential-led development on the south bank of the River Tyne, have received planning approval. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects on behalf of The High Street Group, the scheme represents a... View Article

Green-tech shortlisted for Employer of the Year in ProLandscaper Business Awards

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Leading landscaping supplier Green-tech has been shortlisted in the Employer of the Year category for the Pro Landscaper Business Awards. Green-tech’s Managing Director Rachel Kay comments; “We are absolutely thrilled to have been shortlisted for the Employer of the Year... View Article

RIBA launches open call to design experimental installation for Architecture Gallery

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is inviting architects, architecture students and creatives to design a temporary installation at the RIBA’s HQ building in central London, to coincide with the London Festival of Architecture (LFA). Deadline for entries: 13... View Article

Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p opens third studio in Birmingham

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Award-winning, multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has launched its third studio in the heart of Birmingham’s business district rg+p has taken space at 1 Newhall Street, the contemporary glazed fronted building located at the junction with Colmore Row. Initially, the practice... View Article

MVRDV’s Tencent Campus Competition entry shows the green potential of smart city technology

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Following a two-year process, today MVRDV is revealing their competition entry and research process for the next Tencent headquarters campus. Located on a 133-hectare site in a prominent location in Qianhai Bay, Shenzhen, Tencent’s brief called for what is nothing... View Article

Jaeger Kahlen Partner wins joint first prize at the international competition for Bao’An Bay Industrial Investment Tower

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

Jaeger Kahlen Partner is one of the joint winners at the international competition for Bao’An Bay Industrial Investment Tower in Shenzhen, China. The office building is a set of shifting volumes that break the tower into a series of terraced... View Article

Principal Tower completion concludes Principal Place masterplan

Wednesday, 15th January 2020

The completion of Principal Tower is the final piece of the Principal Place masterplan, a comprehensively planned mixed-use scheme on the border of Shoreditch and the City of London that creates a thriving new neighbourhood, drawing on the rich industrial... View Article

gpad wins planning permission for prestigious City office extension and refurbishment

Friday, 10th January 2020

Award-winning architectural practice gpad london and Tellon Capital have secured planning permission to progress with the rooftop extension and refurbishment of 16-18 Eastcheap, a late Victorian building in the heart of the City of London’s insurance district. The interior will... View Article

Promotion for Designer Contracts interiors division

Friday, 10th January 2020

The UK’s largest flooring contractor, Designer Contracts, has announced a senior promotion within its 16-strong interior design division. Joining the business three years ago, and with almost a decade of experience in interior design, Faye Armstrong entered the showhome division... View Article

From surviving to thriving in an age of floods: RIBA’s new title ‘Retrofitting for Flood Resilience’ shows us how

Friday, 10th January 2020

With many throughout the UK now facing the arduous journey of restoring their homes after winter floods that reached new destructive heights, it’s clear that we must prepare better and faster for flooding – and not just in the UK... View Article

Galvanizing the sustainable finish

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Galvanizing has long been recognised as the most sustainable finishing process available, and with the ever-evolving emergence of new technologies, it is increasingly becoming even more-environmentally friendly. Steel is a vital raw material in many industries across the world, but... View Article

Foster + Partners wins competition to design Alibaba’s new HQ in Shanghai

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Foster + Partners has won the competition to design the new headquarters for Alibaba – the Chinese ecommerce giant – in Shanghai. As a new signature building for the company, it is set to showcase their unique working culture to... View Article

Innovative luxury Devon Passivhaus apartment block wins International Property Awards

Thursday, 9th January 2020

Seaton Beach, an innovative seafront development of eight luxury apartments at Seaton in Devon, built to Passivhaus standards, has won ‘Best Apartment Devon’ for the Penthouse and ‘Best Sustainable Residential Development in the UK’ in the International Property Awards and... View Article

Turkel Design Studio complete new house in California

Wednesday, 8th January 2020

Designed and built according to innovative prefabricated construction systems and technologies, Axiom Desert House is characterised by a pillar and beam construction with a large open room that opens onto a private courtyard, just as in the Californian lifestyle and... View Article

Planning application submitted for next phase of commercial development at kirkstall forge

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

CEG has submitted a reserved matters (detailed) planning application for the next 200,000 sq ft of commercial space at the £400 million Kirkstall Forge development in Leeds Designed by Cooper Cromar architects, it will provide bold, contemporary space with leisure/retail... View Article

Toyota to build prototype city of the future in Japan

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

Toyota has revealed plans to build a prototype “city” of the future on a 175-acre site at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan. Announced at CES 2020, the global consumer technology show in Las Vegas, the Woven City will... View Article

Innovative luxury Devon Passivhaus apartment block wins International Property Awards

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

New research highlights the severe impact of noise on the UK workforce

Tuesday, 7th January 2020

UK acoustics company Oscar Acoustics have recently released findings from its research into noise pollution in the workplace Exploring the views of UK employees across a range of different sectors, the research reveals some surprising and concerning effects of noise... View Article