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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

An ever-expanding population and declining planetary health could lead to gigantic air domes combatting the leading cause of death, air pollution, and the total destabilisation of global weather patterns. This is according to one of the four future scenarios for... View Article

Holder Mathias Architects has been given the go-ahead with Cardiff based developer Rightacres for its designs for the Cardiff Transport Interchange, a mixed-use development in the heart of the Welsh capital. The project is being funded by Legal & General... View Article

Pierattelli Architetture presents a project for the new stadium of Fiorentina Football Club, together with a Masterplan able to upgrade the urban scenario of the city and offer new spaces and infrastructures. The stadium of Fiorentina Football Club in Florence... View Article

CPMG Architects have provided transformative designs for Eden Park High School, a brand-new £16m teaching facility in Bromley, South London, which will offer state-of-the-art learning areas and a large selection of outdoor zones The 12,300 square metre build, which is... View Article