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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

The Greenwood Centre, part of Camden Council’s Community Investment Programme (CIP), their plan for investing over £1 billion in building schools, homes and community facilities in Camden, is the first of its kind in the borough, with its services enriching... View Article

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA; London, UK) and Cox Architecture (COX; Sydney, NSW) have won the international design competition for the new Western Sydney Airport (WSA) and been appointed as Master Architect for the project. The ZHA/COX team was selected from... View Article

SWA Group has designed Pacific Plaza, a new public park that transforms the experience of the central business district in downtown Dallas.  Pacific Plaza is the first of an ambitious four-park initiative spearheaded by Parks for Downtown Dallas in a... View Article

Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) have announced the completion of Selis Manor, a tenant-in-place renovation of a 205-unit special needs apartment building serving a population that is blind and physically disabled. Located in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan, the building... View Article

Leading hospitality interior designers Su Doggett and Carl Simmonds have joined the London studio of global architectural practice HKS as Principal and Director – Hospitality Interiors and Design Director Hospitality Interiors respectively. This marks a significant step for HKS, introducing... View Article

After 20 years of standing derelict, Port Talbot Cinema finally sees contractors arrive on site to commence its delicate restoration. BAM Construction is beginning works under a pre-contract agreement with Neath Port Talbot Council to re-develop the grade II listed... View Article

Leading hospitality interior designers Su Doggett and Carl Simmonds have joined the London studio of global architectural practice HKS as Principal and Director – Hospitality Interiors and Design Director Hospitality Interiors respectively. This marks a significant step for HKS, introducing... View Article

AHR is set to move its Bristol team to a new office space in a move to maximise collaborative working, with all staff working across eight services and nine sectors to be based within the open-plan office across a single floor.... View Article

The opening ceremony of the new Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia marked the completion of the Comcast Technology Centre, which includes new, innovative workspaces for Comcast alongside active public spaces, that reflect the vitality of the city. This was followed... View Article

The first two shortlisted homes were revealed in the opening episode of a special four-part Channel 4 TV series – Grand Designs: House of the Year – broadcast on Wednesday 23 October. The full shortlist of seven homes will be... View Article