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Newly Constructed Webster Green Brings 82 Affordable and Supportive Homes for Formerly Homeless Individuals and Families to Bedford Park Neighbourhood Magnusson Architecture and Planning (MAP) recently announced the completion of Webster Green, a $30m affordable and supportive housing development in... View Article

Lenton Green, a scheme that transformed five high-rise flats into new homes, has been recognised by the East Midlands region of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as a leading housing development, and one which delivers exceptional design and... View Article

The hospitality-led, mixed-use project designed for Dominvs Group is characterised by one of the largest green walls in the world, creating a distinctive architectural addition to a gateway City site, while absorbing eight tonnes of pollution annually and setting the... View Article

Award-winning architecture practice, Assael Architecture, has promoted Allan Stringer and John Lynch to associate directors as the company continues to go from strength to strength Both Allan and John joined Assael back in 2011 as Part II architectural assistants and... View Article

MVRDV celebrated the completion and opening of WERK12, a 7,700m2 mixed-used development located close to Munich’s East Station in a ceremony held yesterday evening. Forming the nucleus of the Werksviertel-Mitte district, an urban regeneration plan on a former industrial site,... View Article

Wilson Associates to create New Design-Led Space Sleep & Eat, ‘Europe’s leading design and innovation event for the hospitality sector’, has revealed The Hub – an exciting new addition to the show being created by the London arm of Wilson... View Article

Conran and Partners have completed a significant redesign of the lobby spaces at Crowne Plaza ® Paris – République. The launch marks the first step in a wider roll-out of a new concept-design blueprint for the brand in Europe, aiming... View Article

To build on a vacant site in Paris requires infill in harmony with the existing urban fabric. Rue Orfila is a typical neighbourhood street, the former rue des Hautes-Gâtines in the Commune de Charonne. Mobile Architectural Office consider that each... View Article

Design Engine’s new £50m landmark West Downs Building at the University of Winchester is one of the first university projects in the UK to be registered to pursue WELL Certification, an accreditation scheme which recognises buildings which support and advance... View Article

RIBA has announced the Grand Jury for the 2020 RIBA International Prize, the prestigious prize for architecture outside of the UK. 2020’s Grand Jury led by Odile Decq includes Es Devlin (Lay Juror); Jeanne Gang; Rossana Hu and Gustavo Utrabo.... View Article

MVRDV has unveiled its design for a 23-storey mixed-use building in Mission Rock, San Francisco. Realized as part a masterplan developed by the San Francisco Giants baseball team and Tishman Speyer, MVRDV’s design is one of four buildings that were... View Article

Ground has been broken on a major new school campus for Fettes College in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou Fettes College was founded in 1870 in Edinburgh and is one of the UK’s leading independent schools with an alumni... View Article

Dexter Moren Associates has won planning permission to refurbish and extend a Grade II listed Victorian building in Norwich to create a world class, 110 key boutique hotel with rooftop terrace and integrated co-working space Originally built as a hotel... View Article

HDR | Hurley Palmer Flatt has completed design services for The Event Complex Aberdeen (TECA), a new world-class exhibition and conference centre. TECA includes P&J Live, Aberdeen’s new event complex, which replaces the city’s current Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre... View Article

An eclectic, forward thinking crowd of 34,327 construction professionals attended UK Construction Week on 8-10 October. There was a particular swell in visitors keen to learn about future technologies and how they could be applied to their businesses The future... View Article