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BDG architecture + design announces its latest project for WPP, to create a modern, new campus for agencies in Paris, due to open in 2021

Monday, 20th May 2019

BDG architecture + design is working with WPP on its latest collocation programme of investments to bring agencies together under one roof. The 28,000m² building, located at 145-149 rue Anatole France in Levallois-Perret, is currently undergoing a significant restructuring by... View Article

Senior appointments and double turnover for Mersey architects

Monday, 20th May 2019

Merseyside architect’s practice Studio RBA is set to more than double its turnover to £400k in just its second year. This comes alongside news of three appointments to the growing firm, with two directors and a technician bringing the team... View Article

Lead8 Wins Asia Pacific Property Award for Fuzhou Shangri-La

Monday, 20th May 2019

Lead8, the international firm of Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers, has been announced a winner at the Asia Pacific Property Awards for its design of the future Shangri-La Mixed-use Development in Fuzhou, China. The results were unveiled this week... View Article

Achieving peace of mind

Friday, 17th May 2019

Sean Haynes of FireGlass UK discusses the importance of recent accreditation and certification systems when it comes to specifying the correct fire-rated glass Insulated glass units (IGUs), including double glazed units, are individually sealed units which are made up of... View Article

Louvre pyramid architect I M Pei dies at 102

Friday, 17th May 2019

Renowned Chinese architect I M Pei, designer of the glass pyramid outside the Louvre, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Boston’s John F Kennedy Library and Museum and many other key buildings, has died aged 102. Famous for designing... View Article

Orsoni from TREND for beautiful mosaic surfaces

Thursday, 16th May 2019

As one of the world’s leading producers of coloured glass mosaic, Venetian enamel, gold leaf tesserae and engineered stone surfaces, TREND Group works with today’s most celebrated designers, architects and artists. The stunning results are seen in residential, commercial and public... View Article

BLANCO supports Kilimanjaro climb

Thursday, 16th May 2019

Joe Lyons, Director of LYONS NI Ltd, a Northern Ireland-based kitchen component distributor, braved altitude and rigorous terrain when he climbed the world’s highest freestanding mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in aid of the Irish Rugby Football Union Charitable Trust. BLANCO UK’s sponsorship of... View Article

Cycle ride for Habitat for Humanity

Thursday, 16th May 2019

H+H’s Director of Housing, Neil Thomas, is set to ride 1000 miles in aid of charity when he cycles from the tip of Scotland to the depths of Cornwall in May. With the aim of fundraising £1 per mile, Neil... View Article

Enter for your chance to win £1000 worth of Provincial Plank!

Thursday, 16th May 2019

Snows Timber are offering you the chance to win £1000 worth of Provincial Plank to use in your next interior design project. Whether it’s a DIY project in your home, office fit-out or a community project – we want to... View Article

Malcolm Reading Consultants appointed to run Houston Endowment International Design Competition

Thursday, 16th May 2019

Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) has been appointed to run a fast-track international design competition for a new headquarters for Houston Endowment, a US philanthropic organisation based in Houston, Texas, US. The independent architectural competition organiser will launch the two-stage open... View Article

ASICS opens New EMEA HQ with a focus on employee physical and mental well-being

Thursday, 16th May 2019

ASICS has opened its new EMEA headquarters designed to reflect its ‘Sound Mind in a Sound Body’ philosophy and look after the physical and mental well-being of its employees. The new office in Greater Amsterdam, the Netherlands has been designed... View Article

The fledgling market for bird-safe glass

Wednesday, 15th May 2019

Birds colliding with glass on building facades is one of the leading causes of avian mortality across the globe, however despite this fact it’s an issue that has often flown under the radar in the UK. Here Leo Pyrah of... View Article

London Festival of Architecture and Architecture LGBT+ launch competition for Architectural Pride float

Tuesday, 14th May 2019

The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) and Architecture LGBT+ have announced a design competition for a float to represent architecture and LGBT+ architects at Pride in London and Manchester Pride. Now in its second year, the project celebrates the diversity of the architecture sector, and offers opportunities... View Article

Architecture Initiative transforms Royal Mail Sorting Office into spectacular home for Northampton International Academy

Tuesday, 14th May 2019

A derelict former Royal Mail Sorting Office in Northampton has been renovated and reopened as an innovative 2220-place academy school for Northamptonshire County Council and East Midlands Academy Trust. London-based architecture practice Architecture Initiative has completed a project to turn... View Article

Architect Boonserm Premthada from Thailand named winner of the 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Award for Architecture

Tuesday, 14th May 2019

The Royal Academy of Arts announced this evening, following a public presentation to an international jury, that Boonserm Premthada, an architect from Thailand and founder of the architectural practise Bangkok Project Studio, has been awarded the 2019 Royal Academy Dorfman Award, honouring an international... View Article

Sudbourne Primary School £9.25 million expansion project achieves full planning approval

Monday, 13th May 2019

Plans to transform a derelict site in Brixton into a new £9.25 million expansion of Sudbourne Primary School, designed by HLM Architects, have been given the go-ahead by The London Borough of Lambeth Planning Authorities. The scheme provides an additional... View Article

Armourcoat plaster finishes feature extensively within the Brunner UK showroom in Clerkenwell, London

Friday, 10th May 2019

Brunner UK, subsidiary of the leading German contract office furniture manufacturer, relocated from nearby Old Street to the more spacious former Victorian warehouse on Rosebery Avenue in 2013. Designated as a ‘light industrial heritage’ building within the local council’s conservation... View Article

Guy Hollaway Architects’ Elwick Place delivers a regenerative project at the heart of Ashford Town Centre, and the first new build cinema for Picturehouse in the UK

Thursday, 9th May 2019

Guy Hollaway Architects have completed Elwick Place, a £26m leisure complex for regeneration specialists and property developers Stanhope PLC on behalf of Ashford Borough Council. One of Ashford’s Big 8 regeneration projects, Elwick Place, sits opposite County Square shopping centre... View Article

RGU students explore innovative ‘Future Communities’ at public exhibition

Thursday, 9th May 2019

An exhibition by final year Architecture students from Robert Gordon University (RGU) will showcase some innovative solutions to major nationwide challenges such as housing and tourism, as well as creative ideas for the redevelopment of Aberdeen harbour. The ‘Future Communities’ exhibition will... View Article

Government steps in to fund ACM cladding remediation

Thursday, 9th May 2019

The Ministry of Housing is to inject £200m to speed the removal and replacement of aluminium composite cladding (ACM) from nearly 170 privately owned high-rise buildings, following delays in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire. The Government announced that... View Article