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The impact of architecture on climate change to be discussed at RGU conference

Monday, 4th February 2019

Robert Gordon University (RGU), Aberdeen, is to host a one-day conference which will focus on sustainability in the built environment and the impact of climate change. The ‘Vision 2030’ conference, which is open to the public and free to attend, will be... View Article

Influencing positive change through design: Woods Bagot in ‘The Material City’

Monday, 4th February 2019

‘The Material City’ is a new publication of 50 exemplary projects demonstrating how Australian architects are responding to and influencing good urban densification. Two of the case studies are the work of Woods Bagot, the global architecture studio with a... View Article

AFL Architects Delivering Lusail Stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar

Monday, 4th February 2019

AFL Architects is proud to announce the practice is the delivery architect on the centrepiece stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar™, working together with Engineers Aurecon. Recently unveiled to the public, the 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium will be the... View Article

Plans submitted for Feltham Magistrates’ Court development

Wednesday, 30th January 2019

MCR Property Group has submitted a planning application to transform Feltham Magistrates’ Court into 27 new homes. Built in 1902 to serve as Feltham Town Hall, then used as a court from 2013, plans submitted by MCR Property Group aim... View Article

Competition launches for new model university in Milton Keynes

Wednesday, 30th January 2019

Milton Keynes Council (MKC) together with Cranfield University and Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) have launched the MK:U International Design Competition for a new model university in the Oxford to Cambridge innovation arc. Beloved by architects as the most original and... View Article

Competition commendations for rg+p

Wednesday, 30th January 2019

Multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has received acclaim for its work in three architectural competitions, including one international Incentive Award. Architects, 3D visualisers and architectural trainees from the practice’s Leicester office entered the ‘Latvia TabFab’ competition to develop designs for a... View Article

The Former Shredded Wheat Factory scheme secures panning consent

Wednesday, 30th January 2019

ZM Land & Capital and Metropolitan Thames Valley have secured planning approval for their 1,000,000 ft² mixed use scheme including 1,440 flats and 150,000 ft² of commercial space, known as the Wheat Quarter, in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The 24... View Article

Wienerberger Brick Award 2020: Call for Entries

Tuesday, 29th January 2019

To celebrate outstanding brick and ceramic building projects from around the world, the world’s largest brick manufacturer Wienerberger is inviting architects, architecture critics and journalists alike to enter projects into the Wienerberger Brick Award 2020. Entries are open until 9th April... View Article

Innovation and Inspiration – 6 trends to look out for at Surface Design Show 2019

Tuesday, 29th January 2019

Taking place next week in London’s Business Design Centre, Surface Design Show (5-7 February 2019) will again provide architects and designers with an exciting and inspirational range of surface designs and materials. Speaking before the show opens trend forecaster and curator of... View Article

Homes England success for Weston Williamson + Partners

Tuesday, 29th January 2019

Weston Williamson + Partners is delighted to have been appointed to the new Homes England Multidisciplinary Framework which will enable procurement of £100m worth of services – as part of a team led by multidisciplinary specialists Pell Frischmann. As a team,... View Article

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Completes Colorado School of Mines, CoorsTek Centre for Applied Science & Engineering

Tuesday, 29th January 2019

The new CoorsTek Centre at the Colorado School of Mines – an education and research facility dedicated to connecting students, faculty, researchers, and industry professionals – designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in association with Anderson Mason Dale Architects is now complete. Located in... View Article

CTBUH UK Presents: Smart Cities / Smart Buildings

Monday, 28th January 2019

Where: RIBA, 66 Portland Place, London When: January 31, 5:30p.m. – 8:30p.m The “City of the Future” will be designed to be sustainable and smart, socially responsive, self-learning, and community-driven. In light of the Council’s 50th anniversary, the CTBUH United... View Article

AHR appointed as architect to advance Chester Northgate regeneration scheme

Monday, 28th January 2019

AHR has been selected as the architect to progress the multi-million Chester Northgate regeneration scheme to detailed design. AHR’s team, based in Manchester, will join an array of specialist advisors working with Cheshire West and Chester Council to bring forward... View Article

Timber tops the agenda for WoodFest Sheffield

Monday, 28th January 2019

WoodFest comes to Sheffield in February with a focus on health and wellbeing, low carbon, circular economy, building performance, offsite construction and modular design. The month-long event will feature wood in design and construction throughout Sheffield and Yorkshire. The programme includes... View Article

Firestone co-ordinates roofing and lining under new national sales manager

Friday, 25th January 2019

Firestone Building Products, the leading EPDM waterproofing membrane specialist, has appointed former lining sales manager, Andrew Cooper, in a newly created role as national sales manager. Andrew’s new role sees him taking on sales and business development responsibility across commercial... View Article

Lyndhurst Gardens – A Grade II Listed Renovation from LBMV Architects

Thursday, 24th January 2019

Built in 1886 and subdivided into flats in 1935, the Lyndhurst Gardens project received status as a Grade II Listed building in 1998 and has recently benefitted from a full refurbishment by London architecture firm LBMV Architects. Located within the... View Article

Rio receives title of world capital of architecture

Thursday, 24th January 2019

Rio de Janeiro was chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) as the first world capital of architecture. The city, which was also the first to receive the title of world’s cultural heritage in the urban... View Article

Gensler helps leading UK publisher transform its work space into the ‘House of Hearst’

Wednesday, 23rd January 2019

Design firm Gensler and Hearst UK – the leading publisher of titles including: Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire collaborated to bring the Hearst London offices together for the first time; creating a future-facing, highly collaborative and flexible work environment in the... View Article

Allison Pike promotes talented Louise Johnson to Associate Director

Wednesday, 23rd January 2019

Allison Pike Partnership is delighted to announce that long-serving colleague, architectural technologist Louise Johnson, has been promoted to Associate Director. Louise has been with the architecture and design practice, based in Disley, Stockport, for a total of fifteen years and... View Article

Designers in Residence 2019: Cosmic

Wednesday, 23rd January 2019

The Design Museum announces call for entries for the 2019 Designers in Residence programme, inviting designers and architects to respond to the theme COSMIC Recent alumni of the programme include Asif Khan, Giles Miller, Bethan Laura Wood, Yuri Suzuki and... View Article