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Modular pods for the homeless by architects Reed Watts installed in South London

Monday, 17th December 2018

An innovative indoor sleeping pod for homeless people has been designed by architects Reed Watts. Launching at the 999 Club’s night shelter in Deptford, London the 10 pods deliver private and secure temporary accommodation that can be assembled by hand... View Article

Oak and steel compliment heritage brick in carbon neutral mews house refurbishment for sustainable agriculture company’s London office

Monday, 17th December 2018

Just completed in a quiet mews at the heart of Paddington is the new office of a business that invests in sustainable agriculture. Designed by Edward Williams Architects, the part-restoration, part-rebuild project has transformed the shell of a double fronted... View Article

New research report explores homes of the future and reveals consumer demand for eco-friendly buildings

Friday, 14th December 2018

Almost a third of consumers want homes of the future to be more eco-friendly, according to a new research report published by Eurocell plc, the UK’s leading manufacturer, distributor and recycler of PVC-U window, door, conservatory and roofline systems. Eurocell’s... View Article

A mid-twentieth-century primary school ‘grows up’, with dance hall and ecology terrace added to roof-top extension

Friday, 14th December 2018

Edward Williams Architects has completed a roof-top extension to a mid-twentieth-century primary school in Lewisham, developing and detailing the initial designs by Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects. Turnham Primary School needed additional facilities on a restricted site for their expanding pupil... View Article

383 works competing in the eu mies award 2019!

Wednesday, 12th December 2018

The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe announce today the list of 383 works competing for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The 383 works draw the present picture... View Article

Seven new team members for growing national architecture and engineer consultancy

Tuesday, 11th December 2018

BE DESIGN, the multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering practice, is rounding off the year with a series of significant new appointments, announcing seven additional members to its team. The practice celebrated its fifth anniversary this year and works across a number of... View Article

2018 Natural Stone Awards

Monday, 10th December 2018

On Friday 7th December, London’s Grange Tower Bridge Hotel welcomed over 360 architects, interior designers, main contractors, local authorities and natural stone firms to the 2018 Natural Stone Awards. Organised by Stone Federation Great Britain, the official trade association for... View Article

Trio of Architects Qualify at rg+p

Monday, 10th December 2018

Three newly qualified architects are celebrating at multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p. Yasmin Butler, Sarah Grocock and Rebecca Sharpe have all passed their Architectural Practice Postgraduate Diploma (Part 3) qualification after completing their academic studies at De Montfort University, Leicester. rg+p’s... View Article

UNStudio designs a world class theatre for dance and theatrical arts in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong

Thursday, 6th December 2018

The Lyric Theatre Complex is located in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong, an ambitious 40 hectare waterfront cultural quarter which combines open public space with a wide range of cultural venues. Here museums, theatres and concert halls... View Article

Significant worldwide demand for UK architecture must be protected by good Brexit deal – RIBA reveals 2018 business trends report

Thursday, 6th December 2018

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has revealed its annual summary of trends in the architecture profession and construction sector. The RIBA’s annual Business Benchmarking survey provides data on architects’ profit and turnover, salaries, and identifies global growth areas for the... View Article

RGU architecture wins St Machar community garden project

Thursday, 6th December 2018

Residents in the St Machar area of Aberdeen will soon be able to relax in a brand new community garden, after a design competition was won by a talented RGU architecture student. The competition was run by INsideOUT and set the brief of designing a community garden... View Article

Zaha Hadid Architects with A_Lab (Norway) to build two stations on the new Fornebubanen metro line

Thursday, 6th December 2018

Zaha Hadid Architects and A_Lab have won the architectural competition to design the Fornbuporten and Fornebu Senter stations, two of the six stations planned for the new Fornebubanen metro line in Oslo. One of Europe’s fastest growing cities, Oslo’s population... View Article

Grant Associates’ masterplan for new district in Madrid wins outline planning

Thursday, 6th December 2018

A masterplan by British duo architect Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners and landscape architect Grant Associates to create a new business and residential district in north Madrid has won outline planning. The proposal for Madrid Castellana Norte aims to transform a vast, 500-hectare tract of neglected... View Article

Gingerbread City at the V&A opens

Wednesday, 5th December 2018

Top architects, engineers and designers have come together to build a ‘future city’ of over 60 buildings – made entirely from gingerbread. Now on show at the V&A Museum, the Museum of Architecture’s Gingerbread City is an architectural feast of... View Article

Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre: an excellent legacy of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games

Wednesday, 5th December 2018

The Nanjing International Youth Cultural Centre harnessed the energy of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games to create a project with a lasting legacy that has enhanced and also regenerated its setting – acting as both an anchor and a catalyst... View Article

SPPARC completes The Music Box – a new home for LCCM and a cultural wayfinder for Southwark

Wednesday, 5th December 2018

SPPARC has completed its latest signature building; a new mixed-use home for the London College of Creative Media (LCCM) on Union Street in Southwark. The distinctive cube-shaped building consists of four floors of bespoke rehearsal rooms and performance spaces, a... View Article

From a derelict hospital to vibrant new homes

Wednesday, 5th December 2018

A Northumbria graduate’s ideas to breathe new life into a former hospital have won a prestigious national design award. Master of Architecture graduate Faye Sedgewick has developed a design proposal for the abandoned Grade II listed Keelmen’s Hospital on City... View Article

Combustible cladding ban to include CLT timber

Tuesday, 4th December 2018

The Ministry of Housing has announced further details of its ban of combustible cladding on tower blocks following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire. The ban, which comes into force this month, will limit materials to products achieving a European Classification... View Article

Jury announced for second annual Royal Academy Architecture Awards

Monday, 3rd December 2018

The Royal Academy of Arts has today announced the jury for the 2019 Royal Academy Architecture Awards. Chaired by Royal Academician and co-founder of Stanton Williams Alan Stanton, the jury will include artist Phyllida Barlow RA, Director of LSE Cities Ricky Burdett, broadcaster Kirsty... View Article

Oodi opens in Helsinki, marking a new era of libraries in the world’s most literate nation

Monday, 3rd December 2018

The flagship library for a nation of booklovers, Oodi sets a new standard for public libraries around the world. With a mandate to promote lifelong learning, active citizenship, democracy and freedom of expression, Oodi embraces technology and progressive values to... View Article