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Foster + Partners pay homage to craftsmanship and materiality with stone and glass for first Singapore Apple Flagship store

Wednesday, 31st May 2017

Apple Orchard Road is the first Apple Flagship in Singapore, highlighting its role as a global centre for creativity. Its design reflects the vibrancy and innovative spirit of the city-state. The project is another example of the close collaboration between... View Article

Dramatic perforated aluminium panels feature on Design Engine’s award winning chapel renovation and extension

Tuesday, 30th May 2017

Design Engine’s renovation and extension of the Chapel at the University of Winchester has won a RIBA South Award 2017. A RIBA Regional Award is given to a UK building for its regional importance as a piece of architecture. In... View Article

AART architects concrete and cedar-clad design wins Denmark’s Rowing Stadium competition

Tuesday, 30th May 2017

AART architects have won the much-coveted competition to design Denmark’s Rowing Stadium at Bagsværd Lake on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Together with E+E Architects, LIW Planning and Viggo Madsen Consulting Engineers as sub-consultants, the practice is set to create a rowing stadium... View Article

Moxon Architects design modernist inspired highland hut

Friday, 26th May 2017

Culardoch Shieling, a mountain hut in Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands, has been completed by Moxon Architects. Located at the foot of Culardoch, the remote new shieling (Scottish Gaelic term for hut) looks out across the expanse of the... View Article

Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects use thermally-modified American ash to create new integrated coastal attraction

Wednesday, 24th May 2017

The ‘Bostanlı Footbridge’ and ‘Bostanlı Sunset Lounge’ have been designed by Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects as part of the ‘Karşıkıyı’ concept created for the ‘İzmirSea’ coastal regeneration project. These two architectural installations, which are positioned in close proximity and in reference to each... View Article

Green light given to brick PRS scheme in Hornchurch

Wednesday, 24th May 2017

PCKO, an AHR company, has received planning approval for a private rental scheme on the site of the former Nalgo Club in Hornchurch, London. Mercury Land Holdings, a company wholly owned by LB Havering, has commissioned the development which will... View Article

Holder Mathias appointed to design major residential town centre scheme in Camberley

Wednesday, 24th May 2017

Holder Mathias Architects has been appointed by Surrey Heath Borough Council to design two residential schemes in Camberley. Led by the council’s development partner, Berkeley Homes, the redevelopment of Ashwood House and Pembroke House will support the regeneration of the... View Article

Airedale International wins at RICS Awards thanks to innovative approach to using BIM

Monday, 15th May 2017

On Friday 12 May 2017, Darnton B3, Architects of the new Airedale International Air Conditioning building in Rawdon, Leeds, won the regional ‘Design through innovation’ category of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) awards. Regarded as the premier property... View Article

Robertson peaks with UK’s tallest Lightweight Steel Frame project

Wednesday, 10th May 2017

The UK’s tallest light steel frame (LSF) building has reached its full height, as construction company, Robertson, marked the milestone with a topping out ceremony on the highest roof of the building. Kier Property’s £20m student accommodation scheme is 12... View Article

Peace and tranquillity in Copenhagen’s picturesque Urban Hospice

Monday, 8th May 2017

Award winning architectural firm, Nord Architects, has unveiled its latest design; a contemporary Urban Hospice intended to create a positive environment while offering support for patients in need of palliative care. Located in the tranquil setting of Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, the... View Article

Illumination and Innovation at Nottingham BioCity

Monday, 8th May 2017

As a key stakeholder, Morgan Tucker’s Principal Engineer, Chris Evans, was invited by Nottingham City Council to join around 40 other guests at the much anticipated light switch-on event for the Nottingham BioCity Discovery building. The exciting event saw the... View Article

ALUCOBOND® naturAL Copper creates undeniable luster on UK headquarters

Monday, 8th May 2017

ALUCOBOND®, manufactured by 3A Composites, brings a superior metal panel image to any project. ALUCOBOND®, known for its lightweight qualities, also has other desirable attributes such as a vast spectrum of consistent color and finish options, the ability to form... View Article

A sculpture in straw – Wadden Sea Centre, Ribe, Denmark

Wednesday, 3rd May 2017

James Parker reports on the new visitor centre designed by architect Dorte Mandrup to provide a historic affinity with its protected coastal location, while also offering some strong new design statements of its own. The Wadden Sea is a vast... View Article

Victorian townhouse is a glass act – 27 Linden Gardens Notting Hill, London

Tuesday, 2nd May 2017

A neglected, empty building in west London is being converted into luxury apartments, thanks in no small way to the clever use of glass. Jess Unwin finds out more. Glass and its ability to help create the light, airy and open-plan... View Article

A great glass elevator – Herbert Crescent Lift, Knightsbridge, London

Tuesday, 2nd May 2017

An eight-storey glass lift in an opulent Knightsbridge residence has taken glass engineering and construction to ambitious new heights. Steve Menary investigates. Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator is a renowned novel and the centre- piece of Roald Dahl’s fiction... View Article

Worlds greenest terminal launches at Oslo Airport

Tuesday, 2nd May 2017

Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for an airport... View Article

Trimo and Bouda a Masár architectural office provide integrated building envelope solution for KJG Business Centre

Thursday, 20th April 2017

Overview KJG A. S. is a manufacturer of roof, gutter and drainage systems, based in Slovakia. After previously working with leading building envelope solutions provider Trimo in 2007 to build its Headquarters in Čahtice, KJG called upon Trimo for a... View Article

TAGO Architects design Maldivian sports complex with two-storey glass fronted foyer

Thursday, 13th April 2017

National Sports Complex Maldives – designed by Tago Architects collaborating with AGT Construction – will contribute to the economical, social, and cultural development of Hulhumale, a man-made island constructed because of land limitation in the Maldives. As well as offering... View Article

Pilkington glass helps give major office block refurbishment a modern touch

Tuesday, 11th April 2017

The award-winning architectural practice Flanagan and Lawrence has transformed an office block built in 1975 into a cutting-edge, modern building with the help of a triple-height structurally glazed atrium. The scheme forms part of Bath Road Central office park and... View Article

5 of London’s most iconic buildings made with ash

Tuesday, 11th April 2017

Modern, unique, iconic – London’s skyline is recognised around the world. But did you know some of it is built with ash? London’s historic relationship with its power system is clear to see in its skyline. Old decommissioned power stations,... View Article