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Reimagining Wordsworth

Wordsworth Trust’s proposed £6.2m development project Reimagining Wordsworth, which will see the conservation, adaptation and extension of the Trust’s property across the hamlet of Town End in Grasmere, Cumbria. Pending second round approval from the Heritage Lottery Fund and other... View Project

Wasl Tower, Dubai

UNStudio, in collaboration with Werner Sobek, was invited by the Wasl Development Group to design a new kind of high-rise for the city of Dubai that would act as a benchmark for both the region and for the Wasl Development... View Project

Rosewood Tower, São Paulo

Scheduled to open toward the end of 2018, Rosewood Tower was conceived as a tribute to the Atlantic Forest that lines much of Brazil’s coast. Jean Nouvel’s design is for a “landscape building” that feeds into the lush local vegetation,... View Project

POP XYZ, São Paulo

The specific setting of the Vila Madalena neighbourhood, São Paulo, defined the project created by Triptyque Architecture: a residential complex built on Arapiraca Street. With integration being the main objective, establishing a natural dialogue between the 8,000m2 construction and its... View Project

Anatolia Tiles, Turkey

Credits Project Name: Anatolia Tiles Architectural Design: IGLO Architects Project Location: Izmir / Turkey Project Type: Office, Industrial, Commercial Total Project Area: 6250 sqm Anatolia Tiles, a warehouse and administration building designed by Iglo Architects in Izmir, Turkey draws attention with its architectural style that... View Project

3 Glass Wharf, Bristol

The eight storey building by Salmon Harvester Properties Ltd will be located close to Bristol Temple Meads station and Brunel floating harbour, and will include ground floor retail uses. It is being developed on a brownfield site. Chris Darling, Managing... View Project

Varso Tower, Warsaw

The construction of a new flagship development, Varso by international real estate developer HB Reavis, comprising three buildings including an office tower designed by Foster + Partners, has commenced with completion scheduled for 2020.  It presents a unique new hotspot... View Project

Reydon Grove Farm, Suffolk

Situated on the border of a working farm in Suffolk (UK), the Reydon Grove Farm has been designed as a long and narrow flat roofed pavillon, to give the building a sufficient magnitude and scale to correspond sizes of the... View Project

Clydebank Leisure Centre, Scotland

Located on the River Clyde, Clydebank Leisure Centre offered an opportunity to make a flagship architectural statement for this wider regeneration and also created challenges for the design and construction team. Gareth McKnight, the associate at Kennedy Fitzgerald who designed the... View Project

The Farm of 38° 30°

The Farm of 38° 30°, an iconic boutique dairy factory, designed by Istanbul based architectural studio Slash Architects, not only offers degustation for visitors, all the while exhibiting the production process of the dairy products of the farm, but also... View Project

Greenwich Market

Greenwich Market has adapted over the centuries, but has its latest regeneration, realised in the wake of a high-profile failure, future-proofed it? Amy Dron finds out. First assigned to the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital in 1700, historic Greenwich Market moved... View Project

University of Leicester – Centre for Medicine

Over a kilometre of ‘earth tubes,’ offsite manufacture, and air tests using an aircraft engine were all required to make the UK’s largest Passivhaus building a reality. Passivhaus is the fastest-growing energy performance standard in the world, but in the UK... View Project

Opalia – Paris

A CLT office building currently on site in Paris is set to become an emblem of timber construction in France, as the country’s largest building of its kind. Jess Unwin speaks to its architects about how modern engineered timber is... View Project

The Aylesbury Estate, Walworth

The Aylesbury Estate, in Walworth, half a mile south east of Elephant & Castle in central London, is one of the capital’s notorious estates. Designed by architect Hans Peter ‘Felix’ Trenton in 1963 it was part of the boom in... View Project

Birmingham Dental Hospital, Edgbaston

Britain’s first new stand-alone dental hospital and school in 40 years, on the site of a former BBC studio, also has healthy environmental credentials. On the outskirts of Birmingham, the BBC’s long-defunct Pebble Mill Studios site in Birmingham is being... View Project

11 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea

High-end boutique hotel 11 Cadogan Gardens comprises four attached four-storey Victorian townhouses in a small street tucked away behind Sloane Square in west London. The internal remodelling of this grand old building was, on the surface, a tantalising proposition for... View Project

The Spark, Southampton Solent University

Since being awarded university status 11 years ago, Southampton Solent is establishing a growing reputation across many academic disciplines, including its industry-renowned maritime, media and sports courses. In light of its growing stature, the University realised it needed a new academic... View Project

Wellington Performing Arts Centre, Berkshire

Connecting two different buildings, bringing together a school community and linking new structures with the natural and historical setting were the challenges for Wellington Performing Arts Centre, Berkshire. A new auditorium with capacity for 1,400 people will not only provide... View Project

Land Rover BAR base, Portsmouth

The new headquarters of the British team competing for next year’s America’s Cup under Sir Ben Ainslie is a highly flexible office building as well as a sustainability exemplar in marine sport. This has been embodied in the team’s new... View Project

Tottenham Court Road Station

Tottenham Court Road is arguably the most complex and challenging of the 10 new stations being constructed for Crossrail. Occupying a subterranean area the length of three football pitches, between Soho’s Dean Street and Charing Cross Road, and running directly... View Project
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The Hive, Kew Gardens

Designed by artist Wolfgang Buttress and centrepiece of the UK Pavilion Milan Expo 2015, The Hive was reassembled at Kew Gardens in London and opened to the public on 18 June 2016. This pavilion highlights the role of the humble... View Project

142 Bermondsey Street, London

A post-war building in very poor condition has been completely refurbished and extended to create a series of residential and live-work units in the heart of Bermondsey. Construction took just eight months, due largely to the adoption of prefabricated CLT structures to form the... View Project

Scottish Crime Campus, Gartcosh

The Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh, near Glasgow, is a unique £75 million Scottish government-funded, state-of-the-art facility, providing high quality office accommodation, forensic laboratories and support facilities for over 1,100 staff. Delivered on time and on budget, the campus is... View Project

Travel Centre, Lahti, Finland

Bus and rail shelters are rarely seen as works of art but the copper-clad shelter for a new road-rail intersection in Lahti, Finland, is something of a metal masterpiece. What if the bus stop was actually the destination? That’s what... View Project

New Bodleian Library, Oxford

In the heart of Oxford’s historic centre, the Sir Giles Gilbert Scott-designed New Bodleian Library was built as the Bodleian Library has reached full capacity. A grade II listed building, it  was constructed on a  spacious site to the north... View Project

Four St Pancras Square

Part of the swathes of land being revived by the the King’s Cross regeneration, Four Pancras Square is a steel giant which conjures up memories of London’s industrial heartland. Steve Menary reports. Replicating rusty metal might not seem an obvious... View Project

Fenman House

A collection of one, two and three bedroom apartments inspired by mid-century design. These beautiful homes are set within the parks and gardens of King’s Cross. The floor-to-ceiling windows give breathtaking views over the green spaces and the London skyline beyond. The... View Project

The Lighterman, Granary Square

Granary Square, London welcomes dining room and bar The Lighterman, a brand new building spanning the eastern side of Granary Square, offering three floors of all-day dining and drinking, with alfresco seating on both Regent’s Canal and Granary Square, plus a... View Project

Watson Building, Liverpool

The Watson Building, which was formerly used as offices, storage and loading bays for the historic Lewis’s department store, is located on Renshaw Street and offers sweeping views of the city skyline. Landmarks including the Royal Liver Building, Metropolitan Cathedral and Radio City... View Project

University of Glasgow Research Hub

Global firms WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff and HOK Architects have secured a major contract with the University of Glasgow to develop a world-leading research hub. The £40 million research hub facility will be developed on the University of Glasgow’s 31... View Project
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Leap Gate Link Road, Trowbridge

A £5.3 million pound project to reduce traffic around Trowbridge has been officially handed over to Persimmon Homes. The UK’s leading housebuilder and Cuddy Construction oversaw the complex planning, design and construction of the new Leap Gate Link Road near... View Project
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Riverside School, Barking

The £44 million Riverside Schools off-site project – the largest ever in the education sector – has started on site in Barking. The scheme for the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham was awarded to the Portakabin Group and is... View Project
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THFC – Tottenham Hotspur Football Club stadium

Exciting plans for a landmark new Spurs stadium, designed by Populous, hosting international sporting fixtures that will cement Tottenham’s reputation as one of London’s top leisure destinations and act as a catalyst for further regeneration have been approved by Haringey... View Project

Hull Venue

Hull City Council has announced the appointment of a contractor to build a new, state-of-the-art music, events and conference centre in the city. Leading construction company, BAM Construction Limited, was awarded the contract following a competitive tendering exercise, having demonstrated... View Project
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Tamesis One

BAM Construction is to build a £24million office block alongside the River Thames in Egham, Surrey. The contractor, which has offices in London, was awarded the contract for the Tamesis One development by Royal London Mutual Insurance Society (Royal London).... View Project
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Rochester Station

Rochester commuters are enjoying their new £26 million station with five extra trains to London during the morning peak and longer platforms. Built by Network Rail and operated by Southeastern, the station’s bright and modern environment and its central location with... View Project

63-65 Buckingham Gate

The tower will be stripped back and entirely re-clad to provide 65 high-specification one, two, three and four-bed apartments which will be available to rent and four floors of prime Grade A office space in the redesigned building inspired by... View Project

Bushey Cemetery

London-based architecture studio Waugh Thistleton has unveiled the final designs for Bushey Cemetery, a scheme for United Synagogues. The development has recently started on site and today the practice has released images and a fly-through video of the updated scheme.... View Project

Office scheme, Deansgate, Manchester

Replacing 123-127 Deansgate, it will form an integral part of the wider redevelopment of Brazenose Street and Lincoln Square. It will occupy a prime office location on Deansgate strategically positioned between the gateway to Spinningfields and Manchester’s civic core, and... View Project

New Bolton Woods

Bradford Metropolitan District Council has given the green light to the construction of the hotly anticipated £150 million New Bolton Woods development. The ground-breaking scheme, which covers more than 30 hectares of land on the outskirts of the city centre, will deliver... View Project
Filwood Green Business Park

Filwood Green Business Park, Bristol

The £12 million Filwood Green Business Park was named Eco Green Building of the year at the Bristol green capital awards (12 Nov). Built by Midas Construction for Bristol City Council to mark Bristol’s status as European Green Capital 2015,... View Project

Gleann Mor House

Robertson Homes has unveiled plans to complete the restoration of Gleann Mor House, the listed fire damaged building at its Westercraigs Development in Inverness, to create 26 luxury townhouses and 30 executive apartments. The £13 million proposal, submitted to Highland... View Project

Terminal 3, Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport

UNStudio’s design for Terminal 3 of Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport was awarded 2nd prize amongst the shortlisted competitors Rogers Stirk Harbour and Fosters + Partners. Terminal 3 at Taoyuan airport is planned to accommodate 45 million passengers a year. UNStudio’s... View Project

Willow Dene School, Greenwich, London

Pellings LLP, the multi-disciplinary architectural, property and construction practice has redesigned Willow Dene School, located in Greenwich, London. A pioneering example of a modern Special Educational Needs (SEN) primary school, Willow Dene is an innovative use of architecture tailored to... View Project

Hertswood Academy, Borehamwood

Hertswood Academy, which replaces the former Hertswood School, is a coeducational secondary school situated in the North East of Borehamwood. Hertfordshire. The Academy will provide a world-class education for 1200 students aged eleven to sixteen and 200 post sixteen students.... View Project

Aldi, Stretford Mall, Manchester

Work has started on site at the Stretford Mall in Manchester on plans to build a new £1.3 million 17,000 square foot Aldi food store. Leading architectural practice, Pozzoni was appointed by mall owner Lunar Stretford Sarl in January 2014, to re-visit... View Project

King’s Place, King’s Cross

Following an architectural competition, Dixon Jones (National Gallery, Royal Opera House, Said Business School) was appointed as the architect for the developers Parabola Land Limited. In delivering the brief, they have skilfully brought together a major arts venue and creative... View Project

Sky Gardens, Vauxhall

Situated at the gateway of Nine Elms, the Sky Gardens scheme consists of a 36-storey tower facing Wandsworth Road and an eight-storey mixed use building on Wyvil Road. There are a total of 239 homes, comprising of a mix of... View Project

Lidl development schemes, North of England

Preston-based architectural, building surveying and planning practice, Cassidy + Ashton, has secured a significant contract with fast growing discount retail giant Lidl to deliver a number of site development schemes across the North of England. The major contract involves complete... View Project

Twerton Mill Redevelopment

The redevelopment of the historic Twerton Mill on Lower Bristol Road in Bath has been completed, delivering a new state-of-the-art student housing complex for the city’s burgeoning student population. The £16.6 million project has created accommodation offering 330 bedrooms in... View Project

WikiHouse, India Quay

The first community-use WikiHouse being built in the UK, the innovative and sustainable community project is temporary and uses the site of the former Fountainbridge brewery in Edinburgh. The site will be permanently developed by EDI to provide a new... View Project

400 South Oak Way

Increasing demand for Grade A office space in the Thames Valley region has seen Reading-based office fit out specialist ISG secure its latest win at Green Park – taking a £7.9 million project to modernise an existing five-storey office building.... View Project

Congress Theatre facade

The Congress Theatre is one of a very limited number of post-war listed theatres in this country, alongside the National Theatre, Royal Festival Hall, Nottingham Playhouse and Chichester Theatres, and is of national architectural importance Eastbourne Borough Council appointed heritage... View Project

Fire Station in Penketh, Warrington

Cheshire Fire Authority is a step closer to realising its ambition of a safer Cheshire after appointing ISG to build a new fire station in Penketh, Warrington. Procured via the influential North West Construction Hub framework, the contract extends ISG’s... View Project

Oastler Building, University of Huddersfield

Work has started on site at the University of Huddersfield’s new Oastler Building. Designed by AHR, the £27.5 million building will form part of the Queensgate campus and house the University’s Law School and part of the School of Music,... View Project

Dominion Office Building

Located in Moscow’s Sharikopodshipnikovskaya Street, next to tram and trolleybus stops and near Dubrovka Station on the Lyublinskaya Line of the Moscow Metro, the Dominion Office Building is among the first of the new projects to be built for the... View Project

Wardian London

EcoWorld Ballymore announce the vision for Wardian London, the new riverside development located moments from Canary Wharf. The exciting development, offering 624 new private apartments contained in two high-end residential towers, will launch its East Tower for sale on 24... View Project

Zlota 44

US-based real estate investment manager Amstar and Polish developer BBI Development S.A., are undertaking with Savills the international launch of Zlota 44, one of Europe’s tallest and most luxurious residential towers, located on Ulica Zlota (Gold Street) in central Warsaw. Designed by world... View Project

CITS Sanya Tourism Scheme in Hainan

Benoy, the global studio of Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers is delighted to announce its appointment to the new China International Travel Service (CITS) Sanya Eyot scheme being developed in Haitang Bay. This is Benoy’s first mixed-use Masterplan and... View Project

Northumbrian Water AMP6 Framework

An Esh Construction-MWH joint venture has been awarded one of five Framework agreements worth £500 million in total, by Northumbrian Water to upgrade its vast network water and wastewater assets. Esh Construction is a principal delivery arm of Esh Group.... View Project

Ailsa House on Langworthy Road, Salford

A bold new vision for an ageing building on a key gateway into MediaCity has been unveiled. Housing association Salix Homes has revealed the first artist’s impressions for a £300,000 facelift at Ailsa House on Langworthy Road, Salford. The residential... View Project

94 Apartments In Esbo

Peab has divested an own housing project to Tapiola Insurance and signed a contract to build three five stories houses with totally 94 apartments in Esbo outside Helsinki. The contract amounts to SEK 182 million. The construction work starts in... View Project

HMP Oakwood Prison

ISG has been awarded a circa £7 million project to construct a new workshop facility at HMP Oakwood Prison as part of the Ministry of Justice’s Strategic Alliance Framework. One of the largest prisons in the UK, HMP Oakwood accommodates... View Project

Office refurbishment scheme at Heathrow Approach

ISG is underway with an £8.5 million office refurbishment scheme at Heathrow Approach in Slough, the company’s first project for Sampension KP International – one of Denmark’s largest pension management firms. Occupying a strategic location adjacent to the M4, the... View Project

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Headquarters

Construction has officially started on the new headquarters of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which is relocating from its current premises at Canary Wharf to The International Quarter – the £2.3 billion development in Stratford, which, at a total of... View Project

Fresh Air, Fresh Minds with Monodraught

Monodraught helps to improve both air quality and learning at school with a comprehensive package of ventilation systems. Cool-phase and Windcatcher systems from Monodraught have been installed successfully at Alderman Knight School to provide natural ventilation and natural cooling. As part of... View Project

London South Place Hotel

Creative designers, Grace and Webb, looked to Emsea Ltd’s extensive engineering knowledge to realise an inspirational art concept into a range of viable design features in a top London hotel. Named as one of the Big Six Art Hotels worldwide, South... View Project

Stockport Exchange development

Construction of the second phase of Stockport town centre’s new gateway development, Stockport Exchange, is now underway. Muse Developments has appointed Eric Wright Construction to deliver this phase of development which is being undertaken in partnership with Stockport Council. It... View Project

St Mary’s Catholic High School, Lancashire

A 14-month project to re-build St Mary’s Catholic High School in Leyland, Lancashire, has completed. Designed by architectural, building surveying and planning practice, Cassidy + Ashton and built by John Turner Construction, the £7.5 million new build and refurbishment project... View Project

Smog free park, Rotterdam

The world’s first Smog Free Tower opened last Friday in Rotterdam. Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde and his team of experts are using patented ion technology to build the world’s largest smog vacuum cleaner. The Smog Free Tower produces smog-free bubbles... View Project

Ocean Estate, Tower Hamlets

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs donned his hard hat and protective clothing to see the latest stage of Tower Hamlets’ Ocean Estate redevelopment, which is making way for 225 much needed new homes. This phase will see the... View Project

Diakonen Nursing and Care Homes

Peab has been contracted to build 60 apartments in the care accommodation Diakonen in Kumla. The client is Kumla Municipality and the contract value is approximately SEK 140 million. The project consists of 60 nursing homes in the ground floor,... View Project

Homecoming – The Statue of Liverpool

A prominent Liverpool architect has designed the city’s very own version of The Statue of Liberty. ‘Homecoming’ – The Statue of Liverpool, is a stunning new 23 storey building, perched in a five storey nest, and 100 metres in diameter... View Project

Farnworth Tunnel

A complex tunnelling project to enable electric trains to run between Bolton and Manchester has been delayed, possibly until December, by exceptionally poor ground conditions. Network Rail engineers enlarging the 1834-built Farnworth Tunnel have run into large swathes of sand.... View Project

Forbury Place

A landmark commercial development in Reading features the largest known butt-jointed fire-rated glazing construction in Europe manufactured by Arkoni Metalwork of Brighouse, West Yorkshire. The 17,300 square metre No 1 Forbury Place, completed in Summer 2015, was designed by Aukett Swanke Architects on... View Project

£430 million Midland Metropolitan Hospital

A Carillion Joint Venture, The Hospital Company, was selected as preferred bidder by the Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust to create the hospital through a Public Private Partnership under a 30-year concession contract using the UK Government’s PF2... View Project

Scandic To Go, New York’s West Village

On September 23, the North Food Festival, a weeklong event dedicated to Nordic cuisine, will kick off in New York’s West Village and Scandic will be on site with its mobile hotel room, Scandic To Go. The room has been... View Project

The Concert Hall, Malmö Live

The new 1,600 seat concert hall in Malmö Live will open to the public with a festive premier program on the weekend 28-30 August 2015. The concert hall is the Centre piece of the Malmö Live complex, which also consists... View Project

ELUTec, University Technical College in Dagenham.

Planning permission has been granted for a new University Technical College in Dagenham, ELUTec. This new type of education facility aims to inspire young people in East London and Essex to become the next generation of talented engineers and designers. Students... View Project

Oldham College, Greater Manchester

AHR completes £22 million redevelopment for Oldham College. AHR has completed the redevelopment of Oldham College in Greater Manchester which includes three new buildings and landscaping. The new buildings lie to the north-west of Oldham town centre and were built... View Project

Capital Square, Edinburgh

‘Capital Square’ chosen as name for new 153,000 sq ft building in the heart of the Exchange district. Hermes Investment Management, the £28.9 billion manager focused on delivering superior, sustainable, risk adjusted returns to its clients – responsibly, has announced... View Project

Tigh-na-Groit Passive House

HLM has designed a modern, low energy, environmentally responsible passive house in Gorstan in Ross-Shire in the Scottish Highlands. Developed to take traditional Highland and rural design as inspiration, the new house (Tigh-na-Groit) reinterprets imaginatively traditional features whilst achieving the... View Project

New Street Station, Birmingham

Passengers can get a unique glimpse inside the redeveloped New Street station thanks to a new exhibition and 3D rollercoaster-style fly-through. Starting 17 August passengers can see the station from a different point of view, donning 3D glasses to watch... View Project

Emporio Armani at CONNECT110NS

Emporio Armani is to open a new flagship store in Glasgow as the first retail occupier within CONNECT110NS, a Grade A mixed use development spearheaded by BAM Properties. The Italian fashion house, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary, will create... View Project

Hägerstenshamnenskolan, Hägersten

Peab has been contracted to build the new Hägerstenshamnenskolan in Hägersten. The client is the Skolfastigheter in Stockholm AB and the contract amounts to SEK 135 million. The project is a performance contract that includes the demolition of an existing... View Project

RIBA’s First Regional HQ

ISG has been awarded the prestigious fit out scheme for Royal Institute of British Architects’ (RIBA) first office and exhibition space outside London at Liverpool’s Mann Island. The new architecture centre is the latest win for ISG on the renowned... View Project

Sheffield Meadowhall refurb

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff has been appointed to provide multidisciplinary engineering services to transform leading Sheffield shopping and leisure complex Meadowhall, as part of a £50 million interior design refurbishment. Extensive phasing and sequencing of the works has been undertaken... View Project

£7 million St Andrews Development

Macdonald Rusacks Given Go-ahead For Luxury Suites And Rooftop Restaurant. Visitors to St Andrews will be able to enjoy the most famous view in golf from some of the most luxurious accommodation in the country after Macdonald Hotels were this week granted planning... View Project

Jigsaw Building

The Stride Treglown designed Jigsaw Building, named after the Jigsaw Charity which partially funded the £5.7 million project, has officially opened at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital on behalf of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Trust. The 21,000 sq.ft building... View Project

Redevelopment of Perth Theatre

Work to restore and redevelop one of Scotland’s best loved and most historic venues moved forward this week as Robertson Construction Tayside began testing ground conditions around Perth Theatre. A 24 metre tall piling rig was brought onto the site... View Project

Sonomatic at The Core, Aberdeen

Clearbell has announced that Sonomatic, a market leader in the provision of advanced automated ultrasonic inspection services, is the latest occupier to join The Core, Aberdeen. Permission has also been secured for an additional two plots; one of which is... View Project

Burwalls House redevelopment

Built in 1872, the Jacobean-style Burwalls House in Bristol is set to undergo major redevelopment to create a series of new high-specification residential properties. Appointed at the planning stage, Darren Evans Assessments Ltd provided a series of energy assessments to... View Project

Sky Pool, Embassy Gardens

Plans for a breath-taking, suspended swimming pool named ‘Sky Pool’ have been unveiled for Embassy Gardens – the residential heart of London’s newest neighbourhood, Nine Elms on the South Bank. The stunning outdoor pool will link two residential buildings at... View Project

Mission Zero Corridor Project

Is it possible to have a ‘green highway’? The Mission Zero Corridor Project in West Georgia believes that it is. It has appointed breakthrough innovation consultancy Innovia Technology to help create a ‘travel corridor’ and rethink the purpose and function... View Project

Peab builds a new bridge in Uppsala

Peab has been contracted to build a new bridge over Fyrisan at Flottsund in Uppsala. The client is the Uppsala Municipality and the contract amounts to about SEK 112 million. Construction will start in October 2015 and the project is... View Project

Bristol’s M Shed museum

A re-used 1950s dockside warehouse, said to have a functionalist purity, the M She Museum has a forward-leaning entrance facade with eye-catching external features such as working dockyard cranes, steam engines and historic boats. Re-roofing involved use of 160mm FOAMGLAS READY... View Project

Art projects underway at new Edinburgh hospital

A number of charity funded arts projects are underway at the new Royal Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Edinburgh. Work on the hospital began in March and the new £150 million co-located building will see... View Project

£30 million life science facility

Hundreds of highly skilled jobs are expected to be created and safeguarded in Nottingham with the news that work can now start on a new £30 million life science building adjacent to the current BioCity site on Pennyfoot Street. It... View Project

Winchester College’s New Hall building

The latest modifications to New Hall, which were designed by architects Barnsley, Hewitt & Mallinson (BH&M), not only incorporate a new feature entrance and foyer, but also substantial improvements to the main performance space with the inclusion of operable bleacher... View Project

Kenwick Park Hotel Spa rise from the ashes

Architecture, sports and leisure firm, LK2, has been appointed as consultant architects for the replacement facilities at Kenwick Park Hotel following the fire in October 2014, which completely destroyed the Leisure Club and Spa. The new building will feature state... View Project

West Midlands regeneration scheme

Contractor J Tomlinson has been appointed on the second phase of a major regeneration scheme in the West Midlands. Earlier this year the Nottingham-based company began work on phase one constructing 11 new industrial units at St. Modwen’s Albion Gateway... View Project

Danjiang Bridge, Taipei, Taiwan. R.O.C.

Zaha Hadid Architects, working with Leonhardt, Andrä & Partner and Sinotech Engineering Consultants, have won the international competition to design the new Danjiang Bridge in Taipei for the Directorate General of Highways, Taiwan, R.O.C. The Danjiang Bridge will also allow... View Project

Old Stratford set for £17m investment

The country’s leading housebuilder has revealed plans for £17 million of investment in a Northamptonshire village after successfully finalising a land deal. Charles Church Midlands says it wants to build 125 new homes at Towcester Road, Old Stratford. Richard Oldroyd,... View Project

University Centre Grimsby and Grimsby Sports Centre

The £6.7 million Grimsby Art School brings to completion the latest of three Ryder Architecture projects enhancing Grimsby’s education credentials, following the delivery of University Centre Grimsby and Grimsby Sports Centre for Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education. The... View Project

St. Modwen’s Albion Gateway project

Earlier this year the Nottingham-based company began work on phase one constructing 11 new industrial units at St. Modwen’s Albion Gateway project at Burton-upon-Trent. These are due to be completed in November. Now the firm has been appointed to build... View Project

Grafton’s first UK building, Kingston University

Planning approval has been given for Grafton Architects’ first project in the United Kingdom, for Kingston University. The Royal Borough of Kingston’s Development Control Committee voted unanimously in favour of the landmark scheme following strong support for the project, including... View Project

No To Violence Shelter, Israel

This will be the charity’s first purpose-built shelter, as well as accommodating its administrative headquarters, and has been designed to house families from diverse ethnic and geographical backgrounds, including Arab, Israeli, Ethiopian, Russian and Ukrainian women and children. The site... View Project