World’s best new building – RIBA International Prize 2021

The winner of the world’s best new building: The Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh designed by Kashef Chowdhury/URBANA. The award is a global accolade for design excellence and social impact. The remote community hospital in south west Bangladesh was commissioned by... View Article

Persimmon Homes north east region steps up with apprenticeships

With national apprenticeship week around the corner (7th – 13th February) Persimmon Homes is currently focusing on its apprenticeships, training and development throughout England, Scotland and Wales. In line with this, the North East, Durham and Teesside businesses are striving... View Article

HOK Delivers University of Glasgow’s Advanced Research Centre

This month the first group of researchers, technicians, professional staff and post-graduate students began to occupy the University of Glasgow’s new Advanced Research Centre (ARC). A centrepiece of the University’s campus development and one of the first buildings to occupy... View Article

Bar Orion Architects’ ‘Mapu 5’ residence unveiled

An atypical property built over two plots of land with a unique “H typology,” and walking distance to the Mediterranean Sea. Bar Orion Architects, a leading international architecture firm based in Israel and established by Tal and Gidi Bar Orian... View Article

Applied Studio completes Hammersmith House transformation

London-based architects, Applied Studio, and interior designer, Clare Nash, have completed the transformation and conversion of Hammersmith House in West London.  The former one bedroom, 1960’s bungalow has been radically overhauled to create a three bedroom family home, including a... View Article

LWK + Partners wins four International Design Awards 2021

LWK + Partners is pleased to announce that four projects have won the 15th International Design Awards 2021, one of the industry’s most respected and well established global design awards. On receiving the prestigious award once again, LWK + Partners... View Article

Visitors flock to South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show

The South East Homebuilding & Renovating Show, held at the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre on 15-16 January, surpassed all expectations as the first of the 2022 Homebuilding & Renovating Shows and set the benchmark for all live events... View Article

RIBA Future Trends Survey results – December 2021

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has published the latest Future Trends survey results, a monthly report of the business and employment trends affecting the architects’ profession. In December 2021 the overall RIBA Future Trends Workload Index remained in positive territory and... View Article

Housing safety and wellbeing task force launched

We are pleased to announce the official launch of the Housing Safety & Wellbeing Taskforce, which due to Covid-19 precautions, took place online on the 13th January 2022. We were delighted to be joined by Sir Peter Bottomley MP, who... View Article

Pre-packaged planning permissions for small sites would help SMEs

Reducing planning risk by making decisions more predictable and quicker would benefit SME housebuilders, the House of Lord’s built environment committee has concluded. In its Meeting Housing Demand report released this week the committee has urged councils to support SME builders by... View Article

The ongoing greenfield / brownfield debate

From David Churchill, Partner, Carter Jonas London In October last year, our team was carrying out some standard research into the extent to which local planning authorities (LPAs) were unlikely to meet the standard methodology target in their emerging Local... View Article