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Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, for Pestana’s Cristiano Ronaldo CR7 brand, approved at planning

Monday, 23rd November 2020

The 4*plus hotel, with lounge bar and rooftop terrace, located at the corner of Piccadilly and Newton Street has been approved by Manchester City Council. The scheme proposes the re-use of a Grade II listed building and an 11-storey new... View Article

Stunning new housing development launches at Barton Quarter in Beeston

Monday, 23rd November 2020

The first phase of luxury homes at the prestigious new Barton Quarter residential development, in conjunction with the Prince’s Foundation, is on track for completion early next year, with buyers able to move in from March 2021. Situated on the... View Article

Beyer Blinder Belle revitalises historic Franklin School, new home to Planet Wordm D.C.’s inaugural language-arts museum

Monday, 23rd November 2020

Beyer Blinder Belle  (BBB) announces that  Planet Word, a revolutionary museum dedicated to the power, beauty, and fun of language, opened to the public on October 22nd. The Museum is housed in D.C.’s historic and long-vacant Franklin School, which was... View Article

HS2’s Interchange Station wins sustainability gold award

Friday, 20th November 2020

Arup’s design for HS2’s Interchange station received a gold award in this year’s World Architecture News (WAN) awards ceremony. The awards bring together the most senior and influential professionals from across Architecture internationally to recognise and celebrate excellence. This year’s... View Article

Foster + Partners unveils competition-winning design scheme for Guangming Hub

Friday, 20th November 2020

Foster + Partners has won the design competition for Guangming Hub, a new Transport Oriented Development situated on the high-speed rail link that connects Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou. The proposal also integrates three new metro lines in the city... View Article

MVRDV tops out Radio Tower & Hotel in Manhattan

Friday, 20th November 2020

MVRDV’s first high rise project under construction in the United States has topped out. Radio Tower & Hotel reflects the diversity and vibrancy of the existing fabric and communities in New York City’s Washington Heights neighbourhood. Located on Amsterdam Avenue... View Article

ilke Homes secures 227-home development site from the Anderson Group

Friday, 20th November 2020

Modular housing company ilke Homes has secured a 14.6-acre site in Grantham which will be transformed into the company’s largest scheme to date. The site, which is located on Dysart Road, benefits from detailed planning consent for 227 homes granted... View Article

Homebuilders unveils new apartments amid sales boom

Friday, 20th November 2020

A major homebuilder is set to expedite the release of its next phase of apartments in Glasgow’s West End in order to meet increased demand at its flagship development. CALA Homes (West) will release The Sir Henry Wood Apartments, the... View Article

Green Industrial Revolution needs long term plan to green our homes, says FMB

Friday, 20th November 2020

The announcement about the start of a Green Industrial Revolution needs to go further with the inclusion of a long term strategy to make all our homes greener and more energy efficient, says the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) Brian... View Article

Patience is a virtue

Friday, 20th November 2020

By astutely saving up for over a decade, Chris and Linda Anderson had the time and money to re-configure their 1930s London semi to be exactly how they wanted, including a dramatic blend of indoor and outdoor TEXT KAREN WILSON... View Article

Offsite, on time

Friday, 20th November 2020

Paul Newman of Potton Self Build explains the ins and outs of offsite construction, and the many benefits it holds for self builders In many people’s minds, construction still happens ‘brick by brick’ on a building site. With the advent... View Article

The autobiography of award-winning architect Sir Terry Farrell launches RIBA’s Lives in Architecture series

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Sir Terry Farrell, one of Britain’s most influential architects of the twenty-first century, offers a full, personal account of his life in architecture in his brand new, self-titled autobiography. The first in a series of autobiographical titles soon to come... View Article

TODD Architects led Nightingale project opens at Whiteabbey Hospital, Newtownabbey

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann has officially opened Northern Ireland’s second Nightingale Hospital in County Antrim. The new facility at Whiteabbey Hospital will ultimately have up to 100 beds available to ease pressure on the region’s Covid-19 wards in... View Article

Planning approval for £18M Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on former Glasgow Garden Festival site kickstarts Clyde Mission

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Mosaic Architecture + Design, one of Scotland’s most experienced practices, has secured Glasgow City Council planning approval to build an £18M Holiday Inn Pacific Quay hotel on the site of the former Glasgow Garden Festival. The development team, which in... View Article

Limerick Twenty Thirty appoints FCBStudios and Bucholz McEvoy Architects to lead design team to transform historic Cleeves site

Thursday, 19th November 2020

The new urban quarter will be an attractive cultural hub destination, offer new gathering spaces for the City and community, and act as a catalyst for new models of sustainable urban living and working in Limerick. An initial masterplan for... View Article

£3.5M Extension Work Completes at De Montfort University

Thursday, 19th November 2020

The Yard, a brand-new multi-million–pound extension that will significantly increase the capacity of De Montfort University’s Business and Law Faculty, has now completed. The four-storey building, which has been designed by CPMG Architects and constructed by principal contractor Clegg Construction, is an extension of the existing Hugh Aston building. The ground floor is home to a Student Advice... View Article

Alpamint Capital announces 5,000 new affordable homes pledge

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Alpamint Capital, a London-based private investment, development and consulting company, has pledged to build 5,000 affordable homes in the capital over the next decade. The company has specifically earmarked airspace development, whereby unused space on rooftops of existing buildings is converted... View Article

Well-resourced planning system essential for green revolution, says RTPI

Thursday, 19th November 2020

A strong and well-resourced planning system is essential if the government is to achieve its ambitions for a ‘green industrial revolution’, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said. Responding to the prime minister’s announcement of a 10-point plan to... View Article

London South Bank University students win RIBA Master of Architecture awards

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Two students from London South Bank University’s (LSBU) School of Architecture and Built Environment (BEA) have today won prestigious RIBA Master of Architecture (MArch) awards in two categories. Postgraduate students, Michael Crook and Sarah Nottet-Madsen both won the awards for their excellent... View Article

Surrey splendour

Thursday, 19th November 2020

Darren and Juliet Milgate fulfilled their lifelong ambition when they self-built a stunning Georgian-inspired property, sandwiched between central London and the splendour of the Surrey Hills TEXT JENNIFER GRIMBLE IMAGES PAUL NOBLE Darren and Juliet Milgate realised their lifelong ambition... View Article