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The Architect@Work talks programme has returned for 2021 as a digital summit. Over the past decade, this European trade show and exhibition has developed a reputation for tackling issues facing the profession, touching upon different materials and the environment that... View Article

Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has promoted Alistair Branch to Partner at the AJ100 practice’s Leeds office, effective from 1st January 2021. Since joining in 2016 to spearhead SGP’s transportation sector development, Alistair and his team have won significant public... View Article

The next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica begins this week . To avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station, the construction team spent two weeks in quarantine and had... View Article

Lead8, the international architecture and design firm, has unveiled a recent competition proposal that reimagines the relationship between local landscape and commercial development in our cities. Integrating architecture, technology and ecology, the design models an example of how urban city... View Article

Andrea Fawell, Sales & Marketing Director of award-winning property developers Kebbell, tackles many of the important factors that may affect house buyers and housebuilders in 2021. Brexit We await the impact Brexit will have on the economy and what market... View Article

H2R DESIGN worked on the design and fit out of PLAIN, a new handcrafted dessert concept homegrown in the UAE. Located in City Centre Mirdif, the new unit in the mall was designed to create a space that celebrates the... View Article

From Jacqueline Hughes, a senior risk analyst at risk management consultancy, Equib. Steps taken during the pandemic to deregulate the planning system have encouraged property developers to consider opportunities to re-purpose existing commercial buildings for mixed or alternative uses. As... View Article

Barratt Developments plc has announced in its trading update for the second half of 2020 that it had a “strong delivery, ahead of expectations,” in a year blighted by the pandemic. The first quarter of the company’s 2020/21 financial year... View Article

Independent design practice, Sheila Bird Studio, is launching into 2021 with a new mantra, having completed four iconic Manchester refurbishment projects. The company insists that offices and workspaces must have ‘a pulse’ in a post pandemic world. Sheila Bird Studio... View Article

Triton Construction has been awarded two separate contracts, valued at over £6 million, to provide a significant refurbishment and new-build teaching facilities at Astrea Academy Woodfield in Doncaster. Astrea Academy Woodfield is one of 27 schools in the Astrea Academy... View Article

Developer Southern Grove has today unveiled a substantial £18million housing development that will create dozens of premium family homes on the beautiful Kent coast. The Willows near Whitstable, will provide 42 houses, consisting of a mixture of semi-detached and detached... View Article