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CHYBIK + KRISTOF Architects & Urban Designers unveil the design for the Senezh Management Lab campus, conceived in response to the associated international invited competition. Located in Solnechnogorsk, a lakeside town on the outskirts of Moscow, the competition invited leading... View Article

Responding to Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s address on the road map for reopening society, Cllr James Jamieson, Chairman of the Local Government Association, said: “It is encouraging that we are now moving into the next phase of tackling this virus... View Article

Moxon Architects has completed the restoration of two central civic buildings in the major fishing port of Fraserburgh, to form a single unified headquarters building for Aberdeenshire Council. As the flagship scheme of the Fraserburgh 2021 Townscape Heritage and Conservation... View Article

Scottish developer Murray Estates’ plans for significant economic investment in West Edinburgh – one of the most strategically important development sites in the UK – have been approved by Scottish Government ministers. The proposals are one of the largest single... View Article

A leading homebuilder is fast tracking a cash donation to a Scottish charity to help with its efforts during the pandemic. CALA Homes (West), is gifting £2,000 to Social Bite earlier than planned, as part of a ‘roof donation’ scheme... View Article

Almost half a million households are at high risk of becoming homeless as a result of the economic impact of the coronavirus crisis, new analysis for the District Councils’ Network reveals today. The DCN, which represents 187 councils responsible for... View Article

The municipality of Dordrecht in The Netherlands selected Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects to design its new House of the City and Region following an international competition. The 22,000-square-metre civic building will become Dordrecht’s most prominent public hub. The cultural anchor... View Article

Following the international design competition, Zaha Hadid Architects has been selected to build the new Shanghai headquarters of the China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP). CECEP is the country’s leading company initiating and funding projects with a focus... View Article

Annual price growth in Edinburgh was 3.1% in March, as momentum built ahead of a traditional increase in activity in Q2. This relatively strong performance, up from 2% annual growth in December 2019, was aided by an increase in average... View Article

Organisations in Stafford providing support for vulnerable members of the community during the coronavirus outbreak have received a welcome boost thanks to employees from the area’s leading provider of affordable homes. Gavin McAlister, Community Engagement Advisor at Stafford and Rural Homes –... View Article

When a site manager came to the help of a newly moved-in couple on one of his developments, little did he know that the kind gesture would go viral on social media! Will Rudd, site manager at Persimmon Homes North... View Article

Stewart Dalgarno, Director of Product Development at Stewart Milne Timber Systems, discusses how Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Homes (AIMCH) is delivering key data that’s informing better decision-making and supporting change and investment When considering the scale of... View Article

The Construction Industry Coronavirus (CICV) Forum is providing greater visibility on what constitutes ‘essential work’ to prevent key workers being harassed and verbally abused during vital construction projects. The Forum’s members have reported an increasing number of tradespeople being intimidated... View Article

Architects should take a more considered approach to the origins of the plastic products in their specification, says Jon Chamberlain, Sales Director at Marshall-Tufflex. Here, he looks at the cable management industry in particular and the wider argument for an... View Article