The construction permit for MVRDV’s 15-storey residential building in Montevideo, Uruguay has been approved. Comprising a loosely-stacked series of individual homes, the design is open and porous, allowing light and air to permeate the entire building and creating plenty of... View Article

Ramboll, the engineering, design and sustainability consultancy, has today announced the promotion of Jason Layfield to executive director of Buildings for the UK, following a 22-year career at the company. The company also welcomes Jules Handy, joining as Ramboll’s head... View Article

Scottish housebuilder Avant Homes has strengthened its construction team with three new key appointments to further enable the housebuilder’s regional expansion strategy. Bryan Galloway has been appointed as construction director, while James Reid and Peter Forrester have joined the housebuilder as area construction... View Article

Developer HUB and Bridges Fund Management, a sustainable and impact investor, have acquired 45 Beech Street on the edge of the iconic Barbican Estate for £30m, with plans to refurbish the existing building to deliver a residential scheme. The deal... View Article

From 29 April to 7 May over 71,000 visitors attended Grand Designs Live at London’s ExCeL, enjoying hundreds of carefully curated brands, innovative cost and energy saving solutions, and a myriad of informative and educational talks. Over the 9-day show... View Article

Designed by Aedas Architects, and situated in the Nanyou district in central Nanshan area of Shenzhen, the Zhongtai Residential Development consists of a 5-storey podium and above it a 33-storey residential building providing 238 units. On account of the site’s... View Article

Jointly designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Tsinghua University and Aedas, our proposal is one of the shortlisted designs of Jinzhan International Cooperation Service District in Beijing. It is closely located to where the Embassies are clustered,... View Article

Bringing natural light into your home is always better than adding artificial lights. Natural light bathes the rooms in your home with a rich, full-spectrum hue that electric lightbulbs simply cannot duplicate. This natural lighting helps to increase the feel-good... View Article

Launched in 2019 by Sefton Council and housing association Riverside, the Sefton Families Service offers families two- or three-bed furnished Riverside homes near networks of intensive support. All homes supplied through the scheme are furnished, including; sofas, beds, white goods... View Article

Insurance giant Legal & General (L&G) has announced that it will halt new production at its modular housing factory in Selby, Yorkshire, resulting in most jobs at the unit being cut. L&G cited “a number of factors,” such as planning... View Article

The foundations and below-ground works of the new Taikang Financial Centre in Wuhan completed this week. Construction of the three towers within the 266,000 square metre development have now begun towards the centre’s planned completion in 2025. Founded in 1996,... View Article

Global architecture practice HOK has appointed Eli Hoisington and Susan Klumpp Williams as its new co-chief executive officers, succeeding Bill Hellmuth who passed away on April 6, shortly after his scheduled retirement. Hoisington and Klumpp Williams, who have served as... View Article