Wates has been appointed by Be First to build 334 new homes as part of an £874m regeneration of the Gascoigne Estate in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. This will be the third project Wates has undertaken for... View Article

Foster + Partners has completed the first office tower in the newly regenerated Suhewan area of Shanghai. The Suhe Centre for China Resources Land forms the centrepiece of the Suhewan East Urban Complex, which introduces a rich mix of functions... View Article

Leading housebuilder Redrow has secured planning consent from Medway Council for 200 new homes at its latest development, Hamlet Park, Rainham. Located on Lower Rainham Road, approval for this 23-acre site is the housebuilder’s most recent milestone as it grows its presence in... View Article

Jean-Pierre Lott Architecte has delivered Le Studium, the new University library, learning centre and the University of Strasbourg Press in Strasbourg, France. The site The Studium project grew out of the University of Strasbourg’s need to equip itself with a building... View Article

78-79 Alscot Road in Southwark, designed by Greenaway Architecture, is a dynamic new high density seven-storey student housing scheme bordering the verdant Bermondsey Spa Gardens. The scheme, which included public realm works, creates a new active frontage, a wide pedestrianised... View Article

Housebuilder, The Hill Group, has appointed Victoria Anthony as HR director, to further strengthen the company’s Human Resourcing strategy. The appointment comes at a crucial period of growth for the business as it works towards increasing its turnover to £1.2bn... View Article

Populous, the global sports and entertainment venue architectural design firm, has completed its work on Arena Du CO’Met, the final part of a major new sports and cultural complex that has been created in the French city of Orléans, located... View Article

The Department for the Environment (Defra) has concluded a multi-agency review of the need for sustainable urban drainage (SuDS) in UK residential schemes, recommending that SuDS be made a legal requirement on all new developments, and hinting a preference in... View Article

The design of the reconstruction and extension of Pavilion Z is based on the original shape of the building. It consisted of three increasing blocks, where the smallest one is near the ground and the volume increases and gets heavier... View Article

The award-winning architecture practice, Hollaway Studio, has designed a sustainable new workshop and museum for world-renowned rocking horse makers, Stevenson Brothers, replacing a former petrol filling station on a brownfield site in the village of High Halden, Kent, SE England.... View Article

MVRDV has won the competition to design a new central library for Wuhan, China. Poised to become one of the largest libraries in China, the 140,000 m² project combines traditional and non-traditional functions with diverse study, living room, reading, and... View Article

Leading social housing provider Orbit, has a new Head of Property Improvements. Matt Bundy, who was previously head of major works at Westminster City Council, will lead on Orbit’s large-scale investment works across its property portfolio, including its decarbonisation programme. During 2021/22,... View Article

The latest episode of the Building Insights podcast is now live. In this episode, Nigel Ostime, partner at Hawkins\Brown architects, discusses the impact of the recent Building Safety Act, introduced to bring a range of improvements in building procurement to... View Article

The Taiwan Ministery of Economic Affairs has selected MVRDV’s Hoowave Water Factory as the winning design for a large-scale redevelopment of Huwei’s Beigang and Anqingzhen waterways. Combining both a strategic masterplan and a landscape design, the proposal aims to modernise... View Article

A planning application has been submitted for a new community hospital in Consett, designed by Medical Architecture for County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust. The project is in Cohort 2 of the New Hospitals Programme, the plan by NHS... View Article

Homeowners looking to stay put and improve in the current climate can spruce up their abodes and add value with top interior trends from home experts. Everyone loves having a fresh start in the new year, and what better way... View Article