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Wood Awards 2017 announces winners

Wednesday, 22nd November 2017

The winners of the annual Wood Awards have been announced at a ceremony held on the 21st November at Carpenters’ Hall in London hosted by Johanna Agerman Ross, Founder of Disegno magazine and Curator of Twentieth Century and Contemporary Furniture... View Article

RIBA House of the Year shortlist sees addition of two more of the UK’s best new homes

Tuesday, 21st November 2017

The Quest, a discreet, accessible single-story home in Dorset and Newhouse of Auchengree, a zinc-clad contemporary farmhouse in North Ayrshire, have been shortlisted for the 2017 RIBA House of the Year award. The homes in the running for the UK’s most prestigious award for new houses are... View Article

British Airways i360 - 2017 Structural Supreme Award and Award for Tall or Slender Structures © Jacobs

2017 Structural Awards celebrate the best in global engineering

Monday, 20th November 2017

On Friday 17th November 2017, the Institution of Structural Engineers announced the winners of The Structural Awards 2017, at a glittering awards ceremony at The Brewery, London. The winners were chosen from a shortlist of 45 pioneering global projects which... View Article

World Building of the Year and Completed Buildings New & Old: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Post-earthquake reconstruction and demonstration project of Guangming Village

Post-earthquake prototype house is crowned World Building of The Year 2017, day three winners announced

Monday, 20th November 2017

The Post-earthquake reconstruction/demonstration project of Guangming Village has been declared the World Building of the Year 2017 this evening at the tenth annual WorldArchitecture Festival, held in Berlin. The scheme was designed by The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Following the Ludian earthquake in 2014, most of the... View Article

World Architecture Festival 2017: day two winners announced in Berlin

Friday, 17th November 2017

An Australian Fish Market, a Jewish Cemetery in London, a clinic in South Africa and a trellis covered in growing vegetables are among the diverse architectural schemes and buildings being celebrated at the World Architecture Festival 2017 in Berlin. The... View Article

BCO Nextgen reveals winning vision for ‘the office of 2035’

Thursday, 16th November 2017

On the evening of Wednesday 15th November, the British Council for Offices (BCO) announced the winner of its NextGen ideas competition for young professionals at an awards dinner in central London. The winning team – known as 88mph – was... View Article

Architect wanted to help transform part of Ecobuild

Thursday, 16th November 2017

Ecobuild and the RIBA, in conjunction with Rockpanel and ROCKWOOL, have launched an open call for an architect to help transform a space at ecobuild 2018. This competition offers a unique opportunity to showcase creativity and ingenuity at the number... View Article

Surface Design Show 2018, connecting architects & designers with surface innovators from across the globe

Thursday, 16th November 2017

The Surface Design Show (6-8 February 2018, Business Design Centre, London) is the only event in the UK to focus solely on interior and exterior surfaces. For more than ten years Surface Design Show has been connecting innovative and exciting... View Article

World Architecture Festival 2017: day one winners of International Architecture Awards announced

Thursday, 16th November 2017

World Architecture Festival, the world’s largest international architectural event, opened today in Berlin. The first day’s Awards category winners include a floating building on a mountain top, a hardwood ‘smile’ sculpture in London, a Turkish dairy factory and a Palestinian... View Article

ARCHITECT@WORK 2018 announces stellar list of speakers and final exhibitors

Wednesday, 15th November 2017

An impressive list of industry experts from architecture, development and the arts are set to share their knowledge at ARCHITECT@WORK, alongside stands from 100 leading international architectural product suppliers. The London edition of the global two-day event, aimed at architects, designers and specifiers... View Article

Maccreanor Lavington triumph at Brick Awards 2017 with five projects collecting awards

Wednesday, 15th November 2017

Maccreanor Lavington stole the spotlight at the 2017 Brick Awards, which saw the practice collect a total of five awards and one ‘commended’ prize for their work. The annual awards from the Brick Development Association now in its 41st year,... View Article

Left: Ness Point © Nick Guttridge. Right: 6 Wood Lane © Magdalena Pietrzyk

Two more of the UK’s best new homes are added to the RIBA House of the Year shortlist

Wednesday, 15th November 2017

Ness Point, a house that appears to grow out of its dramatic setting on the White Cliffs of Dover, and 6 Wood Lane, an exuberant, and quirky self-build home, have been shortlisted for the 2017 RIBA House of the Year award. The projects in the running for the UK’s most prestigious award for new houses are being revealed in a four-part Channel 4 TV... View Article

Artists present future visions for London in thought-provoking installation at the Horniman

Tuesday, 14th November 2017

Today, Bompas & Parr and the National Trust’s latest cultural installation ‘The Imminent Diorama’ opens to the public at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, revealing what one of London’s finest unprotected views of the city could look like in eighty years’ time. This new... View Article

Structural Concrete Alliance announces 2017 award shortlist

Tuesday, 14th November 2017

The Structural Concrete Alliance has shortlisted three projects for the 2017 Structural Concrete Alliance Award for Repair and Refurbishment, with the winner to be announced by former BBC Breakfast Host, Bill Turnbull, at the Concrete Society Awards Dinner to be... View Article

GGF looks forward to G17 awards

Monday, 13th November 2017

Being one of the main sponsors of the G Awards since it started, the Glass and Glazing Federation (GGF) has no fewer than 17 reasons to look forward to this year’s showpiece event. With 16 Members nominated as finalists and the... View Article

Google and CISCO to explore how data can transform digital building process

Monday, 13th November 2017

Tech giants Google and CISCO will be among the speakers at a special conference being held in Birmingham to showcase how new smart technology can be applied to digital building techniques. Birmingham City University will host the Exploring Data Beyond BIM event... View Article

Brick Awards 2017: the winners revealed

Friday, 10th November 2017

The annual Brick Awards celebrated its 41st year on the evening of Thursday 9th November at the Hilton, Park Lane, London. 600 guests were welcomed by champagne reception before enjoying a 5* 3-course meal in preparation for the evening’s celebrations... View Article

Pining for the real thing, the nation has spoken: real vs artificial Christmas trees

Wednesday, 8th November 2017

With nearly one in four UK households displaying a Christmas tree each year*, research conducted by the Ideal Home Show at Christmas has settled the debate of whether Britain prefers real or artificial Christmas trees. With 64% of respondents in... View Article

Caring Wood © James Morris and Shawm House © Rob Rhodes

Two of the UK’s best new homes shortlisted for 2017 RIBA House of the Year award

Wednesday, 8th November 2017

Two projects which revive local building traditions, Caring Wood, a modern vision of the ‘English country house’ in rural Kent and Shawm House, a self-build masterpiece amongst the Northumbrian fells, have been announced today as the first houses to be shortlisted for the... View Article

2017 Building Better Healthcare Awards – winners announced

Friday, 3rd November 2017

On 1st November, over 600 industry professionals packed The Brewery in central London to be among the first to find out who were the well-deserved winners of the 2017 Building Better Healthcare Awards. Trophies were handed out in 22 categories, recognising... View Article