New Town Tower, London skyscraper building design

It is estimated that London will need to provide housing for almost 100 000 people every year up to 2016¹. This is the result not only of migration (internal and global) but also the need to replace existing housing stock that is reaching the end of its lifecycle.

Oxford Academy: Peers School Littlemore

Headington School Oxford Boathouse building rowing

HKR Architects appointed advisors to Oxfordshire County Council (through the project managers Hewitt Freeborn) on the feasibility and possible layouts for a new Academy in Oxford.

Bijlmer ArenA Station Amsterdam building

Bijlmer ArenA Station Amsterdam interior design

The Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station is situated on the southeast of the city on the line that links Amsterdam with Utrecht. To the west there is a commercial development area punctuated by the newly built Amsterdam Arena, a 50,000 seat football stadium

Mull Theatre, Tobermory building: Aros Park

Mull Theatre, West Highlands

As justification of the Inner Hebridean Island of Mull’s growing presence on the UK cultural map, Mull Theatre’s new Production Centre is the first phase in the company’s plans for a Creative Campus on the island, designed by the City Architecture Office (CiAO).

Bahrain WTC Wind Turbines building, World Trade Center

Bahrain World Trade Center WTC Building Manama construction

The Atkins designed Bahrain World Trade Center (BWTC) made history today as the turbines on this pioneering project turned together for the first time.

The two 50-storey sail shaped office towers taper to a height of 240m and support three 29m diameter horizontal-axis wind turbines. The towers are integrated on top of a three-story podium and basement which accommodate a new shopping center, restaurants, business centers and car parking.

Westerdokseiland Amsterdam, Dutch housing

Westerdokseiland Amsterdam, Dutch Housing

Westerdok adopts the design concept of light and openness; with a total floor area of 6000 m2, Westerdok contains 46 apartments and a day-care centre offering diverse outdoor spaces and views over the western docklands of Amsterdam

Cyrene Declaration Libya – Foster + Partners

Cyrene Declaration Project Libya design by Foster + Partners

At an historic ceremony amongst the archaeological treasures of Cyrene in the Green Mountain region of Eastern Libya, Saif al-Islam Gadafi, signed the Cyrene Declaration witnessed by an invited audience of journalists, VIP’s and people’s representatives from Libya and abroad.

Florence TAV Station Building: Foster + Partners

Florence High Speed Railway Station building by Foster + Partners Architects

As part of the creation of a new high-speed rail network, the Italian Government has instituted a major programme of station restructuring, including the creation of many new stations. The design for Florence Station provides a new facility that will connect with the city’s existing Santa Maria Novella station via a new tramline.