UK Government Ban on Combustible Cladding

UK Government ban on combustible cladding facade

Banning the use of combustible materials in the external walls of high-rise residential buildings: RIBA director of professional services criticises UK government ban on combustible cladding as “inadequate”, saying it should have covered products capable of producing toxic smoke.

Old Lydd Road Residences Camber Sands

Old Lydd Road Residence in East Sussex

RX Architects designed Old Lydd Road Residences. Two large family beach houses located within Camber Sands, England, directly adjacent to the famous beach and sand dunes.

Big Town Plan for Shrewsbury, UK

Big Town Plan for Shrewsbury

LDA Design, the creative consultancy behind masterplans for Exeter and Plymouth as well as the London 2012 Olympic Park, to develop a masterplan that builds on visioning work for this Shropshire town.

Turner Gallery Margate, Kent Contemporary Art

Turner Rooms Margate building interior view

Turner Rooms, Margate building – design by David Chipperfield Architects, expansion of the architecture practice’s Turner Contemporary gallery on the Kent waterfront, a hostel with 100 sea-facing rooms plus new public spaces.

Whitehouse Folly in Scarisbrick, Lancashire

Whitehouse Folly in Scarisbrick Lancashire

ArchiPhonic Architectural Design was appointed to design a single floor, two bedroom private residence for a retired couple in the leafy village of Scarisbrick in West Lancashire

Callaughtons Ash, Much Wenlock Housing

Callaughtons Ash Much Wenlock, South Shropshire Housing

Callaughtons Ash, Much Wenlock housing design by Architype – £2m exemplar Passivhaus residential scheme: South Shropshire Housing Association’s commitment to sustainability, quality and eradicating fuel poverty for housing association residents was the driving force.

Atlantic View Lodges Cornwall holiday cottages

Atlantic View Lodges in Cornwall

The Bazeley Partnership selected Kebony, a beautiful wood recommended by leading architects to clad the exterior of the holiday cottages due to its enhanced durability, sustainable qualities and unique aesthetic.

D-Day Museum Portsmouth Building, Hampshire

D-Day Story Portsmouth building

Hampshire County Council Property Services complete transformation of D-Day Museum Portsmouth: the architecture of the original 1980s building is revealed, exposing the large circular exhibition hall, containing the Overlord Embroidery, and enabling this principal form to be legible both inside and out.

Watermark Westquay Southampton Retail

Watermark Westquay Southampton Retail

Watermark Westquay in Southampton, a major mixed-use scheme for developer Hammerson by architects ACME with landscape designers Grant Associates, wins a 2018 Prix-Versailles World Architecture Award.

British Office Buildings: Offices Great Britain

Bourne Hill Offices, Salisbury Building, England

British office buildings – commercial property designs in Great Britain including a refurbishment project that will provide quantified evidence on the benefits of biophilic design on health, well-being and productivity of occupants – British properties, architects & architecture images: new offices in Great Britain

The Hong Kong House, England

Contemporary Luxury Home in Southern England designed by AR Design Studio

The Hong Kong House is a private extension and renovation project by Winchester based architects AR Design Studio. A world away from the client’s former home in HK, the home provides an opportunity for the family to have a familiar inside-out space to live in and relax.

Cleveland Buildings, Middlesbrough Architecture

Middlehaven development regeneration design

Cleveland buildings: Middlehaven regeneration masterplan, Middlesbrough, north-east of England, UK. £200m regeneration of former docks: 750 homes, hotel, offices & leisure facilities – destination retail, bars and restaurants.

Black House in Kent Residence, New Property

Black House in Kent exterior facades

Award for Black House in Kent by architects AR Design Studio. The contemporary property is influenced by historic and modern Kent buildings. The clients chose to move from a 15th century Tudor house and build a contemporary dream home in their garden.