MediaCityUK Expansion Salford Quays

MediaCityUK

Design: Chapman Taylor. MediaCityUK is set to double in size over the next decade under ambitious plans with ten new buildings envisaged with a development value of more than £1 billion.

Circle Square Development Manchester

Circle Square Development

Design: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. The vision for Oxford Road’s new neighbourhood is closer to realisation after joint venture partners Select Property Group and Bruntwood were given planning permission for the biggest planning application of the scheme.

Elephant & Castle Allies & Morrison Masterplan

Elephant & Castle Allies & Morrison Masterplan

Design by Allies and Morrison, architects for redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle shopping centre, a new campus for the London College of Communication and the University of Arts London, a new underground station, over 1,000 units, commercial space and a retail town centre.

The Best Home Competition

The Best Home Competition

The competition is both a race that pushes the boundaries of the concept of house design and an opportunity of exposure. The competition is open to anyone worldwide including designers, architects, landscape architects, artists, engineers and students and all professionals in areas related to architecture.

UCL Stratford Campus, Newham Masterplan

UCL Stratford Campus Olympicopolis London

Marshgate – UCL Stratford Campus Architects shortlist news: Grimshaw ; Hawkins Brown working with MVRDV ; Mecanoo ; Scott Brownrigg working with UN Studio and Stanton Williams.

Elephant & Castle New Cultural Quarter, London

Elephant & Castle New Cultural Quarter by SOM

Design: SOM, architects. Twentieth Century Society criticism of 40-storey “cultural quarter” buildings at the Elephant & Castle, previously attacked by both Historic England and the Ministry of Sound.

Detroit MLS Stadium & District, Michigan

Detroit MLS Stadium & District St Antoine

Design: ROSSETTI. The development proposed by Rock Ventures and Platinum Equity will mark the main entry point to downtown Detroit, forming a welcoming gateway to the city at the intersection of I-­‐375 and Gratiot.

East India Dock Masterplan London

East India Dock building

Design: Studio RHE Architects. Trilogy Property and LaSalle Investment Management appoint a team of consultants to transform the 600,000 sqft office campus East India Dock into a new hub for innovation, co-working, cultural and tech sectors.

RFK Stadium-Armory Campus Site by OMA

RFK Stadium-Armory Campus Site

Design: OMA New York, architects. Two conceptual plans have been created for the 190-acre RFK Stadium-Armory Campus site, with design concepts by OMA New York, led by partner Jason Long, in partnership with DC-based program management team, Brailsford & Dunlavey

Xuhui Vanke Center Shanghai

Xuhui Vanke Center

Benoy, the global studio of Architects, Masterplanners, Interior and Graphic Designers, announce its appointment to the Xuhui Vanke Center in Shanghai.

Smithsonian Institution Master Plan Washington DC

Smithsonian Institution Masterplan design

Design: BIG architects. Nearly 1,400 people have signed a petition in opposition to Bjarke Ingels’ proposal to demolish a portion of the Smithsonian Institution campus: the Enid A Haupt Garden, which would be razed to make way for a new plaza.

Carlsberg Masterplan Copenhagen Buildings

Carlsberg Copenhagen building

New photos of buildings in this historic industrial city area. Carlsberg wants to be in the lead and show the way for a social, economic and environmental sustainable city. Social sustainability will support the creation of a strong and diverse city driven by verve, the diversity of experiences and meetings between cultures.

Louis Kahn Building in Fort Wayne: Arts United

Louis Kahn Building in Fort Wayne

Arts United of Greater Fort Wayne hopes to transform downtown Fort Wayne’s arts campus into a “boldly accessible, connected and welcoming creative space” that provides excellence for local non-profit arts groups, their patrons and the community.