Architecture
Top architecture awards celebrate a new university building in Kingston, affordable townhouses in Newham & a converted water tower in Norfolk
The Royal Institute of British Architects has picked winners for its big design awards of 2021:
Grafton Architects has won the Stirling Prize for Kingston University Town House.
Busy architects face ‘growing external challenges’
"A lack of European candidates is exacerbating the recruitment challenge," says the Royal Institute of British Architects, as the private housing design sector remains busy.
Derbyshire mansion renovation wins top heritage award
The revival of Radbourne Hall was named as the best restoration of a country house at the Georgian Group Architectural Awards.
Canadian family buys major stake in Foster + Partners
Sir Norman Foster's architecture firm has completed a "strategic partnership" with the billionaire family that controls Colliers International, selling a "significant" stake in the business to Hennick…
In Pictures: Studio Indigo designs extraordinary butterfly-shaped Moscow mansion
100,000 square foot residence includes a ‘James Bond-style lair’ for the owner’s extensive car collection.
‘Like stepping into a museum’: Important Arts & Crafts mansion offered for £8m
Norney Grange was designed by celebrated Arts & Crafts architect Charles Voysey, and has been featured in film and TV productions including Netflix's BAFTA-nominated The Dig and 2004 romcom Wimbledon.
Architects’ workloads rise again, but ‘confidence is softening across the board’
Shortages of construction materials continue to disrupt project delivery, as does a growing lack of on-site fitters and skilled tradespeople.
Inside Lancer Square: The super-prime development setting ‘a new residential standard’ for Kensington
EXCLUSIVE: Lancer Square is setting "a new residential standard" for Kensington, declare developers CIT and Bellworth, as the first residents prepare to move in.
Watch: Billionaire reveals BIG plans for a brand new American city
A billionaire and an architect have revealed a plan to build an entirely new city for five million people in an American desert. They just need a location and around $400bn to do it.
2021 RIBA Stirling Prize: The shortlist in pictures
Six buildings are in contention for architecture's biggest accolade, including a controversial mixed-use project in London's Clerkenwell.
‘Architecturally brilliant’ Crown Estate grand design pitched at £12.5m
12,000 square foot residence designed by Theis & Khan and Octipi Studio will centre around a Grade II listed timber barn once owned by Prince Leopold I of Belgium.
In Pictures: Five of 2021’s best private client architecture projects
RIBA's national award winners for 2021 showcase 54 of Britain's best new architecture projects - including these five remarkable private homes...