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Natural History Museum looking for design team to refurbish four of its most popular galleries
4+ hour, 30+ min ago (406+ words) Dinosaur Gallery and Old General Herbarium among spaces to be overhauled The Natural History Museum is looking for a team to design the refurbishment of four of its galleries The Natural History Museum is looking for a design team to…...
Museum of Architecture launches competition to imagine a contemporary Crystal Palace
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (637+ words) Winning entries to be displayed at this summer's Great Exhibition Festival in central London this summer Built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the original Crystal Palace was more than half a kilometre long and three times the volume of St…...
In the age of artificial intelligence, what remains of the architect?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1578+ words) By Martha Tsigkari 12 February 2026 In a special long read comment piece, Martha Tsigkari and'Sherif Tarabishy'consider how the need for critical human reflection remains paramount in a'profession that might otherwise risk becoming a recycling service The rise of artificial intelligence feels…...
Inside Hornsey Town Hall: a brilliantly conceived and highly sensitive " if mildly eccentric " restoration
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1654+ words) Residents of Crouch End in north London have had a long and sometimes fraught wait for Reginald Uren's 1935 former council HQ to reopen, but they now once again have a building to enjoy and cherish Hornsey Town Hall was built…...
Fosters back as UK's biggest architect and breaks into top 20 of world's largest practices
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (575+ words) Firm jumps 10 places in BD's WA100 with top 10 dominated by US companies Foster & Partners'has leapfrogged past large global practices including HOK, Atkins R'alis and HKS to become the 13th biggest architectural practice in the world according to the WA100, BD's international survey of…...
Architect submits plans for temporary theatre on former Marble Arch Mound site
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (559+ words) West End's Arts Theatre to move into site for up to two years while its current base undergoes long-delayed refurbishment Aerial view of the proposed temporary theatre Architect Reed Watts has submitted plans for a 500-seat temporary auditorium for the…...
High tech architecture pioneer Sir Nicholas Grimshaw dies aged 85 leaving global legacy
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1681+ words) The high tech architecture pioneer behind the Eden Project and Waterloo International Terminal has died aged 85, leaving behind a string of buildings that helped define British high tech and a global practice built on his design philosophy of structural clarity…...
BDP appoints Arup's Nick Jackson as new architect director
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) Jackons's past projects include the original design for 1 Undershaft Nick Jackson has been appointed architect director at BDP BDP has appointed one of the architects behind Eric Parry's original designs for 1 Undershaft to strengthen its office design team across London…...
Six schemes on Stirling Prize 2025 shortlist unveiled
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (1390+ words) Projects by Purcell, Allies & Morrison and two former winners'make it into final half dozen RIBA has unveiled a shortlist of the six national award winners in the running for this year's Stirling Prize. Purcell's restoration of the Elizabeth Tower, Allies…...
Vita Group tables plans for co-living scheme at Glasgow's Met Tower
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (502+ words) Developer acquires landmark site following scrapping of Bruntwood Scitech office scheme Vita Group has acquired Glasgow's famous Met Tower, with plans to turn the building into homes for co-living. The developer said it wants to apply its "Union" co-living concept…...