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RIBA International Awards 2026: Fosters and Chipperfield schemes among 52 shortlisted projects

2026-03-06T13:11:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Projects span five continents with schemes including places of worship and a waste-to-energy plant.

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In pictures: Good Employer Guide Live 2026
2026-03-06T12:48:00+00:00
More than 200 industry leaders attended Good Employer Guide Live yesterday at the Savoy. Here is a selection of images from the event
Good Employer Guide Live 2026: Young architects joining practices without basic practical skills, Ryder Architecture consultant says
2026-03-06T12:10:00+00:00
Peter Barker criticised the “antiquated” approach to education being taken by some architecture schools
Robert Adam Rome scholarship awarded to Cambridge master’s student
2026-03-05T13:47:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Alexander Hulton to study how loggias and porticos shape public space
Fosters working on plans to transform Oxford chapel into restaurant for world’s sixth richest man
2026-03-05T12:37:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Larry Ellison envisages site as gathering place for ’some of Oxford’s greatest minds’
Dozen architects included in Good Employer Guide
2026-03-05T11:08:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Annual directory showcases good employement initiatives from across the built envrionment
Green light for Squire & Partners’ 1,000-home Canary Wharf towers
2026-03-04T13:05:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Council signs off plans for 43- and 28-storey towers on warehouse site

Entries open for 2026 Architect of the Year Awards
2026-03-04T08:14:00+00:00
Awards launch with new accolades and a new home for 2026
OBR predicts net additions to housing stock will fall to 220,000 next year
2026-03-04T12:24:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Body forecasts 1.3m additions in UK from 2025/26 to 2029/30, casting doubt on ability of government to hit 1.5m homes target for England
PRP submits plans to refurbish modernist Salford University office building
2026-03-04T11:25:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
1960s Faraday House to be reclad with work expected to start this spring
Zaha Hadid Architects wins right to end licensing agreement on use of late founder’s name
2026-03-03T12:29:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Ruling means practice can now change its name or renegotiate deal with Zaha Hadid Foundation
City approves Allies and Morrison’s £231m Barbican renewal plans
2026-03-03T11:48:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Scheme to improve accessibility and sustainability at grade II-listed complex
Gateway 2 cases backlog virtually cleared as government responds to damning Lords report on BSR
2026-03-03T12:30:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
But regulator admits more to be done on speeding up approvals process for remediations schemes

Architecture practices monitoring Middle East teams as Iran conflict escalates
2026-03-02T14:10:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Civilian sites across region hit by wave of attacks with Iran targeting cities including Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Heatherwick unveils designs for first residential project in South Korea
2026-03-02T14:38:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Four towers to replace existing apartment complex with 900 new homes
Green light for Ackroyd Lowrie’s co-living redesign of SPPARC office scheme in Bermondsey
2026-03-02T11:06:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Scheme to retain facade of locally listed Victorian warehouse
Sadiq Khan signs off Hawkins Brown and East’s Oxford Street transformation with vehicles to be removed from September
2026-02-27T11:40:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Overhaul of Europe’s busiest shopping street to start this autumn
Reuse of historic buildings dominates 2026 RIAS Awards shortlist
2026-02-27T13:27:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Refurbishments of Victorian hospital, Art Deco lido and 15th century tower among 14 shortlisted schemes
Green light for PLP’s student resi tower next to Waterloo station
2026-02-27T11:42:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Plans for 17-storey scheme to replace Edwardian office building with 233 student beds
What made this project… Majid Al Futtaim mosque by Kettle Collective
2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00
WA100 International Architect of the Year 2025 finalist Kettle Collective guides us through the unique specification challenges at the Majid Al Futtaim mosque
RIBA launches campaign to abolish Architects Act
2026-02-26T08:55:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Board chair Jack Pringle says plan is leading change in evolution of the profession
John Lewis pulls plug on build-to-rent business which had aimed to build 10,000 homes
2026-02-26T12:32:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
Retailer cites shift in financial environment, with high interest rates and less stable returns
‘Incredibly diverse’ 2026 RIBA South East Awards shortlist unveiled
2026-02-26T12:31:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Schemes by small and medium-sized practices dominate list of 14 finalists
Government moves step closer to stronger construction products regulation as white paper published
2026-02-26T08:55:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Secondary legislation ensuring all construction products undergo safety checks to be introduced later this year under post-Grenfell shake-up of regs
Building Design announces Built Environment World Cup
2026-02-26T09:14:00+00:00
Football competition to take place at Leyton Orient Football Club’s Brisbane Road stadium
Eight projects shortlisted for 2026 RIBA East Midlands Awards
2026-02-25T12:40:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Projects by Hawkins Brown and Corstorphine & Wright joined by host of small residential schemes
Building Design announces panel of experts to inform its Regen Connect coverage
2026-02-25T10:08:00+00:00
Advisers to help inform Building Design’s focus on regional regeneration as part of year-long campaign
Gateway 2 sign-off for Rio Architects’ 46-storey co-living tower in Canary Wharf
2026-02-25T12:42:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Rio Architects-designed scheme the largest co-living project to be granted construction approval by the BSR
Three BDP projects on shortlist for 2026 RIBA North West Awards
2026-02-24T11:40:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Projects by Donald Insall Associates, MawsonKerr and two by Studio MUTT also make shortlist
Local backlash forces climbdown over SOM’s Barbican office scheme
2026-02-24T08:58:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Three storeys cuts from plans to replace Barbican headquarters of Linklaters after more than 1,000 object to application
Volunteers submit Bell Phillips social housing scheme in Brent
2026-02-24T12:26:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Art Deco-inspired block of 19 social rent homes developed by local community land trust
BDP team unveils 350-acre masterplan for 2030 Commonwealth Games venues in Ahmedabad
2026-02-23T11:57:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Cox Architecture and Collage Design also working on plans for vast sports complex in northern Indian state of Gujarat
Sagrada Familia reaches full height after tallest tower’s final piece is lifted into place
2026-02-23T13:17:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Top arm of 17m-high cross on the pinnacle of church’s Jesus Christ tower successfully installed on Friday
Gensler set to send in plans for £60m Barbican scheme this spring
2026-02-23T13:33:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Banking giant bought 140 Aldersgate building last summer from Landsec

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