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In central London, England, Perkins&Will has designed a landmark smart, sustainable head office building for Sidara, a global collaborative of specialist firms providing services in architecture, engineering, sustainability consulting, digital strategy, and energy systems. 150 Holborn replaces an old 1980s office block and provides a shared company headquarters for Sidara’s London-based brands, including Dar, Perkins&Will, Portland Design, Currie & Brown, Introba, Maffeis Engineering, and Penspen. Described as a “living lab”, 150 Holborn harnesses intelligent building technology to self-optimise and provide real-life data that will inform future projects for Perkins&Will and the wider industry. Perkins&a... More

In Maastricht, Netherlands, a heritage building has been transformed into a cutting-edge, sustainable headquarters for dsm-firmenich, a global developer and producer of nutrition, health, and beauty solutions. Commissioned by developers EDGE and 3W Real Estate, Rotterdam-based architectural studio Broekbakema led on the project’s architectural renovations and new-build elements, while Delft-based Fokkema & Partners Architecten designed the interior architecture. The project mixes a healthy, green working environment with a clubhouse ambience. The dsm-firmenich headquarters is the first Paris-Proof national monument in the Netherlands. It has achieved both BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum certifications. Norbert van Onna... More

An eco-conscious Food Science Centre for Flora Food Group, a global leader in plant-based foods, has been designed by Dutch architectural studio Fokkema & Partners Architecten. Situated on the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) campus in the central Netherlands, the building stands as a testament to Flora’s sustainable mission. Stijn Poelstra Stijn Poelstra   Putting user well-being at the core In late 2019, Flora made the decision to relocate its Research & Development office from Rotterdam to the WUR campus at the heart of Food Valley, an internationally recognised agri-food innovation hub in and around Wageningen. Fokkema & Partners was tasked with designing a building on a centrally located L-... More

Soho Place is an enormous urban jigsaw that builds on the arrival of Crossrail to bolster the large-scale regeneration of Oxford Street’s eastern end. Two new mixed-use buildings frame a new civic plaza, Soho Place, amplifying the urban regeneration of Oxford Street, creating new urban vistas to St Patrick’s Church, and linking Charing Cross Road to Soho Square. It is the latest iteration of a long-term research initiative between Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) and Derwent London, which has also produced multi-award-winning projects including the Tea Building, White Collar Factory, and the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlisted Angel Building. Tim Soar Tim Soar The development of Crossrail unlocked a very important cent... More

LAB42 is a multifunctional centre for Digital Innovation and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Designed by Amsterdam-based Benthem Crouwel Architects, this innovative building is circular, flexible, sustainable, fully demountable, and energy-neutral. LAB42 provides a pleasant and healthy working environment for staff, students, and the wider business community. Its innovative design ensures long-term adaptability to evolving academic and technological needs. Jannes Linders Jannes Linders   Facilitating knowledge exchange between academia and business LAB42 is located in Amsterdam Science Park, a 70-hectare park in the Dutch capital’s Amsterdam-Oost borough. A hub for digital innovation and... More

Penoyre & Prasad complete first-of-its-kind research lab to simulate the urban environment. ● PEARL – the Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory – is UCL’s first projected net-zero carbon in-use building. ● PEARL is a new and unique research facility for the creation of full-sized environments to test how people use infrastructure and cities, with the goal of improving urban design, for a more accessible and sustainable future.  ● Highly adaptable research and collaborative workspaces serve as a prototype for new post-Covid ways of working.  Timothy Soar London-based architecture practice Penoyre & Prasad, a studio of Perkins&Will, has completed UCL’s unique research laborat... More

In Magnor, Noway, “the world’s most environmentally friendly furniture factory” sits in the midst of a forest. Designed by BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group for Vestre, a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture, The Plus is a new typology of furniture factory. The Plus is a production facility, experience centre, and 300-acre public park all rolled into one, providing a veritable translation of logistics into architecture. Einar Aslaksen Einar Aslaksen BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group   A building that is sustainable, efficient, and fun Spread across 7,000 square metres, The Plus consists of four production zones arranged around a central courtyard and experience centre. These production zones are the colour fact... More

The Student Centre is built on what was the last piece of undeveloped land on Gordon Street, adjacent to the Bloomsbury Theatre. The sensitive site sits within the Bloomsbury Conservation Area and is adjacent to Grade I and II listed buildings. A collaborative approach was adopted for the project and the design team worked with planners and stakeholders. Consultations were carried out with a range of external stakeholders and neighbours, with plans strongly supported by the Design Council CABE and Historic England. The project has created a new civic realm in the Bloomsbury Campus, resolving circulation routes and refreshing the existing Japanese Garden as a tranquil urban courtyard. It has ten storeys offering 1,000 study spaces, a studen... More

On Monday September 13, outgoing Minister of Education, Culture and Science Ingrid Van Engelshoven opened the new Collection Centre Netherlands (CC NL) in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. The non-permanently exhibited art and heritage pieces of the Rijksmuseum, the Netherlands Open Air Museum, Paleis Het Loo and the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands are brought together in the CC NL. cepezed and cepezed interior designed the building, in close collaboration with ABT for the stability, Valstar Simonis for the installations and Peutz for building physics and sustainability. cepezed | Lucas van der Wee 500,000 objectsThe CC NL stores approximately half a million objects. These range from paintings to sculptures, jewellery, clothing... More

mThe new Student Centre forms part of a major transformation for University College London, setting a benchmark of excellence for all future UCL development projects. © Alan Williams The flagship building provides a progressive and flexible environment for students, supporting their needs and learning in the heart of the Bloomsbury campus. © Alan Williams BREEAM Outstanding, it has been designed to achieve exemplary sustainability targets. The building has been constructed on the last piece of undeveloped land on Gordon Street, adjacent to the Bloomsbury Theatre. The project adds to UCL’s rich heritage of distinguished architecture and its commitment to strengthening the public realm and character of the Bloomsbu... More

The Elysion Congress Centre will be a new state-of-the-art congress and conference centre in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. Serving as a highly visible building, it will enhance Eindhoven's international positioning as an inspiring region of technology, design and knowledge, where Brainport Eindhoven represents one of the leading innovative technology regions in Europe. To form the Elysion Consortium that will build, finance and operate a congress and conference centre on an international level, UNStudio and DVP (Diepenhorst de Vos and Partners) joined forces with Van der Valk as client/operator and HuybrechtsRelou as contractor (see full consortium list below). Together with Van der Valk's design team and additional specialists, the consort... More