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Dan Whelan Dutch firm Ballast Nedam has been selected to deliver the 1,300-space multistorey car park at Blackpool Central, part of the enabling phase for Nikal and Media Invest’s 17-acre leisure development.  Speaking to  Place North West, Nikal chairman Richard Fee said a hybrid planning application for the project is to go live on Friday and, subject to approval, Ballast will start the 15-month car park build in November.  Nikal and Media Invest Entertainment are to seek full app...

Nobu Hotel London Portman Square Opens David Collins Studio and Make Architects channel the brand’s signature minimalist aesthetic Words by: Will Speros • Photos by Jack Hardy News: David Collins Studio and Make Architects channel the brand’s signature minimalist aesthetic Words by: Will Speros • Photos by Jack Hardy Nobu Hospitality is expanding its global footprint with the launch of Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. Located at the corner of Portman Square in the Marylebone section of...

Make Architects has converted a former chocolate factory in Sydney, Australia into a boutique office building. Situated in the city’s Haymarket district, the building was originally built in the early 1900s. The project is the latest in a series of new developments in the area with dining...

David Straight The Karangahake House by Make Architects, featuring prefabricated floors, walls and roofs, was assembled in just four days. We hear a lot about the advantages of prefabrication, and this award-winning rural home inspired by a trampers’ hut is a perfect example. The house, designed by Make Architects NZ, has just won a Small Project Award in Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) Architecture Awards. And one of the most eye-opening features of the build ...

Housing winners include a Hamilton family home by Mercer and Mercer Architects, described as having “a bit of attitude”. The judges citation said: “A refined palette of materials balances industrial finishes with rhythmic timber, and showcases not only a material sophistication but a deft understanding of light and acoustics; it’s a sensory masterclass.” Simon Wilson Simon Wilson Waipapa, Whangapoua by Strachan Group Architects But not every winner is about sophistication. Waipapa,...

Case study: 3 Arena Central by Make Architects 20 April 2021 By AJ Contributor. photography by Make Architects 1/11 Source: Makes commercial office building in Birminghams Arena Central was envisaged as a jewel and is clad in repeating metallic hexagonal panels This 14-storey commercial office building stands in the middle of Birmingham’s Arena Central masterplan. To the north it opens onto a new square, Bank Court, with a double-height colonnade encouraging connectivity with the ...

Love them or loathe them, it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic. According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration. A total of  35 tower blocks were finished last year. The 42-storey “cuc...

Love them or loathe them, it looks like despite a significant slowdown in building skyscrapers during the spring and summer in 2020, there was not the downturn feared because of the pandemic. According to New London Architecture’s annual review of skyscrapers over 20 storeys or more, there are 587 tall buildings in the pipeline in London – with 310 granted full planning permission and 127 under consideration. A total of  35 tower blocks were finished last year. The 42-storey “cuc...

Last modified on Sat 3 Apr 2021 08.02 EDT Hanging plants smother the walls of a new office block proposed for Salford, giving it the look of something from an abandoned post-Covid city, reclaimed by nature. The ivy-covered tower, designed by Make Architects, has been trumpeted as “fossil-fuel free”, set to run on 100% renewable energy and reach net zero operational carbon, with tenants enjoying the “biophilic” benefits of dangling foliage. But not everyone is convinced. “It’s strang...

Place North West, the council declined to comment on the potential occupier and said talks were ongoing. The office, part of Muse Development’s Talbot Gateway masterplan, will not be built speculatively and construction would only start if an agreement had already been signed with an occupier, according to the council. Muse Developments submitted outline plans for the office building last December and is in the process of appointing a lead contractor for the project. Under proposals designed ...