U.K.
London Tower Plans Updated for Sustainability
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has unveiled plans to overhaul its design for a 260-m tall London skyscraper to boost its sustainability credentials amid growing demand from occupiers for low-carbon...
KPF Reveals Plan for 37-Story East London Office Tower
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) has revealed its plan for a 160-m, 37-story office tower at the site of a 10-story, 1980s office block by the Old Street roundabout in East...
U.K.’s Sheridan Lifts Announces Hotel Chain Maintenance Contract
Manchester, U.K.-headquartered Sheridan Lifts recently announced a contract to maintain more than 70 lifts across the U.K. for Village Hotels. Sheridan Sales Operations Director Chris Chadwick said the company had...
Shorts Announces New Business Development Manager
Shorts, which provides products and services across all aspects of lift installation, modernization and maintenance in the U.K., recently announced that Andy Emsley has joined its team as Business Development...
Plans Submitted for Europe’s Largest Life Sciences Building
Canary Wharf Group and Dutch investor Kadans Science Partner have submitted plans for a 23-story tower in London’s Canary Wharf that the pair say is Europe’s largest life sciences building,...
Plans Submitted for 32-Story Tower Near Historic London Market
An application has been submitted to the City of London outlining plans to build a 32-story mixed-use office tower beside historic Leadenhall Market, Building reports. Proposals for 85 Gracechurch Street,...
Save the Date: LiftEx 2023 in Liverpool
The 2023 installment of LiftEx, the annual event hosted by LEEA (Lifting Equipment Engineers Association), will be held at the Exhibition Centre in Liverpool, U.K., on November 21-22. The event website is...
Revised London Mixed-Use Redevelopment Plans Submitted
Simpson Haugh’s plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of a historic listed warehouse building in the center of Manchester were recently submitted to the city council — four years after an...
Design for Three-Tower Development in London Released
Squire & Partners has designed striking commercial towers in Southbank, London, that will be part of the new Triptych Bankside development, World Architecture News reports. Forming a new part of...
AR Emerging Award Winners Named
The Architectural Review recently announced Instituto Balear de la Vivienda (IBAVI) of Spain as the winner of the AR Emerging awards 2022, along with Sher Maker of Thailand, which won...
