• Go-ahead for Holder Mathias in Swansea’s historic city centre

    7 May 2013

    Architecture practice Holder Mathias has secured planning consent for a £8m scheme that will transform the historic heart of Swansea.

  • John Robertson Architects revitalises The Helicon building

    7 May 2013

    John Robertson Architects (JRA) has completed the refurbishment of The Helicon, comprising some 11,600 sq m office and 9,000 sq m of retail, on the corner of Finsbury Pavement and South Place in the City of London. Originally designed by Sheppard Robson and completed in 1996, The Helicon helped to start the rejuvenation of Moorgate with its high-tech detailing and provision of substantial modern retail units. Around 40 per cent of the building is occupied by Marks and Spencer and HSBC, creating a strong presence at street level.

  • Mather & Co tries and converts best project yet for Springboks, South Africa

    6 May 2013

    North West-based design consultancy Mather & Co has won one if its most prestigious international contracts to date – to design the new Springbok Experience for the South African Rugby Union (SARU) in Cape Town.

  • Speirs + Major honoured with four awards in a week

    6 May 2013

    Speirs + Major has followed up last year’s Practice of the Decade Award at the Lighting Design Awards with a win this year in the Heritage Lighting category for Burlington Arcade. The awards were held at the end of March in London. The lighting design practice’s projects Hedonism Wine Store, Mayfair, and the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole were also commended in the small retail and exterior lighting categories respectively.

  • Sir Robert Woodard Academy, West Sussex

    6 May 2013

    For this the first new-build school for the Woodward Trust, the design by Architecture PLB aimed to give the sponsor something to shout about

  • Ben, Blacksheep, and Bison – All at Ege Carpets

    1 May 2013

    FX editor Theresa Dowling meets all three on a trip to Denmark to help judge the final of the Ege Carpets design competition

  • Rijksmuseum reopens better than ever

    29 April 2013

    The Rijksmuseum has reopened following a 10-year transformation. Never before has a national museum undergone such a complete transformation of both its building and the presentation of its collection.

  • Waterloo Station retail balcony is a step up

    29 April 2013

    A new retail balcony designed by SAS International for Waterloo Station has helped reduce passenger congestion and increase retail income.

  • Make an entrance

    24 April 2013

    We look at three workplace projects shortlisted in this year’s Lighting Design Awards: two show how lighting has transformed tired reception areas, while the third uses lighting to set the tone of the space. Each shows the trend to a linear, integrated approach where the lighting is as much a graphic element as illumination

  • George Patterson Y&R, Melbourne

    23 April 2013

    A former department store from the 19th century is now an open, airy and throughly inviting office space, fitting in with the work ethos of the client