Project Articles

BAM is to build a £33 million residential care facility in Oxfordshire. The contractor, whose regional headquarters are in St Albans, Hertfordshire, is to construct a retirement village, Richmond Witney, for Richmond Care Villages, who are part of Bupa. The... View Article

Apprentices and volunteers from Stoke-on-Trent-based property refurbishment and maintenance specialist Novus Property Solutions completed a hands-on Community Challenge, helping Thistley Hough Academy begin work on constructing its school farm. A team of 20 workers from Fenton-based contractor Novus dug their... View Article

With the price of a one bedroom apartment in Zone 2 averaging £475,000 according to property portal Zoopla.co.uk, young Londoners can seize the opportunity to purchase at Genesis’ brand new development, Mondrian, in the heart of trendy Shoreditch, East London.... View Article

The project introduces the first high-end residential high-rise living to Milan with two towers designed by global architecture firm, Arquitectonica. The towers are situated in the Porta Nuova Varesine the mixed use master plan and urban renewal project in central... View Article

Property investment and development company, Thackeray Estates, has obtained planning permission to renovate the historic Dover House, a former hotel and restaurant in Waterloo, into nine luxury residential apartments, complete with commercial space. Construction has already begun on site, with... View Article

Plans to build Britain’s first ‘floating village’ at London’s Royal Docks moved a step closer today after the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, revealed that Carillion Igloo Genesis had won the competition to design and build it. The Mayor unveiled... View Article

Simon Green, founder of Moho developments has joined teams with David Archer from Archer Humphreys Architects to create a completely unique Marylebone mews house. The two-bedroom, 140 sq m, property follows in the pattern of the ‘liveable art’ ROOM, recently... View Article

Leading specialist contractor United House is starting work on the delivery of 46 mixed tenure homes in the London Borough of Hounslow, forming the second phase of the Manor Lane Estate regeneration in Feltham, with a contract value of £6.6m.... View Article

The team behind Fairview New Homes’ flagship Pulse development are celebrating after it was named among London’s finest at the LABC regional Building Excellence Awards. The landmark development in Colindale, North London, was a finalist in three categories – Best... View Article

HUB has this week exchanged contracts on the development of 213 new homes in Cathedral Group (Holdings) Ltd and Development Securities’ Old Vinyl Factory development in Hayes, west London. The housing developer – which specialises in creating homes for London’s... View Article

ISG has been awarded a £6.7 million project to construct a new 75-bed care home for Quantum Care in Letchworth; the company’s fifth scheme for the not-for-profit residential care provider, which includes a £4.7 million development the contractor is currently... View Article

Three leading firms of architects have released designs for the redevelopment of Heathrow Airport into a new town that could potentially support 90,000 new jobs, provide homes for up to 190,000 people and add £7.5 billion to the UK economy. The designs... View Article

Newcastle Science Central’s first construction, The Core, is nearing completion and is due to open for business this Autumn. The building, designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects, will provide 2,750 sq. m of flexible office space for new and growing hi-tech, scientific... View Article