The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
HTA wins contest for landscape-led Canterbury regeneration
HTA Design has won a competition for a new landscape-led regeneration of Canterbury, Kent
Competition wins
Updates on architectural competitions, including shortlists, winners and other news
Strong shortlist named for new Orkney arts centres
Six finalists have been named in the competition to design two new satellite venues for the Pier Arts Centre in Orkney
5th Studio unveils first concepts for Stratford Station redesign
5th Studio has unveiled new images of what Stratford Station could look like as part of the biggest overhaul of the east London interchange since the Olympics
Hackney Council names designer for history museum upgrade
Hackney Council has named GuM Studios as winner of its contest for a £750,000 revamp of its community history museum in north-east London
Adjaye dropped from £57m revamp of Liverpool Slavery Museum
Adjaye Associates has been dropped from the £57 million project to transform Liverpool’s International Slavery Museum in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against practice founder David Adjaye
Heriot-Watt University halts Student Life Centre contest
Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University has put the brakes on its search for a team to design a new £13.3 million student hub in Riccarton
LDA Design to rethink Manchester Piccadilly Gardens
LDA Design has won Manchester City Council’s international design contest for a £25 million revamp of Piccadilly Gardens
Nex wins Essex pier contest
Nex Architecture has won a competition to design a new houseboat berth and pier at Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex
Bradford City of Culture shortlists top talent for events space contest
Bradford UK City of Culture 2025 has shortlisted five teams to design a £500,000 mobile, pop-up performance venue
Stirling Prize-winner picked to extend Reading’s Hexagon Theatre
Reading Borough Council has named a former RIBA Stirling Prize-winner to lead the design team chosen to extend its Brutalist 1977 Hexagon Theatre