In pictures: JRA completes refurbishment of Eric Parry City office next to Bank of England

New lobby, end-of-trip facilities and roof garden added to 60 Threadneedle Street

Roof garden status clarified: they are not a storey

The Ministry of Housing wants to clarify that roof gardens are just roofs, not storeys.

Plans in for redevelopment of 1920s office building in central London

Proposals include a new roof garden and more workspace

Mace wins job to overhaul Fosters-designed City block

CBRE appoints firm to add one extra storey and a roof garden to 10 Gresham Street near St Paul’s

nla - Olympia - Progress Report, 27072022

Fascinating look at what’s happening on the vast Olympia mixed use development in West London. Trevor Morriss: SPPARCH Architects, Consuelo Manna: Heatherwick Studio, David Seel: Robert Bird Group Engineers, and Yvette Aunger: Future Olympia talk to Peter Murray on a site visit with two years to go to practical completion

3XN - Quay Quarter Tower - Concept and Design 18112021

3XN’s innovative design of the Quay Quarter Tower at 50 Bridge Street will transform the strategic site, located close to the Sydney Opera House, into a vibrant destination for international and local businesses. The development shows that upcycling and re-purposing outdated can actually add value back into existing assets. The building incorporates 2/3 of the existing structure, retaining 60% of the structural skeleton and 90% of the structural walls.

Louisiana Channel - Architect Dorte Mandrup on Building for Social Communities, 06122022

“How do we give back the space we occupy?” Award-winning Danish architect Dorte Mandrup has, from the beginning of her career, worked in neighbourhoods with numerous social challenges – areas that, in her view, often incorporate tremendous energy. Sometimes she seeks to create “protected havens” by raising a building above ground. In other projects, the focus has been on the building’s façade to secure an optimal relationship between the inside and outside [Subtitles provided]

City Architecture Forum - 2020 Digital Lecture Series - Eric Parry - 50 Fenchurch Street

50 Fenchurch Street is an exciting new City of London development proposed by The Clothworkers’ Company. Eric Parry RA (Eric Parry Architects) discuss' the scheme, which includes a new office building, Livery Hall for The Clothworkers’ Company, public roof garden, and winter garden and a significant new public realm situated around a restored Grade I Tower of All Hallows Staining

Tech Vision - Facebook Is Building A City For Its Employees, 26092020

Right in the heart of silicon valley, Facebook is cooking up a big new project to expand its Menlo Park campus into what can only be described as a fully-fledged town. Facebook's campus sits in a not so little corner of Palo Alto, and the entirety of its construction has been built around the wellbeing of the employees that make the company tick. Facebook's HQ follows an open plan, natural light-filled, home away from home approach that encourages creativity, collaboration, and good vibes