Design & Desire

With an increasing population and a growing economy, Manchester is flying the flag for the North of England as the construction boom sees the creation of a new generation of buildings, and one company that is helping to shape the city’s new landscape is national building envelope and facade specialist, the Lakesmere Group.

A recently completed six-storey building in Middlesbrough is well placed to augment the town’s already burgeoning and highly aspirational digital offering. Tim Bailey, Partner at xsite architecture explains more.

American cherry brings its natural colour and warmth to Europe’s largest passive office building.

Queen’s University Belfast welcomes a dynamic new student hub and learning spaces to its city centre campus.

The King’s Cross Pond Club, the Tower of London poppy installation, an Al Jazeera newsroom and a Premier Inn – New London Architecture unveils the capital’s best architectural projects of the last 12 months.

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