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Welcome to our news page, your hub for insights and updates from the practice. We enjoy getting involved in debate on a wide range of topics across the industry and talking about and presenting our work to a wider audience.
Check back here regularly for all the latest news on our work, including project updates, awards received, recent publications and event announcements.


Planning Submitted for Mercury Point PBSA
On behalf of Unite Students, ArchitecturePLB have submitted plans for the redevelopment of Mercury Point to create state of the art Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and flexible commercial floorspace (Use Class E or F1) in a landmark building of up to 21 storeys (23,705 sq.m. floorspace GIA) in central Southampton. The scheme will provide vibrant social spaces for students across multiple levels, including access to rooftop terraces, as well as flexible commercial a


Planning Permission granted for Copenhagen Place!
We are thrilled to announce that Planning Permission has been secured for Copenhagen Place, a transformative council-led residential scheme dedicated to addressing the pressing need for affordable family homes in Tower Hamlets. This project will deliver 16 new residential units, with half specifically designed as 3 or 4 bedroom homes, responding directly to the highest local demand. Given the challenging nature of the site, we carefully considered the impact on neighbouring p


Summer Practice Day 2024
Last week we had a brilliant day out for our summer practice day. We started with a tour of our recently completed building for the London South Bank Technical College – now being used as an exemplar for new build College facilities! We then had a really tasty lunch at the Cinnamon Kitchen before having a wander around the evolving Battersea Power Station Masterplan site and a trip up Lift 109.


The Handlebar Café: Awards Shortlisting
We are delighted to announce that The Handlebar Café, in Winchester, has been shortlisted for a South Downs National Park Award in the...


Hampshire Property Breakfast July 2024
Thanks again to all those who elected to get out of bed that little bit earlier on Tuesday 9th July and join us, Gillings Planning , Scott White and Hookins and Winchester BID for a coffee, a bacon bun, and some excellent post-election discussion with Mike Denness of Consult Communications Ltd . Another fantastic turn-out from a very diverse mix of developers, consultants and contractors from across Hampshire’s construction industry. Special thanks to Mike Denness for


St Mark’s wins the Community Benefit category at the RICS South East Awards 2024!
ArchitecturePLB are extremely proud that our St Mark’s Church of England School in Southampton has won the Community Benefit category at the RICS South East Awards 2024! The scheme represents a major redevelopment replacing an outdated Victorian primary school building with a new purpose built all-through school in Southampton for 1,346 pupils aged 3-16. Click here to find out more: St Mark's Scho ol


We are proud to be published in the CULS Magazine 2023
As a long term supporter of the Cambridge University Land Society (CULS) , we are thrilled to be included, once again, in the current iteration of their excellent magazine. This year's theme is '2050: Trends and Disruptions in Real Estate'. We plumped for arguably the biggest of them all, the Building Safety Act 2022. Turn to page 98 for our report on an excellent roundtable discussion held in the summer of 2023, with insightful contributions from a cross-industry panel:
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