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A new landmark for Broadgate, and a familiar sight for AKTers, 1 Broadgate has officially completed.
As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, AKT II hosted an evening panel discussion to spotlight one of the most pressing issues in our sector — the UK’s housing crisis.
TTP Campus, part of Melbourn Science Park in Cambridgeshire, has been crowned ‘Project of the Year’ at the 2025 Construction News Life Sciences and Research Clusters Awards.
Oval Real Estate has submitted a revised planning application for the transformative redevelopment of Albert Bridge House, situated between Bridge Street, the River Irwell, St Mary’s Parsonage and Trinity Bridge in Manchester city centre.
Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings has received the Innovation Award at the British Council for Offices (BCO) Midlands and Central England Regional Awards 2025.
Both Arding & Hobbs and UCL East Marshgate have been honoured at this year’s Civic Trust Awards, both celebrated for their civic contribution through thoughtful, forward-looking engineering.
The transformation of a 1980s commercial building above Angel Station has reached its structural peak.
AKT II director Charlie Ashton has been appointed to the Steering Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 2025 International Conference.
Plans for the redevelopment of 99 Bishopsgate have been approved today by the City of London’s Planning Committee.
Kadans Science Partner’s new laboratory and office development at Merlin Place in Cambridge has reached a significant milestone, with construction now advancing to the first floor.
The 2024 AlMusalla Architectural Prize has reached its completion, with the winning structure now officially open as part of the Diriyah Biennale Foundation’s Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah.
Soller Group’s NXQ project has received unanimous approval from Manchester City Council’s planning committee.
Glenbrook has submitted a planning application to Manchester City Council for a 44-storey residential tower at 2-4 Whitworth Street West.
Luton Town Football Club’s proposed 25,000-capacity stadium at Power Court has received planning approval from Luton Borough Council’s planning committee.
AKT II welcomed in the new year with a new Director of Infrastructure, Cameron Paton. Joining us after over 7 years at Waterman Group, Cameron brings a wealth of experience to the role.
AKT II has concluded a successful year of charitable fundraising, with the team coming together raising an impressive £17,971.
The construction of The M Building has reached a major milestone, with the project officially topping out.
Hello North America! After nearly two decades of creativity and award-winning engineering design in North America, we’ve landed.
Launched in October, the studio is led by AKT II director Chris O’Meara and marks an exciting step in our continued growth.
On Wednesday morning, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and The Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia announced the winners of the AlMusalla Prize 2024.
TTP Campus and Norton Folgate have both secured major wins at two industry awards this week, highlighting their contributions as innovative and sustainable building projects in the UK.
At AKT II we pioneered studies into topology optimisation both through digital design tools and practical examples.
The construction of UCB’s new headquarters campus has reached a significant milestone with the topping out of the main building, marking the completion of the structural framework.
Last week, AKT II welcomed students from around London and the South East as part of the Open City Accelerate programme.
Botanic Place is a landmark commercial development that introduces a host of industry-leading green and smart features in addition to a BREEAM Outstanding specification, as part of Cambridge’s vision to become net-zero by 2030.
AKT II’s restoration of the world’s first cast-iron-framed building, in partnership with architect FCB Studios and client Historic England, has now topped the 2023 Brick Awards: receiving the overall Supreme Award, Craftsmanship Award and Sustainability Award.
The transformative regeneration on the Old Street Roundabout – designed by KPF for developer Endurance Land – absorbs an existing mid-rise 1980s structure within the delivery of a multifunctional new high-rise programme that introduces community facilities, pedestrian permeability and streetscape activation.
This landmark 35,000-square-metre scheme – which is designed by architect Stanton Williams, as UCL’s largest single building to date – forms part of the masterplanned East Bank cultural, innovation and learning cluster at London’s world-famous Olympic legacy development zone.
The award is recognised as the London Design Festival’s “highest accolade bestowed upon an individual who has distinguished themselves within the industry and demonstrated consistent design excellence”.
This month, our technical director David Watson and our design director Gerry O’Brien have together appeared in the UK’s Building Magazine to share some of AKT II’s latest carbon thinking.
