Architects Today briefing: Friday 13 November 2026

Stories from the last 24 hours

• Farrells' THE BeCa towers on Old Kent Road take two residential high-rise awards

  The practice said the 292-home Avanton scheme, which topped out this spring as the first phase of the Ruby Triangle masterplan in Southwark, was named Best Residential High Rise Development for London and the UK.

• Ebbsfleet corporation submits plans for temporary creative hub beside Northfleet Station

  Ebbsfleet Development Corporation has lodged a planning application to refurbish a former railway sub-station building and create workspace on safeguarded land next to Northfleet Station, with Nucleus Arts as preferred operator.

• TCPA calls for end to permitted development conversions after UCL health study

  The Town and Country Planning Association says research led by UCL's Bartlett School of Planning found most residents of office and shop conversions reported quality problems, and wants the national right withdrawn.

• Historic England tours Purcell's Abingdon Abbey scheme as Constructive Conservation exemplar

  Purcell's Bristol team hosted Historic England staff at the Grade I listed Scheduled Monument in Oxfordshire, where a Heritage Fund-backed scheme is adding a lift, level access and a glass-fronted theatre lobby.

• AHR's Passivhaus schools campus in Dunfermline named Sustainability Project of the Year

  Woodmill and St Columba's RC High School, designed by AHR for Fife Council, took the Learning Places Scotland award after first-year data showed a 48% cut in energy use and £433,392 off bills.