The Edit: January 2025
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2025 Forecast: 25 views from industry leaders in architecture, design & property.
By way of forecasting what may be to come, we asked you – our community – to let us know what 2025 looks like for you, and, more generally, the sector.
From the challenges we may collectively face, to your hopes, aspirations, and the things you would most like to change if you could, across the 25 responses, four unprompted themes emerged.
25 biomaterial and waste-based products to specify in 2025.
For this year’s guide, 25 biomaterial and waste-based products to specify in 2025, we have split our list into commercial interiors and built environment, with an underlying emphasis on low carbon – tying into the Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard.
You can expect more carbon-related content over the coming months – including at our Seminars – and in the meantime, here are 25 designers and projects we hope will inspire you.
MLA's Rosebank Distillery transformation blends the past with the future to stunning effect.
When architecture and design practice, MLA, undertook the renovation of the historic Rosebank Distillery in Falkirk, the team knew it would come with its challenges.
Established in 1840, Rosebank was known as the ‘King of the Lowlands’ for its high-quality triple-distilled whisky. However, recessions, reduction in whisky consumption, two world wars, and soaring maintenance costs all took their toll.
How it's made: Factory tour at Vepa, Netherlands.
The word 'sustainability' can be considered either a noun, or a verb. At Vepa, it is unquestionably regarded as the latter.
After an inspiring trip to Vepa's factories in Emmen and Hoogeveen, Netherlands, rounded off with plastic fishing in the Amsterdam canals to support the Plastic Whale initiative, our team returned buoyant from being immersed in the wealth of positive action undertaken by the family firm.
Re-envisioning a ruin: Jeanette Lynn, & Edward Farleigh-Dastmalchi of fardaa, on the creation of Croft3.
A dilapidated croft on the Isle of Mull has been repurposed and restored by fardaa Architects, crafting the warm and welcoming hospitality hotspot that is Croft3.
Overlooking breathtaking sea views towards the Isle of Ulva, the build is simple, serene and sympathetic to its surroundings.
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Collaboration and wellbeing at the heart of Crown Paints' Liz Hickson Academy.
Crown Paints has unveiled the Liz Hickson Academy, a vibrant and functional addition to its historic headquarters in Darwen, Lancashire.
Blending bold colour palettes, biophilic design, and sustainably-conscious materials, the Academy has transformed a once-derelict space into a creative and inspiring hub where employees can learn, relax, and come together.
SpaceInvader leads creative team to evolve Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens Pavilion.
Love it or loathe it, there's no denying Manchester's Piccadilly Gardens Pavilion has been a bone of contention.
So when recently walking past and spotting SpaceInvader's illuminated evolution of the concrete structure, my eyes, quite literally, lit up.
Collaboration between Karndean Commercial and PLATFORM_ contributes to future of rental in Sheffield.
Karndean Commercial has partnered with PLATFORM_, an integrated developer and operator of purpose-built residential communities, to offer a luxury Build to Rent complex in the centre of Sheffield.
Designed with modern lifestyles in mind, the contemporary apartments feature airy living and entertaining spaces, brought to life with nature inspired colour schemes and oak design flooring.
Art Deco-inspired curves and a calming ambience for Alexion workplace scheme by Ekho Studio.
Manchester-based design practice, Ekho Studio, has completed a 7,000 sq ft workspace scheme for pharmaceutical company Alexion, recently acquired by AstraZeneca.
Located within AstraZeneca’s existing offices at St Pancras Square, London, the scope also included a business meeting suite for AstraZeneca, directly linking to Alexion’s office space on the 6th floor. The result is a professional, high-quality workspace, where elegant Art Deco-inspired cues fuse with the calming use of curved forms.
Featuring Playful Nostalgia and Japanese Nouveau, Bathroom Brands Group shares aesthetic inspiration for 2025.
As we kick off 2025, Bathroom Brands Group shares the key aesthetics it expects will dominate washroom interiors over the coming 12-months.
We sat down with Jorge Hernandez, Bathroom Brands Group's head of design to reflect on how, as bathroom spaces have evolved into multifunctional havens, style and innovation meet in the form of a range of striking combinations. ?
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