4 Cannon Street wins City of London Building of the Year: Contribution to Context Award

4 Cannon Street has been selected as recipient of the Contribution to Context Award, a special award created for this year’s City of London Building of the Year Awards to specifically honour the building. The recognition was given by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects and highlights the building’s sensitive design, which confidently respects place and context on its site between three listed buildings at the heart of the City.

Lee Polisano talks to the Business Times about embracing public outdoor space, smart buildings and our ambition to add to Singapore’s iconic skyline

PLP Architecture’s President, Lee Polisano, spoke to Annebeth Leow at The Business Times to discuss Singapore’s evolving central business district and the future of the workplace. The Business Times is Singapore’s only financial daily newspaper, covering local, regional, and international business markets, along with corporate news and commentary on start-up, wealth, property, lifestyle and SME scenes.

Unfolding features in the London Design Biennale 2021

PLP Architecture has joined creative forces with the Centre for Natural Material Innovation at the University of Cambridge and Dukta to develop a sustainable geometric timber structure exhibited in this year’s London Design Biennale, which opened today at Somerset House in Central London.

PLP Architecture reveals design for its first residential development in Asia

PLP Architecture has revealed its design for a new signature luxury residential tower on a beguiling garden site along Orchard Boulevard in Singapore’s most coveted neighbourhood. Park Nova will be a biophilic enclave rising above the surrounding greenery, embraced in a lush vertical garden. The building brings a new focus on modern metropolitan living and aims to redefine urban living in the garden city.

International team to revitalise industrial reclamation site into diverse green neighbourhood in Milan

PLP Architecture is part of an international team that includes OUTCOMIST, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, CRA – Carlo Ratti Associati and Arup that has won a major competition to realise Parco Romana, an urban-scale redevelopment project in Milan’s Porta Romana district. The project interprets the industrial legacy of the site while reanimating it with contemporary programs centred on an ethos of sustainability.

Sberbank, Moscow, Russia

PLP Architecture was commissioned by Russia’s oldest and most respected bank, Sber, to develop an innovative repositioning and visioning framework for the business that reconsiders everything from its branding to its environments. Building on Sber’s recognised core strengths and values, PLP provided a range of creative services to help enable a new, ambitious and sweeping transformation into a tech company, which will see Sber embark on the biggest change in its 180 year history.

Aoyama Retail Development, Tokyo, Japan

An innovative new retail experience, this curving glazed building spreads over three undulating levels to bring visual intrigue to an historic Tokyo neighbourhood. The ground floor is visually open, with a large and column-free space providing a dynamic area for retail or f+b options. The the first is more enclosed to allow more private functions to take place, such as back-of-house, kitchens and or client meeting rooms. The rooftop is crowned with a planted roofscape, accessible to the street via a curving staircase and helping to increase the neighbourhood’s green appearance.