Lee Polisano and Tina Qiu speak to The Business Times Singapore

PLP Architecture President Lee Polisano and Director Tina Qiu, who leads the firm’s Singapore studio, were recently interviewed by The Business Times, Singapore’s leading business publication. The article highlights PLP’s growing presence in Asia and explores three projects that exemplify the practice’s approach to sustainable, contextually attuned design: Park Nova, Arbor and PLP’s own new studio fit-out in London.

PLP Architecture Unveils Rikaz Towers at Cityscape Global

PLP Architecture has revealed early designs for Rikaz Towers, a new coastal landmark for Al Khobar on Saudi Arabia’s eastern seaboard. The announcement was made during Cityscape Global, the region’s premier real estate event. Designed for client Rikaz, the project introduces a mixed-use development of homes, hospitality, workspaces, and leisure at the edge of the Arabian Gulf.

PLP Architecture Win International Design Competition to Design Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security

Energy positive, timber framed and open to the public – Nexus Terrae is the winning proposal for the new headquarters of Italy’s Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, set in the historic EUR district of Rome. Designed as a symbol of environmental leadership, the project represents a new model for government architecture in Italy – one that embodies the nation’s environmental ambitions through transparency, innovation and civic engagement.

PLP Architecture Releases New Film Exploring its Circular Studio Fit-out

PLP Architecture has released a new short film documenting the design and making of its London studio at The White Chapel Building. The project, which transformed 22,850 sq ft of workspace through a pioneering circular fit-out, demonstrates how creativity and sustainability can coexist in architecture’s everyday practice.

PLP Architecture Unveils Epsom College Tokyo

PLP Architecture has unveiled the design for Epsom College Tokyo, the redevelopment of an existing building into a five-storey primary school located in the heart of the Japanese capital. Serving children aged 3 to 11, the school brings the spirit of the historic British institution into a distinctly Japanese setting, reimagining the traditions of English education through a design language of creativity, playfulness and craft.

PLP Architecture Shares Circular Fit-Out Strategy in New Reports

PLP Architecture has published two new reports detailing the design and delivery of its new London studio – a pioneering workplace fit-out that reuses 92% of materials from the previous office and demonstrates the economic and environmental potential of a truly circular approach.

65 Davies Street Receives Commendation at 2025 Structural Steel Design Awards

65 Davies Street, PLP Architecture’s office building above Bond Street’s Elizabeth Line station, has been awarded a Commendation at the 2025 Structural Steel Design Awards. The award recognises the project’s architectural clarity and the team’s sophisticated handling of complex technical constraints. The awards ceremony took place on 23 October at Landing Forty Two in the Leadenhall Building.

Ron Bakker joins advisory board of the Symbiocene Institute

PLP Architecture Co-Founder Ron Bakker has been appointed to the newly formed advisory board of the Symbiocene Institute, an international organisation dedicated to accelerating innovations that promote decarbonisation and more symbiotic relationships between people and nature.