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We are delighted to announce two new key appointments at PLP Architecture. Joanne Ronaldson has been appointed as Head of Bid Management and Alex Davidson, Head of Communications.

In a new book capturing the first ten years of our work, PLP Architecture presents ten recent projects as case studies to examine the emergence of a new typological fluidity and as markers to survey the cultural landscape of the past decade.

Park Nova has won the ‘Best Condo Development in Asia’ in the 2021 PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards. Representing Singapore in the category after it had earlier won ‘Best of Singapore, Best Condo Development’. Park Nova, with developer Shun Tak Holdings, was successful against 13 other projects. It is a brilliant achievement, congratulations to the team.

In this wide-ranging conversation with MIPIM World Blog, PLP President Lee Polisano discusses the evolution of PLP Labs, investors’ role in driving the ESG agenda, and some of PLP’s recent ground-breaking smart buildings, the Edge and Yandex HQ.

Park Nova, our high rise residential development in Singapore has won 4 Edgeprop Awards. The new signature luxury residential tower picked up awards in the categories of Design Excellence, Top Luxury Development, Top Boutique Development and Best Showflat in Luxury. The Edgeprop awards recognise the best property developments in Singapore. congratulations to the team.

These well-deserved promotions recognise individuals who have played pivotal roles in advancing and promoting the practice’s ongoing projects and business success.

Multiplex have released a new video giving insight into the making of landmark office building, 22 Bishopsgate, in the city of London. The short film includes the development of the scheme and interviews with Karen Cook, the principal architect on the project from PLP Architecture, as well as with other key individuals behind the project including Sir Stuart Lipton of Lipton Rogers Development.

We are delighted to announce the completion of One Bishopsgate Plaza, Europe’s first Pan Pacific London hotel. The project rejuvenates a key site along Bishopsgate into a dynamic mixed-use urban development organised around a large new public plaza. One Bishopsgate Plaza is the first high-rise residential and hospitality development built in the city in recent years and stands as a bold commitment to the continued vitality of the area. The new 43-storey development supports its future growth as a global centre for international business and leisure.

Arbor, our new office project in the bankside yards development on London’s South Bank has won two awards in the annual International Property Awards for Best Office Development and Best Commercial High Rise Development. We are working with Native Land on the development, with completion due in 2022.

Lee Polisano, in conversation with Accenture, discussed how the building is a place to work that promotes innovation and collaboration in an environmentally considerate way. He spoke of how our design takes an existing urban asset and transforms it into a landmark office building consisting of a series of shared spaces, both public and private to promote placemaking in the vibrant city of Milan. With the project in the heart of the city, Lee noted how craftsmanship is key and can be applied and incorporated in a resourceful way, that is both beautiful and respectful to the wider urban context.’