Tower Ten awarded ActiveScore Platinum Certification

Tower Ten, PLP’s latest addition to the World Trade Center in Amsterdam, has been awarded a Platinum ActiveScore. The building is quoted by the awarding body as offering ‘the highest quality and comfort in both the individual offices and communal areas’.

Tina Qiu speaks about circularity, at the Asia Infrastructure Forum in Singapore

Tina Qiu spoke at this year’s Asia Infrastructure Forum in Singapore, about how PLP Architecture and PLP Labs are driving towards creating more circular economies and circular cities.
Her talk is the latest in a series that she is giving across Southeast Asia, where she is speaking to audiences about the importance of designing with circularity in mind.
To accompany her talk, we created the film below to drive home the message that our industry needs to do much more to limit our impact on the planet.
Alongside this, Tina spoke about some of PLP’s landmark sustainable projects, including The Edge in Amsterdam, which was the most sustainable office at the time, focusing on green, smart, and healthy designs, operating nearly carbon-neutral with minimal costs. Also, our Bankside Yard Masterplan in London, which uses a 5th generation energy network to drastically lower the energy requirements through systems that, for example, reuse heat from offices to heat residential water.

Veanna Chan to judge the Inspiring Women in Property Awards 2024

Veanna Chan, a Director at PLP Architecture, is a judge at this year’s Inspiring Women in Property Awards.

The prize aims to highlight those working within property, who are championing gender balance and creating a more diverse and inclusive industry.

Westminster City Council Major Planning Committee Approves Designs for 27 Savile Row

In a landmark decision last night, Westminster City Council’s Major Planning Committee approved the transformative redevelopment of the former West End Central Police Station, located at 27 Savile Row. This project marks a significant milestone in the revitalisation of the Northern End of Savile Row, bringing new life and vitality to northern end of this historic street.

Construction begins on Building 2, a 50-storey residential tower in PLP’s fossil-fuel free Bankside Yards

Construction has begun on Building 2, a 50-storey, 250-apartment tower at Bankside Yards on the South Bank of London’s River Thames. The building, the tallest new residential tower currently under development in prime central London, is designed by PLP Architecture within a new neighbourhood also designed by the studio. Building 2 will be a key landmark, marking the gateway into Southwark from the North, and the high point of the £3bn Bankside Yards estate.