PLP Architecture appointed to design new student living hub at Leake Street, London

PLP Architecture has been appointed by international developer HB Reavis to design a major new purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in central London. Located at 10 Leake Street – next to Waterloo Station and the iconic Leake Street Arches – the development marks HB Reavis’s first move into the UK student living sector.

Opus Launches: Landmark Residential Tower Begins Sales at Bankside Yards

Sales have officially launched for Opus, the first residential building at Bankside Yards – the transformative £2.5 billion development on London’s South Bank. Designed by PLP Architecture, the 170-metre tower will be the tallest residential building in prime central London and a new icon of sustainable, luxury urban living.

PLP Labs Publishes Symbiocene Architecture: Rethinking How We Build with Nature

What if architecture could help us reconnect with nature – not by dominating it, but by working in harmony with it? Symbiocene Architecture, the new book from PLP Labs, imagines this possibility. Exploring the promise of mycelium – the root-like networks of fungi – the book sets out a vision for a new design paradigm, where buildings are grown, not built, and where the built environment becomes regenerative by design.

Opus, London, UK

Opus, the tallest building in PLP’s Bankside Yards masterplan, will offer 249 luxury apartments surrounded by 3.3 acres of public space, amenities and cultural offerings. The 50-storey tower is the tallest under construction in prime central London and will give residents unparalleled views across the capital city, both from every home’s floor-to-ceiling windows and a private residents’ lounge terrace on the 23rd floor.

PLP’s WLA AI Lab Wins Silver at the A&D Awards

PLP Architecture’s WLA AI Lab has been awarded Silver in the A&D Awards, recognising its groundbreaking contribution to workplace and research architecture. Located in Shanghai’s Lingang New Area, the WLA AI Lab is the world’s first purpose-built AI research facility, designed to support cutting-edge artificial intelligence R&D in a highly specialised environment.

Ascension Island Housing

Ascension Island, a small and remote island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is a unique place with its fair share of challenges. Home to institutions like the UK Royal Air Force, the US Air Force, and the BBC, its small population relies on government infrastructure and housing that is at the daily mercy of its unique climactic conditions.