11.01.2012

heneghan peng architects, Arup, Bartenbach LichtLabor & T/E/S/S win competition to masterplan & design the Palestinian Museum in Bir Zeit near Ramallah. This event marks the end of a decade of gestation for the project which showcase different aspects of Palestinian history and culture, ’creating debate and discussion about both past and contemporary themes’. The museum will be a ‘leading platform for non-partisan narratives about Palestinians’ and will follow the 10,000-year old history of the region.

28.10.2011

Klassik Stiftung Weimar’s New Central Archive breaks ground in Weimar, Germany. This important institution holds works of Goethe, Schiller, Nietzsche & the Bauhaus amongst others. The project is led by heneghan peng architects’ Berlin office.

16.06.2011

Giant's Causeway Visitor Centre is on site. The individual steel plates shift to create a parallelogram aligned with the overall plan geometry. The columns are beautifully crafted by Metaltech & precisely positioned by Gilbert-Ash.

25.03.2011

The V&A unveils the design proposals by the seven architectural teams shortlisted for the V&A’s Exhibition Road Project with a display of the models in the Sackler Centre from 2 March – 3 April 2011. www.vam.ac.uk

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24.02.2011

The planning application has been submitted for The University of Greenwich’s new Campus Library and School of Architecture & Construction. The new building will allow more of the university’s activities to be based in Greenwich, near the main part of its campus in the Old Royal Naval College. Click here for animation →

27.01.2011

Construction starts on the Giant’s Causeway Visitors’ Centre. A ceremony took place with NI Tourism Minister Arlene Foster joined by the National Trust’s Director for Northern Ireland, Hilary McGrady to celebrate this significant milestone in the project.

15.10.2010

F06 Central Park bridge main span at London Olympics 2012 receives its curved mirror skin. For more information see www.london2012.com.

31.07.2010

Following the 34^th UNESCO session in Brasilia, the World Heritage body has said the plan to build a bridge across the Mittelrhein near Germany’s world-famous Lorelei rock can proceed. heneghan peng architects & Arup won an international competition to build the crossing in 2009.

01.07.2010

Public exhibition on proposals for the University of Greenwich’s New Library and School of Architecture & Construction opening Thursday 1 July at 5pm. Closes Friday 9 July. Location: University of Greenwich, Greenwich Campus, Room 015, Ground floor, Queen Mary Court, Old Royal Naval College.

18.06.2010

heneghan peng architects were invited with seven architects to present concept designs for a hypothetical redevelopment of the V&A’s Boilerhouse Yard. The designs, comprising architectural models and plans will respond to a brief to create temporary exhibition space below ground and a courtyard at street level off Exhibition Road. The exhibition runs from 21 June to 17 September 2010. For more information see www.vam.ac.uk.

09.06.2010

Prince Edward and Sophie, Countess of Wessex visit Giant’s Causeway. The vision for a new visitor experience is introduced which includes hparc’s visitor centre and improved access to coastline trails. The National Trust have appointed a contractor for the project; construction to start November 2010 and end April 2012.

19.03.2010

Central Park bridge lifted into place in the centre of the Olympic Park. For more information see www.london2012.com.

10.07.2007

Will it change the face of architecture? No. But this is what true architecture is all about: place-sensitive, uplifting and sorely needed. - The London Times