Emerging architects win AJ100 2024 New Talent awards

By Emily Booth and Rob Wilson 21 June 2024 1,976 Views

We reveal the winners of the inaugural AJ100 New Talent Awards for Part 1, Part 2 and New Architect

Exclusive: Atkins adds giant cube-shaped tower to its Saudi portfolio

By Gino Spocchia 24 February 2023 11,179 Views

The AJ can reveal that Atkins is behind plans for 400m-tall cube-shaped skyscraper in Saudi Arabia and that it will help deliver NEOM’s massive desert linear city The Line

Shortlist in Network Rail stations contest revealed

By Merlin Fulcher 20 November 2020 1,089 Views

The RIBA has named the five finalists in a major contest to rethink the future of small to medium-sized stations across the Network Rail estate

AJ100 Best Use of Technology award 2020 finalists announced

By Will Ing 18 June 2020 316 Views

Past winners are pitted against each other on the five-strong shortlist for the annual AJ100 Best of Technology award

Atkins reworks listed Plymouth museum as cultural centre

By Rob Wilson 25 February 2020 623 Views

‘The Box’ is a £40 million project creating a new consolidated archive for the city and museum

A crossing between Rotherhithe and Canary Wharf was supported by more than nine in 10 respondents to a public consultation

Knight Architects lands Rotherhithe crossing role

By Greg Pitcher 22 March 2018 23 Views

Bridge specialist Knight Architects has won a key design role on the Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf crossing in south-east London

Atkins to shed more than 90 UK design staff

By Richard Waite 3 July 2017 183 Views

Atkins has said its decision to axe 92 staff from its UK infrastructure division’s building design practice is not linked to its takeover by Canadian giant SNC-Lavalin

Atkins wins AJ100 Best Use of Technology award

By Richard Waite 13 June 2017 55 Views

Wellbriefing, an interactive tool to test worker happiness, has led Atkins to scoop the AJ100 Best Use of Technology award

Canadian engineering giant to buy Atkins for £2.1bn

By Richard Waite 21 April 2017 39 Views

A £2.1 billion deal has been agreed paving the way for Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin to snap up British design consultancy WS Atkins, which employees more than 100 architects in the UK

Atkins in takeover talks after Canadian giant’s approach

By Lucy Alderson 4 April 2017 16 Views

Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has approached consultancy giant Atkins, which employees more than 100 architects, with an acquisition offer