Hanif Kara wins 2024 Soane Medal for architecture
Structural engineer and AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara has been named the winner of this year's Soane Medal for "realising some of the most recognisable architectural projects across the globe". More
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Hanif Kara and Magdalene Odundo among winners of 2023 London Design Medals
AKT II's Hanif Kara has been awarded this year's London Design Medal, with ceramicist Magdalene Odundo, Sound Advice co-founder Pooja Agrawal and social enterprise POOR Collective also recognised for their work. More
Es Devlin awarded CBE in Queen's New Year honours
Designer Es Devlin has been recognised for services to design in the 2022 New Year Honours list, which also gave awards to AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara and architects Selasi Awo Setufe and Andrew David Whalley, chairman of Grimshaw Architects. More
"Instagram-ready" Dubai Creek Footbridge to be built beside world's tallest structure
IJP Architects and structural engineer AKT II have unveiled visuals for a two-storey bridge that will be built beside Santiago Calatrava's Dubai Creek Tower in the UAE. More
Zero-water garden created in Sharjah to show how desert plants can thrive in cities
Architecture studio Cooking Sections and engineer AKT II have created an experimental landscape in Sharjah to demonstrate how desert plants could be used as an alternative to water-hungry greenery in arid cities. More
London's latest canal bridge rises and falls like the opening and closing of a fan
British firm Knight Architects and structural engineers AKT II have completed a moving footbridge in Paddington, London, that opens and closes like the blades of a traditional hand-held fan. More