Plans to build one of the world’s tallest buildings have been announced by Scottish based architect, Kettle Collective, today [1300 hrs Tuesday 25 May 2021]. The tower will be built in St Petersburg and at 703 metres will be the second highest skyscraper in the world, just under Dubai’s famous Burj Khalifa (828m). Although the Burj Khalifa is taller, the new Lakhta Centre II, will boast the highest occupied floor and viewing gallery of any building in the world. It…
CHICAGO – The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) announced the winners of the 18th Annual CTBUH Awards Program. These winning projects—comprising tall buildings, urban developments, and technical innovations—competed for winning distinctions at the 2021 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference from 18 to 20 May, which took place virtually. Competing against 160 other world-class finalists, Lakhta Center received the “Best in Façade Engineering” Award at the event. Lakhta Center was also awarded with a special audience prize and…
Kettle Collective would like to wish you a Happy Eid! May this special occasion bring peace and joy to you and your family.
We are delighted to announce that Kettle Collective has been awarded the 2021 Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Sustainable Development, as recognition of our team’s efforts in making a positive impact to the natural environment on a large scale, by creating high performance and energy efficient designs. This is our second Queen’s Award previously winning the award for International Trade in 2016. Colin Bone, Managing Director said: “Sustainable design is at the core of everything we do, it is a…
Ramadan Mubarak from the team at Kettle Collective. Wishing our friends and colleagues a blessed month, full of togetherness, happiness and joy.
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for two awards at the Design Middle East Architect Leaders Awards 2021. Our Design Principle, Tony kettle, has been nominated for the Lifetime Achievement Award, and we have additionally been shortlisted for Architecture Firm of the Year.
We are excited to announce that we have been shortlisted for ‘Consultancy of the Year’ at the Construction Week Awards Oman 2021.
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority Innovation Centre, designed by Kettle Collective, will today at 7:10pm, be celebrated in a light show at Burj Khalifa, if you’re in Downtown make sure you don’t miss it
Seasons Greetings from Everyone at Kettle Collective.
We welcome back Agata who has re-joined our team after completing her Part II at Edinburgh University. Agata joined our team in 2017 and went back to Uni before re-joining us in 2020. It has been an interesting time as the team have been working remotely but we found time to ask her some questions about her career so far. What do you think/do differently in architecture than you did during your part 1 placement? Throughout my undergraduate and postgraduate…
During these challenging times, the health and safety of our team and their families is our number one priority. We continue to follow the guidance given by the World Health Organisation and local governments and continue to support our staff with flexible working solutions to continue to deliver our work in the most efficient way. We have invested in software and hardware solutions to make this possible and we will continue, as we have done so with many clients, to…
The Hunter Foundation has announced plans to develop the Hunter Global Leadership Centre on the banks of Loch Lomond, designed by Kettle Collective. The Hunter Foundation is partnering with the University of Strathclyde to create Scotland’s first dedicated leadership training centre, designed to drive social benefit and economic growth. A planning application will be made to Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park next month.
The Radisson Red Tower will become a dramatic new feature of the skyline of Reykjavik, and an exciting new destination for visitors and residents of the city. Find out more about the project here.
Seasons Greetings from Everyone at Kettle Collective.
The Tilal Al Ghaf Sales and Experience Center has won the Zero Energy Building of the Year at the 2019 MENA Green Building Awards. The Tilal Al Ghaf Sales & Experience Center is a special landmark situated in Majid Al Futtaim’s flagship community. It was designed with sustainability at the forefront, incorporating large arrays of photovoltaic solar panels, making it a Net Positive building. The project is targeting a range of green building certifications including BREEAM Excellent, WELL Silver, in…
Join us at our Open Dubai Studio on the 12th November as part of Dubai Design Week. Find out more here.
Join us at the CTBUH Conference in Chicago tomorrow, where Tony Kettle will be joining Session 3H: Towers and Their Public. Find out more here.
Kettle Collective nominated for Boutique Firm of the Year at the 2019 Middle East Architect Awards. More details on the shortlist here.
We are thrilled to now be working with Changeworks, for recycling in our Edinburgh studio. As a company, we try our best to reuse and recycle where possible. We are looking forward to this new challenge to reduce our waste and to recycle more with the help of the great team at Changeworks.
Three international engineering teams are competing to build the first opening road bridge over the River Clyde. The bridge design, by Kettle Collective and SWECO, celebrates the river’s shipbuilding heritage. Find out more here.
