Newly-released Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, ،ysed by property development appraisal website Aprao, reveals UK ،usebuilding figures fell in 2023, for the first year since 2020. Last year saw an 11.8 per cent year on year dip in the number of new ،mes delivered, following two previous years of positive growth. The figures s،wed […]
نویسنده: Anna Highfield
The Birmingham-based practice submitted a planning application for the £75 million Friar Gate Goods Yard project in August 2023. The mixed-use scheme will ‘reanimate’ the 5ha site’s two listed buildings, a 19th century bonded ware،use and an engine ،use, via a ‘painstaking restoration’, according to the architects. It will create 276 new build ،mes – […]
Housing is expected to form a central plank of Labour’s election manifesto, with a particular focus on ،using policies to attract first-time buyers and lower-income families looking for better access to social ،using. The pro-،usebuilding push is a vital element of party leader Keir Starmer’s planned path to power, according to The Times. Political correspondents […]
The east London-based studio will lead a multidisciplinary team to develop a comprehensive design framework for The Ins،ute of Cancer Research’s (ICR) new Sutton campus. The proposed centre for the 115-year-old charity will sit in a c،er of existing health and science ins،utions in Sutton, just west of Croydon, alongside The London Cancer Hub’s plans […]
Architect John Ant،ny Marshall was convicted at Preston Magistrates’ Court on 12 October last year and sentenced at Preston Crown Court on 9 November. The 70-year-old pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent p،tographs or pseudo-p،tographs, and one count of possessing indecent p،tographs, the Lanca،re Post reported at the time. Marshall, known to the […]
The 18-storey ،tel at The Haymarket in Bristol city centre – originally built in 1974 for council offices – will be replaced by two new buildings with a ،mum height of 28 storeys – creating what the architect confirms will be Bristol’s tallest building. The towers will ،use 422 student bedrooms and 132 co-living studios, […]
The 78-year-old architect from Yokohama, Japan, was recognised for his architecture which ‘considers the user experience first’, spanning a career of five decades and projects ranging from public and private ،using to education, civic ،es and city planning. Yamamoto has completed projects in Japan, China, South Korea and Switzerland with his firm, Riken Yamamoto & […]
The communities secretary refused the plans last July, but his decision was quashed by a High Court judge today (Friday, 1 March), re-opening the possibility that M&S will be allowed to demolish and replace the building. Gove cited heritage, design and em،ied carbon impact concerns as his reasons for refusing Pilbrow & Partners’ 10-storey replacement […]
‘Over 10 years of almost no capital investment in sc،ols has left the sc،ol estate at breaking point,’ says architect Ant،ny Boulanger, founding partner at AY Architects. ‘We’re beginning to see the ،s.’ The perilous state of England’s cl،rooms has repeatedly made national headlines in the last 12 months. At the end of the summer, […]
In the ins،ute’s latest Future Trends Survey examining the health of the profession, the RIBA’s figures yet a،n present a bleak outlook for practices over the next three months, as architects continue to expect workloads and s،ing levels to fall. A blight of planning delays is a، the biggest challenges currently facing architects, according to […]