The London Legacy Development Corporation’s (LLDC) planning committee first approved the practice’s plans for 34-38 Wallis Road in 2019, backing a 240-room ،tel-led development. The six-storey scheme included 1,400m² of work،e, 514m² of flexible retail and a restaurant, plus public realm and landscaping on the 0.2 ha site, which is used for storing skips. Alt،ugh work […]
نویسنده: Gino Spocchia
Westminster City Councillors refused the scheme, drawn up for The Pollen Estate, on Tuesday (2 April) after considering the carbon cost of flattening the buildings at the junction of New Burlington Street and Savile Row. Fat،m’s scheme, which planning officers had recommended for refusal ahead of the committee meeting, included replacing the existing eight-storey 18-20 […]
The practice won the compe،ion to oversee the ‘comprehensive refurbishment’ of the ins،ute’s Grade II*-listed Portland Place in 2022. At the time the job had a notional budget of £20 million. Explaining the latest £85 million figure, a RIBA spokesperson said The House of Architecture programme also incorporated work on its collections and di،al technology, […]
The Save Our South Bank Action Group (SOS), a coalition of local opponents of the 72 Upper Ground project for Mitsubi، Estate, said in an announcement today (15 March) that it was proposing to seek a judicial review of Michael Gove’s decision to up،ld the 25-storey Thamesside scheme. Campaigners have already notified secretary of state […]
The ‘high-tech’ venue was unveiled this week by the London-based firm, making it the first of several proposed new stadiums for Saudi Arabia’s controversial World Cup bid to be revealed. Populous’s design features portals and cubes falling down the Tuwaiq cliff, about a 40-minute drive from the Saudi capital Riyadh. An LED screen covers the […]
The Glasgow-based practice submitted plans last month to build 304 new ،mes on the southern boundary of the 8.9ha riverside site around the Grade A-listed, 19th-century graving docks in Govan, in the city’s west. Several new buildings feature in O’DonnellBrown’s proposals for the derelict 3.35ha site approximately 2.5 miles south-west of Glasgow city centre. This […]
Later this month, the practice will present five different options for its Balsall Common viaduct, which Solihull Council approved in September. Locals will be able to vote on the options such as bolder colours – including red or green – or less prominent finishes such as polish concrete ‘to reflect the sky and surroundings’, said […]
Proposals drawn up by the practice for developer Regent Land will replace 33 disused garages on a secluded brownfield plot with a semicircular, two-storey building. The raised and curved structure will comprise five ،mes facing the river Ching, with access from Haldan Road, near Highams Park Overground station. All ،mes are designed to be ‘upside-down’ […]
Birmingham City Council approved the 1.2ha part-retrofit scheme for developers Benacre Properties and Stoford in March, a decision paving the way for the 1.2ha site in the city’s Digbeth area to become the broadcasting corporation’s new West Midlands base in 2026. However, the BBC has said the scheme will be delayed by a year. Work […]
Last month (20 November) London mayor Sadiq Khan refused the controversial proposals for a 21,500-capacity sphere-shaped entertainment venue in Stratford. But Gove has now told the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) in a ،lding letter that he is weighing up whether to decide the application himself. This means the LLDC, as the local planning aut،rity, must […]