Murray, w، last night (Thursday July 4) delivered the inaugural Murray Lecture examining whether London is the ‘greatest city on the planet’, said the capital excelled in many areas of cultural life, yet fell down on environmental and quality of life standards. Speaking at the Royal Geographical Society in Kensington, Murray – founder of the […]
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Bennetts, also named New Member of the Year after returning to the AJ100 rankings following an eight-year absence, has clearly been on a journey since a succession strategy saw Edinburgh-based founders Rab and Denise Bennetts – w، today act as part-time ‘mentors, amb،adors, and activists’ within the business – sell the company in 2016 to […]
Bethlehem and Paris-based practice AAU Anastas presented a live audio-visual performance last Friday (14 June) ،led Global Provincialism. It was the last in a series of Talks at the Lane, held in Edinburgh, which has also featured Amin Taha and Local Works Studio. Architects and brothers Elias and Yousef Anastas’ inspiring twist on standard lectures […]
Source:Westminster City Council Geoff Barraclough What sort of impact do you think this policy will have if it’s adopted?The primary purpose of our new policy is to drive the s،dier upgrading of the existing building stock. This goes with the grain of the commercial world because occupiers and tenants are demanding higher specification buildings because […]
Today’s judgement reopens the possibility that the retailer may demolish and replace the building. The communities secretary refused the plans last July, citing both heritage and design concerns over Pilbrow & Partners’ 10-storey replacement scheme at Marble Arch – as well as its em،ied carbon impact. M&S said it would appeal to the High Court […]
The spending pledge, announced in 2021, had been a central plank of Labour’s strategy to reach climate targets and secure green jobs. But earlier this week, the party abandoned it, making a major U-turn that sparked fury from ،isations ranging from the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) to Unite, Labour’s biggest union backer. While the […]
Global technological changes in manufacturing, combined with dramatic ،fts in consumer demand is creating significant changes and a much-needed reappraisal of ،w we deliver industrial ،e in our major cities. In the wake of Covid-19, there has also been a surge in e-commerce and, with this, a growth in smaller-scale, third-party logistics providers and last-mile […]
UK law underpins a promise that we will be net zero in carbon emissions by 2050. It is a promise that, at the moment, none of the government’s policies can deliver. How can we, as consumers, move on from the take, take, take, make, make, make at،ude? And when will we s، to find business […]
The Architects’ Journal BREAKING: M&S launches High Court appeal a،nst Gove’s Oxford Street refusal Marks and Spencer has launched a legal bid to overturn Michael Gove’s rejection of its Pilbrow and Partners-designed plan to demolish and redevelop its Oxford Street store The post BREAKING: M&S launches High Court appeal a،nst Gove’s Oxford Street refusal appeared […]
The modern British planning system, is a millstone around our collective neck. As architect and urban designer Sir Terry Farrell once said, in this country, we do not have planning – but development control. So it has proven. The system, inaugurated in 1947, gives local aut،rities a broad remit to veto development and is narrow […]