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UK-led team wins huge Athens airport job
A team led by UK-based firms Grimshaw and Haptic, working with Greek practice K-Studio, has won the massive project to almost double the capacity of Athens airport
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Maccreanor Lavington’s contentious Borough Triangle scheme approved
Maccreanor Lavington’s proposal for a high-rise scheme providing 892 homes in Borough, south London, has been given the go-ahead against a backdrop of local opposition
MICA submits plans for contest-winning Berwick cultural centre
MICA has put forward plans to redevelop The Maltings cultural centre in Berwick-upon-Tweed
Astragal: Chipperfield’s first major UK commission under threat
Another day and another early David Chipperfield building is facing an uncertain future
Mighty oaks from little acorns: what we can learn from a new ‘biophilic’ school
A post-occupancy evaluation carried out at Hawkins\Brown’s award-winning primary school in Derby shows children gravitating towards outdoor spaces and connecting with nature, reports Martha Dillon
Broadway Malyan proposes super-skinny 8.5m-wide Birmingham tower
Broadway Malyan has put forward revised proposals for a 249-home canalside co-living development in Birmingham — this time reaching 29 storeys tall and just 8.5m wide
O’DonnellBrown’s Glasgow dockside housing plans OK’d
O’DonnellBrown Architects’ proposals for 304 new homes on the site of Glasgow’s former graving docks have secured planning permission
UK teams shortlisted in Prague’s Florenc21 contest
Two UK architecture practices have been shortlisted in an open international competition to redevelop four prominent city blocks in the Florenc area of Prague
A first look at Hugh Strange’s House on a Hill in Hastings
Hugh Strange’s Hastings scheme successfully navigates the challenges of building a house extension on a steeply sloping site, says Michael Dillon. Photography by Rory Gaylor
Affordable and social homes get £2bn boost from Rachel Reeves
Chancellor Rachel Reeves will set aside £2 billion for affordable and social homes in her spring spending review, the government has said