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Design Council says building ‘typical’ new homes will derail zero carbon drive
Boosting design quality is the only way the government can reach its 1.5 million new homes target without breaching the UK’s climate commitments, a report has found
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Upcycling can transform architecture, AJ100 lunch told
Alternative materials including waste products are key to creating circular practices in architecture, Duncan Baker-Brown and Studio Bark architect Misbah Mahmood Asim have told an AJ100 lunch
Glasgow’s Wyndford towers demolished
Three of Glasgow’s iconic Wyndford residential towers were demolished at the weekend following a years-long battle against the redevelopment of 600 homes, which are set to be replaced with 400 units
RIBA to cut 14 roles in House of Architecture move
The RIBA has confirmed that 14 jobs are to go when it temporarily vacates its 66 Portland Place headquarters
Levitt Bernstein gets the OK for 147-home Manchester brownfield scheme
Levitt Bernstein’s masterplan to build almost 150 new homes on a brownfield site in Manchester, half of which will be designated ‘affordable’, has been approved
Couple sue developer of PLP-designed office block over right to light
A couple are suing the developer of a PLP-designed office tower on London’s South Bank, claiming that the building is blocking their right to light
Practice blames PII costs after going under owing £740k
A 50-year-old practice has gone into voluntary liquidation, blaming rocketing cost of Professional Indemnity Insurance
3XN’s rejigged Euston Tower overhaul approved
3XN and sister company GXN has won planning consent for its revised life sciences-led overhaul of Euston Tower, a vacant 1960-70s skyscraper just off Euston Road in north London
PTE wins approval for resi towers with jazz café in Stratford
Pollard Thomas Edwards has won planning permission for two housing blocks with a ground-floor jazz café in Stratford, east London
Government’s cladding remediation plan at risk of not delivering, MPs warn
Government efforts to replace dangerous cladding following the Grenfell tragedy are at risk of failing to deliver, MPs on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) have warned