Design consultancy Marrons’ plans for a 42-storey tower on top of a Grade II-listed former hospital in Birmingham have provoked outrage
Chris Dyson wins approval for iron-clad Victorian home extension
Hackney Council has approved Chris Dyson Architects’ two-storey extension to a Shoreditch home and a former Victorian workshop
Woo Architects unveils ‘future-proof’ UK pavilion for Osaka 2025 World Expo
London-based Woo Architects with events structures specialist ES Global has unveiled its designs for a modular ‘future-proof’ UK pavilion for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan
Huge hike in salary threshold for migrant workers to come into force next month
The RIBA has condemned a 48 per cent rise in the minimum salary requirement for foreign worker visas, set to come into force next month
Council says 580 homes need £17m of remediation work following cladding fire
Barnet Council in north London is set to spend millions repairing nearly 600 suspected fire-risk homes with low-rise timber frames after four similar properties burned down last summer
HTA secures planning on £500m Bermondsey Biscuit Factory scheme
Southwark Council has approved plans by HTA Design, AFK and Hawkins\Brown for a £500 million Bermondsey biscuit factory housing-led scheme in south London
Make lays off 15% of staff as industry turbulence bites
Make Architects has reduced its headcount in response to economic turbulence, practice founder Ken Shuttleworth has confirmed
Morris + Co submits 339-unit co-living scheme on Olympic Park fringe
Morris + Company has unveiled plans to replace warehouses in Hackney Wick, east London, with an eight-storey co-living scheme that also includes workspace
LDS gets OK for rejigged 36-storey student tower next to O2
Greenwich Council has approved Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS)’s all-new plans for a 36-storey tower next door to RSHP’s O2 arena in south-east London
Ridge and Partners unveils £250m Portsmouth University masterplan
Ridge and Partners has unveiled £250 million worth of projects lined up for the University of Portsmouth as part of a decades-long redevelopment masterplan