Architects have aired a range of views after the RIBA and ARB urged them to look past current political uncertainty and prepare immediately for the UK’s exit from the EU
Foster + Partners reveals tower plan to replace 70s block near London Bridge
Foster + Partners has submitted plans to replace a 73m-long Brutalist office block near London Bridge station with a 22-storey mixed-use tower
AHR’s ‘monstrously overbearing’ Gateshead hotel wins planning
A £260 million events scheme next to the River Tyne, designed by HOK and AHR, has won the go-ahead despite local objections and a campaign against its 64m-high hotel
Bell Phillips’ plan to demolish 1979 Camden hostel angers campaigners
Heritage campaigners have objected to plans by Bell Phillips Architects to replace a ‘sensitive’ 1979 building in Camden with a modern four-storey block.
MP hails reports of housing targets u-turn
Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has thanked communities secretary Robert Jenrick after newspaper reports suggested the government would revise its plans for local housing targets
Grimshaw reveals plans for Cornish rum facility
Grimshaw has submitted plans for a rum-maturation facility in an Eden Project-style ‘biome’ in Redruth, Cornwall
Karakusevic Carson’s Dagenham homes approved
Councillors have approved plans by Karakusevic Carson Architects to demolish a three-storey block of flats and a nursery building in east London and build 64 affordable homes in blocks of up to eight storeys high on the wider site
Head of Irish Sea crossing review team moots tunnel rather than bridge
Proposals for a bridge linking Scotland and Northern Ireland could be abandoned in place of a tunnel, a key figure has revealed
Morris+Company reveals modular housing system for Argentinian start-up
Morris+Company has unveiled a modular-build template for an emerging South American-based prefab company, which allows a range of homes to be created in different locations
Dexter Moren unveils all-new hotel plan for listed London police station
Dexter Moren Associates has submitted plans to convert a Grade II*-listed police station in the City of London into a five-star hotel, spelling the end for controversial earlier proposals