The RIBA has called for schools to be classed as high-risk buildings after figures showed a widespread use of combustible insulation in new education buildings
Levitt Bernstein’s addition to pioneering Powell & Moya estate set for approval
Levitt Bernstein is tipped to win approval for its scheme to replace a former pub with homes on Powell & Moya’s 1950s famous Churchill Gardens housing estate in Pimlico, London
SOM-designed block acted like ‘broken chimney’, fire report finds
A report into last month's fire at a Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) designed block in east London has found 'serious safety failings' in the building's ventilation system
Brazil’s ‘daring iconoclast’ Paulo Mendes da Rocha dies at 92
Paulo Mendes da Rocha, one of Brazil’s most celebrated architects and known across the globe for his bold public buildings, has died, aged 92
Cladding crisis: take the AJ’s 2021 survey
Take the AJ's anonymous cladding crisis survey and help us uncover how the Grenfell tragedy has impacted architects
Profile: Marsha Ramroop, RIBA’s first-ever head of diversity
The RIBA has hired its first-ever head of diversity after admitting to making slow progress in tackling racism. Can ex-BBC journalist Marsha Ramroop help the institute shed its ‘old boys club’ image? Ella Jessel reports
Quinlan Terry’s link to pub architect helps win appeal for car park homes
Quinlan Terry has won an appeal to build houses next to a pub designed by his former tutor, Raymond Erith, with the ‘lineage’ between the two architects a key factor in the decision
PTE-designed school not built to plan faces ‘significant demolition’
A primary school in south London designed by Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) is facing ‘significant demolition’ because it was not built according to the approved plans
Grimshaw submits plans for huge extension of London’s ExCeL centre
Grimshaw has put forward plans for an extension of the ExCel Centre in London’s Royal Docks, including a floating walkway along the Thames
Jon Matthews Architects submits plans for Manchester village for homeless
Jon Matthews Architects has submitted its plans for a 40-home ‘village’ for homeless men in Manchester built from repurposed shipping containers