Project starts have slumped over the past three months amid the weakening economy and rising construction costs, according to industry analyst Glenigan
PRP takes over Karakusevic Carson’s Broadwater Farm Estate retrofit pilot
PRP has taken over from Karakusevic Carson Architects on a refurbishment pilot project at north London’s Broadwater Farm estate
Ministers raise concern over design of single-stair skyscrapers
Ministers have warned that single-stair residential skyscrapers are unlikely to meet building regulations and will require robust fire-safety provisions
First Goldsmith Street council home to be sold off under Right to Buy
Mikhail Riches’ Stirling Prize-winning housing project will soon see its first home sold off under Right to Buy, amid growing outrage over government plans to expand the policy
Council approves rival community-led lido and ‘tiny houses’ proposal in Frome
Andrew Kirby Architects and Studio Saar’s rival community-led masterplan for a controversial redevelopment in Somerset has been granted planning consent
Fosters reveals new tower plans in ‘complete rethink’ for Blackfriars site
Foster + Partners has unveiled plans for a new tower scheme on an empty site near Blackfriars Bridge in a ‘complete rethink’ of WilkinsonEyre’s earlier scheme
Aylesbury Estate: new plans in as council approves compulsory purchase powers
A Maccreanor Lavington-led team has submitted the latest phase of a huge estate overhaul in south London despite the refusal by some residents to sell their homes
Practice Architecture gets OK to expand urban farm project in Waltham Forest
Councillors have given the go-ahead for a pair of timber-clad buildings for a food growing project in north-east London
Residents fighting Hollamby estate demolition win fourth judicial review
Residents of Cressingham Gardens are preparing for yet another legal battle in their decade-long campaign to stop Lambeth Council from demolishing the Ted Hollamby-designed garden estate
Mikhail Riches’ Stratford housing to go ahead despite overshadowing allotments
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has approved Mikhail Riches’ 575-home housing scheme on an island site in the Olympic Park, despite fears the development will loom ‘aggressively’ over neighbouring allotments