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Glancy Nicholls submits proposal for another student tower in Birmingham
Glancy Nicholls Architects has unveiled plans for a 182-bed student tower above a restored Grade II-listed pub in the Southside district of Birmingham
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Howells wins consent for 700-home Stratford Waterfront scheme
Howells has been granted planning approval for a four-tower, 700-home scheme on Stratford Waterfront next to the new Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London College of Fashion and V&A East
RIBA takes down ‘astonishing’ ad promoting £288k private tutor role
The RIBA has removed a post advertising a role with a nearly £300,000 salary as a private tutor to an ‘ambitious architecture student’ from its online jobs board
Affordable housing solution #4: Create equity in housing supply
As part of our support for the new Architects’ Action for Affordable Housing campaign, the AJ is running a series of weekly articles suggesting how the next government could kickstart housebuilding across the UK
Fosters and Arup unveil Californian high-speed rail station designs
Foster + Partners and Arup have revealed four station designs for the first phase of California’s new high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco
Bond Bryan buys Fairhursts out of administration
Bond Bryan has this week acquired the 130-year-old Fairhursts Design Group after it went into administration due to ‘extremely difficult trading conditions’
‘Never an easy decision’: more architects make redundancies
More top UK practices are laying off staff as economic uncertainty and industry-wide contraction continues to bite
Tributes paid to Howard Bernstein, ‘father of modern Manchester’
Architects have paid tribute to Howard Bernstein, Manchester City Council’s former chief executive, who has died aged 71
ShedKM’s Brent Cross Town office block starts on site
Construction is under way on a partly timber-framed ShedKM office block within Argent’s £8 billion Brent Cross Town development
Gibson Thornley gets green light for sixth form centre in north London school
Gibson Thornley Architects has been given the go-ahead to refurbish and expand a sixth form centre at a school in Enfield, north London