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Northampton Maggie’s centre by Stephen Marshall Architects starts on site
Construction has started on Stephen Marshall Architects’ new Maggie’s cancer care centre in Northampton
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The latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education
Richard Murphy’s revised overhaul of Edinburgh landmark gets go-ahead
Edinburgh City Council has approved revised plans by Richard Murphy Architects to revamp the Scottish capital’s celebrated former Royal High School
Curl la Tourelle Head wins planning for Essex social homes
Thurrock Council has approved Curl la Tourelle Head Architecture’s proposals to replace an Essex council estate with 48 social units
GPAD scrapes approval for ‘traditional’ redesign of previously refused flats
GPAD has narrowly won approval for a housing scheme in north-west London, 14 months after its previous proposal for the site was refused
Ellen van Loon leaves OMA
Longstanding OMA partner Ellen van Loon has left the Rotterdam-based practice after more than 25 years
Health of housing market ‘worse than 20 years ago’ says new Barker review
Housing expert Kate Barker has said UK housing is in a worse state now than when she wrote her flagship report on it 20 years ago
Government to review Tories’ ‘fictional and unfunded’ New Hospital Programme
Government officials are carrying out a review of an ‘unfunded’ and ‘entirely fictional’ hospital rebuilding programme, health secretary Wes Streeting has said
Emerging practice unveils plans for East End arts hub in former warehouse
Up-and-coming architecture practice JAM has revealed plans to transform a disused 19th-century warehouse in Plaistow into a new arts hub
A is For_ Q&A: ‘Folkestone has become the focus of our practice’
Emerging practice A is For_ has submitted plans for a 15-building, housing-led proposal for Folkestone on the Kent coast
A thread of ethics and agency: Kent Student Show 2024
What's notable in this impressive show is the thread of ethics and agency that runs through it, translating into a grounded, clear-sighted engagement with local issues, says Rob Wilson