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Case study: Cosway Street by Bell Phillips
The 49-home private housing development in Marylebone, central London, will help fund affordable homes on neighbouring sites. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: How Public Practice associates are driving retrofit and net zero
Two Public Practice associates explain how working for local authorities has increased their agency
Buckley Gray Yeoman wins approval for latest Portland House plans
Buckley Gray Yeoman has become the latest in a line of practices to win approval to overhaul developer Landsec’s Portland House – a 29-storey Brutalist landmark in London’s Victoria
‘It was the Marble Arch Mound wot won it,’ says Labour councillor in Westminster
Labour councillor Geoff Barraclough says MVRDV’s ill-fated Marble Arch Mound was a key factor in the Tories losing control of Westminster City Council in last week’s local elections
Marble Arch Mound now just a skeleton
MVRDV's much-mocked tourist attraction – which cost £6 million and led to resignations at Westminster City Council – is being dismantled, with its vegetation now removed, new images show
‘Loveless execution’: MVRDV breaks silence over Marble Arch Mound debacle
MVRDV has spoken out for the first time about its role in the Marble Arch Mound debacle, saying it had ‘rarely seen such a loveless execution of [its] designs’
Adjaye’s Holocaust Memorial gets the go-ahead
Housing minister Christopher Pincher has granted planning approval for Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad’s controversial Holocaust Memorial in Westminster
Adjaye defends scale of Holocaust Memorial at planning inquiry
David Adjaye has defended the scale of his proposed UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning centre – a 23 per cent increase in the floor area of his original competition-winning concept
Holocaust Memorial would ‘add to myth’ of Britain’s role say professors as inquiry opens
Professors from universities across the UK have warned that Adjaye Associates and Ron Arad’s proposed Holocaust Memorial next to the Palace of Westminster could add to a ‘myth’ about Britain’s role in opposing anti-semitism
Jenrick faces judicial review over Holocaust Memorial call-in
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick is headed to the high court to defend his handling of the planning application for the proposed Holocaust Memorial by Ron Arad and Adjaye Associates