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City Hall hands British Land grant to increase Canada Water affordable homes to 9%

2026-03-27T13:22:00+00:00By Tom Lowe

Scheme was called in last year after report found only 3% of its 3,700 homes could be delivered as affordable

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Green light for Mole Architects’ Cambridgeshire housing scheme
2026-03-27T12:03:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Co-housing to be partly overseen by local Buddhist group
Studio Weave’s British Museum entrances scheme unanimously approved
2026-03-27T10:51:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Pavilions to replace tents and barriers currently used by museum visitors
Regen Connect interactive funding and development maps
2026-03-27T10:42:00+00:00
As part of Regen Connect, Building is monitoring regeneration announcements across the UK as they happen. Use our interactive maps of the UK and London to track the activity
What made this project… 1 Blossom Yard by TP Bennett
2026-03-27T06:00:00+00:00
Interior Architect of the Year 2025 finalist TP Bennett guides us through the unique specification challenges at 1 Blossom Yard
Green light for Pollard Thomas Edwards' Brixton scheme with 40% social rent
2026-03-26T12:01:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
Development will see 288 homes bullt across four blocks
Evacuation cores to be required in all high-rise buildings across England under proposed guidance update
2026-03-26T11:57:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Schemes in London already subject to rules but new guidelines to extend requirement outside capital from 2029

Green light for Pollard Thomas Edwards' Brixton scheme with 40% social rent
2026-03-26T12:01:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
Development will see 288 homes bullt across four blocks
Family which built Stirling’s No 1 Poultry say refurb will ‘mutilate’ building as City approves scheme
2026-03-25T15:42:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Original design team also takes aim at John Robertson Architects-designed facelift
Hopkins unveils plans to overhaul Terry Farrell’s office block above Charing Cross station
2026-03-25T12:38:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Practice working with Farrell’s son Max Farrell on plans to reimagine 1 Emabnkment Place
Ole Scheeren reveals latest project for tech giant Tencent
2026-03-25T12:37:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Museum of art in Shenzhen to feature five pavilions suspended above a public plaza
Sheppard Robson and Carmody Groarke get green light for £400m student resi scheme behind Tate Modern
2026-03-25T09:49:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Bankside House replacement to include nearly 2,000 student beds in three towers up to 28 storeys in height
New homes must be built with on-site renewable energy generation and heat pumps from 2028, government says
2026-03-24T13:14:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Future Homes and Buildings Standard will come into force from March 2027 but with an 12-month transition period

Cost of building tall towers in London up by 40% in five years, T&T says
2026-03-24T11:55:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Viability of schemes now the most critical issue, consultant warns
Appeal lodged against Norfolk council’s decision to reject Levitt Bernstein’s overhaul of 1960s estate
2026-03-24T13:13:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Affordable housing provider submits appeal to planning inspectorate after Breckland council rejects plan
Allies and Morrison final-phase plans for Elephant and Castle get green light despite lower affordable housing share
2026-03-24T15:09:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
New plan for Get Living is taller, has more homes and introduces student accommodation, while keeping number of affordable homes the same
Government reveals names of seven new towns it plans to press ahead with
2026-03-23T12:03:00+00:00By Carl Brown
MHCLG announces it will back seven settlements, down from the 12 recommended by the New Town’s Taskforce
Plan to turn former Debenhams store in Oxford into £125m lab space gets green light
2026-03-23T12:04:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Architect Perkins & Will’s proposal involves retaining existing building’s facade as part of 100,000sq ft development
HTA plan for Alton Estate revamp in London wins planning
2026-03-23T12:03:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Scheme will include new homes and community hub
RSHP’s South Kensington tube redevelopment to start later this year
2026-03-20T13:22:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Controversial project will replace Bullnose building with four-storey office and add new eastbound platform
Group of nine east London boroughs unveils investment prospectus
2026-03-20T12:34:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
Local London says region has capacity to deliver more than 145,000 new homes
Allies and Morrison’s £200m Wimbledon expansion plan moves step closer after tennis club wins High Court legal battle
2026-03-19T13:35:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Proposals to treble size of venue had faced fresh clash over status of golf club site
Plan for 2,000-home garden village on former green belt land in Tameside approved
2026-03-19T12:28:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Godley Green Garden Village is being designed by IDP
Updated plans to revamp historic Manchester mill hit by fire last summer get green light
2026-03-19T11:30:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Revised scheme for Hotspur Press again drawn up by Hodder + Partners
London council looking for new partners to redevelop 1960s housing estate
2026-03-19T12:34:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Architects working on the Aylesbury Estate scheme include Maccreanor Lavington, Haworth Tompkins, Sergison Bates and East.
Countryside appointed by west London council to build HTA-designed 300 homes at £125m redevelopment of leisure centre
2026-03-19T12:27:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Scheme to built at 1970s-built Gurnell leisure centre that closed during covid
AHMM scheme for 695 co-living homes in Elephant & Castle approved
2026-03-18T11:39:00+00:00By Daniel Gayne
Plot was originally earmarked for office space but swapped for housing two years ago
Reeves pledges £2.3bn to remove ‘roadblocks’ to regeneration with three-quarters of the money going to the north
2026-03-17T18:04:00+00:00By Carl Brown
Chancellor also promises ‘roadmap’ for fiscal devolution to the regions by the autumn and vows to tackle geographical imbalances
Councillors give green light for 13,000 more homes at Barking Riverside
2026-03-17T11:05:00+00:00By Carl Brown
JV consisting of L&Q and the Greater London Authority secures permission for extra homes at huge east London site
Funding deal agreed for Morris & Co's delayed 52-storey Canary Wharf tower
2026-03-17T12:54:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Morris & Co-designed tower was one of first major schemes to be redesigned to add second staircases
JRA completes refurbishment of Eric Parry City office next to Bank of England
2026-03-17T12:54:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
New lobby, end-of-trip facilities and roof garden added to 60 Threadneedle Street
Opportunities and threats for wider UK hardwood use explored at V&A event
2026-03-17T12:39:00+00:00By Mary Richardson
Ways to scale the use of UK hardwood in construction were unpacked at a V&A museum symposium that tackled the question: what if our built environment was shaped by local, climate-resilient, mixed-species forest? The audience heard about projects across the country that are facilitating the use of homegrown timber – ...
AL_A appointed to design £200m fusion power plant in Nottinghamshire
2026-03-16T17:17:00+00:00By Tom Lowe
Amanda Levete’s practice working with Aecom and Kier on plans for prototype facility set to open in 2040
Income and profit recovers at Grimshaw despite UK workloads staying flat
2026-03-16T12:31:00+00:00By Dave Rogers
Firm says company on better financial footing after cost-cutting measures of previous year

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