Alex Funk
NewsPlans approved for FCB Studios’ new affordable neighbourhood in Greater Manchester
English Cities Fund (ECF) will deliver 90 affordable homes built to Passivhaus standards on brownfield land
NewsPractices ‘increasingly cautious’ about staffing as sector confidence weakens, says RIBA report
October has seen rising pessimism across workloads and recruitment compared to the previous month
NewsFounder’s retirement prompts sale of Scottish architecture practice
Stewart Davidson sells DBP to employee-owned CSY Architects
NewsAlt Studios announces courtyard mews plans for failing hotel site
The “sustainable” proposals include eight dwellings and a private courtyard
NewsGreen light for dMFK’s plans to repurpose grade-II listed Camden police station
Court rooms and prison cells from the 1913 law enforcement centre will be restored or converted for modern day use
NewsCouncils holding £8bn of builder contributions meant for vital infrastructure, says HBF
Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding
NewsRIBA Special Awards 2024 winners announced
Stephen Lawrence Prize, Reinvention Award, Neave Brown Award for Housing and Client of the Year winners revealed
NewsSheppard Robson’s University of Southampton student hub gets green light
A car park will become a new campus destination with wildflower roofs and a cafe
NewsCorstorphine & Wright submits housing scheme for former Coventry car plant site
Proposals at Daimler factory include 250 homes
NewsFresh hope for Bakerloo line extension as Aecom and Weston Williamson asked to carry out stations study
Scheme involves adding four stations south of current terminus at Elephant & Castle
NewsSustainable office retrofit to transform former Lipton Tea HQ
Stiff and Trevillion Architects’ consented design retains 70% of the heritage building’s original structure
NewsIn Pictures: Bennetts Associates’ University of Edinburgh learning centre
The category A listed building underwent a transformation from dilapidated former hospital to study facility
NewsWe Made That co-founder appointed as Hackney council town architect
Holly Lewis is one of ten new town architects tasked with levelling up London boroughs
NewsHS2 team to trial clay as low-carbon alternative to concrete
Funding from Innovate UK seeks to reduce carbon emissions across infrastructure projects
FeaturesNot in my Brick Lane: Truman Brewery’s uphill struggle to win support for development plans
The last time the East End land owner tried to bring change to the iconic London thoroughfare, it was met by fierce resistance. With even more ambitious plans now lodged with the council, what are the odds of them winning the locals over? Alex Funk went to find out
NewsStride Treglown gets go-ahead for 435 new homes in Bristol
Scheme will be built opposite city’s main railway station
NewsFosters completes ‘groundbreaking’ NYC headquarters with OXMAN
The ‘design and innovation’ hub features a robotics workshop, wet lab and bespoke furniture
NewsFCB Studios given go-ahead for £58m transformation of two Liverpool museums
The landmark museums on the city’s waterfront occupy Grade I-listed buildings
NewsHaworth Tompkins unveils £14.5m transformation of London’s Warburg Institute
The arts and culture hub has received its first gallery, a new lecture theatre and study space as part of its makeover
NewsRIBA unveils finalists competing to design £30m Paddington research centre
Winner to be announced in January 2025