All Building Design articles in August 2025 – Page 4
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OpinionUnpacking the Building Safety Regulator reforms that aim to unlock high-rise delays
What operational changes are being made to help the Building Safety Regulator tackle the excessive gateway approval waits on high-rise residential schemes?
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FeaturesMastering the detail: 127 Charing Cross Road with Barr Gazetas
For Barr Gazetas, the redevelopment of 127-129 Charing Cross Road meant revitalising a 1970s concrete-framed building into a refined piece of central London real estate
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NewsDevelopment partners picked for Liverpool’s Festival Gardens regeneration scheme
Urban Splash and Igloo to lead 27-acre scheme designed by Metropolitan Workshop and Shedkm
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NewsSadie Morgan’s Quality of Life Foundation seeks new chair for board of trustees
Role requires built environment or non-profit governance experience to direct work on housing and neighbourhood quality
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NewsHugh Broughton Architects lifts the lid on Parliament Street toilet refurbishment
Project forms part of a programme to refurbish public conveniences across central London
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NewsBDP unveils images of completed refurbishment of Topshop’s former Oxford Circus store
Grade II-listed building transformed into IKEA store and office space
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NewsIn pictures: Andre Kong Studio’s student housing in Lisbon
Project includes 52 en-suite rooms, a double-height communal kitchen, and a ceramic ventilated façade inspired by the local vernacular architecture
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FeaturesHow will government amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill impact development?
Plans to water down environmental protections have been tweaked in an effort to stem another backbench Labour revolt. Two lawyers on either side of the debate give their views on the implications for development as the bill works its way through Parliament
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NewsHistoric England awards £15m to 37 under-threat projects in England
Sites including Ralph Erskine’s Byker Estate in Newcastle will share funding for conservation and reuse work
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NewsHawkins\Brown scheme for Cornish harbour site gains planning approval
Plans form part of a long-term regeneration scheme within the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site
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NewsLondon practice Hayatsu Architects wins Kingston Bridge public realm job
Hackney firm ran by former 6a Architects director to improve pedestrian experience around grade II*-listed crossing
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NewsGreen light for DSDHA’s extension of former De Beers building in Farringdon
Four storeys to be added to former high-security facility near Hatton Garden
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NewsOlympic Park invites funding bids for innovations in healthy building design
Five SMEs will receive £16,000 each to test scalable design or technology solutions tackling indoor environmental health in buildings
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FeaturesThermally modified wood – cladding material where performance meets aesthetics
Thermally modified wood blends durability, sustainability – and timeless design appeal
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Features5 minutes with … Brian Connolly at HOK
The firm’s regional leader for science and technology in London on hearing about scientific breakthroughs made in HOK-designed buildings, keeping work and home life separate, why his decades-old bike will never be stolen and his love of local food festivals
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NewsIn pictures: Fosters completes work to upgrade Manchester United’s Carrington training complex
Work updates facility built in 1999
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NewsHomes England brings in former prisons chief as new chief executive
Amy Rees to take up role next month
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NewsChina asks government to judge ‘merits of matter’ when making decision on new embassy plan
Deputy prime minister has asked embassy why some parts of Chipperfield proposals are blanked out
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NewsChina asked to explain blanked out embassy plans by Rayner
Scheme designed by David Chipperfield
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NewsPlans unveiled for 50-storey residential tower set to be Wales’ tallest building
Cardiff scheme by 5plus replaces existing consent for 35-storey tower designed by Scott Brownrigg