All Building Design articles in August 2025 – Page 9
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NewsHawkins Brown appointed to help design expansion of St Pancras international
Eurostar wants to triple annual passenger numbers to 40 million by 2040
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NewsGreen light for Hopkins’ revised Vauxhall student towers
Lambeth council signs off plans for 30-storey scheme on Albert Embankment
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NewsIn pictures: Renzo Piano’s Shard Place reaches practical completion
Luxury build-to-rent tower features London’s highest outdoor swimming pool
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NewsNearly half of social and private rented homes ‘not decent’ under proposed new standard
Government publishes consultations on revised Decent Homes Standard and minimum energy efficiency standards
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NewsNewly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years
Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts
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NewsMake working on ‘grand and luxurious’ new department at Harrods
Refurbishment of fine watches and jewellery department to feature Europe’s first curved escalators
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NewsFletcher Priest’s 46-storey City tower tipped for approval
City set to vote on 63 St Mary Axe scheme next week
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NewsNew £39bn affordable housing programme will aim to deliver 300,000 homes, says government
Angela Rayner to set out more details on Wednesday of the new programme, along with updates on Decent Homes 2, minimum energy efficiency standards and reforms to Right to Buy
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OpinionCat A waste – ‘can we fix it, yes we can’
The commercial office sector continues to churn out unnecessary waste through outdated Cat A fit-out practices. John McRae reports on efforts to fix the system from within
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NewsFull cost of HS2 work around Moxon’s bat tunnel will be £168m, says DfT
Design alone said to cost £5.3m, although department said it could not identify exact price for structure itself
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NewsRyder tables plans to transform grade II-listed office on Bank Junction into budget hotel
Scheme for West End developer Asif Aziz to feature windowless rooms called ‘Cocoons’
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NewsHundreds of signatures for petition to rebuild Manchester’s Hotspur Press after fire
Early 19th century building was due to be incorporated into 600-bed student resi scheme designed by Hodder & Partners
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NewsMHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays
Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator
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NewsUniversal submits planning application for Bedfordshire theme park set to be Europe’s largest
US firm formally begins planning process on 476-acre scheme with construction scheduled to begin next year
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NewsGovernment should ditch 1.5m homes target, says housing association boss
Nick Atkin warns insistence on ramping up delivery in short term will “artificially skew” the Affordable Homes Programme and push up construction inflation
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NewsHowells named as lead architect on 1,400-home Canning Town scheme
Site neighbours two other large Howells-designed developments at mouth of River Lea
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NewsPilbrow & Partners’ 70-storey Nine Elms tower scheme revealed
Plans for 3,000-home replacement of scrapped Allies & Morrison scheme would be one of the tallest residential developments in the UK
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News15% of social housing with fire defects may not begin remediation for a decade, says regulator
Majority of works will begin within five years
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NewsHopkins’ revised Vauxhall towers set for approval next week
Scheme to replace former plan for hotel towers on riverside site
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NewsBuilding Safety Regulator delays spooking investors, Wembley Park developer tells Lords
Construction director at Quintain warns investment is being redeployed away from housing due to gateway 2 holdups