All Building Design articles in August 2026
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NewsHTA Design gets green light for 300-home scheme next to North Middlesex University Hospital
Scheme designed by HTA Design with affordable homes managed by Hyde Group
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NewsPLP submits plans for 530-unit Wimbledon co-living scheme
Proposals also include 36 affordable homes
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OpinionPaul Morrell: The problem with reforming construction professions is knowing where to start
Former government chief construction adviser examines MHCLG’s call for evidence on professions, trades and occupations - and argues progress will stall unless government is clear about what it can fix
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NewsSpencer de Grey retires from Fosters after 52 years
Former partner joined the firm’s predecessor Foster Associates in 1973
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NewsShortlist unveiled for 2026 Stephen Lawrence Prize
Four projects also shortlisted for inaugural RIBA Conservation Award
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NewsCamden approves Studio Moren’s central London hotel retrofit and extension
Scheme is an elaboration of previously consented office-to-hotel conversion
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NewsARB seeks views on plans to simplify prescribed examinations
Reforms aim to remove complexity for people seeking registration with unrecognised qualifications
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NewsZHA’s ‘vertical city’ office tower to start construction in Beijing
Firm’s 140m-tall Z8 Tower to be built in heart of Chinese capital’s CBD
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NewsThe draft London Plan beyond the headlines: Five things you might have missed in Khan’s latest vision for the capital
City Hall’s 288-page draft London Plan sets out sweeping changes to density rules, green belt release and tall building policy. Here’s a break-down of what the proposed policies could mean for development across the capital
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NewsSquire & Partners submits plans for 53-storey Birmingham tower
700-home scheme next to Curzon Street station could be tallest building in the city
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NewsHopes rise as construction output decline eases to slowest rate in four months
Bellwether index records stronger performance in commercial, residential and infrastructure sectors
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NewsAlan Camps Architects-designed affordable homes in Greenwich granted gateway 2 approval
Scheme is first part of 1,200-home Charlton Riverside development
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NewsWhat made this project… Clarkes Way by Greenaway Architecture
Finalist for One-off Small Project of the Year Award 2026, Greenaway Architecture guides us through the specification challenges present at Clarkes Way
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NewsAHMM submits plans for £70m Newcastle office block
Scheme part of wider Founders Place masterplan in city’s historic Stephenson Quarter
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NewsPlans in for Hopkins' transformation of Terry Farrell’s 1 Embankment Place
PwC headquarters to be overhauled but 90% of existing building to be retained
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NewsFour projects shortlisted for 2026 RIBA Neave Brown Award
Award recognises achievement in affordable housing design
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NewsRIBA reveals 2026 Client of the Year shortlist
Recognised organisations include York Minster and the Natural History Museum
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NewsMorris + Co submits plans for 11-storey student scheme in Peckham
Two-block project to include 516 student beds
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NewsRayner rejects plans by Dutch practice for new football stadium and 3,500 homes, citing toxic lead risk
UNStudio’s proposed Ebbsfleet scheme was adjacent to one of Europe’s largest lead refineries