All articles by Daniel Gayne
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NewsJohn Lewis pulls plug on build-to-rent business which had aimed to build 10,000 homes
Retailer cites shift in financial environment, with high interest rates and less stable returns
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NewsRed flags over Broadgate: BIG workers protest planned mass lay-offs after major contract scrapped
The architects’ union has reported a rapid rise in membership at the Danish practice’s London office amid anger at handling of a mass redundancy process. Daniel Gayne attended their protest in the City of London this week to find out more
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NewsFormer RIBA president backs union in BIG redundancy dispute
Angela Brady calls for practice’s management to find ‘fair and reasonable’ outcome
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NewsArchitectural workers set to protest over BIG redundancy plans
Union Unite says protest will take place outside practice’s Broadgate office today
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NewsGreen light for Studio Moren’s plan to transform grade II Art Deco office into hotel
Entire substructure and 90% of superstructure to be maintained in redevelopment
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NewsGovernment’s £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail plan includes new line between Manchester and Liverpool
Scheme will initially focus on upgrades in Yorkshire and includes new line between Birmingham and Manchester as long-term objective
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NewsMosaic files plans for 287-unit student scheme in central Glasgow
Proposals would see existing office building demolished
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NewsBSR’s new ‘innovation unit’ now handling majority of live new build cases
Shift follows focus on closing legacy cases
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NewsWhat the latest documents tell us about the government’s progress on building safety
A flurry of progress reports, consultation documents, reviews and statements were put out by the government last week. Housing Today combs through the documents to unpack what has been achieved in responding to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations and what is still to come
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NewsPlanning and infrastructure bill receives royal assent
Legislation includes various measures to speed up building
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NewsCity of London approves £152m funding boost for housing upgrades
Money will be spent in Square Mile and six London boroughs
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Building Study‘They’re a demanding group of people’… Keeping the scientists happy at the University of Cambridge’s new Ray Dolby Centre
Architects Jestico + Whiles were challenged to make the Cavendish Laboratory’s science accessible to the public while meeting the demands of its top researchers. Daniel Gayne visited to see how they did it
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NewsGovernment will not decarbonise buildings by 2050 without significant skills intervention, MPs say
Energy committee report comes as government announces plans for apprenticeship spending
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NewsGreen light for DLA’s £425m scheme to build nearly 1,500 homes in Woolwich
Towers up to 23 storeys will be at former electricity board site in south-east London
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NewsDocklands site identified for London’s historic meat and fish markets
Albert Island in Newham’s Royal Docks picked as preferred site ‘putting minds at rest’ over future of Smithfield and Billingsgate
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NewsPlans in for SPPARC’s £1bn Camden Film Quarter scheme
Project includes nearly 500 homes in towers up to 29 storeys in height
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NewsGovernment to strip councils of final say on major housing schemes and give automatic ‘yes’ to developments near transport hubs
Consultation on statutory consultee reforms also launched
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NewsBIG wins competition for new Hamburg State Opera building
New 45,000 sq m venue on Baakenhöft peninsula will replace 1950s building
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NewsAssemble, Designers Unit and Tactile Studio picked for Barbican Centre wayfinding job
Scheme will be delivered alongside first phase of Barbican Renewal programme