All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 16
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NewsSelldorf’s Sainsbury Wing overhaul unanimously approved
Controversial plans to remodel grade I-listed landmark given go ahead yesterday evening
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FeaturesWhy everyone’s getting excited about the new energy efficiency taskforce
Jeremy Hunt has announced plans to set up a team to drive a programme of energy efficiency improvements to the UK’s buildings, with an ambitious new target. After a series of past blunders, could it actually work this time?
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NewsBusiness secretary unveils £1bn funding to insulate least energy-efficient homes
Critics unhappy that three-year government scheme will not come into effect until April 2023
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NewsDenise Scott Brown rips into Selldorf’s National Gallery plans
Proposals make Sainsbury Wing look like “a circus clown wearing a tutu” says architect
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OpinionRunning water (and money) down the drain
As gas and electricity prices soar and the country moves closer to Net Zero, Stuart Williams contemplates the embodied energy we are wasting down the drain
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NewsPurcell chalks up Leamington Spa town hall refurb job
Council plans to turn its headquarters into a creative hub
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FeaturesHydrogen-powered generator trialled on the Preston Western Distributor Road
The first of its kind for Lancashire County Council, the trial shows how moving from diesel to green hydrogen could save up to 11 tonnes of CO2e per month
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NewsSelldorf’s highly contested National Gallery plans set to be approved next week
Recommendation follows searing criticism from eight former RIBA presidents calling the revised scheme “even more ill-judged” than the former proposals
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NewsLondon office developers putting net zero goals on the backburner
More than half of respondents to Deloitte survey say their developments will not hit target before end of decade as demand for office space slows
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NewsApt given go ahead for plans to convert grade II-listed vaults into cycle storage
Early 19th century labyrinth of tunnels in Islington was part of the adjacent Whitbread Brewery building
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NewsRIBA says energy efficiency taskforce ‘must learn from past failures’
Simon Allford said retrofit team must build a competent and skilled supply chain following previous failed government schemes
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NewsInfrastructure scrapes through autumn statement as Hunt commits to £600bn investment
HS2 and Sizewell C will go ahead but Kwarteng’s priority project list binned
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NewsSheppard Robson returns to City block for refurb job
Architect unveils retrofit plans at office it designed in 2004
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NewsCouncil approves AHMM’s plans to radically overhaul Islington landmark
External features of postmodern Angel Square development to be stripped away and replaced with glass facade
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NewsC20 slams Selldorf’s ‘unjustifiable’ National Gallery makeover
Group voices “grave concerns” over controversial £30m proposals to remodel grade I-listed Sainsbury Wing
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NewsGrimshaw and Trivandi reveal plans for £100m Aston Villa stadium makeover
Club wants to increase capacity to over 50,000 at Villa Park ground
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NewsPRP named as lead architect on Broadwater Farm estate refurb
Tottenham blocks found to be structurally unsound in tests carried out in wake of the Grenfell Tower fire
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NewsConservative MP joins calls to save M&S’ Oxford Street store ahead of public inquiry
Duncan Baker among string of supporters including author Bill Bryson who are backing Save Britain’s Heritage’s campaign to block Pilbrow & Partners’ demolish and rebuild plans for landmark 1920s building
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NewsMMC makes it harder to reuse materials, experts warn
National Federation of Demolition Contractors chief executive says modern materials are ‘nowhere near’ as reusable as those used in traditional construction