All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 2
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Woods Bagot submits plans for City block retrofit
Woods Bagot-designed plans to add two storeys to roof of 21 Lombard Street and replace facade
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Sunak’s HS2 funding slammed as Northern Powerhouse Rail still waits for tunnel decision
Chief executive Henri Murison says lack of clarity over crucial tunnel section has stalled northern rail project
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Green light for first phase of Orms’ Holborn Bars redevelopment
Scheme to partially and demolish 1990s extension to grade II*-listed complex
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Architects slam Labour’s green-investment U-turn
Group dubs scrapping £28bn-a-year pledge “a massive missed opportunity to show true climate leadership”
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Marks & Spencer gearing up for start of High Court challenge on Oxford Street ruling
Michael Gove’s rejection of plans to redevelop flagship store has made it “impossible” for developers to interpret planning policy, retailer claims
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MPs question whether HS2’s Euston station will ever get built and describe line as ‘poor value’
Public Accounts Committee criticises government, saying scheme ‘needed steady hand on tiller’ – and didn’t get it
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Architect wanted to design Bath fashion museum in listed former post office
The Fashion Museum, Bath moving from its current premises to neo-Georgian corner plot
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Mayors to meet consultants following talks with transport secretary on HS2 alternative
Andy Street and Andy Burnham to brief wider team this week on Mark Harper talks
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Garnett Architecture unveils plans to refurbish Russell Square office
Scheme to modernise 1960s block used as the headquarters of FTSE firm Associated British Foods
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BRE recommends EPC ratings shake up encourage more retrofit work
Advisor wants shelf life of certificates halved and metrics reformed to more accurately reflect the performance of buildings
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Birmingham urges councillors to stick by decision to demolish brutalist landmark
Corstorphine & Wright towers return to Planning Committee after legal threat from campaign groups
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Caroe unveils plans for refurbishment of Banqueting House on Whitehall
Upgrade of Britain’s first Palladian building scaled back due to pandemic hit on client’s finances
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Mayors to meet government next week over alternative to cancelled HS2 rail link to Manchester
Andy Street and Andy Burnham to sit down with transport secretary Mark Harper to discuss proposals
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Architect wanted to design £740m replacement for problem concrete hospital
Leighton Hospital in Cheshire found to contain reinforced auoclaved aerated concrete in 80% of its buildings
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Council green lights FCBS’ University of Kent creative hub
Docking House will unite a vacant grade II-listed former dockyard building and a timber-framed newbuild
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Make it beautiful, but not iconic: Moxon’s challenging brief to design HS2 viaducts in Buckinghamshire
The London-based practice has built its reputation on bridge design. But it has never before worked at this scale and level of scrutiny. Daniel Gayne found out how they tackled the job.
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Planning protections removed for HS2 northern leg land
Removal of safeguarding clears the way for development along planned route
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The Davidson Prize unveils brief for 2024
Teams will be asked to create vision for transforming a non-residential building into housing in competition for £10,000 prize
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Government unveils plans to build new nuclear power plant the size of Hinkley
Prime minister Rishi Sunak says proposal is biggest expansion of energy source in 70 years
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Starmer again quashes hopes for HS2 leg to Manchester
Northern leg is ‘not possible’ due to budget overruns says Labour leader