All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 20
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News
Ministers in talks to bring back failed Green Homes Grant retrofit scheme
Business secretary admits the scrapped £2bn programme had been ‘problematic’
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News
AHMM submits plans for 24-storey ‘biophilic’ City office
Scheme will replace 1980s buildings near Shoreditch and Whitechapel fringe
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Make to replace Piccadilly landmark after two Westminster planning wins
Office scheme will require demolition of 1960s French Railways House – while 7 Millbank will be rebuilt
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Features
Resilient high streets need space for surprises
Leave a little room for the unplanned and experimental, writes Sarah Featherstone in this piece for our Stratford Design Challenge series
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News
Hunt is on for architect to design new vision for Greenwich Observatory
Three practices will be shortlisted for prestigious job to enhance visitor attraction at 17 th -century complex
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News
O’Donnell Brown submits plans for UK’s first Passivhaus Plus hamlet
Six homes in Norfolk aim to breathe new life into community requisitioned for military use
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Arb tells schools to put fire safety and sustainability on curriculum from September
Interim guidance comes ahead of major review of education planned for the autumn
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Graham Morrison: Fondazione Querini Stampalia bridge
The Allies & Morrison co-founder shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
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News
Pilbrow & Partners picked for £100m flats on Britain’s most expensive street
Developer to turn listed Kensington Palace Gardens mansion into luxury housing
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Features
Liverpool’s loss is a salutary lesson for the UK’s remaining World Heritage Sites
A hands-on approach to protecting our heritage does not shut the door on new development, says Henrietta Billings
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Features
Repurposing is key to unlocking the future of our city centres
In the latest in our Stratford Design Challenge series, BDP’s Nick Fairham considers the role retrofit and reuse can play
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Opinion
What does the decision to scrap EWS1 forms for some buildings mean?
Expect a period of limbo while owners wait for more government guidance – and for insurers to respond, writes Andrew Mellor
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News
C20 urges listing of Hopkins’ Inland Revenue office to save it from residential conversion
Pioneering nineties landmark inspired a generation of architects and engineers
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News
Smart meters will not work in hydrogen-powered homes, minister admits
Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng rejects suggestion smart meter roll-out should be paused
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Expect heat and building strategy ‘within weeks’, says government net zero champion
Report’s delay caused by row over funding
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Technical
Technical Study: Kingston Cycle Hub, Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
Kingston council has spent £32m upgrading the borough’s cycle facilities, including a storage hub beside the station that is no ordinary bike shed, finds Thomas Lane
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News
Government planning reforms ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate crisis
Nation’s net zero target should be enshrined in new NPPF, says Green Building Council
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News
Heavyweights back proposals to set legal limits on embodied carbon
Allies & Morrison, FCBS and Arup among firms calling for amendment to Building Regulations
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Opinion
For many architects the cladding crisis is personal
Eleanor Jolliffe describes what it is like to design high-rises by day and navigate costly problems with your own home by night
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News
HS2 having ‘no material impact’ on product costs and shortages, says minister
Andrew Stephenson insists scheme not causing supplies to run low on other jobs