All Building Design articles in February 2025 – Page 4
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NewsChris Dyson Architects submits plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel
Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City of London’s commercial core
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NewsSatish Jassal Architects completes net zero council housing scheme on Haringey infill site
Scheme includes eight homes and is intended as a model for small-scale, low-carbon social housing delivery in London
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NewsSmallwood Architects’ Queen Anne-style design approved for replacement house on Jane Austen-linked estate
Heritage campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage objected to the approved plans, citing the loss of historic character and environmental concerns
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NewsUpgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly £120bn, study finds
Retrofit work would cost up to £11,000 for each homes, according to new research
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NewsNetwork Rail to build 40,000 homes in partnership with government-owned developer
Treasury also announces taskforce to unlock unused public land
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OpinionArchitecture needs hope and innovation – not nostalgia and retreat from social responsibility
David Storring calls for a bold, future-facing architectural agenda – one grounded in resilience, collaboration, and the material realities of the 21st century
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FeaturesCan Allies and Morrison’s Canada Water masterplan match King’s Cross?
The former Daily Mail printworks has been stripped back to its structural frame ready for conversion into an office and conference facility. It will also incorporate a nightclub called Printworks which was a former, successful meanwhile use
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NewsConsultation starts on proposals for 7,000-home regeneration plan in Manchester and Salford
Project team on 130ha Strangeways and Cambridge masterplan includes Maccreanor Lavington and FCBStudios
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NewsKhan calls in Make’s rejected student resi scheme in Paddington
London mayor says 600-bed scheme would make “significant contribution” to capital’s student accommodation targets
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NewsGrimshaw lands work at Athens airport upgrade
Architect part of UK team working on Greece’s largest airport
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FeaturesWomen in Construction: Monique Suksmaningsih, principal and head of the Singapore studio, Broadway Malyan
This is part of a special report produced by our sister title Building in partnership with Gleeds
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OpinionBeyond sustainability: what we need now is regenerative design
The industry’s focus has to move from just trying to conserve natural resources to building in a way that actually repairs the planet, Philip Watson at HLM Architects says
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Information - BDCPD 04 2025: Energy performance evaluation in architectural projects
This module explores how architects can integrate early-stage performance modelling into their workflow to create more sustainable, energy-efficient designs
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NewsCouncil approves O’DonnellBrown’s plans for 300 homes at Glasgow’s Govan Graving Docks
Derelict site has been vacant for almost four decades
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NewsAxiom Architects submits plans to transform City tower into 420-bed Premier Inn
Building near Fenchurch Street station to be stripped back to its core and extended
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NewsGreen light for Maccreanor Lavington’s controversial Elephant & Castle towers
Four-block Borough Triangle plans survive flood of objections from locals and opposition from Historic England
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NewsEmrys Architects gains consent for Bloomsbury retrofit project
Scheme seeks to unify and upgrade a series of buildings facing Alfred Place and Tottenham Court Road, incorporating flexible workspace, landscaped roofs and accessibility improvements
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OpinionThe land banking myth housebuilders can’t shake
Despite numerous reviews finding no evidence of housebuilders deliberately withholding land from the market, we are again having to talk about ‘unbuilt’ homes, writes Paul Smith
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Features5 minutes with … John McElgunn at RSHP
The firm’s senior partner on growing up in Ireland, the barriers to becoming an architect, his love of travel and the best food to accompany a pint of Guinness