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Universal submits planning application for Bedfordshire theme park set to be Europe’s largest
Government should ditch 1.5m homes target, says housing association boss
Howells named as lead architect on 1,400-home Canning Town scheme
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MHCLG to take control of Building Safety Regulator, pledging ‘fast track’ process and resources to tackle delays
Former London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe to head up new MHCLG board to take on functions of regulator
Hundreds of signatures for petition to rebuild Manchester’s Hotspur Press after fire
Early 19th century building was due to be incorporated into 600-bed student resi scheme designed by Hodder & Partners
Jan Kattein Architects delivers redesigned children’s library at Swiss Cottage
CPD 07 2025: Mastering sliding and bi-fold doors
A quiet revolution in light: Balancing innovation and integrity at the National Gallery
A stronger future in timber: Dale Joinery and Mumford & Wood unite
Petrarch launches slimline facade panel with focus on sustainability and reuse
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‘I want the most beautiful and future-ready buildings in the country’… The City’s new planning chair shares his vision for the Square Mile
Tom Lowe sits down with Tom Sleigh for his first media interview after his appointment to one of the UK’s most high-profile planning roles
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Office Ten Architecture proposes scalable retrofit model to tackle housing and climate crises
Spearheaded by design studio Office Ten, the pilot project is rethinking the standard Victorian and Edwardian terrace homes, hoping to not only improve fabric performance but also increase housing density in a bid to solve the UK’s chronic housing shortage and the environmental impact of underperforming homes.
Project Reuse delivers first materials in pilot scheme to rethink fit-out waste
The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has received the first batch of salvaged interior products under its Project Reuse pilot, a scheme aimed at exploring how reuse can be integrated into the commercial office fit-out process. The materials, now held in a dedicated east London storage facility, will be used ...
Mastering the detail: The Northcliffe with John Robertson Architects
JRA’s refurbishment of the grade II-listed former Daily Mail HQ marks a triumph in sustainable heritage regeneration
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What made this project… Skylight by Buckley Gray Yeoman
What made this project… University of Cambridge West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
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Boomers to Zoomers
Report calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
Seventeen years on: why England needs a new National Play Strategy
England is failing to plan for its ageing population – the spending review must put that right
The quiet revolution in built environment education and engagement – starting with children
The Coach: Why age isn’t the issue – it’s the life stage that counts
2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
More than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
The built environment belongs to everyone – so why are young voices so often excluded?
Westminster’s public toilets get a designer makeover as Hugh Broughton Architects completes first upgrade in £12.7m programme
Designing workplaces that work for everyone
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In pictures: dRMM’s mixed-use industrial and residential scheme in Hackney Wick
In pictures: Mowat & Company redesigns Flint HQ in south London
In pictures: Kimbell Pike Architects converts listed Arts and Crafts building into Montessori nursery
In pictures: Scott Brownrigg’s flexible laboratory building at Peterhouse Technology Park
In pictures: Fraser Brown MacKenna completes 33-home development in Bethnal Green
In pictures: John Puttick Associates retrofit Victorian power station into youth hub in Blackburn
Grimshaw completes LA metro station at city’s largest airport
GT3 Architects completes UK’s ‘largest Passivhaus leisure centre’
GRID Architects unveils Dolphin Square refurbishment
First look at Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s V&A East Storehouse
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Level 7 apprenticeships are making architecture more inclusive – why cut their funding?
As funding for over-21s on Level 7 architectural apprenticeships faces the axe, a practice director, an associate and a recent graduate explain why the route matters – and what its loss would mean for the future of the profession
Will the new Future Homes Standard spell the end for traditional sash windows?
As the government prepares to publish the Future Homes Standard, Martina Pacifici explores the potential impact on traditional architecture — and why the humble sash window could soon be under threat
What if buildings made us feel better? Rethinking design through the lens of health
Tye Farrow makes the case for how a salutogenic approach to design can support neurological health, emotional well-being and human performance
Designing through the storm: Rethinking sustainable construction in an age of crisis
Mitakshi Sirsi reflects on the fragility exposed by recent global events and outlines five strategies for embedding long-term value and ecological responsibility in built environment practice
Demolition, density and distrust in Birmingham: estate renewal in a bankrupt city
With Birmingham in financial crisis, Joe Holyoak explores how plans for Ladywood and Druids Heath risk repeating past mistakes, and excluding the very residents they are intended to serve
We cannot protect historic buildings without protecting the skills to care for them
We think we’re protecting our heritage — but are we really? After a week learning from conservation specialists, Eleanor Jolliffe explores what we’re getting right, and what we’re missing
Ursula Bowyer, 1925–2025: from émigré to architect and campaigner in postwar London
Architect and heritage advocate Ursula Bowyer, who has died aged 99, pursued a career in postwar London and contributed to the conservation of Greenwich and Blackheath. Ana Francisco Sutherland reflects on a life shaped by resilience and civic engagement
‘I want the most beautiful and future-ready buildings in the country’… The City’s new planning chair shares his vision for the Square Mile
Tom Lowe sits down with Tom Sleigh for his first media interview after his appointment to one of the UK’s most high-profile planning roles
5 minutes with … Chris Pollard at Fereday Pollard
The 30-year-old firm’s founder and managing director on improving the design quality of transport and infrastructure projects, the frustrations of the consents process, the importance of perseverence and his love of pizza
Designing for every body: Jos Boys and the radical potential of disability-led design
Architectural activist, teacher and campaigner Jos Boys has spent decades questioning who architecture is really for. In this profile, Mary Richardson explores how her latest work reframes access as a political, creative and collaborative practice
Why the real carbon cost of our homes lies in how we build them
Thomas Lane asks whether the Future Homes Hub’s plan to tackle embodied carbon in housebuilding will have real impact
The regulator steps into the spotlight
Ben Flatman meets Hugh Simpson, chief executive of the Architects Registration Board, to discuss education reform, CPD and the future of regulation – and why he is happy for ARB to be an “activist regulator”
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Designing, building and growing the natural way: Wolves Lane community centre unveiled by Studio Gil and Material Cultures
Unpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
A Serpentine Pavilion for anxious times – but is that enough?
Bennetts’ timber and straw robotics lab pilots new net zero carbon building standard
From complexity to clarity: The Sainsbury Wing transformed
A cauldron on the Mersey: how Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
Designing from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
Industrial remix: how Hawkins\Brown retuned Wakefield’s Tileyard North for the creative economy
Designing for dance: inside O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Sadler’s Wells East
Digging deep: The radical engineering underpinning Stiff + Trevillion’s 65 Holborn Viaduct project
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Nuts, bolts and preservation: High Tech as heritage
RA Summer Exhibition: with no designated space, architecture is overshadowed
Surface Reflections: a quieter, more thoughtful London Design Biennale
Architecture and Social Change: Shaping an Impactful Practice
Beyond the optics: identity, class and the politics of equality in architecture and the arts
Faith, reuse and surveillance: Birmingham’s mosques through Mahtab Hussain’s lens
Between colonialism and nation-building: rethinking African modernism
Speedos, lidos and lost pools: a stylish look at swimming’s social past
‘Would you rather be sold religion or soap?’: Venturi and Scott Brown’s story
Vector Architects: Gong Dong and the Art of Building
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