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What made this project… Room for All Stages by BanfieldWood
Winner of the One Off Small Project of the Year Award 2025, BanfieldWood guides us through the specification challenges present at Room for All Stages
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What the latest documents tell us about the government’s progress on building safety
A flurry of progress reports, consultation documents, reviews and statements were put out by the government last week. Housing Today combs through the documents to unpack what has been achieved in responding to the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations and what is still to come
Grimshaw wins £4.4m job on redevelopment of Battersea Power Station waste facility site
Practice to lead design on Cringle Dock facility with engineering consultant WSP
Landmark 1960s building in Wolverhampton spared wrecking ball
Brutalist structure was set for demolition in wake of local university’s plans
AHMM back in the black following last year’s restructure
Practice made profit of more than £500,000 following £1.7m loss in 2024
Green light for Chris Dyson Architects’ plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel
Scheme to add mansard roof and lift concealed within a false chimney to postwar block off Fleet Street
Simpson Haugh submits 2,500-home student tower scheme in Manchester
Firm’s latest high-rise project to span four blocks including 50-storey tower
Council looking for new development partner on scrapped transformation of listed Victorian baths
Conversion of Lewisham’s grade II-listed Ladywell Playtower into cinema fell through in September
Zaha Hadid Architects’ turnover up 8% as Middle East takes over Asia as firm’s biggest market
Group made £83m in year to April 2025 but its profit fell by 60% to just £342,000
Crown Estate submits plans for 4,000-home Hertfordshire town masterplanned by Prior + Partners
East Hemel is set to deliver affordable housing, new parks and up to four new schools
What made this project… Elizabeth Mews by Trewhela Williams
Finalist for Young Architect of the Year Award 2025, Trewhela Williams guides us through the specification challenges present at Elizabeth Mews
Planning and infrastructure bill receives royal assent
Legislation includes various measures to speed up building
City sees highest number of planning applications in 10 years
Number of major applications approved also beats five-year record
Grimshaw appointed to design university campus in Malaysia
Scheme part of wider development masterplanned by the practice in 2015
Government launches consultation on single construction regulator
Approvals process for high-rise remediations will also be streamlined but definition of higher risk buildings to remain the same
Government approves Universal Studios UK theme park with construction set to start as soon as next year
WSP working on multiple consultant roles including transport and sustainability
Earls Court clears another planning hurdle as second council approves 4,000-home masterplan
Kensington and Chelsea signed off its half of 44-acre site yesterday evening following Hammersmith and Fulham’s green light last month
Grid gets green light to turn 1960s Brixton tower block into hotel
Scheme will see Blue Star House become 341-room hotel
Reed announces new ‘medium site’ category to help SME housebuilders in latest planning guidance shake-up
Small builders could get exemption from Building Safety Levy under new site designation
Adjaye Associates cut half its UK staff last year as losses more than doubled
Turnover fell by 62% in 2024 in ’challenging year’
Populous appointed to design new stadium for Leyton Orient FC
League One club said project is part of ambition to compete in the Championship
Hawkins Brown submits downsized Manchester Met Library scheme
New scheme has cut floorspace by almost half compared to original plans
Bell Phillips becomes first architecture practice to sign up to Thomas Heatherwick’s Humanise campaign
Practice calls for housing designs which are ’loved, generous and uplifting’
Green light for AHMM’s 850-home Camden estate redevelopment
Scheme to more than double number of homes on West Kentish Town estate
City of London approves £152m funding boost for housing upgrades
Money will be spent in Square Mile and six London boroughs
Cladding at the forefront: the evolving landscape of residential building design
Lisa Grosse, brand manager at Cedral UK, highlights some of the key findings of its recent survey into architects’ attitudes to housing design and the use of cladding
John Robertson Architects submits plans to revamp James Stirling’s City landmark No 1 Poultry
Scheme completed by Laing in 1997 and considered a post-modern classic set for major makeover
Norman Foster pays tribute to ‘deeply thoughtful’ Frank Gehry
Gehry will inspire generations of architects to ‘dream endlessly’, Foster says
RIBA names winners of 2025 students’ medals
Silver President’s Medal awarded to reimagining of a slave trade memorial in Malawi
What made this project… Berners & Wells by Emrys Architects
Finalist for Office Architect of the Year Award 2025, Emrys Architects guides us through the specification challenges present at Berners & Wells
Chris Williamson to give up architect title to highlight ‘absurdity’ of ARB registration model
RIBA president’s move part of wider campaign to abolish Architects Act and establish new regulatory framework
Izat Arundell’s self-build home in Outer Hebrides named House of the Year
Home built from local materials praised by judges for its ‘exceptional craftmanship’
Peers condemn ‘unacceptable’ building safety delays and say approvals process needs to be ‘streamlined’
House of Lords inquiry finds ‘ageing workforce of building inspectors struggling to meet demand’
HTA Design profit up despite ‘dramatic’ slowdown in project delivery caused by gateway 2 delays
Practice said turnover was boosted by a string of new commissions in London
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