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Corstorphine & Wright’s Manchester tower approved at appeal
Planning inspector green-lights 28-storey student scheme that city council said used “poor quality cladding material”
National Gallery unveils revised Selldorf upgrade designs
Latest images of £30m proposals come ahead of planning application submission this summer
Chipperfield wins Canadian parliament design competition
Joint bid with Toronto practice beats teams featuring Renzo Piano Building Workshop, BIG and Wilkinson Eyre
BIG triumphs in Prague concert hall competition
Practice scoops job with design allowing members of the public to climb up to the building’s roof
Campaigners to raise RIBA elections row with Charity Commission
RIBA under pressure to scrap rule change barring new members from voting in upcoming presidential election
Plots for self and custom build have fallen 32% behind registrations, stats show
The shortfall between the number of those registering to self or custom build between October 31 2020 and the same date in 2021 and plots given planning permission was 3,954
Scott Brownrigg creates ‘design-management unit’
Former Fosters and ZHA staffer Shyamala Duraisingam appointed to lead new operation
OMA completes Taiwan performing arts centre
Practice says project has been designed to resemble a planet “docking” against a cube
Arb eyes tweaks to insurance rules as costs continue to soar
Regulator acknowledges it cannot set PII standards that architects cannot afford to meet
Just four days left to enter the Architect of the Year Awards
Last chance to enter 2022 awards
Jenrick says ministers ‘lack political will’ to tackle housing crisis
Former secretary of state warns 300,000-homes-a-year manifesto commitment will not be met
BTP wins job to restore 13th century Welsh castle
Manchester practice to repair leaky chapel at World Heritage Site Beaumaris Castle in Anglesey
Competition for Grenfell memorial design team expected next year
Commission sets out timeline for creating long-term proposals for west London tower-block site
Industry groups to develop standard for verifying buildings as net zero
RIBA, RICS and UKGBC among bodies drawing up plans to remove “ambiguities” around measurement of carbon emissions
Queensway to get ‘Parisian-style’ glass pavilions under £3bn transformation plans
Developers lodge proposals to transform west London street into major upmarket retail destination
Homes England vows to keep working with ‘innovative partners’ after Urban Splash JV collapse
Administrators say 160 positions will be made redundant as modular business part-owned by Homes England enters administration
AR Design Studio completes self-build ‘tranquil’ cabin
Winchester-based architects AR Design Studio used natural materials and glass to create guest accommodation that blended in with the surrounding woodland
New rule blocks new members voting in RIBA elections
Insitute criticised for lack of transparency
Pressure mounts to stop radical AHMM makeover of Islington landmark
Save Britain’s Heritage is calling for proposals to redevelop Rock Townsend Architects’ post-modern Angel Square to be rejected
Gove signals end of 300,000-homes-a-year commitment
Housing secretary says aiming for one target risks “making an enemy of the common good”
RG&P gets go-ahead for arts-and-crafts inspired residential development
93-home scheme on exclusive London street features swimming pool and ballroom
New infrastructure tax targets schemes’ gross development value
Government sets out thinking on proposed Infrastructure Levy in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill
Gove steps in and puts Make’s £400m plan to turn ITV studios into office complex on ice
Communities secretary has issued notice preventing demolition work at 72 Upper Ground site ahead of possible call in
Groupwork and Levitt Bernstein shortlisted in Bristol housing competition
HTA and FBM also in running to create new homes on city-council car park site next to grade I-listed church
Queen’s Speech 2022: architects question feasibility of ‘street votes’ policy
Councils will need to have sufficient funding to make the government’s local design code plan work, architects warn
Campaigners salute listing of Arup po-mo landmark
Former Lloyds Bank regional headquarters in Bristol gets grade II-status
HTA plans for Ebbsfleet Garden City submitted
First phase of scheme’s mixed-use district centre is lodged by developer Henley Investments
RIAS names six new honorary fellows
Architecture & Design Scotland chair Ann Allen and educator Lesley Lokko among latest cohort
LSE reveals shortlisted designs for £120m Lincoln’s Inn Fields hub
Chipperfield, McAslan and Alison Brooks proposals among those on “anonymous” display ahead of final jury decision
Gove confirms plans for local design codes
Housing secretary takes aim at ”modernist architects who sneer at what the rest of us actually like”
Architect of the Year Awards entry deadline extended
Practices given an extra two weeks to get their entries in
Lendlease lands revamp of Seifert’s Covent Garden office block
Firm will work on Gensler-designed retrofit job to provide 260,000 sq ft of office space
Calls to protect medieval ruins on Norwich site slated for Broadway Malyan scheme
Save Britain’s Heritage to seek listing for church ruins
