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BRE warned about Kingspan’s misuse of fire tests four years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Celotex manager emailed BRE flagging concerns in 2013
Mikhail Riches wins planning for low-carbon housing in Somerset
Architect was appointed through London’s ADUP2 framework
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Edinburgh unveils LDA’s designs for £32m overhaul of historic George Street
Proposals could start construction in 2023 if approved
Campaigners fight demolition of art-deco department store
Twentieth Century Society says AWW plans are part of a wider threat to architectural heritage
Unrealistically low bids for public-sector jobs ‘will raise red flags’
Senior civil servant says unrealistic prices for jobs will be thrown out
Government defeats rebel MPs over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
Grenfell witness’s evidence challenged as BRE lawyer emails inquiry
Phil Clark blames Grenfell testing errors on burn hall being a ‘busy place’
AHMM’s £1bn King’s Cross pharma centre set for green light
But campaigners threaten to appeal to secretary of state if council gives final sign-off at meeting today
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3XN given OK for 38-storey Broadgate tower to replace Foggo original
Scheme at 2 Finsbury Avenue, drawn up by Danish architect 3XN, is third high-rise to get Square Mile’s OK in recent weeks
Government defeats rebel MPs over Fire Safety Bill
Backbench attempt to protect leaseholders from costs of fire safety work voted down
BRE technician denies being aware fire test was rigged, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Phil Clark refutes claims he knew magnesium oxide boards had been added to ensure Celotex product passed checks
Architect paid £7m in six months for Parliament restoration work
Restoration and renewal project accounts revealed - as its fate hangs in balance
Tory MPs to rebel over fire safety bill
Conservative backbench amendment aims to make sure leaseholders do not pay cladding repair costs
TP Bennett completes City office scheme inherited from Foster’s
EightyFen uses Portuguese limestone to slot into historic streetscape
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Plans develop for BPN Architects’ conversion of photo lab
Historic Birmingham Jewellery Quarter site secured in £7.5m deal
Random testing of construction products proposed by certification group
Post-Grenfell reforms outlined in BBA safety standards consultation would see inspectors checking products already on market
Manager warned Arconic to sell safer cladding ‘as matter of urgency’ two years before Grenfell fire
But firm continued selling Reynobond PE panels in UK until a week after tragedy
Assael eyes Aussie build-to-rent bonanza with new studio
Sydney base becomes firm’s second outpost, four years after Bahrain office opens
Developer funds replacement for Alexander McQueen pub after unique planning condition
Council insisted Buckley Gray Yeoman scheme include LGBTQ+ venue
Libeskind wins planning for Hampstead Maggie’s
Royal Free Hospital will be second north London instiution to ‘get a Libeskind’
MHCLG announces new Midlands home will be a Glenn Howells office
Housing secretary says Wolverhampton move will put decision-makers closer to regional voices
Church calls for urgent 20-year cross-party housing strategy
Landmark report says Church of England must re-use its own land for affordable housing
Green light for Avanti’s 130-home Redbridge regeneration schemes
Practice to build new blocks at two east London estates
More details revealed of Publica’s £235m Oxford Street revamp
Scheme to include 25m high artificial mountain designed by MVRDV
Grenfell Inquiry digest: What we learnt from Arconic this week
Hearings focused on the degree to which manufacturer had misled customers over the fire performance of its ACM cladding panels
Manager of Grenfell cladding manufacturer warned firm was ‘not clean’
Arconic president tells Grenfell inquiry staff lied to clients over fire performance
Church’s report ‘could shake up housebuilding’, says developer
Igloo founder says new bishop for housing could be a turning point
Caruso St John among finalists for Highgate Cemetery competition
Winners in contest for architectural and landscaping upgrades at world-famous burial ground to be announced in May
Shocking Grenfell evidence sees Kingspan announce root and branch reform
Initiatives include head of compliance, confidential hotline, staff clear-out and review of division by law firm
Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s £288m Centre for Music scrapped
The entrance foyer at Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s proposed Centre for Music
DLA lands Poulson pool job after Make and Allies & Morrison plans sink without trace
DLA Architecture is third practice to be appointed on site since legendary pool’s 2009 demolition
Grenfell cladding boss denies withholding test results was ‘deliberate concealment’
British regulator was not told of combustible panels’ ‘disastrous’ 2005 test failure, inquiry hears
Weston Williamson team bags zero-carbon flight funding
Government awards £1.8m to hydrogen-electric plane project for Scottish islands
Arb appoints new members to its board
Teri Okoro is one of two new appointments at professional regulator
Ministers recommit to OxCam Arc development plan
Architects respond to news that spatial plan for belt connecting Oxford and Cambridge will be published next year
