All Building Design articles in July 2025
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NewsHaworth Tompkins submits plans to refurbish Grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion
Proposals set out phased refurbishment and upgrade works to the landmark modernist building, with a focus on audience experience, building conservation and operational sustainability
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NewsRIBA announces Stephen Lawrence Prize 2025 shortlist celebrating early career project architects
Six UK projects are in the running for the award, with the winner to be revealed at this year’s Stirling Prize ceremony
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FeaturesAnna Heringer on sustainable architecture, rammed earth, and what the Global North can learn from the Global South
Mary Richardson explores Anna Heringer’s sustainable philosophy and her mission to bring traditional materials into mainstream architecture
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from designing for deconstruction?
In a throwaway culture, Anna Beckett argues that architects must take greater responsibility for how buildings are eventually dismantled and their materials reused
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NewsRCKa submits plans for new adult education college in Sutton
2,200m² scheme would replace Victorian-era building as part of council’s wider town centre regeneration strategy
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NewsNovak Hiles Architects submits grey belt housing scheme in Barking and Dagenham
15-home scheme targets Passivhaus standards on a former vehicle storage yard
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NewsWhat made this project… Melamar by Paper Igloo
Finalist for Individual House Architect of the Year Award 2025, Paper Igloo guides us through the specification challenges present at Melamar
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NewsNew RIBA North exhibitions in Liverpool examine stadium design and colonial-era planning in West Africa
Concurrent shows explore the architecture of global football stadia and a segregated hilltop enclave established during British colonial rule in Sierra Leone
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NewsHaworth Tompkins’ Birmingham Smithfield scheme moves step closer with £173m grant funding
Other practices working on 3,000-home city centre redevelopment include dRMM and RCKa
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NewsChild Graddon Lewis wins planning for 53 social rent homes on former council office site
Tower Hamlets scheme part of plan for 4,000 council homes in borough
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Information - BDMastering the detail: Episode 4
What do architects really need from manufacturers today? Episode 4 of our unmissable Q+A series lifts the lid on how expectations are changing. Join Tom Jordan, director at Barr Gazetas, as he shares first-hand insights into the evolving specification landscape.
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NewsGreen belt approval clears way for F3’s Spurs women’s training centre in Enfield
Scheme will deliver 11-pitch complex and new training centre in adapted former clubhouse
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NewsFoster + Partners unveils plans for two Hong Kong towers
Mixed-use scheme integrates historic shophouses and aims to enhance permeability and public realm in the city’s Central district
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FeaturesNansledan: can design codes and long-term stewardship deliver better housing?
As part of Building Design’s Designing Tomorrow’s Housing campaign, Mary Richardson visits Nansledan, the Duchy of Cornwall’s urban extension to Newquay. While its traditional architecture divides opinion, she finds that the project raises important questions about stewardship, planning and designing new housing at scale
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NewsNassimi claims Hyphyn is the first biodegradable performance vinyl
Textile manufacturer Nassimi has launched Hyphyn, a performance upholstery vinyl it claims is the first of its kind to biodegrade under landfill conditions
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NewsJohn Puttick Associates secures approval for Darwen Market Hall overhaul
Plans include the restoration of the Victorian market hall, demolition of a 1960s annex and new public realm works
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NewsRIBA calls for quality to be at the heart of 1.5 million homes commitment
Muyiwa Oki gives evidence to cross-party inquiry as the institute urges the government to prioritise design, apprenticeships, and modern construction methods in housing delivery
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FeaturesWill the Building Safety Regulator overhaul be enough to tackle the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...
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NewsAllies & Morrison’s £200m Wimbledon expansion can go ahead, High Court rules
Obstacle cleared for plans to triple size of tournament grounds, but campaigners suggest they will challenge ruling
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OpinionThe great allocation myth: why so few homes are actually built where we plan them
Looking back at research from the 1990s and comparing it with today’s data, David Rudlin explores the persistent failure of site allocations to deliver housing