All Building Design articles in September 2024 – Page 19
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News
OBMI opens London office
Architecture practice brings nearly 90 years of design expertise to new London base
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Plans approved for Tom Turner Architects’ farmstead scheme in Sussex
Redevelopment combines historic preservation with sustainable updates for family home
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Saltdean Lido removed from Historic England’s heritage at risk register following restoration
But 155 sites added in updated 2024 list, including a 15th century school house which survived an arson attack by suffragettes
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Make’s City fringe office overhaul deferred over height policy breach
Councillors said scheme’s “tenuous” community benefits did not justify proposed two-storey roof extension
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Opinion
Why Labour may come to regret closing the Office for Place
A short-term decision framed as an efficiency risks losing the momentum on creating sustainable, people-centred places, writes Ben Flatman
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Features
What made this project… House of Communication by Henn
Henn’s body of work has been shortlisted for this year’s AYAs, as the practice was named a finalist for WA100 Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s partner and head of interior design, Katrin Jacobs, ...
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British timber company imports Thermo Vacuum System for products that can withstand the elements
UK Hardwoods has invested in thermal technology to offer weather-resistant timber
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Planning granted for Allies and Morrison’s Whitechapel life sciences masterplan
Tower Hamlets has approved detailed plans for a new life sciences neighbourhood around the Royal London Hospital, including two buildings by Gibson Thornley
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Review
Who was to blame for the unseaming of Britain’s cities?
Nicholas Boys Smith finds Simon Jenkins’ new book A Short History of British Architecture to be both a celebration and critique of British architecture, tracing two millennia of design while unflinchingly exposing the postwar attitudes that reshaped – and sometimes ruined – the nation’s cities
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Design team announced for Bologna’s new sustainable ecodistrict
Winning design for Bertalia-Lazzaretto Ecodistrict focuses on sustainability and community integration
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Bureau Proberts opens London office
Brisbane-based firm appoints former Neom project lead to run UK base
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NBBJ and Purcell win planning for Oxford healthcare research centre
Scheme to link two existing buildings with glazed atrium
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Stride Treglown tables plan to extend listed university building within Greenwich world heritage site
Practice working with Purcell on plans to add three-storey extension to 1920s building
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Design and digital arts building opens at Nottingham Trent University
The concept design for the 12-storey scheme was developed by Hawkins\Brown, with delivery overseen by CPMG Architects
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Opinion
True placemaking is about so much more than just a numbers game. King’s Cross is a prime example…
The delivery of much-needed new homes requires patient, joined-up thinking that takes into account factors other than profit and speed, says former HS2 design director Kay Hughes
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BB Partnership gains approval for 485-unit co-living development in Woolwich
Planning approval granted for co-living project with affordable housing, commercial, and community spaces on Woolwich’s historic Island Site
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Moxon completes restoration of Scottish cottage once used by Queen Victoria
The National Trust for Scotland plans to reopen historic cottage to the public in 2025
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Decision to scrap government design advisor Office for Place a ‘mistake’, says Nicholas Boys Smith
Body’s interim chair said move risks ministers “marking their own homework” on housing design
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Serie secures planning for art deco-inspired housing block
Serie Architects’ five-storey housing block aims to redefine communal living in Woodberry Down, integrating extensive greenery at every level
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Allies and Morrison lead Croydon masterplan consultation
Consultation begins for Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s transformation of Croydon’s North End Quarter, with proposals for mixed-use development, public spaces, and new housing