All UK articles – Page 26
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NewsSquires gets go-ahead for luxury care home in Westminster
Art Deco block in Horseferry Road will be demolished to make way for 10-storey scheme
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FeaturesDoes the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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NewsNational Theatre carrying out surveys after discovering RAAC in backstage areas
Many large theatres have been forced to close in recent days after discovering the failing concrete
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NewsStudents and academics at odds over Arb education shake-up
Two thirds of teachers who responded to a survey did not support plans to abolish parts 1, 2 and 3
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NewsStirling Prize: Mæ and Sergison Bates emerge as bookies’ favourites
William Hill gives John Morden Centre and Lavender Hill Courtyard Housing shortest odds
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NewsHugh Pearman becomes C20 Society chair
Journalist says campaign group needs to ‘get more architects on board’ and be more involved in pre-application talks over building alterations
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NewsSunak finally eases planning rules for onshore wind
Communities which support wind farms could be given up to 50% off their energy bills
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NewsFailing concrete ‘not widespread in social housing’ says regulator
The social housing in England regulator denies that aerated concrete is likely to be prevalent in social housing
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NewsRAAC schools had been due for renewal under scrapped Labour plan
Shelved Building Schools for the Future programme would have seen renewal work at 13 schools hit by failing concrete crisis
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OpinionThis Stirling shortlist is in tune with the times
The final six projects in contention for this year’s prize are all marked by an underlying seriousness and a tendency towards simple forms and materials, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsStirling Prize 2023: First-timers bag half of shortlist slots
Adam Khan, Sergison Bates and Apparata all debut in final round of the highest prize in British architecture
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NewsBirmingham council declares itself effectively bankrupt
Europe’s largest local authority freezes all new spending after being hit by a £760m bill to settle equal pay claims
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NewsGovernment expands RAAC surveys of court buildings after Harrow closure
Harrow Crown Court closed for repairs last month despite assurance that sites had been deemed safe
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NewsCalls for social landlords to start ‘urgent’ RAAC inspection programme
Consultants say use of dangerous lightweight concrete panels was widespread in social housing in the ‘50s-’70s
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NewsAngela Rayner appointed shadow housing secretary
Labour deputy PM to take on levelling up, housing and communities brief from Lisa Nandy as part of reshuffle
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NewsEric Parry plans ‘radical repositioning’ of City office block
Proposals would deliver three extra storeys at 15-year-old Holborn Viaduct building designed by Rolfe Judd
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OpinionMaster plans are for Bond villains
We need to come up with a new name for master planning, but that’s no easy task, writes David Rudlin
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NewsRIBA calls on government to set up industry task force to coordinate RAAC response
Advice come as government dashes hopes of new funding to fix or replace closed schools
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Features‘I don’t seek permission, I ask for forgiveness’ – Muyiwa Oki on his plans for his RIBA presidency
RIBA’s first black president - and its youngest - did not tell his bosses at Mace that he was running for the role. He is someone who wants to do things his own way, but how much will his promises to shake up the 188-year-old institute run up against its ...
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NewsSimone de Gale fronts campaign to boost UK architectural exports
London-based architect believes more UK practices could benefit from exporting their services