All UK articles – Page 56
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NewsArb research uncovers ‘staggering’ levels of discrimination and sexual misconduct in the architecture profession
A survey of nearly 900 professionals found more than a third had experienced insults relating to protected characteristics
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OpinionThe One in Which People Decide City Living is OK
Thirty years after the pilot of Friends, David Rudlin recalls how the sitcom’s portrayal of city living influenced a generation’s attitudes towards urban life
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NewsPennycook ‘convinced’ 1.5 million homes are deliverable but won’t commit to annual targets
Housing minster tells MPs he can’t provide a figure for the number of affordable or social rent homes to be delivered within the 1.5 million homes target
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NewsPractices ‘increasingly cautious’ about staffing as sector confidence weakens, says RIBA report
October has seen rising pessimism across workloads and recruitment compared to the previous month
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NewsRIBA headquarters to close from June next year while refurb is carried out
Work expected to take around two and a half years
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NewsMPs launch inquiry into environmental impact of Starmer’s planning reforms
Environmental audit committee to probe environmental sustainability of the government’s plans for 1.5m homes
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NewsHugh Broughton Architects appointed on Westminster public toilets job
Eight toilets to be refurbished across the borough in bid to replicate “Victorian civic pride” in public sanitation
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NewsRIBA issues ‘cautionary note’ for practices not paying staff the Real Living Wage
New Real Living Wage for London and the UK set last month
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NewsSadiq Khan set to appoint Karen Buck as chair of London development corporation
Former MP Karen Buck will be responsible for spearheading the delivery of tens of thousands of affordable homes near the new Old Oak Common HS2 station.
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NewsSaltdean 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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NewsMake’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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NewsBureau Proberts opens London office
Brisbane-based firm appoints former Neom project lead to run UK base
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NewsNBBJ and Purcell win planning for Oxford healthcare research centre
Scheme to link two existing buildings with glazed atrium
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NewsStride 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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NewsDecision 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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NewsAllies 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
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NewsRayner intervenes over 8,400-home scheme in Kent opposed by local council
Planning officers had recommended refusal for Milton Studio-designed scheme due to “urbanising impact”
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NewsMore than half of people who are often lonely believe architects are out of touch, poll finds
Report for the Centre for Social Justice found 52% of frequently lonely adults did not believe buildings are designed to encourage community
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NewsNetwork Rail to appoint new development partner for Liverpool Street station only after it gets planning
Acme’s scaled back proposals to cost a third less than previous plans and will be submitted within next two months
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NewsHackney approves plans for Old Street office tower
Studio Kyson’s 14-storey scheme the third to be approved on site since 2013