All articles by Ben Flatman
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FeaturesHow Manchester is setting the pace for regeneration and urban living
Building Design’s new UK Design Capital of the Year award, part of the Architect of the Year Awards 2025, will recognise cities for ambitious urban strategies. In this instalment, the spotlight is on Manchester, a city that stands out for the speed and scale of its reinvention
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NewsNew Cross estate regeneration scheme goes in for planning
South London scheme will also include commercial space
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NewsIn pictures: Plans to overhaul Berwick theatre built at former maltings get green light
Venue in line for first major revamp since centre opened in 1990
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NewsPlans for £48.5m housing scheme in Birmingham
2.5 acre site in Soho Hill set to deliver 115 homes and flats alongside an 80-bed care home
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NewsNew head of studio at Foster + Partners
Leadership change sees Grant Brooker stepping down from his role as head of studio
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FeaturesAt HTA Design, they are building the case for better housing
Ben Flatman visited HTA Design’s east London studio to hear how one of the UK’s most experienced housing practices is responding to today’s complex challenges
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FeaturesHow Cambridge is planning for a denser and better connected future
Building Design, sister title to Building, will crown the UK Design Capital of the Year at the 2025 Architect of the Year Awards, celebrating cities with vision. The shortlist – Cambridge, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle – highlights ambitious urban strategies and bold experiments. This week Cambridge’s transformation is in the ...
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NewsBrent Cross co-living scheme gets planning green light
Scheme is part of wider development being masterminded by Related Argent
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NewsPlans submitted for residential towers scheme in Croydon
Nearly 700 homes earmarked for site near Fairfield Halls
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NewsPlan to turn former Masonic hospital in Hammersmith into homes gets green light
1930s built scheme listed at garde II*
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NewsPlans submitted to refurbish grade I listed De La Warr Pavilion
Modernist landmark completed in 1935 showing signs of wear and tear
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NewsGreen belt approval paves way for Spurs to press on building women’s training centre
Scheme will deliver 11-pitch complex and new training centre in adapted former golf clubhouse
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NewsSchemes by Allies and Morrison and Purcell among 20 projects on Stirling Prize longlist
Shortlist for architectural award to be announced in early September
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NewsCrown Estate consulting on plans to pedestrianise parts of West End
Masterplan drawn up by Allies and Morrison includes Regent Street and Haymarket
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NewsFormer Mace director turned MP to chair parliamentary group looking at 1.5 million homes plan
Inquiry looking at how to scale up housing delivery without compromising design quality
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NewsIn pictures: £40m revamp of Lambeth Palace completed
Team included contractor Walter Lilly and architect Wright & Wright
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NewsLatest proposal for Folkestone revamp led by Roger De Haan gets green light
Scheme includes 400 homes and retail
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FeaturesUnpacking the museum: a look inside the new V&A Storehouse in Stratford
Ben Flatman visits the V&A’s new public store in east London, where the backstage world of conservation, curation and storage is placed front and centre
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NewsFresh proposals for Manchester towers scheme sent in for planning
New 800-home application replaces earlier consented plan which had significantly more commercial space