All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 17
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      NewsGensler unveils plans for £80m public realm transformation of Fleet Street
Practice says plans aiming to attract more workers back into the office are district’s biggest overhaul in a century
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      NewsFletcher Priest given OK for timber cycle pavilion at £700m Oxford campus
Two-storey structure at Oxford North innovation district inspired by wheel spokes
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      NewsLandsec’s City tower gets green light from planners
Heritage groups said Fletcher Priest scheme at 55 Old Broad Street would “engulf” listed bath house at base
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      NewsStanhope reveals first detailed images of Eric Parry’s revised 1 Undershaft
Rejig of City’s tallest tower to include red-coloured viewing gallery on top two floors
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      FeaturesStone wool insulation helping build a climate-resilient future
Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL® UK, explores how stone wool insulation is playing a key role in combatting climate change and what as a company it is doing to limit its own impact
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      NewsPlans to treble the size of Wimbledon grounds dealt blow as council recommends refusal
Allies & Morrison-designed scheme approved by Merton Council last month but needs consent from Wandsworth to go ahead
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      NewsGove to rule on plan by Tebay service station owner to build supersized version in Cheshire
Howells-designed scheme to be giant version of Westmorland Family’s outpost in Cumbria
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      NewsPlans to overhaul central London ‘flatiron’ office given OK
Two floors to be added to 1880s built Flitcroft House
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      NewsGreen light for Bruntwood’s £60m tech plan for listed Glasgow tower
Met Tower scheme will deliver more than 200,000 sq ft of office space
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      FeaturesCost comparison: Tower construction in Toronto and London
T&T Alinea compare recent high-rise history in two global cities whose skylines have undergone dramatic change, including the costs of a typical tall office building in each
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      NewsGreen light for £300m Wembley housing scheme
Plans to deliver 500 homes were amended to meet second staircase rules
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      NewsRSHP working up plans for the City’s fourth tallest tower
Cheesegrater architect appointed by developer Brookfield to design 240m-tall replacement for Multiplex’s 99 Bishopsgate headquarters
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      NewsArgent set to start work repairing cladding on King’s Cross block built by Kier
Contractor has come up with solution to deal with facade issues at Tapestry Building, developer says
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      NewsIn pictures: Beard completes £38m transformation of Rhodes House in Oxford
Scheme includes three new basements, solid stone spiral staircase and all-glass pavilion
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      NewsBam lands deal to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Firm also working on new home of MasterChef TV show in city
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      NewsOld Royal Liverpool University Hospital to be turned into health campus
Facility was replaced by 640-bed hospital last year
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      NewsSellar’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station revamp finally on verge of being made public by City planners
Application was originally submitted in May but has been held up since
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      FeaturesCost model: Low-carbon office developments – new-build vs refurbishment
Multiple pathways are emerging to support the development of low-carbon offices, whether through new-build or, increasingly, reuse and adaptation
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      NewsBerkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions
Developer’s approach includes linking already consented stair cores with corridors
 














