All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 22
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NewsSpring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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NewsBerkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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NewsTransport secretary confirms two year delay on HS2
Euston stretch and later phases in the North to be hit by phasing change
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FeaturesThe power of four: how UK’s biggest builders are working together on £1bn prisons programme
ISG, Kier, Laing O’Rourke and Wates have joined forces to build four new English prisons, pooling their resources and skills to form one big collaborative team. Here’s how it works
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NewsGreen light for 41-storey tower in Salford
Final piece of Greengate cluster will deliver 518 homes
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NewsLaing O’Rourke lined up for major City fringe office block
AHMM-designed plans for 20-storey scheme submitted to Hackney council last month
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NewsEast London council shoots down plans for 1,600-home neighbourhood regeneration
Rejection of scheme in Poplar could be ‘difficult to defend’ if appealed, say planning officials
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NewsOxford council approves £150m life sciences campus
Scott Brownrigg scheme to consist of three buildings housing 66,000sq m of lab and office space
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NewsKier carrying out safety inspections on Argent building in King’s Cross after cladding falls off
Straps attached to award-winning scheme’s facade as precaution, developer says
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NewsGove steps in and puts controversial Sphere music venue plan on ice
Stratford scheme has attracted hundreds of objectors as client MSG says Populous-designed sister complex in Las Vegas will open this September – at a cost of $2.2bn
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NewsGreen light for £31m mass timber office in Greater Manchester
Developer claims Sheppard Robson-designed scheme is greenest of its kind in UK
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NewsBCO strengthens sustainability targets for offices in update to design guide
Minimum target for offices upgraded from BREEAM ‘very good’ to ‘excellent’.
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CommentRisk and responsibility: unpicking the first post-Grenfell court decisions
Recent High Court decisions suggest contractors will struggle to successfully challenge the costs of an implemented and effective remedial cladding solution
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NewsMcBains wins work on experimental nuclear fusion facility in Oxfordshire
Scheme for Tokamak Energy set to complete in 2026
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NewsMcLaren lodges plans for 45-storey hexagonal tower in Leeds
Mixed-use scheme would be latest addition to growing cluster of tall buildings in the city’s west end
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FeaturesWhat happened when Bam went to Brollywood?
Sky wanted its new film studio in Elstree built in double-quick time to help meet movie makers seemingly insatiable demand for space. How did the contractor get on?
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NewsLondon mayor mandates second staircases in blocks above 30m ‘with immediate effect’
All planning applications must include the fire safety measure before going to the Greater London Authority for stage 2 approval
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Alternative designs for Manchester Town Hall, 1868
Excitement builds as Manchester prepares to announce the winner of the competition to design its new council headquarters
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NewsSisk moves closer to start after £150m Great Ormond Street job gets OK
Job set to finish in 2026
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CommentIt is vital that we build healthier towns and cities
Given the proportion of people living in urban areas, we must make them as climate resilient and nature-friendly as possible, says Ramboll biodiversity specialist Samantha Deacon