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Keep up to dateA partly built timber-frame building in Basingstoke was severely damaged after catching fire last Friday.
About 100 firefighters worked for 16 hours to extinguish the flames, which also damaged two tower cranes. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said the incident showed the threat that fire posed to timber-frame buildings under construction. A similar site burned down in Glasgow last month.
The London College of Fashion has brought its six separate sites under one roof for the first time in more than 100 years. Tom Lane reports
The grand former headquarters of the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society is being converted into a state-of-the-art life sciences laboratory. Thomas Lane reports on an unlikely reinvention
The contractor wants to bring DfMA discipline to high-rise residential projects for the same cost as traditional build.
Local band due to stage troubled arena’s debut performance
Camomile Street scheme would be firm’s third and tallest in Square Mile’s eastern cluster
New London Architecture report finds demand for office space is driving growth in towers despite slowdown in tall residential schemes
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