Design
Plans lodged for 550 new homes at Bethnal Green’s gasholders
St William has submitted a proposal to build 550 new homes in and around the Bethnal Green gasholders.
Grafton Architects pick up the 2020 Pritzker Prize
The 2020 Pritzker Price has been awarded to Dublin-based architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, who run Grafton Architects.
Grafton also won this year's prestigious Royal Gold Medal.
Super-prime design duo launch new studio; unveil debut project at Twenty Grosvenor Square
Northacre & Linley alumni Orlando & Lisette Rodriguez are off to a flyer as Rodriguez Design Studio, delivering one of the first completed residences at the new Finchatton & Four Seasons collaboration…
Housing Ministry launches ‘homes of the future’ design competition
Government calls on the industry for "ideas for new low carbon, age-friendly homes."
Final Minimum Energy Efficiency deadline looms for landlords
Landlords have less than a month left to bring their private rented units up to EPC band E to meet the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard.
Plans drawn up for a ‘fairytale’ private house in Camden
Cloud House in NW5 "might have been conjured up by Walt Disney".
Housebuilding ban on floodplains isn’t enough – flood-prone communities should take back control
As thousands of homes across the UK are affected by floods, Professor Hannah Cloke wades in with some harsh truths and good advice...
Repair rather than rebuild: Heritage buildings must be ‘recycled’ if the UK is to meet carbon emission goals
"End fast fashion for buildings" to help tackle climate change says a new report from Historic England; "repair rather than rebuild".
ADAM Architecture bolsters masterplanning team
Andrew Rowland has joined the Winchester & London-based practice from Purcell
Rightmove launches home extension cost & value calculator
Estimates "should be taken as a very rough guide only," says the portal.
Make Good Not War: Snagging and the law
It may be customary for a contractor to return to a completed project and rectify defects at no cost to the client, but the common law has to date provided little protection if this doesn't happen, writes…
Symm joinery chief joins Harrison Varma
Harrison Varma Joinery has recruited Martin Williams as Director, after heritage building firm Symm went into administration.