Controversial plans to demolish the 1970s Derby Assembly Rooms are recommended for approval by city councillors tonight, despite there being no firm plan for a replacement
Built environment bodies urge PM to reverse new planning freedoms
The RIBA and three other built environment organisations have jointly written to Boris Johnson to warn that controversial new permitted development rights threaten town centres and will lead to poor-quality housing
Doreen Lawrence condemns government race report
Doreen Lawrence, whose aspiring architect son Stephen was murdered in a racially motivated attack, has condemned a government-commissioned report which has cast doubt on the impacts of institutional racism in the UK
RetroFirst: Parliamentary inquiry into whole life carbon launched
The challenge of slashing construction’s enormous carbon footprint will be examined by MPs in a significant win for the AJ RetroFirst campaign
Climate action thwarted by housing targets and viability, says RTPI
Local authorities are failing to live up to their declarations on the climate emergency because of an ‘overwhelming focus’ on housing numbers and viability, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said in a new report
MPs slam UK’s ‘woefully inadequate’ housing retrofit drive
A powerful committee of MPs today cited The Architects’ Journal in warning that the drive to make Britain net zero will ‘hit a roadblock’ unless the government urgently steps up its efforts
Exclusive: Glyndebourne circular-economy pavilion to be built from champagne corks and oyster shells
Architect BakerBrown Studio has designed a low-carbon pavilion at the world-famous Glyndebourne Opera made of the site’s discarded lobster and oyster shells and champagne corks
Budget boosts castle restoration in Jenrick’s constituency
Labour has accused the government of ‘pork-barrel politics’ after Robert Jenrick’s department awarded £25 million in funding for projects in the community secretary’s own constituency, including a castle restoration
Anger as Sunak ignores calls for construction VAT reform
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget is more 'build back business as usual' than 'build back better', critics say
Empty homes in England ‘could house everyone in Oxford’
Tens of thousands of homes lie vacant, despite soaring council tax premiums, it has been reported