Eric Parry Architects associate Emily Posey is the winner of the inaugural AJ100 Mentor of the Year award
Architects Declare on the construction ‘blind spot’ in party manifestos
Anna Woodeson, Julia Barfield, and Zoe Watson of Architects Declare (AD) talk to Will Hurst about the lack of climate debate in the General Election campaign and AD’s increasingly political direction
Final six make the cut in M&S Oxford Street ideas contest
Judges for the AJ and SAVE Britain’s Heritage architecture competition have selected the final six teams who will work up their ideas for the Marks & Spencer building on London’s Oxford Street
Westminster’s retrofit-first plan: ‘The architecture profession is on the bus’
The AJ quizzes Westminster City Council cabinet member Geoff Barraclough on the authority’s nascent retrofit-first policy
M&S wins High Court battle over Gove’s Oxford Street decision
Michael Gove’s decision to block the controversial demolition of M&S’s flagship Oxford Street store has been quashed by a High Court judge
Why we’re launching a new AJ series for big ideas
The AJ is launching a new platform called Blueprints for Change. Through it we want to highlight what today’s architects are proposing to tackle the most pressing social and environmental challenges
RIBA president issues warning on Labour’s green U-turn
RIBA president Muyiwa Oki has responded to Labour’s ditching of its £28 billion-a-year green investment pledge with a warning that future generations may ‘pay the price’
Tory MP grills Gove’s department over climate inaction
The government’s legally binding net zero targets are in jeopardy because of delays in reforming planning rules, MPs have said
Foster + Partners hits record headcount
The average number of employees at Fosters is the highest on record and turnover has jumped by £57.6 million to £290 million, the practice’s latest accounts show
Birmingham City Council to reconsider demolition of Brutalist landmark
Birmingham City Council is to reconsider its September decision to demolish the famous Ringway Centre following a legal challenge mounted by heritage and environmental campaigners