London mayor Boris Johnson has overturned Wandsworth Council’s decision to refuse GRID Architects’ plans for a mixed-use scheme in Putney town centre
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Populous wins planning for £80m second phase of Lord’s overhaul
Populous has won planning permission to regenerate the Tavern and Allen Stands at Lord’s cricket ground in west London
Unravelling the mystique surrounding warranties
Legalese: Knowing the basic tenets of warranties will help practitioners feel a little more comfortable, says Mark Klimt
ONS reports third-quarter drop in construction output
The value of work in the UK construction industry fell by 2.2 per cent in the third quarter of 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)
C20 Society demands Balfron Tower rethink
The Twentieth Century Society has called for the scrapping of plans by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers to revamp Erno Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower after its listing was upgraded
Ministers cut ribbon on new BDP-designed college in Cardiff
A new £45million campus for Cardiff and Vale College in the heart of the Welsh capital, designed by BDP, has opened.
RSHP wins planning ‘for last office-to-resi scheme’ in Mayfair
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has won the go-ahead to replace a 1920s office block in Mayfair with a mixed-use apartment and hotel scheme
Competitions: editor’s pick 30.10.15
A new music centre for St Andrews University, upgrading the State Library of Victoria and regenerating Winchester station approach. The editor’s pick of this week’s leading competitions
Piano defends skyscraper plans
Renzo Piano has responded hit back at perceptions that high-rise developments create ‘ghettoes for rich people’