Communities secretary Michael Gove has, for a third time, postponed his decision on whether to block Make’s controversial plans to redevelop the former South Bank ITV Studios
Hundreds of architects demand Gaza ceasefire
As of Tuesday morning (5 December), nearly 300 architects have joined a campaign calling for an immediate permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the Palestinian territory to be rebuilt
Hawkins\Brown gains permission to overhaul Edinburgh College of Art
Hawkins\Brown has been given planning permission to carry out a campus-wide overhaul of the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA)
Chinese ‘floating forest’ school named world’s best building at WAF 2023
A floating forest school in China by Bejing-based Approach Design Studio has been named World Building of the Year at this year’s World Architecture Festival
‘Carbon neutral’ brick developed by Carmody Groarke and Seratech team
A climate tech start-up has teamed up with Carmody Groarke after developing a ‘carbon-neutral’ brick prototype, which it says looks and feels like a conventional brick
Planning red tape ‘slashed’ on solar panels
The government says it is slashing the current red tape around planning permission for solar panels under new rules announced last week
Fosters, Allies and Morrison and ZHA among 100 gingerbread city designers
More than 100 architects, engineers and designers have moved their design work into the kitchen for this year’s annual Gingerbread City event
HTA’s 36-storey Croydon tower approved despite local concerns
HTA has received planning permission for a new 36-storey tower in south London on the site of the disused Croydon Park Hotel
Retrofit champion Lacaton & Vassal wins Soane Medal 2023
French architectural practice Lacaton & Vassal has been awarded the Soane Medal 2023 for its sustainable and ‘holistic approach to buildings’ and for avoiding unnecessary waste in its schemes
ARB strikes off architect who breached Architects Code on nine counts
The director of Studio BAAD has been struck off the register after breaching the Architects Code nine times on one project