Richard Waite

Nikjoo has won planning approval from South Oxfordshire District Council for a timber-framed, four-bedroom farmhouse

A team including Hayatsu Architects has won the Kingston Council-backed contest to create a ‘gateway’ public space in New Malden, south-west London

Developer Landsec has announced a ‘diverse’ panel of mainly emerging and smaller architects practices to work on its shopping centre and hospitality portfolio

Housing secretary Michael Gove has promised an extra £24 million to unblock the planning system, as well as unveiling a new ‘super-squad’ of experts and vowing to allow more permitted development in a bid to build more homes

Van Heyningen & Haward Architects’ (vHH) revamp of Houlton Secondary School, Rugby, has been named among the finalists for the RIBA’s new reuse prize

Michael Gove has rejected controversial plans by Pilbrow + Partners to demolish and redevelop Marks and Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store, overruling a planning inspector’s verdict

Tower Hamlets Council has approved plans by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF)  to build a 23-storey life sciences laboratory in Canary Wharf, London

Adjaye Associates’ contested plans for an office tower in Brixton have been withdrawn by the developer just days before a key hearing on the scheme was due to take place

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone

The first finalists have been revealed for the relaunched Stephen Lawrence Prize, which is now only open to recently qualified and emerging architects