Alec French Architects has submitted its highly anticipated plans to demolish Bristol’s Rupert Street Car Park and replace it with a mixed-use scheme featuring a new car park of a ‘very similar’ scale
Architects are protesting, but is anyone listening?
Last month, built-environment professionals from across the country took to the streets, demanding urgent government action on carbon emissions. They were met with near-silence. So were the protests pointless?
RSHP wins contest to overhaul Bayeux Tapestry Museum
RSHP has been announced winner of a competition to redesign the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in northern France
Government steps in over botched Agar Grove building
The government has stepped in to support residents of a north London housing block after it was deemed ‘not fit for purpose’ less than six years after completion
East London housing halted mid-build over second staircase uncertainty
Construction work on a residential scheme in east London has been halted mid-build because of fears it won’t meet new second-staircase regulations
DHaus submits plans for homes and offices in old piano factory
The DHaus Company has submitted plans to redevelop a disused piano factory and a warehouse in Tottenham into a mixed-used scheme with 36 houses
‘Be nice to planners,’ Public Practice chief urges architects
The chief executive of Public Practice has urged architects to show more empathy when dealing with over-stretched planners
Norman Foster: I’d love to talk to King Charles about architecture
Norman Foster has said he would ‘love the opportunity’ to talk to King Charles about architecture following the coronation on Saturday (May 6)
Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report delayed until 2024
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry will not publish its much-anticipated second and final report into the disaster until next year, it has been revealed
3DReid submits plans to retrofit ‘idiosyncratic’ Edinburgh warehouse
3DReid has put forward plans to convert an unusual former warehouse in Edinburgh’s historic Broughton Market into seven new apartments