The bitter row over Marks & Spencer Oxford Street has escalated after SAVE Britain’s Heritage accused the chair of the retail giant of ‘false and defamatory’ statements and of ‘greenwashing on an epic scale’
As the landmark planning inquiry into Pilbrow & Partners' contentious proposal draws to a close, Will Hurst presents a selection of statements made to inspector David Nicholson by high-profile individuals and organisations
RIBA president Simon Allford and others have reacted to the announcement of Rishi Sunak as the next prime minister by urging him to end the UK’s political instability and look to long-term solutions such as retrofitting
Plans by Marks & Spencer to demolish and rebuild its flagship Oxford Street store have sparked a public row over the role of embodied carbon in construction and the case for a retrofit-first approach. Now a planning inquiry is set to hear both sides of the argument. Will Hurst reports…
Investing billions of pounds in retrofitting homes across England is a win-win-win for the new Conservative administration, a new report from think-tank IPPR claims
Exclusive: Greg Clark has heeded opposition from local groups and heritage campaigners and called in Make’s redevelopment of the former ITV Studios on London’s South Bank
Author Bill Bryson has added his name to those opposing Pilbrow + Partners’ scheme for Marks & Spencer which would flatten its flagship Oxford Street store
Will Hurst talks to Julian Robinson, head of estates at the London School of Economics (LSE), about the school’s final set piece architecture project and how a ‘paradigm shift’ in its response to the climate emergency will see it retain most of the existing building on the site
A plan by the German government to spend £47 billion on making buildings energy efficient is a ‘wake up call’ to the UK, experts have said
Heritage charity SAVE Britain's Heritage has launched an appeal to raise £20,000 after announcing it will formally oppose Pilbrow + Partners' plan for Marble Arch store at a public inquiry this autumn
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