Gino Spocchia

The new Labour government is looking to introduce a ‘brownfield passport’ to give proposals which meet design and quality standards automatic planning approval

Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio has unveiled plans for what would be Birmingham’s tallest building: a 58-storey giant, part of a huge three-block canalside scheme

Arup director Sowmya Parthasarathy has been named as one of eight members of the government’s New Towns Taskforce – and the sole architectural representative on the panel

Howells has unveiled plans to transform the Grade-II*-listed Birmingham Botanical Gardens, including the refurbishment of existing heritage buildings

Stride Treglown has submitted proposals for a pair of Brutalist-inspired high-rise residential towers in Birmingham

Grimshaw’s under-construction Curzon Street HS2 station in Birmingham has been shown off in updated visuals with design tweaks including replacing timber in its roof with aluminium

Populous’s proposals for a 34,500-capacity stadium in Northern Ireland for Euro 2028 have been thrown into doubt after the UK government withdrew funding for the project

Stallan-Brand’s proposals for a 142-bed hotel near Glasgow’s River Clyde have secured planning

A new code of conduct for the profession, with an emphasis on safety, competence and ethics, has been put out to consultation by the Architects Registration Board (ARB)

The government should embark on a 20-year national retrofit plan to insulate 20 million homes, Labour peer Baroness Barbara Young told yesterday’s AJ Retrofit Live event