The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Demolition starts on Southwark tower once set for Haworth Tompkins revamp
Work has begun to flatten Maydew House, a 1960s residential tower in south London, 18 months after Southwark Council scrapped a proposed retrofit scheme by Haworth Tompkins
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Make wins approval for twice-deferred 52-storey Isle of Dogs tower
Make Architects’ proposals for a 450-home skyscraper on the Isle of Dogs have been approved on the third attempt
Foster checks out of Glasgow Buchanan Galleries scheme amid major rethink
Foster + Partners’ £800 million proposals for redeveloping Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries shopping centre have been ditched amid a major rethink of the scheme
Absent Angela and pleas for council housing: the AJ at Labour Conference 2024
This year's rain-soaked Labour party conference was ‘a housing conference with politics on the side’, according to one panellist. So what did the AJ team learn from its three days mixing with the new party in power in Liverpool?
Government asks for your views on retrofit versus demolition
The government is asking architects and others in the industry for their advice on whether it should change national planning rules regarding demolition and retrofit
Chapman Taylor proposes new park to replace Cardiff’s disused Debenhams
Chapman Taylor and landscape architects LDA Design have submitted plans for a new public square and park on the site of a disused Debenhams store in Cardiff city centre
RSHP submits plans for 54-storey City of London tower to replace 70s office
RSHP has submitted plans for a 54-storey skyscraper in the City of London to replace a 26-storey building designed by Richard Seifert
Court defeats for Birmingham and London anti-demolition campaigners
Campaigners have been defeated in the High Court over their opposition to demolition plans for Birmingham’s Ringway Centre and Selkirk House in Bloomsbury, central London
Studio Egret West to redesign approved 45-storey Manchester tower scheme
Studio Egret West is revising plans for a 45-storey stepped residential tower and 19-storey office block on the site of a former Manchester tax office
Glasgow Art Deco cinema approved for demolition
Demolition of Glasgow’s Art Deco ABC cinema has been given the go-ahead, opening the door for a new student housing scheme designed by HAUS Collective