HTA Design, the housing specialist ranked 18th in this year’s AJ100, is an enthusiastic advocate of volumetric construction because projects can be built faster, for less money and with much less embodied carbon
‘A gross misunderstanding’: Architect slams council’s refusal of luxury house
Architect hits out at local authority which blocked a luxury new-build home in one of the UK’s most expensive neighbourhoods
Feilden Fowles submits plans for farmstead arts centre on South Downs
Feilden Fowles has submitted plans for a cultural and educational centre in the South Downs National Park
Eric Lyons’ Richmond house to be demolished following planning appeal
Proctor & Shaw’s plans to knock down a house in south-west London, designed by post-war architect Eric Lyons, have been approved on appeal
Sheppard Robson wins approval for £160m housing on Manchester Kellogg’s site
Trafford Council has approved Sheppard Robson’s plans for 639 flats on brownfield land on the former Kellogg’s headquarters in south-west Manchester
Ealing Council ditches ‘monster’ tower in favour of retrofit
Ealing Council has scrapped costly plans for a mixed-use 26-storey tower scheme by Patel Taylor and Trehearne Architects, which would have replaced its headquarters building
Graven Hill residents say ‘identikit’ homes are undermining self-build ‘dream’
Residents of the UK’s largest self and custom build site have hit out at the local council for allegedly transforming the scheme into a ‘cookie-cutter’ development full of ‘identikit’ houses.
Bell Phillips adds second stairs to 1,120-home Edgware Rd scheme
Bell Phillips Architects has redesigned a 1,100-home scheme near Edgware Road in central London to add second staircases in response to fire-safety rule changes
‘India’s greatest architect’ and Royal Gold Medal winner BV Doshi dies
Tributes have been paid to Balkrishna Vithaldas (BV) Doshi, described as ‘India’s greatest architect’, who has died, aged 95