All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 17
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News
Green light for DMFK’s refurb of Voysey office block
Architect to restore modernist pioneer’s only commercial building
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Opinion
Creative thinking and collaborative tension can help solve a towering dilemma
High-rise blocks represent a huge challenge for the urban architect if they are to fulfil residents’ needs and have a positive impact on the environment. Eleanor Joliffe calls for some fresh thinking, from conception to construction
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Aberdeen Art Gallery named Scotland’s building of the year
Hoskins Architects’ extension and upgrade of 19th-century landmark wins 2021 Doolan Award
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Multimedia
Interview: Maria Smith on the rising tide of greenwash
Post-COP26: ‘I’m just as angry, just as hopeful, just as pessimistic’
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News
Pilbrow gets green light to demolish Oxford Street M&S
Westminster council backs office-led scheme pending outcome of listing bid for 1930s department store
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PLP completes new Square Mile resi tower
£330m scheme includes five star hotel and luxury flats
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Pilbrow’s demolition of M&S flagship poised for go-ahead
But listing bid could halt demolition of Marble Arch branch for new 10-storey complex
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Council sets out reasons it rejected RSHP’s South Ken plans
Committee members say scheme’s height, massing and architectural design prompted them to overrule officers’ advice
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News
Developers must listen to Tulip inspector’s carbon concerns, says Stuart Lipton
22 Bishopsgate client thinks it ‘unlikely’ anything will be built at site planned for Fosters’ viewing platform
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City green-lights AHMM’s ‘biophilic’ office tower
24-storey block is seventh high-rise approved in Square Mile this year
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Opinion
What’s stopping us from measuring embodied carbon?
Why isn’t an embodied carbon assessment done as standard on every project, asks engineer Anna Beckett
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News
RSHP’s South Ken plans set for go-ahead after new tweaks
Campaigners say design changes have failed to address scheme’s ’alien scale and massing’
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Features
Tulip decision shows the new London Plan is working
Historic England chief executive Duncan Wilson explains why the government’s ruling should be welcomed
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News
‘No delays or excuses’ – Allford demands government action after COP
RIBA president calls for national retrofit strategy and tougher Future Homes and Buildings standards
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Multimedia
Views from COP26: The mood from industry leaders in Glasgow
This week the Building Talks… Net Zero podcast hears from major contractors at COP | Cundall’s Simon Wyatt explains the Greenhouse Gas Protocol
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News
Northern Powerhouse high-speed rail set to be scrapped
HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds also expected to be binned as government poised to publish long-awaited plan for rail upgrades this week
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COP26: Time for entire industry to take responsibility, urges Steve Tompkins
Architects vow to push on with race to net zero despite frustration at UN climate talks
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Tulip carbon decision could change how big projects are assessed
Ministers cite embodied carbon for first time as reason for rejection