All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 4
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NewsWeston Williamson granted approval for viaducts taking HS2 into Birmingham
Work to be carried out by Balfour Beatty Vinci team
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NewsCIBSE takes over from BRE as new NABERS UK administrator
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers picks up licence agreement for influential operational energy tool
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NewsLOM unveils plans for retrofit of brutalist Glasgow groundscraper
Former oil company headquarters was once the largest single-occupant building in the UK
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NewsWestminster refuses Savile Row rebuild scheme in warning shot to developers
Council unanimously approves Fosters-designed department store retrofit at same meeting as council consults on net zero plan
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NewsCrooked House pub owners appeal against rebuild order
Council served enforcement notice last month giving owners three years to recreate “Britain’s wonkiest pub”
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NewsBurnham hails ‘breakthrough’ as DfT opens door to underground NPR station at Manchester Piccadilly
Transport secretary also confirmed HS2 bill would be repurposed for northern rail scheme
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NewsCity launches guidance for reducing carbon in historic buildings
Heritage practice Purcell worked on toolkit explaining how heritage assets can be retrofitted responsibly
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NewsGPAD lodges plans to replace façade on Oxford Street block less than a decade old
Developer says it wants to make building fit better into its surrounding context
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station plans hit by more than 2,000 objections
Westminster and Hackney councils join onslaught of objectors to “barbaric” planning application expected to be heard later this year
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NewsFaulkner Browns unveils plan to refurbish grade I-listed Newcastle market building
Two new pavilions would be built in early 19th century Grainger Market under plans
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NewsMitigating local planning concerns meant HS2 was always going to be expensive, says scheme’s former COO
Unfair to compare railway’s cost to those in Europe because of amount of tunnels and cuttings that have needed digging, Richard Robinson adds
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NewsStiff & Trevillion unveils chopped down rejig of rejected City tower
Revised scheme to include four-storey roof extension to grade II*-listed Holland House following refusal of original plans in 2021
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NewsFeilden Fowles beats three Stirling Prize winners to land Oxford University job
Practice to design “holistic” transformation of grade II*-listed Mansfield College
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NewsManchester United to make decision on Old Trafford redevelopment by end of this year, Burnham says
Manchester mayor said redevelopment of the ground and the surrounding area could be the “biggest regeneration scheme in the country”
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NewsGrimshaw unveils Waterloo Station masterplan
Network Rail and Lambeth council scheme could see vacant undercroft spaces opened up and a roof extension on the main station building
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FeaturesWho would back a ‘retrofit only’ mandate? RICS debate airs range of industry views
Former RIBA president Sunand Prasad and Save Britain’s Heritage director Henrietta Billings among Industry experts which discussed how much weight should be given to retrofit schemes by the planners and regulators. Tom Lowe reports
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NewsDLUHC picks top barrister to lead review into speeding up major infrastructure projects
Department also opens consultation on accelerated planning for big commercial schemes
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Features‘Like a Zaha Hadid building with traditional materials’ … How do you rebuild the Crooked House pub?
South Staffordshire Council has ordered the owners of Britain’s wonkiest pub to recreate it as it was before its unlawful demolition. Donald Insall Associates and Purcell explain how they would approach what has become one of the country’s most unlikely - and high profile - restoration projects