All Building Design articles in February 2024 – Page 5
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NewsHowells working on plans for seven-tower scheme opposite O2 Arena
Developer Regal London to submit proposals for 1,600-home riverside district this spring
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OpinionMoney, trust and freedom: What councils need in order to build more homes
With market conditions for private developers difficult, councils can step in and build the homes we need but they require support from ministers, writes Anthony Okereke
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NewsArchitects named for £3m Duchy of Cornwall social homes
Adam Architecture and local practice ALA will deliver 24-unit scheme
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NewsHawkins Brown and Mikhail Riches in running for RIBA Yorkshire Awards
Seven-strong shortlist includes Hugh Broughton’s restoration of Clifford’s Tower in York
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NewsGreen light for first phase of Orms’ Holborn Bars redevelopment
Scheme to partially and demolish 1990s extension to grade II*-listed complex
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OpinionThe history of architectural drawing reminds us just how detached architects have become from building
Once primarily seen as tools for construction, architectural drawings have increasingly become the means through which to explore and sell a concept, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionArchitecture in the Air: Can ventilation become an art form in itself?
Barry Hobday explores whether ventilation can be both functional and visually appealing, and offers advice for architects on how innovations in decentralised ventilation systems are working to improve the use of space
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NewsDLUHC working on ‘managed transition’ to new building control regime amid crisis fears
But government does not confirm backing for six-month postponement of deadline amid mounting concern about a collapse in building control services
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NewsCorstorphine & Wright submits plans for Rob Burrow motor neurone disease centre
Charity-funded scheme to create space for patients and families to support each other
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NewsGreen light for Hawkins Brown’s £90m Manchester library
Library specialist Schmidt Hammer Larsen also working on plans for 13-storey “front door” of university’s city centre campus
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NewsvPPR selected to design John Akomfrah exhibition for 60th Venice Art Biennale
The British Pavilion exhibition will feature the work of leading video artist, John Akomfrah
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FeaturesWhat made this project… 78 St James’ Street by Squire & Partners
The judges for last year’s AYAs were impressed with Squire & Partners’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards including Refurbishment Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s associate ...
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NewsBIG unveils plans for Manhattan towers connected by cantilevered skybridge
Four-tower scheme next to United Nations HQ to include one of North America’s largest rooftop pools
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NewsFormer Greenpeace directors win planning for UK’s largest timber neighbourhood
Mae, Ash Sakula and Mole working on 685-home Phoenix project in East Sussex
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OpinionMall-Ware: How Britain’s shopping centres went from saviours to wreckers of the high street
Planning largely saved Britain’s town centres from the ravages of out of town shopping, but that just forced the malls onto the high street, writes David Rudlin
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NewsDonald Insall Associates wins planning for John Rylands Library refresh
Grade I-listed Manchester building to get new entrance, event space and an imaging lab
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NewsRIBA shortlists 76 projects for London Awards
AHMM, Coffey Architects and vPPR each bag a hat-trick of entries
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NewsAHMM redesigns third London scheme to add second staircases
Practice sent back to the drawing board to amend Peabody’s 1,000-home redevelopment at former Holloway Prison site
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NewsClimate NGO announces partnership with CBRE and manufacturers to boost renovation rates across Europe
Climate Group seeking to increase deep renovation rate to 2.5% by 2030
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Review100 Women: Architects in Practice
A new book offers welcome inspiration for today’s practitioners, as well as for the next generation of women architects, writes Sumita Singha