All Building Design articles in February 2024 – Page 7
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News
The reclaimed timber flooring choice for Fortnum & Mason
British department store specifies Woodworks’ herringbone for food and drink studio
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Features
Will the government’s biodiversity plans prove a net gain for the housing sector?
From this month, all developments will have to show how they increase biodiversity by 10% in order to receive planning permission. Joey Gardiner looks at whether the policy is a win-win or too much too soon
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Green light for Corstorphine & Wright's Cambridge shopping centre reinvention
Scheme will convert part of shopping centre to life sciences hub, while refurbishing other areas for retail
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DSDHA housing scheme next to Camden Roundhouse goes in for planning
Four drum-shaped blocks would be built next to grade II*-listed venue
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Nine Cambridge projects on shortlist for 2024 RIBA East awards
Niall McLaughlin’s WongAvery gallery nominated for the second time after missing out on gong last year
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EPR plan for mixed-use Fulham wharf scheme set for green light
Twice-revised project to include an industrial jetty on the Thames for handling waterborne cargo
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Features
Opening the King’s Gate at Caernarfon Castle in Wales
Buttress Architects reinvigorates the castle — awarded World Heritage Status in 1986 — to make it accessible to all
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Features
What made this project… The Broadway by Squire & Partners
The judges for last year’s AYAs were impressed with Squire & Partners’ body of work, as the practice was shortlisted for two awards including Private Housing Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm to break ...
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Opinion
If Cambridge is to have a development corporation, then it must deliver for the public good
What would a development corporation ‘mission’ look like for Cambridge and what public good could it achieve, asks Tom Holbrook
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Review
Property: The myth that built the world
Rowan Moore’s new book helps put the political focus on the financial and ideoligical agendas that underpin much of the built environment, writes Nicholas de Klerk
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Níall McLaughlin and Purcell shortlisted for RIBA North East Award
Firms’ Auckland Castle project vies with three other schemes for regional recognition
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Shedkm cleared to turn brutalist former council HQ into start-up space
Wigan Civic Centre proposals for Capital & Centric target BREEAM “excellent” rating
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Bond Bryan gets go-ahead for work at Hopkins’ Inland Revenue Centre
Proposals will see conversion of grade II-listed 1990s complex into new campus for the University of Nottingham
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Planning departments not ready for biodiversity net gain rules, property group warns
British Property Federation wants long-term funding approach so councils can handle new planning condition coming into force next week
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Opinion
The loss of Birmingham’s Ringway Centre is bad news for heritage, net zero and the wider city
Far from showing signs of sophisticated local government decision-making, Birmingham seems more lost than ever, writes Joe Holyoak
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Campaigners considering challenge of Gove’s ‘cowardly’ decision to approve Make’s ITV Studios scheme
Campaign group which opposed £700m South Bank plans at public inquiry meeting tonight to dicuss next steps
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Gensler appoints four new principals to UK and European leadership team
Number one globally ranked practice makes appointments at time of growth in UK and European business
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MPs question whether HS2’s Euston station will ever get built and describe line as ‘poor value’
Public Accounts Committee criticises government, saying scheme ‘needed steady hand on tiller’ – and didn’t get it
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Studio Libeskind completes new Maggie’s Centre at the Royal Free Hospital
Cancer support centre includes new landscaping by Martha Schwartz Partners
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Features
From Warehouse to Workshop: Vine Architecture Studio’s live/work space in London
The London-based practice transforms a Victorian warehouse in Whitechapel into a flexible space that suits a transient lifestyle