All Building Design articles in February 2025 – Page 6
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NewsGreat British Energy’s £200m project targets solar panels for schools and NHS
Announcement comes as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch signals a retreat from her predecessors’ support for the cross-party commitment to reach net zero by 2050
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NewsPrior & Partners to lead University of Leeds masterplan framework
AHMM also part of team working on 18-month commission
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NewsPlanning reforms a ‘red herring’ for unlocking economic growth, Arcadis cities boss says
Peter Hogg speaking at the Connected Places Summit yesterday
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Review‘Would you rather be sold religion or soap?’: Venturi and Scott Brown’s story
Source: Courtesy of Jim Venturi National Gallery. Exterior view from street (no bus!) Oriana Fernandez reviews Stardust, a film that reveals the human story behind Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown’s groundbreaking partnership
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NewsHTA and Donald Insall Associates to work on Swiss university project
A university in Switzerland has selected a team led by Geneva-based Éric Maria Architectes, working with UK practices Donald Insall Associates and HTA Design, to adapt an 18th-century estate into an expanded home for a scientific research centre. The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), plans to convert the estate ...
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Opinion2,000 young people, one mission: Rethinking access to architecture at the Festival of the Future
Mary Richardson reflects on how last weekend’s Festival of the Future brought over 2,000 young people to RIBA’s 66 Portland Place, aiming to break down barriers to built environment careers
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NewsRIBA survey: workload expectations turn positive in February
Industry more upbeat but RIBA warns that geopolitical context presents on-going risks
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NewsRIBA will relocate to Jerwood Centre during Portland Place refurbishment
Institute agrees partnership with RCP for temporary move to neo-Georgian building opened by former Prince of Wales in 2002
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NewsPollard Thomas Edwards’ 355-home Stratford scheme approved
Project will include new public realm, cafe and performance space
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NewsGensler’s film studios approved for grade II-listed former Gillette factory
Source: Gensler / The Vinyl Factory
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NewsHutchinson & Partners gains consent for first scheme in Berlin
The proposed development replaces a supermarket and includes 61 residential units above a 1,200m² retail space
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OpinionMore women are becoming architects – but will they stay?
Eleanor Jolliffe explores shifting gender dynamics in architecture, from changing career paths to the impact of flexible working and maternity provision
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NewsHowells’ 1,600-home Solihull regeneration scheme goes in for planning
Source: Muse / Howells An autumnal CGI of plans for Mell Square
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NewsRIBA submits £60m plans to refurbish its 66 Portland Place headquarters
Benedetti Architects-designed plans to create a more “enlivened and inviting” face for the institute
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NewsRSHP’s £1.1bn British Library extension to start next year after Japanese developer takes control of scheme
The 12-storey extension will contain around 100,000sq m of floorspace
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NewsHaworth Tompkins gets green light for 885 homes in Wembley
Plans are architect’s largest residential scheme to date
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FeaturesMore than a masterplan: the people power behind Earls Court’s next chapter
For the latest in BD’s Boomers to Zoomers series, Mary Richardson went to meet the team of local people helping to shape the Earls Court redevelopment in west London as part of a wider programme of inclusive community engagement
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NewsConran and Partners’ Clacton-on-Sea mixed-use scheme approved
Scheme includes a four-storey residential block with 28 homes, of which 40% are designated as affordable housing
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OpinionPostcard from Cannes: Reflections on Mipim 2025
Félicie Krikler shares her thoughts on the world’s largest gathering of real estate professionals