All Building Design articles in September 2024
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Opinion
Creating places and spaces where children and young people thrive
Gemma Hyde explains how the TCPA and its partners in the built environment sector have been working to reclaim space for children and young people
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News
Eric Parry cuts back footprint of 1 Undershaft tower ahead of second planning hearing
Revisions unveiled after decision on scheme was deferred due to concerns around loss of public space
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News
Green light for dMFK’s plans to repurpose grade-II listed Camden police station
Court rooms and prison cells from the 1913 law enforcement centre will be restored or converted for modern day use
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News
Sutton council progresses plans for 740-home town centre regeneration
Several sites to be redeveloped in second phase of project designed by Pozzoni Architecture
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News
Scott Brownrigg’s latest Oxford life sciences scheme approved
Four buildings at Eastpoint Business Park signed off by council
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Building Study
Midland Metropolitan University Hospital: Inside the long, costly journey to deliver Birmingham and Sandwell’s new £1bn ‘super hospital’
West Birmingham’s new super hospital has just opened, six years later than planned following the failure of Carillion in 2018. Thomas Lane visits the new building to find out how the team overcame multiple problems, and report on the finished project
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News
Rayner to be handed nearly £1bn to fund council housing drive, according to reports
Housing secretary said to have secured downpayment for multi-year plan to double council house building rates
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News
Councils holding £8bn of builder contributions meant for vital infrastructure, says HBF
Local authorities hit hard by the housing crisis are sitting on the highest sums of affordable home funding
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News
HS2 second phase ruled out as government puts existing contracts under review
Transport secretary slams poor project management and supply chain performance
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News
Morris & Co unveils design for Oxford University teaching facility
Practice’s first project for the university to be permanent home for the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
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News
JRA and Hoare Lea rally community to reimagine a sustainable future for the city
John Robertson Architects (JRA) collaborated with Hoare Lea for London Festival of Architecture 2024’s Studio Lates to highlight how London can be reimagined, designed, and constructed to better include nature and biodiversity within its built environment. Through a series of questions, the team invited designers, clients, and the local community ...
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News
Herzog & de Meuron cutting down controversial tower on £1.5bn Liverpool Street station redevelopment
Contemporary internal elements also expected to be scrapped in favour of “heritage-led” design
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News
Rushanara Ali loses building safety brief over hospitality row
Grenfell victims unhappy over minister’s attendance of event linked to cladding firm
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Opinion
OMH, BNG is not working!
David Rudlin explores how biodiversity net gain regulations are clashing with housing growth goals
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News
KPF submits huge City fringe redevelopment
Scheme would contain 65,000sq m of office space on site currently occupied by 30 separate buildings
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News
PRP’s 600-home Wembley scheme approved
Four blocks up to 16 storeys to be built north of Wembley stadium
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News
Future Systems classroom pod faces demolition
Campaigners are racing to find a new home for the futuristic classroom pod before its demolition at the end of the school term
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Review
Inside Cedric Price’s archive: A career of unrealised visions and radical thinking
As a new touring exhibition opens in Aberdeen celebrating Cedric Price’s work, Jon Wright and Tom Goodwin take a retrospective look at Samantha Hardingham’s Cedric Price, Works 1952–2003. Published in 2016, this two-volume collection remains a vital guide to the architect’s radical visions and enduring influence
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Information - BD
CPD 17 2024: Flat roofs and fire testing standards
Sponsored by Soprema, this CPD module delves into the rise of flat roofs, their evolving nature, and the crucial fire testing standards that must be met in order to achieve compliance with current building regulations
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News
BDP unveils plans for £700m Warwick University campus overhaul
Programme of upgrades to include several new teaching and research buildings