Rochdale Council has given planning permission for the retrofit of a Grade II* listed former cotton mill on green belt land
Author Archives: Anna Highfield
Schools crisis: Sunak halved budget for rebuilding programme
Rishi Sunak slashed the government budget for school repairs by half in 2021, a former civil servant has claimed
Handling the Heat: how architects are designing for a hotter climate
With scientists predicting a 30 per cent hike in ‘uncomfortably hot’ days in the UK, Anna Highfield looks at how architects are adapting their design approach
Burrell Foley Fischer’s Worcester theatre faces re-think due to escalating costs
Worcester City Council is seeking new ideas for two of the city’s Grade II-listed buildings, after Burrell Foley Fischer’s (BFF) plans to turn them into a 500-seat theatre were scrapped
BDP plans 1,600 home ‘low-carbon’ Wirral neighbourhood
BDP has submitted proposals for a 1,600-home low carbon neighbourhood in Wirral, Merseyside, to Wirral Council
Protestors occupy empty Ministry of Justice-owned houses
A group of protestors have broken into and occupied a row of empty Ministry of Justice-owned houses in London, calling for them to be converted into council housing
AHR returns with fresh plans for Bristol harbourside scheme
AHR Architects has submitted revised designs to Bristol City Council for a 10-storey harbourside housing scheme in the city
WGP submits plans for woodland-inspired care home
WGP Architects has put forward a planning application for a nature-inspired care home scheme in the East of England
Government bans gender-neutral toilets in all new public buildings
The government is banning gender-neutral toilets in all new non-domestic public and private buildings, under new legislation
Glancy Nicholls reveals designs for retrofitting burnt-out Derby warehouse
Glancy Nicholls Architects has unveiled plans to transform two Grade II-listed buildings in Derbyshire, including a burnt-out former Great Northern Railway (GNR) warehouse