Proctor & Shaw’s plans to knock down a house in south-west London, designed by post-war architect Eric Lyons, have been approved on appeal
Author Archives: Kit Heren
Sheppard Robson wins approval for £160m housing on Manchester Kellogg’s site
Trafford Council has approved Sheppard Robson’s plans for 639 flats on brownfield land on the former Kellogg’s headquarters in south-west Manchester
Ealing Council ditches ‘monster’ tower in favour of retrofit
Ealing Council has scrapped costly plans for a mixed-use 26-storey tower scheme by Patel Taylor and Trehearne Architects, which would have replaced its headquarters building
Building with regenerative materials
Jonathan Tuckey, director at Jonathan Tuckey Design, Nikolay Shahpazov, associate at Bennetts Associates, and Anna Lisa McSweeney, architect at White Arkitekter, spoke at an Architects’ Journal event at the Roca London Gallery last week about building with regenerative materials
Graven Hill residents say ‘identikit’ homes are undermining self-build ‘dream’
Residents of the UK’s largest self and custom build site have hit out at the local council for allegedly transforming the scheme into a ‘cookie-cutter’ development full of ‘identikit’ houses.
Bell Phillips adds second stairs to 1,120-home Edgware Rd scheme
Bell Phillips Architects has redesigned a 1,100-home scheme near Edgware Road in central London to add second staircases in response to fire-safety rule changes
‘India’s greatest architect’ and Royal Gold Medal winner BV Doshi dies
Tributes have been paid to Balkrishna Vithaldas (BV) Doshi, described as ‘India’s greatest architect’, who has died, aged 95
Combatting the climate crisis: the six scales of sustainable development
Rafe Bertram, sustainability lead at Meridian Water, Enfield’s 25-year, £6 billion regeneration project, spoke about sustainable development on projects large and small at a recent AJ event at Roca’s London Gallery