The Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings
Maccreanor Lavington and Hawkins\Brown win planning for 4,800 Manchester homes
Maccreanor Lavington and HawkinsBrown have secured planning permission for 4,800 homes and a school in Manchester’s Red Bank regeneration area
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The latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education
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
‘Shocking’: RIBA slams closure of 150+ schools over safety fears
The closure of facilities at more than 150 schools in England has been described as ‘shocking’ by the RIBA, which has repeatedly warned about their structural safety
Hodder + Partners plans extra storeys for Gary Neville’s Manchester tower
Hodder + Partners is planning to add another two floors to Gary Neville's already consented but contentious St Michael’s tower scheme in Manchester
New RIBA president Muyiwa Oki to ‘put pressure’ on government on retrofit
Muyiwa Oki will ‘put pressure’ on government to deliver a national retrofit strategy as RIBA president, the institution’s new boss said today (1 September)
Jonathan Tuckey Design restores Italian farmhouse
Jonathan Tuckey Design has a restored a 19th century farmstead in the Piemonte region of northern Italy, transforming the hillside ensemble into a sunlit home and studio for a fashion designer
M&S launches High Court appeal against Gove’s Oxford Street refusal
Marks and Spencer has launched a legal bid to overturn Michael Gove’s rejection of its Pilbrow and Partners-designed plan to demolish and redevelop its Oxford Street store
Campaigners slam demolition plans for two Glasgow landmarks
Environmental campaigners have condemned Michael Laird Architects’ proposals to demolish two landmark buildings in Glasgow
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
FCBS submits long-awaited plans for Oldham Theatre
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has put forward long-awaited proposals for Oldham Theatre, a new venue the council hopes will replace the town’s now-dark Coliseum Theatre