Author Archives: will hurst

The government plans to speed up actions to tackle climate change and to introduce a new goal of cutting carbon emissions by 78 per cent by 2035

HS2 can show the way forward for British infrastructure projects by appointing a design champion at board level, Sadie Morgan has said

Controversial plans to demolish the 1970s Derby Assembly Rooms are recommended for approval by city councillors tonight, despite there being no firm plan for a replacement

The RIBA and three other built environment organisations have jointly written to Boris Johnson to warn that controversial new permitted development rights threaten town centres and will lead to poor-quality housing

Doreen Lawrence, whose aspiring architect son Stephen was murdered in a racially motivated attack, has condemned a government-commissioned report which has cast doubt on the impacts of institutional racism in the UK

The challenge of slashing construction’s enormous carbon footprint will be examined by MPs in a significant win for the AJ RetroFirst campaign

Local authorities are failing to live up to their declarations on the climate emergency because of an ‘overwhelming focus’ on housing numbers and viability, the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has said in a new report

A powerful committee of MPs today cited The Architects’ Journal in warning that the drive to make Britain net zero will ‘hit a roadblock’ unless the  government urgently steps up its efforts

Architect BakerBrown Studio has designed a low-carbon pavilion at the world-famous Glyndebourne Opera made of the site’s discarded lobster and oyster shells and champagne corks

Labour has accused the government of ‘pork-barrel politics’ after Robert Jenrick’s department awarded £25 million in funding for projects in the community secretary’s own constituency, including a castle restoration