Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY) has submitted designs to overhaul Birmingham’s landmark 17-storey Colmore Gate building, adding another nine storeys
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Meet Muyiwa Oki: new RIBA president answers your questions
New RIBA president Muyiwa Oki sat down to answer questions put forward by members of the profession via the AJ
Government defeated over bid to scrap water-pollution rules for housing
Government plans to tear up water quality rules - which it says will lead to 100,000 new homes - have been scuppered by Labour
HS2 Manchester leg could be scrapped
HS2’s Manchester leg could be scrapped under cost-saving measures being considered by the government, a report has revealed
Planit-IE unveils new visuals for tweaked Liverpool Waters masterplan
Planit-IE and Peel have unveiled new images of the £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme following several planned changes to the massive regeneration project
KPF wins planning for 153m-tall Old Street skyscraper
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) has secured planning to massively extend a 10-storey tower next to Old Street roundabout in London, raising it to 35 storeys
Concrete collapse at school where risk was ‘non-critical’ led to mass closures
The collapse of concrete at a school where the risk had been deemed ‘non critical’ prompted the government to issue its latest alert on the material just days later, MPs have been told
Architects condemn Create Streets attack on ‘reckless’ post-war buildings
Architects have dismissed claims by Nicholas Boys Smith that the crisis over unsafe concrete buildings could partly be blamed on post-war architecture
Government cancelled rebuilds at 13 RAAC-affected schools
More than a dozen of the 156 schools affected by reinforced aerated autoclaved concrete (RAAC) were refused new building funding in 2010, it has emerged
HTA-led team replaces KPF on £500m Bermondsey Biscuit Factory job
HTA Design, AFK and HawkinsBrown has replaced Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) on the £500 million Bermondsey biscuit factory housing-led scheme in south London