The future of a proposed hospital in County Durham is in question after an official admitted the project was significantly over budget, with its price tag rumoured to have doubled to £40 million
Author Archives: Anna Highfield
Greens slam progress of London Mayor’s ‘retrofit revolution’
The deputy leader of the Green Party has called on the Mayor of London to show ‘strategic leadership’ on retrofit
Purcell wins approval for £6 million Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
Purcell has been handed planning permission for a new Shoemakers Museum in the village of Street in Somerset
Five takeaways from AJ Retrofit Live: ‘Net zero is here to stay’
‘There is plenty of reason for optimism’, said AJ editor Emily Booth at the start of Retrofit Live, held in the City of London yesterday (27 September)
Council orders demolition of new housing blocks that violated planning
Greenwich Council has ordered the complete demolition of what one councillor describes as a ‘mutant development’ in the south London borough
WilkinsonEyre reveals £220m plan to restore London’s secret wartime tunnels
WilkinsonEyre has unveiled designs to restore Second World War tunnels which stretch for a mile under London into an immersive visitor experience open to the public
FCBS reveals designs for £200m Natural History Museum facility
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) has unveiled designs for a new research centre for the Natural History Museum outside London
Young, gifted and blocked: the AJ’s latest race and diversity survey
Our latest survey shows people of diverse ethnic heritage face barriers at every stage of their careers. How can the profession be made more inclusive?
BIG and HWKN win approval for Canada Water schemes
Buildings within London’s Canada Water regeneration masterplan by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and New York’s HWKN Architecture have been given planning permission
Handling the Heat Part 3: Legislating for changes for a hotter climate
With scientists predicting a 30 per cent hike in ‘uncomfortably hot’ days in the UK, Anna Highfield looks at how legislation can mitigate overheating in cities