Glasgow’s first purpose-built museum, the People’s Palace, and its adjacent Winter Gardens could be transformed as part of a £36 million overhaul
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Scrapping waterway environmental rules will ‘unblock’ 100,000 homes
The government is set to scrap environmental rules that housebuilders have blamed for blocking at least 100,000 new homes
Eric Parry redesigns plans for City’s tallest building
Eric Parry Architects has drawn up new proposals for 1 Undershaft – the site long earmarked for the tallest building in the City of London cluster
Station specialist Jan Landolt dies at 58
Tributes have been paid to Jan Landolt, the architect behind the RIBA award-winning Hackney Wick Overground station, who has died unexpectedly aged 58
5th Studio unveils first concepts for Stratford Station redesign
5th Studio has unveiled new images of what Stratford Station could look like as part of the biggest overhaul of the east London interchange since the Olympics
Government shuts four-year-old school over ‘structural irregularities’
A four-year-old modular secondary school named after architect Frederick Gibberd has closed after ‘structural irregularities’ were found in the building
Glancy Nicholls rejigs designs for 47-storey Birmingham Broad Street tower
Glancy Nicholls Architects has unveiled reworked proposals for a 47-storey tower in Birmingham with several modifications to the façade
Campaigners make final plea to save Portsmouth News Centre
Heritage campaigners and academics have called for the News Centre, an iconic 1960s modernist building in Portsmouth, to be saved from demolition – although it may already be too late
Glancy Nicholls’ 711-home Birmingham scheme rejected
Glancy Nicholls Architects’ designs for a 711-unit residential development in the Smithfield area of Birmingham have been sent back to the drawing board
‘ULEZ’ charge on buildings could improve air quality, say academics
A ULEZ-style charge on buildings could rapidly bring down levels of nitrogen dioxide (NOx) in London and other UK cities, built environment professionals say