HS2 bosses have said they dismissed plans by Weston Williamson + Partners to bury Manchester’s HS2 station underground because it would cost too much – potentially up to £5 billion – and cause too much disruption.
Author Archives: Ella Jessel
Explainer: What is ‘nutrient neutrality’ and why are nutrients stopping housebuilding?
More than 100,000 homes are now being delayed across 74 local authorities due to serious concerns over the impact of development on rivers, estuaries and wetlands. Ella Jessel looks at the nutrient pollution crisis
Levelling up: will it reach the UK’s left-behind places?
In a bid to rebalance the north-south divide, the government is investing £4.8bn to transform the UK’s ‘forgotten communities’. Is its much-hyped agenda more than a slogan? asks Ella Jessel
Hopkins becomes fourth architect to take on Albert Embankment site
Hopkins Architects has submitted plans to rework Jestico + Whiles’ twin tower hotel, becoming the fourth practice to take on the prime site on London’s Albert Embankment
Adjaye and Arad’s Holocaust Memorial rejection faces court challenge
The government has lodged an appeal against a High Court decision to block Adjaye Associates’ and Ron Arad’s plans for a national Holocaust Memorial in a Westminster park
Why can’t Manchester do affordable housing?
The UK’s second-largest city has high levels of homelessness and rocketing rents. So why are developers still getting a free pass on affordable housing provision? Ella Jessel reports
Architects should also pay up for fixing unsafe cladding, industry bodies say
Architects should be making contributions to the government’s £4 billlion fund to fix cladding on unsafe buildings, industry bodies have said
Gove poised to replace affordable housing contributions with new levy
Michael Gove is poised to replace rules requiring developers to build affordable housing with a new levy, according to reports
Architect picked to masterplan controversial redevelopment of Central Hill
PRP has been chosen by Lambeth Council to masterplan the controversial redevelopment of the Central Hill estate in south London
Squire & Partners reworks Richmond brewery plans after mayor’s rejection
Squire & Partners has submitted new plans to redevelop a historic brewery in west London after a previous scheme was rejected by London mayor Sadiq Khan