Hawkins\Brown and Schmidt Hammer Lassen have submitted plans to replace a 1970s library at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) with a 13-storey ‘modern and dynamic’ learning tower, and 5 storey tail
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Extent of housing work slump laid bare in new figures
Two new reports have highlighted the depth of the slowdown in housebuilding across the nation
John Pardey-designed rural Surrey house for tech executive approved
John Pardey Architects has won approval for a family home in rural Surrey for an international tech company creative director Andrew Droog and his wife Claire
UK practices among global finalists for AR Emerging Architecture prize
Two UK practices are among 15 finalists from across the globe vying for the Architectural Review (AR) Emerging Architecture award 2023
Listing for post-war house designed by unsung Team 4 founder
A 1970s house in north London, by ‘fearless, uncompromising’ but unsung Modernist architect Georgie Wolton has been Grade II listed
ARB raises retention fee – again
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is to raise its annual retention fee by £20 – a 67 per cent increase on the amount demanded in 2021 when it was £119
FaulknerBrowns team submits plans for £1.3bn Ladbroke Grove scheme
FaulknerBrowns with Maccreanor Lavington and Hutchinson & Partners has submitted plans for 2,500 homes, new parks and a Sainsbury’s superstore on a canalside plot in Ladbroke Grove, west London
RSHP revealed as architect behind plans for City’s fifth tallest skyscraper
The AJ can reveal that RSHP is behind plans for a 54-storey skyscraper to replace a 1970s-built block in the shadow of Tower 42, in the City of London
Lendlease rethinks £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plans
Developer Lendlease and its team of designers, including David Kohn Architects, have significantly revised their huge £1.9 billion plans for the Smithfield area in Birmingham city centre
Stirling Prize reaction to Mae victory: ‘Sensitive, unflashy and deeply humane’
The profession responds after the bookmaker's favourite – Mae’s John Morden Centre – comes home to win the RIBA Stirling Prize 2023