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Birmingham City Council's planning committee has narrowly approved plans to flatten the iconic Ringway Centre building and replace it with around 1,700 flats
Demolition of Brutalist Birmingham landmark narrowly approved
Author Archives: Richard Waite
RIBA reports major trading deficit for third year in a row
The RIBA is expected to report a £6.3 million trading deficit, according to financial documents due to be approved and published later this week
WR-AP wins planning consent to ‘refresh’ Tooting Bec lido
London-based WR-AP has been given the go-ahead to add new changing and café facilities to the UK’s largest freshwater swimming pool
pH+ goes under owing more than £200,000
Award-winning architecture studio and former AJ 40 under 40 practice pH+ has gone into liquidation with debts of more than £200,000
Architects join backlash against ‘reckless’ HS2 cutback proposals
Architects have joined the growing backlash against any potential move by the government to scrap the Birmingham to Manchester leg of the High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link
AHMM dealt double blow as both London Bridge tower proposals are rejected
The government has rejected two different proposals by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) for an office-led tower scheme close to the Shard at London Bridge
Spotlight on Zean Mair-Macfarlane: ‘Use your pain as fuel’
The AJ talks to emerging, pioneering, and diverse practices about their architectural journeys and the realities of setting up on their own. Today we hear from Zean Mair-Macfarlane, founder of Zean Macfarlane Architecture Studio
Spotlight on MSOMA Architects: ‘Inequality is real – but your experience is valid’
The AJ talks to emerging, pioneering, and diverse practices about their architectural journeys and the realities of setting up on their own. Today we hear from Bushra Mohamed of London-based MSOMA Architects
O’DonnellBrown refurb creates flexible office space on Clydeside
The £1.7 million retrofit of Olympia House in Bridgeton, Glasgow, turns a former Salvation Army Citadel into 280m² of commercial office space, featuring a sculptural metal entrance tower
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?