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
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Grenfell Tower Inquiry final report delayed until 2024
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry will not publish its much-anticipated second and final report into the disaster until next year, it has been revealed
Replace the Mac with an all-new building, Dunlop to tell MSPs
Architect Alan Dunlop is urging the Scottish Parliament to replace the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art with a modern building
Alejandro Aravena wins RIBA Charles Jencks Award
Chilean architect and Elemental co-founder Alejandro Aravena has been named recipient of the 2018 RIBA Charles Jencks Award
Manchester’s new housing chief: ‘We want to lead on modular’
Manchester’s new housing boss says greater use of modular construction methods, more community involvement in housing design and speeded up sustainability targets are among his main priorities
Inquiry opens into Hoskins’ contentious plans for Edinburgh’s Calton Hill
The long-running battle over plans by Gareth Hoskins Architects to convert Edinburgh’s former Royal High School into a hotel has moved into a new phase with the opening today of a planning inquiry into the proposals
Fosters partners take home £23 million in bonuses
Partners at Foster + Partners shared a £23.4 million bonus payment last year, up 43 per cent on the previous year, despite turnover, profits and staff numbers falling
RIBA proposes post-Grenfell Plan of Work update
The RIBA has launched a consultation on a new document attempting to clarify procedures, roles and responsibilities for fire safety in new buildings
Lipton Plant approval sets stage for Islington youth theatre centre
Lipton Plant Architects has won permission to convert a former mirror factory in Islington, north London, into a theatre and community facility for Big House, a charity for at-risk young people
C20 Society angered by ‘insensitive’ Royal Festival Hall rooftop plans
The Twentieth Century Society has slammed proposals to develop a temporary restaurant and then a permanent performance space on the roof of London’s Royal Festival Hall