It is more than a year since a damning report uncovered decades of bullying and ‘serious misconduct’ at the celebrated architecture school. Ella Jessel investigates what has changed since
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Stride Treglown is refused permission to flatten 30-year-old Bristol building
Bristol councillors have rejected plans by Stride Treglown to demolish a 30-year- old building on the city’s harbourside and replace it with a new office block
London mayor plans new design unit at Greater London Authority
London mayor Sadiq Khan is planning to set up a new dedicated design unit within the Greater London Authority to continue the body’s ‘long culture of design excellence’
Squire & Partners unveils new direction for controversial Notting Hill tower
A west London tower approved for demolition three years ago could now be refurbished instead under fresh design proposals put forward by Squire and Partners
Resolve Collective pulls Barbican show after ‘hostile encounters’ with staff
Resolve Collective has announced it is pulling its exhibition from London’s Barbican Centre after a series of ‘hostile’ experiences with the institution’s staff and a row over Palestinian censorship
Gove backs Ofsted-style ratings for placemaking
Housing secretary Michael Gove has backed proposals for Ofsted-style ratings to score developers’ placemaking efforts
MJ Long Prize winner Fiona Monkman: ‘As a council architect you don’t expect to win big awards’
This year’s MJ Long Prize winner, Fiona Monkman, is more familiar with picket lines than the podium. She talks to Ella Jessel about designing for ‘undevelopable’ sites and why architects should take collective action
Working in architecture: which job roles are more likely to receive pay rises?
An AJ/AR survey reveals how the pandemic has affected those working in architecture, and which job roles are more likely to have received a pay rise in the past 12 months