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KPF in line to oversee fresh Croydon Westfield masterplan
Kohn Pederson Fox (KPF) is set to oversee a new masterplan for Croydon town centre as part of deal with retail giant Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW)
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Urban Splash cut a quarter of staff after failure of modular housing arm
Urban Splash’s latest published accounts reveal it shed a quarter of its staff after its modular housing venture collapsed in 2022
Public Practice names its ‘first national cohort’ of local authority placements
Public Practice has named the architects and designers being placed into local planning departments as part of the programme’s autumn cohort
Decision on Morris+Company’s Islington office scheme deferred – again
Islington Council has deferred its decision on Morris + Company’s Castle and Fitzroy House office proposal for a second time
Former BDP chair and Royal Opera House designer Bill Jack dies
Former BDP chairman Bill Jack, who led the firm's design of the Royal Opera House, has died aged 89
Cost of HS2 London-to-Birmingham phase soars to £68bn
The cost of building HS2’s London to Birmingham leg has jumped up to £68 billion, new estimates suggest
Architect to lead new Financial Times visual investigations team
The Financial Times (FT) has hired Pulitzer-winning architect Alison Killing to lead a new visual investigations team at the newspaper
AJ Student Prize 2023 winners revealed
This year's AJ Student Prize winners have been revealed at an event held last night [Thursday 12 October] at 150 Holborn, London
ARB fines architect in overcharging row
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has fined a Manchester-based architect £2,500 after he charged a client £500 for work they never agreed to
BDP submits plans for ‘low-carbon’ Swansea council housing
BDP has revealed plans for a new ‘low-carbon’ neighbourhood for Swansea providing 159 ‘much-needed’ council homes for the Welsh coastal city