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MGMA designs £2m U-Boat museum for the Wirral
MGMA Architects has revealed designs for a new £2 million U-Boat museum in Birkenhead on the Wirral Peninsula
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Grenfell Tower memorial: search for designer to start next year
The search for a design team for a permanent Grenfell Tower memorial is set to begin in the spring
Chipperfield half-built Hamburg skyscraper threatened with demolition
Building work has been suspended on a 233m-high office tower in Hamburg, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, after the developer failed to pay the project’s contractor
Buttress’s ‘unattractive and overbearing’ Manchester scheme denied
The planning inspectorate has thrown out an appeal by Buttress and developer Interland Holdings to replace a historic Manchester city centre building with tower blocks of up to 19 storeys
Brown & Brown defends controversial design for Stella McCartney home
Brown & Brown has defended its designs for a remote Scottish Highlands home for fashion designer Stella McCartney, describing a number of criticisms of the scheme as ‘inaccurate’
New practice Gouldstone & Co submits plans for homes on Merton garden plot
Gouldstone & Co has submitted plans for this three-home scheme on a long, thin triangular garden plot in Merton, south London
Architects slam ‘deep-rooted’ gender bias in planning system
A group of 18 organisations, including big-name architects, has criticised the planning system for its ‘deep-rooted’ gender bias which is failing women
HS2 ‘overengineering’ to blame for spiralling costs, says principal designer
A principal designer on the original HS2 plans has said that ‘overengineering’ is one of three key reasons for the project's still-spiralling costs
3DReid’s giant £1bn Cardiff masterplan approved
Cardiff Council has approved 3DReid’s major 2,500-home, mixed-use masterplan for the city’s Butetown area
Studio Egret West reveals plans for 1,700 homes at Lewisham shopping centre
Proposals by Studio Egret West for 1,700 homes on the site of Lewisham shopping centre have been unveiled by developer Landsec