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Bell Phillips awarded £20,000 in William Sutton Prize victory
Bell Philips Architects is one of two winners in Clarion Housing Group’s ideas contest for radical concepts to transform the lives of social housing residents
Tag: Zero carbon
Energy ratings have transformed fridge design. Why aren’t new houses following suit?
Architect Richard Hawkes questions whether Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) have improved how new homes are designed
LSE hits back at Historic England over criticism of Chipperfield scheme
The London School of Economics (LSE) has defended David Chipperfield and Feix & Merlin's ‘set piece’ building for its Holborn campus following concerns raised by Historic England
William Sutton Prize for social housing reveals 2023 shortlist
Clarion Housing Group has named the six finalists in its ideas contest for radical concepts to transform the lives of social housing residents
Government has no real intention to lead on net zero, says RIBA
The RIBA has accused Rishi Sunak’s government of having ‘no real intention’ to lead on net zero after he announced highly controversial rollbacks of several key green pledges yesterday (20 September)
First phase of £300 million ‘zero carbon’ Sheffield community goes to planning
Property developer Citu has revealed designs for phase one of a major regeneration scheme proposed for Sheffield, including 1,000 homes
Activists take government to court for ‘watering down’ net-zero garden village
A group of activists is taking the government to court for ‘watering down’ a council’s net zero ambitions for a proposed garden village in Oxfordshire
William Sutton Prize 2023
Clarion Housing Group has relaunched its ideas contest for radical concepts to transform the lives of social housing residents with an enlarged £75,000 prize fund [Deadline: 3 July 2023]
Associated Architects wins approval for Birmingham’s tallest tower
Birmingham City Council has approved plans by Associated Architects for a 172m, 53-storey build-to-rent tower scheme, which is set to become the city’s tallest building
Yasmeen Lari wins RIBA Gold Medal for ‘low cost, zero carbon’ architecture
Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect, has won the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medal, widely regarded as one of the highest awards in architecture