Building Design

Entries open for Architect of the Year Awards 2025: Awards launch with a new category and an entry deadline of 17 May dlvr.it/TJJz15 #architecture #news

Plan to reinstate historic spikes used to display heads of traitors on London’s grade I-listed Temple Bar: Coles Conservation Architects working with City of London on restoration of Christopher Wren-designed gateway dlvr.​it/TW68pk #architecture #news

Dispute between Essex council and housing minister intensifies after authority votes to withdraw 29,000 homes plan: Basildon council and Matthew Pennycook at loggerheads over green belt issues dlvr.​it/TW68h5 #architecture #news

Government to publish definition of ‘UK supplier’ in January as part of buy British initiative on public jobs: Move part of plan to do away with ‘post box’ addresses of firms claiming to be UK companies dlvr.​it/TW68Yr #architecture #news

Profit falls at Arcadis’s UK operations as costs rise: Consultant says bottom line hit by increase in operating expenses dlvr.​it/TW68S4 #architecture #news

Shedkm’s Littlewoods film studio a step closer following £20m Budget pledge: Plan approved in 2024 but delayed by viability concerns dlvr.​it/TW644f #architecture #news

Budget 2026: The built environment reacts: A round-up of the reactions to this afternoon’s Budget dlvr.​it/TW5bcx #architecture #news

Government fleshes out plans to ‘rewire state’ with devolution deals: Mayors to get powers over income tax and business rates dlvr.​it/TW5bWT #architecture #news

Healey announces £4.​7bn for Your First Home scheme: Applications expected to open next February with full details of price caps for initiative to be published shortly dlvr.​it/TW5bPC #architecture #news

Healey promises to speed up data centre building but wants ‘responsible development’ in return: Chancellor unveils so-called Data Centre Covenant which draws up series of pledges developers are ‘encourgaed’ to meet dlvr.​it/TW5bGq #architecture #news

Healey confirms extra £1.​5bn for Social and Affordable Homes Programme: Chancellor announces several funding measures designed to help social housing sector dlvr.​it/TW5b8j #architecture #news

Budget 2026: Healey steps in to help ailing housing sector: Chancellor pledges to freeze most building regulations this parliament and exempt brownfield sites from biodiversity net gain rules dlvr.​it/TW5WPM #architecture #news

High Court overturns original consent for Grafton’s Christ’s College library: Later consent for same scheme now in hands of Angela Rayner dlvr.​it/TW5P9V #architecture #news

Emrys’ Soho Square office redevelopment approved: 1930s Twentieth Century House to be combined with three neighbouring buildings dlvr.​it/TW5M0b #architecture #news

Architects cautiously optimistic but workloads remain lower than last year: Practices marginally expect more work over the next three months, RIBA survey finds dlvr.​it/TW5Ltk #architecture #news

British Land halts further work on Allies and Morrison’s £4bn Canada Water project: Developer the latest to pause major housing work in the capital due to viability issues dlvr.​it/TW4nb4 #architecture #news

In pictures: HTA completes 452-home social rent scheme in Greenwich: Kidbrooke Park one of UK’s largest council housing schemes in recent years dlvr.​it/TW4j8T #architecture #news

AFK gets green light for lakeside homes in Cambridgeshire: Nearly 400 homes to be built in ’garden-style’ community at Waterbeach Lake dlvr.​it/TW4fzK #architecture #news

First look at Wilkinson Eyre City tower set to be joint tallest in the UK: Full planning application to be submitted before Christmas dlvr.​it/TW4XSJ #architecture #news

Sadiq Khan hails ‘momentous occasion’ as Oxford Street is pedestrianised: Transformation of street designed by East set to start work in the new year dlvr.​it/TW3xL0 #architecture #news

British Land halts further work on Allies and Morrison’s £4bn Canada Water project, according to reports: Developer the latest to pause major housing work in the capital due to viability issues dlvr.​it/TW3xDt #architecture #news