Ian Weinfass

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

Richmond Council approved the London-based practice’s scheme on April 9. It involves demolishing an existing timber café and toilets at Roehampton Gate, which were built in 2004 as temporary replacements after a fire destroyed the previous facilities. Plans also include cycle storage, extensive landscaping and a pedestrian access gate on the park boundary.

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

The £44 million Mourne Gateway project in Newcastle, County Down, involves building a visitor centre at the disused Thomas Quarry on Slieve Donard, the highest mountain in Northern Ireland. The proposal, for Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, includes a 1km-long cable car running to Donard Park. London and Belfast-based AJ100 practice TODD Architects is also on the project team, led by Arup and also featuring Gleeds and design consultancy Tandem Design.

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council approved the project earlier this month (3 April) to enable works on the medieval-inspired Art and Crafts home in Langton Green, drawn up by the local practice. AOMD said that its design, Kissing Gables, was designed to offer both privacy and connection between overlapping rooms.

2 weeks ago | constructionnews.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

The mortal danger to construction workers from silica dust is getting worseStonemason Stuart Johnson would come home from work “absolutely covered in dust”, his wife Carol recalls. “It was just part and parcel of the job.”Stuart was unaware that the dust he was inhaling – silica – could lead to silicosis, a dangerous lung disease. In 2019, he became one of an estimated 500 UK construction workers to die of silicosis each year.

3 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Ian Weinfass

As of Tuesday (1 April), the AJ’s sister title Construction News reports, clients will be charged £189 per higher-risk building application to the BSR’s building control function. Developers will also have to pay £151 per hour for time spent working on the application, as well as ‘any other costs of relevant authorities and third parties’. Previously, the regulator charged £180 for an application and £144 per hour.