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6 days ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
In a keynote speech on Thursday evening (8 May), Khan said his position on building on the greenbelt had changed due to the ‘extraordinary challenge’ of ending London’s housing crisis, which he said was causing ‘pervasive and profound’ damage to residents. ‘We’ll be working with councils and others to secure as many new homes as we can on brownfield sites, both large and small,’ he said.
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6 days ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
Architect’s view (from October 2024)The site’s current single-storey unit is used as a warehouse. The development’s aim is to make more efficient use of the site footprint and improve the appearance and cohesion of the street. The history of the site has informed the materiality and design of the development. Multiple Victorian retail shops were found in the surrounding area – including perfumeries – all of which were characterised by their faceted bay windows.
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6 days ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
Former Stirling Prize winner Allford Hall Monaghan Morris picked up an award for its new-build office in Bristol for developer Nord, while Stonewood Design was recognised for in a restored Victorian rectory in St Ives.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The Leeds-based practice, formerly known as 2B Architecture, designed major housing schemes for developers such as Igloo Regeneration, Citylife and Citu – as well as a plan for Yorkshire’s tallest building and an 8,000 seat arena in Edinburgh. But the company, whose accounts show it employed up to nine people in 2020, stopped trading on 23 April with total debts of £334,000, according to a statement of affairs published by liquidator David Robson of Gaines Robson Insolvency.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
SSE has submitted a Section 36 planning application to the Scottish government in a bid to create a pumped storage hydro scheme at Sloy Power Station. The Page\Park-designed building would contain new pumps and an overhead gantry crane at the hydroelectric site. The underground pumps would use existing pipelines and tunnels to take water up from Loch Lomond to Loch Sloy.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The Battersea-based practice has launched legal action against 2020 Development (Luton) Ltd, with a particulars of claim document saying it is yet to receive £160,000 relating to a settlement for work upgrading Luton Town’s Kenilworth Road Stadium. It is also pursuing £28,000 in design fees for the proposed Power Court stadium for the club, which was relegated from the Premier League a year ago and last weekend further relegated to League One.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The buildings are proposed for 140 Great Ancoats Road, a 1ha acre site in the east of Manchester’s city centre, currently home to a furniture showroom and parking facilities. The scheme is backed by Liquid Business (Manchester). The larger tower would contain 558 flats, amenity space and a café; while the smaller tower would have 3,700m2 of co-working space over the first four floors, with 200 homes and amenity spaces above.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The New York-based practice run by Frank Gehry, 96, has already delivered the first phase of Prospect Place at Battersea, south London, where 308 homes are laid out across two buildings with 'kaleidoscopic' floor plans and rippling white facades. Now the architect has won permission for a further 306 homes on a neighbouring site, with two further buildings, each standing at 18 storeys, set to feature similar white façades on more box-like volumes.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The scheme will deliver 113 affordable homes and a mix of workspace across two buildings standing at eight and twelve storeys. It will be developed by Lewisham Council at Thomas’ Lane Yard, an underused car park site north of Catford Broadway. The housing will comprise 74 shared ownership flats and 39 socially rented homes, while the scheme will have over 1,200m2 of commercial space, with ground-floor retail units and first-floor office space, including 20 per cent affordable workspace.
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1 week ago | 
architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing
The latest tower to join the regeneration area will feature 742 student rooms alongside amenity space provided at podium level. The upper storey is deeply recessed, with a chamfered triangular plan. Known as Plot B, the scheme also includes a U-shaped seven-storey building with 75 affordable homes and three ground-floor retail units, which will sit on the other side of a shared courtyard garden.
