Will Ing

London, Oxford

News Editor at Construction News Magazine

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Articles

Net zero carbon building standard to launch by end of 2025

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

From January 2026, completed buildings could obtain verification under the standard, which is backed by several professional bodies, including the RIBA, and aims to become the de facto authority on whether a building project is net zero carbon. A pilot version of the standard was published in September, setting out the 10 aspects of a project that will be measured to see if it is net-zero carbon (see list below). The scheme will now be tested at 228 projects across the UK.
ARB approves first new-style architecture degrees

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

The courses are the first to be green lit since the ARB proposed reforming architectural education by moving away from Parts 1 to 3 and scrapping the requirement for a minimum two years of professional practical experience. The University of Leeds will offer a two-year MArch course, whereby students must meet the ARB’s competency outcomes, as well as two five-year integrated architecture and engineering courses. One of the courses includes a paid year-long industrial placement.
Architect erased from register after chasing child with meat cleaver

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

Colin Doig pleaded guilty to assault and behaving in a threatening or abusive manner at Dundee Sheriff Court on 30 April 2024 after an incident involving his wife and a 14-year-old boy in November 2022. At around 10pm, after he had been drinking, Doig entered a dispute with the boy and pursued him with a ‘meat cleaver, or similar implement,’ Dundee Sheriff Court found. He chased the boy upstairs, repeatedly punching his bedroom door, shouting and screaming.
Libeskind calls on Stormont to green light Maze Prison peace centre

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

The infamous prison is 10 miles west of Belfast and held paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles, including Bobby Sands and a further nine who died during hunger strikes in the 1980s. The prison closed in 2000 with demolition of swathes — but not all — of the site taking place from 2006. In 2013, Libeskind and Belfast practice McAdam Design were given planning permission for a peace centre at the 150ha site.
Archio, Mole and Tate+Co picked for Crown Estate housing projects

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

The trio of architects have been appointed by separate SME developers to deliver the homes across sites in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, and Knutsford in Cheshire. In January, the Crown Estate appointed three SME developers to deliver 190 homes at three small sites across the UK. Developer TOWN has named Archio and Mole as architects for its 80-home scheme at a 2ha site in Hemel Hempstead, while Tate+Co has been picked by igloo Regeneration for 60 homes in Knutsford.
Cartwright Pickard amends GRID’s controversial Camden tower plans

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

GRID’s 184-home build-to-rent scheme was submitted in 2014 for a site at 100 Avenue Road, by Swiss Cottage tube station. The scheme features a part-seven and part-five-storey building besides the tower, with 1,040m² commercial space and up to 1,350m² community space. The scheme was refused by Camden Council amid concerns over its visual impact, but this was overturned in 2016 by then housing secretary Greg Clarke following a recommendation by a planning inspector.
Morris+Company to convert Aldgate office into 277 co-living homes

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

The Assemblies scheme will add three extra floors to the nine-storey 150 Minories, alongside a rear extension, pocket park, health hub, co-working space, café and an ‘internal street’ linking Minories with Vine Street. The amenities will be open to residents and the public. Developers HUB and Bridges Fund Management said the ‘next-generation’ homes had been designed to ‘appeal to the creative and business communities in the east and the City of London respectively’.
Unknown Works wins planning for Cornwall research station

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

The 150m² building will be used to research Atlantic temperate rainforest and will be based at Cabilla, a former farm with ancient woodland, which now holds a rainforest restoration project. The timber building will contain laboratories, a community hub, accommodation and storage. The centre is being built for the Thousand Year Trust, a charity dedicated to preserving rare ecosystems. It is expected to cost around £750,000, with the charity currently crowdfunding to help raise the required funds.
Waugh Thistleton wins court case over rotted timber roof

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

Furniture manufacturer Vitsœ had sought £4 million in damages from Waugh Thistleton, the delivery architect for its 3,677m² factory-and-office complex in Leamington Spa, which completed in 2017. Vitsœ blamed the practice for rotted cross-laminated timber (CLT) roof panels which needed replacing.
Architects blame clients for slow sustainability progress

2 weeks ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Will Ing

Almost two-thirds (62 per cent) of architects say clients’ lack of appetite for greener buildings is one of the biggest barriers to sustainability, while 41 per cent identify a lack of regulation as a major blocker, according to a new survey by NBS. According to the research, which was carried out in association with Glenigan and the RIBA, architects have different views to other built environment professionals when asked to pick the three biggest obstacles to sustainability.