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Studio Moren submits plans for roof extension on listed City office block

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Square Mile’s latest office to hotel conversion would add four storeys to Victorian-era St Clement’s House Studio Moren has submitted plans to add a four-storey roof extension to a grade II-listed Victorian building in the City of London. The firm’s proposals for St Clement’s House, designed for family-run developer Chart Forte Monument Ltd, would convert the existing office building into a boutique hotel.
Built environment sector welcomes government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Plan sets out how £725bn will be spent on infrastructure over next decadeThe built environment has warmly welcomed the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy, which sets out ambitions to spend £725bn over the next decade. Published yesterday, the strategy will include £9bn for critical maintenance in the 2025/26 financial year, rising in subsequent years.
Lords opens inquiry into Building Safety Regulator delays

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Carl Brown

Committee issues call for evidence from industry on performance of the regulator amid ongoing scheme approval hold-ups A cross-party House of Lords committee has launched an inquiry into the Building Safety Regulator following widespread reports of delays to scheme approvals.
Mark Wild lays bare scale of HS2 failures as he sets out plans to make suppliers take on more risk

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

HS2 chief executive reveals he considered pausing construction to implement ‘comprehensive reset’ of projectThe chief executive of HS2 has exposed the scale of delays and cost overruns on the rail project as he outlined plans to “regain control” of the line’s main civils contracts. In a letter to transport secretary Heidi Alexander published yesterday, Mark Wild said HS2 would “reset the supply chain” to ensure contractors take on more risk and are rewarded for minimising costs.
Helsinki Design Museum unveils new images of finalist proposals

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Five anonymous designs published as part of final round of consultation Detailed images of the five anonymous proposals for a new design museum in Helsinki have been revealed. Finland’s New Museum of Architecture and Design has launched a final round of public consultation on the high profile scheme on Helsinki’s South Harbour.
Green light for Benedetti Architect’s RIBA HQ overhaul

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Construction work set to start early next year Benedetti Architects’ plans for a £60m refurbishment of RIBA’s central London headquarters have been given the go ahead. Westminster council used delegated powers to green light the two-year overhaul of 66 Portland Place, RIBA’s grade II*-listed base in Marylebone. The entire building has now closed, with construction work expected to take around two and a half years.
Local authority blames ‘unresponsive’ building safety regulator for latest delay to hit housing scheme

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Matilda Battersby

Gateway 2 holds-up put brakes on 300-homes development in LutonLuton borough council has pinned the blame for delays to planning approval for a £136m town centre regeneration scheme on an “unresponsive” Building Safety Regulator (BSR). During a finance review committee meeting last week, the council’s director of property and infrastructure Roger Kirk told councillors The Stage development, which includes three residential blocks, had failed to get its gateway 2 application approved.
Architects recognised in King’s birthday honours

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Matilda Battersby

Eric Parry and Julian Harrap among built environment leaders to receive gongsEric Parry and Julian Harrap have been named in the King’s Birthday Honours for services to architecture. Parry, founder of Eric Parry Architects, and Harrap, founder of Julian Harrap Architects, both accepted a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) medal in an honours list that awarded several figures in the housing and construction industry.
Herzog & de Meuron revising its original plans to redevelop Liverpool Street station

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Practice and developer Sellar consulting on new proposals for grade II-listed site which are said to contain ’much less demolition’ Sellar is working up plans to revive its scrapped proposals to redevelop Liverpool Street station with the scheme’s original lead architect Herzog & de Meuron. It is understood the developer is redesigning the £1.5bn project without the blessing of landowner Network Rail, which only became aware of the plans last week.
Leeds council unveils development plans for land around Elland Road football stadium

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Matilda Battersby

The plans are intended to replace the 2007 proposalsLeeds City Council has launched a consultation on its plans for the future regeneration of land surrounding the Elland Road football stadium, with up to 2,500 new homes proposed. If agreed, the ‘Elland Road 2025 Informal Planning Statement’ will guide the future regeneration of around 30 acres of land surrounding the football stadium which is principally owned by the council.