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DLA Architecture, a top 100 UK architectural practice, has promoted Mark Redfern as Head of Design across all three studios in Leeds, Manchester, and London. The newly created role has been generated by the business restructure and succession plan announced... View Article

The UK government has announced that it has scrapped its flagship green homes grant scheme. The much-promoted grants scheme to help householders in England insulate their home will be stopped this week, and the money allocated to a seperate insulation... View Article

Financial brokerage Pure Structured Finance has analysed Government data to reveal the most desirable property changes of use in order of highest number of applications: Agricultural to residential – 540 Office to residential – 459 Rental and sui generic uses to residential... View Article

Hill Group has once again achieved five-star housebuilder status with the Home Builders Federation (HBF), in results released this week. The accolade means that, for the fourth year in a row, over 90 per cent of Hill’s purchasers who completed... View Article

Stephen George + Partners LLP (SGP) has submitted plans on behalf of William Davis Homes for the latest phase of 59 new homes at Copcut Rise, a popular development in Droitwich, Worcestershire. In the sixth phase of the ongoing scheme,... View Article

CEG has submitted a planning application seeking to revitalise Drapers Yard on Marshall Street in Leeds for Labcorp, a global diagnostics and drug development company at the heart of life-science innovation in Leeds. It marks further investment by Labcorp Drug... View Article

GRAHAM has completed the construction of The Copper House, a major Build to Rent residential development overlooking Liverpool’s iconic waterfront, which had a construction contract sum of £57m. The privately-owned construction, facilities management and investments contractor delivered the high-quality, multi-storey... View Article

A planning application has been submitted to Redditch Borough Council for the provision of up to 92 new homes adjacent to the Alexandra Hospital. SevenHomes, the regional housebuilder by SevenCapital Group, acquired the 5.85-acre site, named Wire Croft, from the... View Article

“You are a great designer, but no-one knows. Now what?” MVRDV Partner Jan Knikker gives a practical answer to this question in the newly published RIBA advice book “How To Win Work: The architect’s guide to business development and marketing”.... View Article

Hawkins/Brown, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects and BuroHappold team up for new library at the University of Bristol Located on a hilltop with views across Bristol, the proposed new University Library is an ambitious new building that will create a new... View Article

Living Space Housing has commenced construction work at a 6.3-acre site located off Majestic Way in the village of Aqueduct in Telford, Shropshire. All 39 homes are being delivered to The Wrekin Housing Group for affordable rent to help meet... View Article

CEG’s 200,000 sq ft EQ development will be Bristol’s first new build office to deliver Carbon Net Zero in Operation in accordance with the UK Green Building Council’s (UKGBC) framework approach. The building’s Carbon Net Zero credentials also support Bristol... View Article

NHS Lothian’s new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, designed by HLM Architects, is to officially open its doors on 23 March 2021. All children’s services presently located at Sciennes, including A&E, are to move to the... View Article

Stephen George + Partners (SGP) is delighted to have handed over Dock 2, a £4million business development workspace facility on Pioneer Park, to Leicester City Council. Working for Brackley Property Development, SGP has designed a three-storey 2,452 m² research and... View Article