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Government funding boost for housing services

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

City of Wolverhampton Council has been successful with a bid for more than £450,000 of government funding to help alleviate pressures on housing services from new communities and provide benefits to all city residents. The award comes following an application... View Article

‘Housing ladder’ is broken at every step

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

7.5 million1 aspiring homeowners unable to get on housing ladder More than 3 million2 homeowners want to move house but cannot 1 in 5 homeowners age 55+ considered a move but did not. More than 1 million3 of these homeowners have nowhere to... View Article

BLOG: The architect’s role in maximising modular benefits through collaboration and innovation

Wednesday, 13th June 2018

Modular and offsite construction is one of the industry’s most talked about topics. As the housing crisis deepens and the government and developers are tasked with finding a solution, modern methods of construction such as modular and offsite are often... View Article

Beaulieu scoops planning award

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

The Beaulieu development in Chelmsford was awarded for its infrastructure planning, picking up an award at the prestigious Planning Awards 2018. The flagship scheme from Countryside and L&Q scooped the Infrastructure Planning award on 6 June 2018. Beaulieu was also... View Article

Smithsons’ iconic Grade II* Economist Plaza renamed in honour of its original architects

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

International real estate developer, Tishman Speyer, completes the first phase of renovation at 23-27 St James’s Street, Alison and Peter Smithson’s last remaining building in London. The Grade II*-listed complex, previously known as ‘The Economist Plaza’ was originally home to The... View Article

Award-winning architects to lead redesign of Paisley Town Hall interior

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

The £22m plans to transform Paisley Town Hall into one of the key venues in the west of Scotland will be led by the architects behind some of the UK’s best-known destinations. Glasgow-based Holmes Miller – who worked on the... View Article

Keepmoat Homes celebrates two years of success in Scotland as it appoints new Regional Managing Director

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

Keepmoat Homes has a lot to celebrate this month as it marks the end of its second year of operations in Scotland and the senior appointment of new Regional Managing Director, Peter Matthews. The UK homebuilder opened its regional office... View Article

Revealed: The property improvements that give the best and worst returns

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

A new calculator has launched that shows the home improvements which add value to a property and those which could end up leaving you short changed. The ‘Property Investment Calculator’, created by GoCompare Home Insurance, with the assistance of property expert... View Article

International Call for ideas to re-imagine London’s Grosvenor Square

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

Grosvenor Britain & Ireland has launched an international call for ideas to re-imagine Grosvenor Square in London. Architects, designers and creative thinkers from across the world are invited to submit proposals to re-imagine the historic square for locals, visitors, Londoners and... View Article

Cloud-based CCTV brings high speed fibre broadband to social housing residents

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

In an innovative project in South West London, the decision to install cloud-based CCTV in social housing has been a catalyst for providing high-speed fibre to all 320 properties in the estate – bringing superfast broadband to all residents and... View Article

The hot topic

Tuesday, 12th June 2018

With awareness of smoke and fire protection needs at an all time high, Steve Bright of A Perry & Co explains how safety goes beyond alarms. The tragic events at Grenfell Tower in the summer of 2017 placed the spotlight... View Article

Construction needs urgent government intervention to boost output

Monday, 11th June 2018

Unite, the UK’s construction union, has called for urgent government intervention in the construction industry after figures published by the ONS today (11 June) revealed that the industry contracted by 3.4 per cent in the three months to April. Unite... View Article

Caledonian meets campus milestone for Hinkley Point C

Monday, 11th June 2018

Caledonian, the Newark-based company which won the contract to deliver campus accommodation for workers building the first nuclear power station in the UK for a generation, has completed the construction of the first phase of a major campus development for... View Article

New RIBA book looks to the future of urban planning by looking back- Introducing 20/20 Visions

Monday, 11th June 2018

At a time when most of the world’s population live in cities and a new urgency is being felt in the midst of a housing crisis, 20/20 Visions: Collaborative Planning and Placemaking debates participatory democracy and how best to create sustainable... View Article

Elan Homes is expands with acquisition of a new site in Staffordshire

Monday, 11th June 2018

Established in 2008, Elan has developed a solid reputation for quality, building in some of the most desirable neighbourhoods across the North West, South West and Wales. The niche developer has created dozens of new communities and welcomed hundreds of... View Article

Alarm bells over construction output fall, says FMB

Monday, 11th June 2018

The Beast from the East, rising costs and Brexit are to blame for the sharp drop in construction output, the Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said in response to the April 2018 construction output figures published by the Office for National... View Article

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects wins international competition to design the new sustainable headquarters for global chemical company, Solvay

Monday, 11th June 2018

Solvay, an advanced materials and chemical company, selected Danish architectural firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects to design its new headquarters in Brussels. The winning team, also comprised of local firm Modulo Architects and VK Engineers, was chosen after an international... View Article

Plymouth architects ‘on a roll’ with further awards success

Monday, 11th June 2018

The Plymouth architecture firm Form Design Group has continued its award-winning form, with top accolades from the Michelmores Property Awards for two very different projects. The Nelson Project in Plymouth, a self-build residential scheme for ex-service personnel in a regeneration... View Article