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From Jacqueline Hughes, a senior risk analyst at risk management consultancy, Equib. Steps taken during the pandemic to deregulate the planning system have encouraged property developers to consider opportunities to re-purpose existing commercial buildings for mixed or alternative uses. As... View Article

Barratt Developments plc has announced in its trading update for the second half of 2020 that it had a “strong delivery, ahead of expectations,” in a year blighted by the pandemic. The first quarter of the company’s 2020/21 financial year... View Article

Independent design practice, Sheila Bird Studio, is launching into 2021 with a new mantra, having completed four iconic Manchester refurbishment projects. The company insists that offices and workspaces must have ‘a pulse’ in a post pandemic world. Sheila Bird Studio... View Article

Triton Construction has been awarded two separate contracts, valued at over £6 million, to provide a significant refurbishment and new-build teaching facilities at Astrea Academy Woodfield in Doncaster. Astrea Academy Woodfield is one of 27 schools in the Astrea Academy... View Article

Developer Southern Grove has today unveiled a substantial £18million housing development that will create dozens of premium family homes on the beautiful Kent coast. The Willows near Whitstable, will provide 42 houses, consisting of a mixture of semi-detached and detached... View Article

Plans to transform the city’s iconic college tower, dubbed the Met, into a hotel with leisure and grade A office space are set to become a reality. Glasgow city council has granted developers Osborne & Co detailed planning permission to convert the... View Article

DLA Architecture has completed and handed over a significant new collection of buildings comprising community space and housing in Hackney.  The £21 million project was an enabling development between developer, Thornsett, The London Diocesan Fund (LDF) and The Parochial Church... View Article

Scott Brownrigg’s design for the Museum of Military Medicine has received planning approval from Cardiff Council. The Museum of Military Medicine, currently based in a barracks in Hampshire, is set to move to Britannia Park off Harbour Drive, opposite the... View Article

The tiny Pocket House, designed by Whiting Architects in collaboration with Fisher & Paykel, cleverly utilises every inch of useable space in this minimalist Melbourne terrace. When Whiting Architects were approached to renovate a tiny Melbourne terrace on a footprint... View Article

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and Leigh & Orange Limited (L&O) unveil the new design for a Student Residence Development at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Established in 1991, HKUST has become a leading research institution consistently... View Article

Autism West Midlands is located close to the homebuilder’s B5 Central development on Barrow Walk. With more than 60,000 people in the UK living autism, the charity works across the county with people on the autistic spectrum. The funding, which... View Article

A Lancashire based housing business is on target to more than double the number of homes it builds this year. Based at Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Anwyl Homes Lancashire is set to complete nearly 200 new homes in the financial year... View Article

Developer Southern Grove has today unveiled a £7million project to create a series of mews houses in a popular residential area of north London. The scheme, called Powys Grove, will create nine family homes in the heart of Enfield.  The... View Article

Revised plans to create four new retail units on the former Ram Jam Inn site in Greetham, Rutland, were given the green light yesterday (22 December) by Rutland County Council’s planning committee. Godwin Developments, the UK residential and commercial property developer, submitted alternative... View Article

Proposals for a ground-breaking, multi-million ‘cohesive use’ scheme in the centre of Nottingham have been revealed, featuring a combination of hotels, co-working space, apartments, green public realm and leisure facilities. Phase 1B – which is the flagship of The Island... View Article