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Gensler handed consent for 600 homes in huge Reading station scheme
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (510+ words) 14 August 2026 · By Josh Butler Gensler has received planning approval for 600 new homes as part of the £850 million Station Hill development in Reading Known as Phase 3A of the mixed-use scheme by developer Lincoln MGT, the development next to Reading station has…...
dRMM gets go-ahead for octagonal timber-framed resi blocks in Kingston
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (400+ words) 14 August 2026 · By Cristina Lago dRMM has won approval for three octagonal, timber-framed housing blocks on a former Kingston Hospital site in south-west London dRMM’s six-storey buildings will feature eight-sided, tree-like structures in what the practice calls a ‘departure from conventional…...
MICA’s contest-winning Cambridge student housing approved
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (434+ words) 14 August 2026 · By Josh Butler MICA Architects has won planning approval for a 400-bed student accommodation scheme for St John’s College, Cambridge Sitting in the West Cambridge Conservation Area, the project will replace existing student halls at Wolfson Court off Clarkson…...
Architect faces £400,000 claim over alleged pipework defects at manor
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (693+ words) 13 August 2026 · By Cristina Lago The owner of a historic moated house is suing the founder of Nicholas Jacob Architects for more than £400,000, claiming the use of plastic pipework during the revamp of her estate led to leaks 14 years later In…...
Bell Phillips gets go-ahead to replace seaside arcade with flats and workspace
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (519+ words) 13 August 2026 · By Josh Butler Bell Phillips has won planning permission for the first phase of a mixed-use development in Herne Bay, Kent, to replace an ‘eyesore’ derelict amusement arcade with flats and workspace The 784m² scheme, unanimously approved by Canterbury Council…...
tp bennett’s retrofit hotel plans for AJ office get green light
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (499+ words) 13 August 2026 · By Gino Spocchia tp bennett has secured approval for proposals to transform Harmsworth House, the AJ’s Art Deco home, into a hotel The 1920s building off Fleet Street in the City of London was once home to the Daily Mail…...
IF_DO wins approval for film hub at listed Hertfordshire mansion
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (595+ words) 13 August 2026 · By Richard Waite Source: Secchi Smith / IF_DO Langleybury Mansion is already a prolific filming location, with its interior featuring in more than 100 productions, including Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, The Crown and Downton Abbey. Although IF_DO’s scheme, for a green-belt site,…...
MoreySmith’s working-from-home ban sparks debate on flexible working
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (1061+ words) 13 August 2026 · By Cristina Lago A high-profile London practice’s ban on working from home has sparked a debate about flexible working, with the Section of Architectural Workers union dismissing the notion that graduates can only learn in the studio MoreySmith principal…...
Owers Warwick Architects completes 6,500m² Cambridgeshire laboratory
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (290+ words) The Press in Foxton is the new-build element of a wider campus dedicated to scientific and technological innovation The broader redevelopment of the semi-rural campus in Cambridgeshire includes the refurbishment and repositioning of historic buildings (phase 1), alongside the adaptive reuse…...
Advanced Marine Technology Hub, Plymouth
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (63+ words) Merlin Fulcher joined AJ as reporter in 2009 and has been competitions editor since 2014, covering both UK and international procurement. Merlin reports on design competitions and opportunities for architects, profiling contest outcomes and investigating procurement mishaps. He has contributed to industry…...