Daily Archives: 13/02/2015

Transport for London (TFL) is adopting a new approach to its property management portfolio, inviting tenders to take forward sites with development potential within the capital, including many listed buildings and brownfield sites. Transport for London (TfL) writes: The Mayor … Continue reading →

The Rt Hon John Hayes MP, Minister of State for Transport, as part of a ‘new vision for roads and the architectural features on and around them’, has looked to history to help improve a dystopian present, as he called … Continue reading →

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has queried the Government plans to attract £600 million from external funders to bolster flood defences, stating DEFRA needs to demonstrate exactly how it will achieve this level of investment. The Environment, Food and … Continue reading →

Building firms have been urged to make the most of the skills which female workers can offer, by supporting a new Government Campaign: NotJustForBoys initiative CITB writes: This campaign represents an effort to encourage young women to enter sectors which … Continue reading →

The Category A listed Britannia Panoptican in Glasgow is the oldest surviving music hall in the world, and has launched an appeal to help rescue the historic stage, asking for donations to ‘sponsor a plank’ (with donors names etched into … Continue reading →

The Natural History Museum has announced that their famous Diplodocus skeleton will be replaced with that of a blue whale, but is it the right move asks the Guardian? Guardian article

Opponents of a controversial Oxford University student housing scheme have lost a vote to get the height of some of the blocks reduced. The Oxford Times writes: DEFIANT campaigners are vowing to continue opposing the Castle Mill student flats after … Continue reading →

A redevelopment project in Lichfield has won global recognition as The Malt House built in 1891 and previously part of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries  has been converted into apartments and has triumphed in the Residential Retrofit Design category at the … Continue reading →

The Lake District National Park (LDNP) recently advertised a number of properties for sale, including Stickle Tarn, as part of an ongoing sales and acquisitions review. The LDNP writes that this is: … to make sure our properties are managed … Continue reading →

Most UK-based employers and students believe architecture graduates are not prepared for the realities of working in practice, according to an industry survey. Research undertaken by RIBA Appointments – the recruitment arm of the Royal Institute of British Architects – has found that 80 per … Continue reading →

Value added tax on refurbishments should be cut to discourage inappropriate council estate demolitions, the London Assembly has said in a report on estate regeneration schemes, Knock It Down or Do It Up? The report said estates were being demolished … Continue reading →

The James Hutton Institute have been commissioned to study the potential of 3D technology in helping people understand and interpret development proposals, and are seeking help in completing the research in the form of a short questionnaire. The James Hutton … Continue reading →