Mole Architects and Stirling Prize-winning practice Mikhail Riches have won planning for their scheme to replace the failed 1979 Agora shopping centre in Wolverton, north Milton Keynes, with 115 new homes
AJ Student Prize 2021: Sustainability Award shortlist
The 10 student projects shortlisted for this year’s sustainability prize
Jenrick heaps praise on architects at beauty reforms launch
Housing secretary Robert Jenrick lavished praise on British architects and slammed volume housebuilders as he set out further details of the government’s beauty agenda
Halt demolition now, powerful business group tells government
Slashing carbon emissions by saving resources should become a priority across government, says a new report echoing the RetroFirst campaign’s demand for VAT reform in construction
New housing inquiry under fire for overlooking climate crisis
A Parliamentary inquiry into housing has been criticised for neglecting to examine how homes can respond to the climate crisis
RIBA expels architect who called Judaism a ‘cult’
The RIBA has expelled Peter Kellow, nine months after he was removed from the ARB register for making ‘discriminatory, potentially offensive and inappropriate’ comments about Jews and Sunni Muslims
Derby Assembly Rooms’ carbon cost of demolition laid bare
The carbon cost of demolishing and replacing the Derby Assembly Rooms is equivalent to more than a third of the city council’s entire annual greenhouse gas footprint, research suggests
MPs tell government that fast-track planning for beauty is ‘unworkable’
The government’s proposed ‘fast track for beauty’ in housing design is unworkable and should be scrapped, a powerful committee of MPs has said
European scientists call for reuse of buildings
National and city governments must urgently get to grips with the impact of embodied carbon and adopt circular construction techniques, a leading group of European scientists has said
Why should we care about the London Festival of Architecture theme?
We won't achieve a high-quality, safe and resilient built environment without a more caring approach, writes Will Hurst in response to the 'care' theme of this year's LFA