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Maccreanor Lavington gets green light for 33-storey west London student tower
Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation has approved Maccreanor Lavington’s plans for 33-storey student accommodation tower in North Acton, west London
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Hundreds sign up to AJ-backed architects’ affordable housing campaign
More than 130 practices and organisations have pledged their support for a campaign by leading housing architects, demanding the new government ‘does better’ in delivering affordable housing for all
‘Never an easy decision’: more architects make redundancies
More top UK practices are laying off staff as economic uncertainty and industry-wide contraction continues to bite
Maccreanor Lavington reveals plans for post-‘Brusselisation’ retrofit
Anglo-Dutch practice Maccreanor Lavington has ditched earlier demolish-and-build-anew plans in favour of a ‘light touch’ triple overhaul within a key block in the Belgian capital
Protesters occupy Peabody estate set for Maccreanor Lavington regen
Housing association Peabody has responded after protestors set up camp in a Thamesmead housing estate it plans to demolish and replace
Earl’s Court developer releases first visuals of proposed new buildings
The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has released the first visuals of proposed blocks on its giant west London site, drawn up by Maccreanor Lavington, Sheppard Robson, Serie, DRMM, ACME and Haworth Tompkins
Earl’s Court masterplan revised to cut tower heights and number of homes
The Earls Court Development Company (ECDC) has reworked its masterplan for the redevelopment of the former west London exhibition centre to feature fewer super-tall towers as well as fewer homes
FaulknerBrowns team submits plans for £1.3bn Ladbroke Grove scheme
FaulknerBrowns with Maccreanor Lavington and Hutchinson & Partners has submitted plans for 2,500 homes, new parks and a Sainsbury’s superstore on a canalside plot in Ladbroke Grove, west London
FCBS and Maccreanor Lavington picked for Strangeways regeneration
Manchester and Salford city councils have named their multidisciplinary team chosen to create an ambitious regeneration vision for the Strangeways district
Maccreanor Lavington wins approval for Canada Water housing zone
Maccreanor Lavington has won detailed planning permission for a mixed-use development which forms part of Allies and Morrison’s wider Canada Water masterplan