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Open House 2024 highlights: the top 10 must-see buildings in London
Open House, the free two-week festival of London’s architectural heritage, has unveiled its line-up of buildings opening their doors to the public from 14 to 22 September
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Haworth Tompkins’ ‘ultra-urban’ east London warehouses approved
Haworth Tompkins has secured consent for a vast industrial scheme in east London, providing almost 12,000m² of workspace
Ex-PM defends Holocaust Memorial plans as ‘right idea, in the right place’
Former prime minister David Cameron has defended proposals for a national Holocaust Memorial next to Parliament as the ‘right idea, in the right place’ amid an ongoing debate on the £150 million plans
Queen Elizabeth memorial design contest to launch this year
A competition to design a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park, central London, will be launched before the end of the year
AHMM wins approval for part-demolition office scheme next to Westminster Abbey
AHMM proposals to transform a 1960s office building next-door to Westminster Abbey have been approved despite concerns over its design
Bradford’s listed but empty leisure centre could become world-class skatepark
Ian Chalk Architects has drawn up speculative plans to convert a Grade II-listed abandoned 1970s leisure centre in Bradford into an Olympic standard skateboarding hub
Stefan Shaw Studio bags housing permissions in Reading and Northampton
Stefan Shaw Studio has won approval two separate housing schemes within just 24 hours of each other
BDP gets go ahead for 42-storey co-living tower in Salford
BDP has set out its plans for a 42-storey co-living tower in Salford, Greater Manchester, and the redevelopment of a series of neighbouring railway arches
Studio E’s Grenfell role has prevented it from fully closing down
Architecture practice Studio E, although no longer trading, has not been allowed to fully wind up because of its role in the Grenfell Tower fire, official documents show
Birmingham Council defers decision on Stephenson Hamilton Risley tower
Councillors have deferred a decision on Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio plans for a 41-storey build-to-rent tower in Birmingham.