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Following a recent conversation with Jonathan Falkingham, one of the Urban Splash founders, David Rudlin wonders whether we can ever rediscover the time when property was the new rock and roll David Rudlin is founding principal of Rudlin & Co and a visiting professor at Manchester School of Architecture For the past couple of years I have been writing occasional pieces for the Manchester Mill. This is one of the new breed of online papers running long-form local journalism.

Development includes 139 flats and London’s first Six Senses hotel The scheme to turn the former Whiteleys shopping centre in London into upmarket flats and a hotel has reached practical completion. Designed by Foster & Partners, the development, which has an overall value of £1bn, has involved turning the historic shopping centre in Bayswater into 139 luxury apartments and London’s first Six Senses hotel.

The next generation of architects wants to contribute to public work but faces a system stacked against them. Nasios Varnavas and Era Savvides have some solutions… Nasios Varnavas and Era Savvides are the founders of Urban Radicals We started Urban Radicals with a belief that architecture is a public discipline. We built our practice without significant access to capital, driven by the social value of design and its responsibility to cities and people.

Contract to kickstart site-specific design and planning work on first three SMR projects The nuclear division of the government’s net zero energy company has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce to formally start design on the UK’s first three small modular reactors.

IDP-designed scheme sits 1km north of the village of Overton Previous Next IDP's outline plans for the 400-home town village extension An outline planning application has been submitted for up to 400 homes on a former paper mill site in Basingstoke, Hampshire. Overton Paper Mill was first developed in 1922 by Portals Paper Limited (Portals), a company that was producing paper for bank notes for 101 separate governments by the 1960s.

Chris Roughneen, technical sales manager at Ravago, explains why the firm is proud to be the first insulation manufacturer to have an entire XPS product range assessed as Code for Construction Product Information compliant Chris Roughneen, technical sales manager at Ravago Construction product manufacturers are facing greater scrutiny than ever before.

A new scheme will offer independent verification of buildings’ audio inclusivity post occupancy Source: Hufton + Crow Headquarters of architectural acoustic specialists Oscar Acoustics is set to be first certified building Audio inclusivity is the design and management of sound environments to enable the estimated 30% of people with diverse hearing, cognitive and sensory needs to comfortably communicate, focus and participate.

Camden Council-led project reimagines 18 streets and spaces to reduce traffic and pollution Previous Next Great Russell Street as it is today Source: LDA Design Visualisation of Great Russell Street Source: LDA Design New Oxford Street as it is today Source: LDA Design Visualisation of New Oxford Street Source: LDA Design Great Ormond Street as it is today Source: LDA Design Visualisations of Great Ormond Street Source: LDA Design A reimagining of public spaces and streets in Holborn will...

Additional public realm space added after consultation DLA’s plans for the Riverside Place scheme Plans by DLA Architecture for an 814-home riverside neighbourhood in Salford have been submitted for planning approval. The Riverside Place scheme, designed for Crescent Investments and developer Forshaw Group, consists of three brick-fronted residential towers, framed around a two-storey pavilion.

Building materials manufacturer wienerberger has launched a new continuing professional development (CPD) course for architects to help practices better understand and navigate the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) wienerberger’s new CPD helps building designers understand their new responsibilities under the Building Safety Act The Collaboration & Compliance – Navigating the Building Safety Act course invites delegates to explore how the BSA is reshaping design responsibilities for architects,...