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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.

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...

A £5m refurbishment of a former farm building in Hertfordshire embodies the spirit and life of the artist while radically cutting embodied carbon and operational energy use Nestled in the gentle landscape of east Hertfordshire, the Henry Moore Studios and Gardens has added a refurbished gallery and education space that fits both the late artist’s ethos and working practices as well as our current need to minimise environmental impact and upcycling in the built environment.

March saw the sharpest month-on-month increase in material costs in nearly three decades following Iran’s closure of the strait of Hormuz Construction output fell again last month as the Middle East conflict caused the sharpest month-on-month increase in material prices in nearly three decades, according to the latest S&P Global UK Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index.

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