Building Design

Can cuts to affordable housing targets revive London’s flatlining residential development sector?

Joey Gardiner asks whether simply reducing expectations for affordable housing will be enough to get construction going again ...
Building DesignOpinion

Beyond the quick fix: why permitted development needs strategic guidance

Diego Calderon and Gianmaria Givanni and make the case for how clear, community-led design guidance could enable permitted ...
Building Design

Gianmaria Givanni

Diego Calderon and Gianmaria Givanni and make the case for how clear, community-led design guidance could enable permitted development to become a tool for coherent neighbourhood growth ...
Building Design

Green light for PRP’s plans to rebuild subsidence-affected north London estate

Barnet council has unanimously approved plans by PRP to redevelop an estate in North London. The 329-home scheme for Notting ...
Building Design

Fosters completes JP Morgan Chase’s 423m-tall global headquarters in New York

Foster & Partners has unveiled new images of its completed global headquarters building for JPMorganChase in New York, which ...
Building Design

Fix affordable housing values in section 106 agreements at the planning stage, report recommends

Report backed by RIBA president Chris Williamson also considers new funding models, including a US-style system of tax ...
Building Design

Building Safety Regulator spells out timetable to clear gateway 2 backlog

The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has said all but three of the 91 legacy gateway 2 applications will be decided by the end of the year. The BSR said the 91 schemes covered 21,745 units and had been ...