Award-winning shared ownership provider SO Resi recently launched its latest phase of new homes in the capital, SO Resi Hendon Waterside, comprising 42 studio, one and two-bedroom apartments, as well as two and three-bedroom duplex homes. According to research from... View Article

Orbit Homes will be launching its first Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) powered development in the East, Liberty Park, which will comprise 50 affordable properties. The homes in Rackheath, Norfolk, will each be fitted with an electric ASHP which takes... View Article

A planning application to continue the regeneration programme along Leicester’s waterside has been submitted by multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p Ltd. Acting on behalf of Trafalgar Global, rg+p has designed and submitted a proposal for 360 new homes on vacant brownfield... View Article

The city of Sanya in Hainan, China has announced Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) as winners of the international design competition to build the city’s new harbourside cultural district. Situated on the southern tip of Hainan Island, China’s most southerly province... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes West Yorkshire has strengthened its commercial team with two senior appointments. Chris Penn and Mark Lyon join as commercial director and commercial manager respectively, and will both play a pivotal role in supporting housebuilder’s multi tenure regional expansion strategy.... View Article

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has launched a project in Morocco to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that happened in Al Haouz earlier in September. The project is led by the Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN), which was established in... View Article

Despite the prime minister Rishi Sunak’s plans to water down net zero targets on gas boilers the goal to fit all new homes with heat pumps by 2025 still stands. Industry experts worry there are insufficient qualified installers to scale... View Article

With Europe currently sweltering under 40 degree heat and the UK experiencing its hottest June on record this year1, meteorologists are forecasting the chance of Britain experiencing a hot summer is now 45% – 2.3 times the normal figure2. While... View Article

McLaren Construction (Midlands and North) has been appointed to two of the four lots awarded to McLaren nationally on the £8bn Procure Partnerships Framework. Procure Partnerships Framework has operated a national contractor framework for the last four years across 11 regions,... View Article

Orbit, one of the UK’s foremost affordable housing groups, has published its progress against its Sustainability commitments in its 2022/23 Sustainability Report. The Report details how the social housing provider is working to meet people’s needs now, and in the... View Article

Avant Homes has continued to lay the foundations of future growth by moving from its Stirling office and establishing two new offices located in Edinburgh and Glasgow. The new Avant East Scotland business is based at Edinburgh Park, South Gyle, with... View Article

Work on a two-storey collaborative and integrated learning space at New College Durham is now complete. Named T.H.E. Hub (Technical and Higher Education Hub), the extension will provide the college with a specialist building to deliver higher and technical level... View Article