Housebuilders could be lumbered with extra infrastructure costs if solar panels become mandatory for new developments, the industry fears. The National Federation of Builders, NFB, has criticised the government’s energy strategy, published last week, for focusing on the increasing use of... View Article

The Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture is proud to present AA in Habitation, a new residency within the former Habitat showrooms in the Heal’s Building on Tottenham Court Road, a short walk from the AA’s permanent home on nearby... View Article

Planning for 433 new properties by Keepmoat Homes was granted by Gedling Borough Council for the final phase of its Chase Farm development in Gedling. This news comes after the recent opening of the highly anticipated Colliery Way access road,... View Article

Graven Hill, the country’s largest self-build and custom-build site, returned to our screens across the UK last Wednesday (13 April) at 9.00pm. Appearing in the second series of Channel 4’s Grand Designs: The Streets, Graven Hill welcomed back presenter Kevin... View Article

Michael Gove has vowed to make construction products suppliers be “held to account” on building safety, in a strongly worded letter to the Construction Products Association. The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities wrote to Peter Caplehorn, chief... View Article

Plans have been submitted for Bristol’s innovative new concept in affordable housing – the Gap House – to be built on a council-owned disused garage plot in Horfield, north of the city. The eco-homes have been commissioned and funded by... View Article

Triton Construction has secured a £3.5m contract to deliver the first of three commercial development phases at The Mills in Hollinwood, Oldham. Site owner, The Mills Hollinwood Ltd has appointed Triton to deliver a speculative 20,000 ft², office building comprising... View Article

Today, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), QuadReal and Thor Equities announced the completion of 800 Fulton Market, located at the threshold of one of Chicago’s fastest growing neighbourhoods, the Fulton Market District. The 326-foot-tall mixed-use office tower includes pandemic-responsive design... View Article

Nursery children and teachers at Redhill Primary School in Telford are set to benefit from a £1.4 million investment as work gets underway by leading construction developers Morris Property to build a new state-of-the-art nursery. The eight-month project will see... View Article

Innovative affordable housing developer Pocket Living has secured a unanimous resolution to grant planning permission from Hackney Council for a new residential development on Mandeville Street in Hackney, London. Representing Pocket’s third scheme within the Borough, the seven-storey development will utilise a vacant parcel... View Article