Purcell has worked with and on behalf of Manchester City Council to achieve planning permission for plans to repair, re-present and enhance the landmark Grade I-listed Manchester Town Hall building for Manchester City Council The Our Town Hall project will... View Article

Surface Design Show, the premier UK event that provides a platform for architects, designers and specifiers to explore the best in interior and exterior surface materials, returns to London’s Business Design Centre from 11-13 February 2020 A key theme for... View Article

The Start-Up exhibition and conference centre, the first building within Chengdu’s Unicorn Island masterplan, is nearing completion. With China’s economy evolving from traditional industries to internet and technology-based organisations, the country is now home to a third of the world’s... View Article

Rockwell, a London-focussed mixed-use property developer with a track record of high-quality development projects, has today announced the completion of a £106m investment deal with Aviva Investors to fund the delivery of a 400-bed Premier Inn hotel adjacent to Westferry... View Article

Plans submitted to Gateshead Council for Brett Wharf, a transformative £35m residential-led development on the south bank of the River Tyne, have received planning approval. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects on behalf of The High Street Group, the scheme represents a... View Article

Homeowners in England have an 86% chance of getting their planning permission applications granted, data analysis has shown. Analysis of government data between October 2018 and September 2019 has found that homeowners in the North East have the best chances... View Article

Solihull-headquartered Hayfield has agreed £85m of new equity and debt funding to enable the three-year-old housebuilder to deliver 500 homes per annum over the coming 36 months, which would result in a turnover of circa £180m. A £50m senior debt... View Article

The Advanced Industrialised Methods for the Construction of Home (AIMCH) has published a research report to help the house building sector better evaluate productivity and respond to future demands. The report examines construction productivity measurement and protocols and brings a... View Article

Housebuilder Avant Homes has promoted Scott Varley to the newly created role of area managing director for Scotland and north east England. Scott first joined Avant Homes in 2006 as regional land manager for the group’s Yorkshire business, before taking... View Article

By Richard Osborne, Managing Director, LTP. Outside areas are becoming increasingly important, yet a maintenance regime for a patio is rarely considered. But our love of the seamless kitchen-to-garden installation – and a new breed of water-based treatments – are slowly... View Article

Ballymore and Oxley celebrated a landmark moment today as the final, and tallest, residential building at Royal Wharf officially topped out. The major urban regeneration scheme, which will ultimately deliver 3,385 new homes, represents a new town for east London,... View Article

Leading Yorkshire property and development company, S Harrison has appointed Paul Holcroft as a key member of its front end development team. His broad-ranging experience will further strengthen the York-based business which is expected to report excellent profits for 2019... View Article

Award-winning, multi-disciplinary design practice, rg+p has launched its third studio in the heart of Birmingham’s business district rg+p has taken space at 1 Newhall Street, the contemporary glazed fronted building located at the junction with Colmore Row. Initially, the practice... View Article