National housing association Home Group has appointed a new customer experience director. Colette Flattery will be tasked with supporting the delivery of Home Group’s Customer Promise – their commitment to their 125,000 customers. Colette who comes with a wealth of... View Article

Established sustainable architectural practice, ECD Architects has opened its first office in England outside London, in Preston. As a practice specialising in energy conscious design, the opening of this office is in response to demand outside of the capital for... View Article

Battersea Roof Gardens, a mixed-use building, and 50 Electric Boulevard, an adjacent office building with 200,000 square feet of new workspace, have both completed. Part of the third phase of the Battersea Power Station masterplan, the two buildings sit on... View Article

  Work has started on site to transform an iconic, Grade II listed former British Waterways warehouse on the canal side area at Castle Wharf, in Nottingham into a high quality, build-to-rent residential scheme. The £13 million project is being... View Article

Keir Starmer has announced a proposed replacement scheme for the Conservatives’ Help to Buy loan guarantees for first time buyers, called Freedom to Buy. The Labour Party believes that the scheme could help 80,000 young people get onto the housing... View Article

Open space management company Meadfleet have been shortlisted in the 2024 Unlock Net Zero Awards. Their Bee Friendly campaign has been recognised in the Biodiversity and Nature Award Category. The campaign aims to make open spaces more wildlife friendly and... View Article

Leading planning and design consultancy, Boyer (part of Leaders Romans Group) has secured planning permission on behalf of Burlington Property Group for the development of 92 homes and a new doctors surgery on two parcels of land at Church Lane in Sarratt, Hertfordshire. The... View Article

Architecture Director, Akshay Khera, has been appointed as head of the Bristol studio of global design practice, BDP. With more than a decade of experience designing buildings and spaces in Bristol, the South West and Wales, Akshay is passionate about... View Article

The Architectural Association (AA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Alison Brooks, Pui Quan (PQ) Choi, Cindy Walters and Steven Ware as new members of Council, the AA’s governing body. As practicing architects, all four new members of Council... View Article

Grand Union Housing Group has launched a new three-year corporate plan focused on its core purpose of creating homes for those that need them. The local housing provider, which provides nearly 13,000 homes across Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Northamptonshire and Hertfordshire, says... View Article

Avant Homes West Yorkshire is constructing 20 new homes for Bradford-headquartered Manningham Housing Association at Odette’s Point in Keighley after agreeing a £4.3m deal with the housing provider. The partnership marks another important step in Avant Homes’ delivery of its multi-tenure strategy and is the... View Article

A Bridgnorth architect is celebrating 20 years of service by supporting his company to a record year. Matt Spinks, who joined Johnson Design Partnership (JDP) founder Vic Johnson in 2004, is enjoying the perfect birthday present, after the practice’s ten-strong... View Article

When choosing rooflights for your project, cost and aesthetics are likely the priority over glass or frame technology. However, the choice of glass type and frame design, can have significant safety implications. Here, Tony Isaac from Brett Martin sheds light... View Article