07 November 2019 | London
In the 1960s, Balfron Tower was built in the Poplar neighborhood in the East End of London to house the city’s poor. Today, the building...
05 November 2019 | London
Proposals to add two new stories to the Richard Seifert & Partners’ Grade II-listed landmark Space House have won the backing of Camden council. Architects...
01 November 2019 | London
A long-awaited report on the fire that killed 72 people at Grenfell Tower, the 24-story public housing complex, two years ago, offered a damning account...
25 October 2019 | London
Hong Kong developer Far East Consortium, has said London-based JRL Group has begun work on a twin-tower scheme on London’s Isle of Dogs. Designed by...
24 October 2019 | London
Foggo Associates has designed a curved high-rise in central London at 70 St Mary Axe, which is widely known as the “Can of Ham” due...
17 October 2019 | London
Lambeth Council has unanimously approved plans by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) to redevelop Elizabeth House, a 1960s office block next to Waterloo Station, replacing...
14 October 2019 | London
A tower containing more than 800 co-living flats could be coming to Croydon town center, one of the largest commercial districts outside Central London. On...
09 October 2019 | London
A new 804-home scheme at the Manor Road Quarter in Canning Town has taken a step forward after approval from the London Borough. 402 (50...
08 October 2019 | London
Under the plans currently out for public consultation, the former Tate & Lyle sweeteners refinery on the Greenwich Peninsula will be redeveloped into a 178,300-square-foot...
07 October 2019 | London
M&G Prudential laid down a bet on London’s future as an international financial hub after Brexit, agreeing to bankroll the construction of an office complex...
20 September 2019 | London
A master plan by Allies and Morrison for British Land’s GB£4 billion (US$5 billion) regeneration of a 21-hectare chunk of Canada Water, an area of...
16 September 2019 | London
PLP Architecture has reworked its plans for a co-living tower for developer The Collective in Stratford, east London, submitting new designs for a hotel on...
09 September 2019 | London
International consultancy and construction firm Mace has landed a prized deal to build three towers for R&F Properties, the Chinese firm behind the redevelopment of...
03 September 2019 | London
Danish firm 3XN has won a top-secret design competition to replace two 1980s buildings by Peter Foggo within the City of London’s Broadgate office campus...
06 August 2019 | London
Asian developer Perennial Real Estate Holdings has dealt a blow to Eric Parry Architects’ approved plans to build the tallest building in the City of...
02 August 2019 | London
Residents of the NEO Bankside residential complex have appealed against a ruling which denied them an injunction to prevent Tate Modern Switch House visitors from...
16 July 2019 | London
London mayor Sadiq Khan has refused the Foster + Partners designed Tulip Tower saying the 304-meter-tall tourist attraction could harm the city’s skyline. Overturning the...
09 July 2019 | London
UK-based construction firm Ardmore has been awarded a EUR£100 million (US$1.12 million) contract by R&F Properties to deliver the first phase of Queen’s Square regeneration...
02 July 2019 | London
London studio Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-story office building from shipping containers, which is projected to become the world’s tallest building...
26 June 2019 | London
London mayor Sadiq Khan has overturned the local council and approved SimpsonHaugh’s plan for the of a Brutalist Richard Seifert-designed hotel in Kensington. In October...
06 June 2019 | London
John McAslan Architects has become the latest in a string of architects to have proposals rejected for the redevelopment of land around Tesco Store near...
24 May 2019 | London
Housing minister Kit Malthouse has called-in Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) contentious Vauxhall Cross Island skyscrapers proposal. The decision to launch a local planning inquiry into...
16 May 2019 | London
The City of London’s new tallest building, PLP’s Twentytwo tower, has reached its highest point. The 62-story skyscraper for French investment manager AXA IM –...
09 May 2019 | London
A new skyscraper of studio rental apartments is opening in London’s Canary Wharf in Summer 2019, bringing with it what is claimed to be the...
26 April 2019 | London
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has won planning permission for a 796-home development in East London that features a 23-story tower as its highest...
24 April 2019 | London
A 42-story tower nicknamed the “Paddington Cucumber” has been given the green light by Westminster planners. Officials at the city council gave the west London...
23 April 2019 | London
Lenders have boosted the 50-story luxury residential tower in London’s Nine Elms district, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Project backer Damac International announced it had...
09 April 2019 | London
The £63 million (US$82 million), transformation of Minavil House has taken a further step forward with construction beginning this month. Property developer R55 has now...
02 April 2019 | London
The City of London’s planning committee has approved Foster + Partners’ controversial Tulip Tower next to the Gherkin despite significant opposition from heritage campaigners. Following...
27 March 2019 | London
City of London planning officers have recommended approval for Foster + Partners’ opinion-splitting Tulip on a site next to the Gherkin. The planned 305-meter-tall tourist...
20 March 2019 | London
Councilors have approved construction of a 48-story Brisac Gonzalez tower in south-east London despite concerns raised by a design review panel and heritage activists. Southwark Council’s planning...
18 March 2019 | London
Conservationists have objected to a 20-story Assael Architecture-designed tower proposed for a plot close to a 300-year-old place of worship in the City of London....
11 March 2019 | London
Aspire Point, the mixed-use tower by MJP Architects, contains 445 rooms for Queen Mary University of London students. The scheme for Alumno Developments is sited...
06 March 2019 | London
The FaulknerBrowns-led design team has revised its masterplan for the Bishopsgate Goodsyard complex in east London to include more housing. Following pressure from the Greater...
28 February 2019 | London
Citigroup is in talks to buy its London skyscraper office for about £1.2 billion (US$1.68 billion), as the US bank commits its long-term future to...
15 February 2019 | London
CF Møller is rethinking the use of engineered timber for its scheme to replace Robin Hood Gardens, following the UK government’s ban on combustible cladding...
08 February 2019 | London
HTA Design-led proposals to redevelop a south London neighborhood with 2,550 homes, new shops and a new sports center have been lodged for planning. The...
01 February 2019 | London
Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC’s plans for a £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) overhaul of the Olympia exhibition center in west...
30 January 2019 | London
Kohn Pedersen Fox’s proposal for a £500 million (US$653 million) redevelopment of a former biscuit factory site in Bermondsey looks set to be thrown out...
25 January 2019 | London
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has submitted plans to build a 35-story office-led tower close to the Shard in London. The practice filed an application with...
02 January 2019 | London
Zaha Hadid Architects has received the go-ahead for their Vauxhall Cross Island towers, a duo of skyscrapers sited adjacent to Vauxhall Station. The scheme, which...
19 March 2018 | London
Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg has won planning permission for a mixed-use “gastronomic quarter” in North Acton. The scheme will see two towers of 26 and...
20 November 2019 | London
The Greenwich Peninsula master plan has undergone another rethink, with housing schemes by Morris + Co and Hall McKnight dropped in the latest version of...
25 November 2019 | London
Eric Parry Architects has unveiled plans for a new 36-story tower in the City of London, featuring a huge green wall. The address at 50...
27 November 2019 | London
London’s future second-tallest building, 1 Undershaft, has been given the go-ahead after a three-year battle. The 951-foot (290-meter) skyscraper, nicknamed “The Trellis,” will be topped...
02 December 2019 | London
Contractor John Sisk and Son is to use a fleet of drones to carry out quality checks on the external structure of PRP-designed tower schemes...
18 December 2019 | London
Maccreanor Lavington has got the all-clear for two schemes around the Old Kent Road in South London. A 39-story, brick-clad residential tower is the centerpiece...
20 January 2020 | London
New Approval Being Sought for Residential Tower After Design Changes Controversial plans to build a 27-story tower and 462 new homes at 100 West Cromwell...
27 January 2020 | London
UK Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has granted permission to PLP Architecture’s £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) Westferry Printworks scheme, despite its being criticized by experts, including...
07 February 2020 | London
Plans to redevelop Quay House in Canary Wharf were given the go-ahead by Tower Hamlets Council. SimpsonHaugh has won planning approval for Quay House, a...
17 February 2020 | London
The Ealing Council's £275 million redevelopment of its offices could include a 28-story tower block. Perceval House, the council's offices on Ealing Broadway, has been...
01 January 1970 | London
Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at...
06 March 2020 | London
101 George Street, a huge 38-story and a 44-story block of modular flats in Croydon is soon to get a new neighbor. Croydon College Tower...
12 March 2020 | London
Planning permission to build seven high-rise flat blocks in the place of the Icon building in Stevenage has been denied by Stevenage Borough Council's planning...
18 March 2020 | London
A pair of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)-designed high-rises are set to be among the tallest mixed-use buildings in London after receiving a crucial blessing from...
20 March 2020 | London
One of London’s biggest hospitals could be rebuilt “for free” under an extraordinary land swap deal with developers. St Mary’s Hospital, in Paddington, is said...
02 April 2020 | London
Multiplex, the contractor building the new Vauxhall Square-Miles Street South and 278-meter-high Twentytwo at 22 Bishopsgate, shut all its work sites on 24 March, after...
08 April 2020 | London
The Hylo mixed-use development under construction on the edge of the City of London provides an intriguing game of spot the difference. Walking around its...
14 April 2020 | London
UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed new building safety system measures which include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise...
17 April 2020 | London
In December 2019, Vauxhall Cross Island, a mixed-use proposal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) in south London, had received criticism from members of the...
20 April 2020 | London
Tens of thousands of people are living in high-rise blocks with Grenfell Tower-style flammable cladding that need 24-hour fire patrols, it has been revealed. An...
01 May 2020 | London
This article is excerpted from the RICS World Built Environment Forum, which posed three questions on the urban legacy of Covid 19 to WBEF members...
08 May 2020 | London
4C Hotel Group has signed a £65m (US$80 million) financing deal to bring a Canopy by Hilton brand hotel to life in London next year....
22 May 2020 | London
A proposed 36-story London office tower with “extensive vertical urban greening” has been given a full blessing to proceed by the City of London Corporation’s...
01 June 2020 | London
The former London Underground headquarters in St James’ Park will be converted into a luxury hotel after the development was given the green light by...
04 June 2020 | London
Over the last five years there's been plenty of speculation over Wembley's 21-story skyscraper known as Wembley Point and formerly Station House. Is it still...
23 June 2020 | London
Regeneration company, U+I has submitted plans for a new 1,500 home mixed-use scheme on Greenwich PeninsulaThe plans will deliver around 1,500 new homes, hundreds of...
30 June 2020 | London
As England prepares to return to pubs, restaurants and cinemas next week, vast numbers of offices around the country will remain empty. And some companies...
01 July 2020 | London
Kensington residents have been left dismayed by a minister’s decision to approve a 17-story skyscraper beside Notting Hill Gate station. Plans to demolish Newcombe House,...
14 July 2020 | London
LONDON -- Proctor & Matthews Architects’ plans for Mosaic Place, a tower in south London, have finally been approved by housing secretary Robert Jenrick, after...
16 July 2020 | London
The flammable insulation used on the revamp of Grenfell Tower was chosen because architect Studio E was trying to achieve ‘aspirational’ thermal performance targets Architect...
22 July 2020 | London
Canary Wharf Group has revealed plans by architects Allies and Morrison for a 3.8 million square foot (353,031 square meters) development on the North Quay...
24 July 2020 | London
A 23-story skyscraper hotel will be built over a Hammersmith courthouse, despite a huge number of objections from nearby residents and the local MP. Developer...
30 July 2020 | London
Plans have been unveiled for a major housing development in East London which costs £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) and includes more than 3,800 homes. TwelveTrees...
03 August 2020 | London
Key changes have been made to proposals for a tall building to be built next to Kingston station. The proposed development on the Canbury Place...
18 August 2020 | London
The Sir Michael Uren Hub, which provides flexible laboratory space for biomedical science and engineering research, is named after the pioneer of the cement substitute...
19 August 2020 | London
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to pedestrians after cracks in the structure worsened following the recent heatwave in the United Kingdom. The 133-year-old bridge was...
02 September 2020 | London
Richard Rogers has retired as a director of the practice he founded more than 40 years ago. The decision, revealed in termination documents lodged at...
03 September 2020 | London
Native Land has appointed four major international architectural practices to develop designs for four buildings within Eastern Yards, part of the £1 billion (US$1.3 billion)...
02 October 2020 | London
A new tower block with “100 percent affordable housing” has been given the green light in Fulham despite opposition from locals. The 21-story tower will...
07 October 2020 | London
Developer Argent Related and Barnet Council have unveiled its vision for the £5 billion (US$6.4 billion) Brent Cross Town developmentBrent Cross Town will be a...
20 October 2020 | London
WR Berkley has put its 387,000 square feet (35,953 square meters) City of London tower The Scalpel, EC3, up for sale. The 190.1-meter building, which...
22 October 2020 | London
A block of nearly 500 co-living flats could soon be built near East Croydon Station. A proposal for the part 26 part 13-story building was...
23 October 2020 | London
Studio Egret West has submitted plans for a 470-home mixed-use scheme comprising three tall towers built close to the Edgware Road in north London. The...
03 January 2018 | London
RSH+P’s The Cheese Grater and Richard Seifert’s Tower 42 blend into the background, while Foster + Partners’ The Gherkin is a relative minnow in new...
13 December 2018 | London
AHMM, Alison Brooks Architects, Pollard Thomas Edwards and RUFF architects have won the go-ahead for a major mixed-use development in north London. The estimated £500-million...
18 December 2018 | London
Tide Construction has reached a new milestone in delivering two modular towers in Croydon, by completing their core structures. Tide Construction’s offsite construction company...
10 December 2018 | London
Historic England has objected to Foster + Partners’ proposed 305-meter-tall Tulip tower saying its “unusual eye-catching form” could harm views of the Tower of London. ...
03 December 2018 | London
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) specialist Waugh Thistleton Architects has vowed to fight the government’s new combustibles ban after it emerged that engineered timber would not be...
08 November 2018 | London
The developers behind Bishopsgate Goodsyard have unveiled a drastic, lower-rise redesign of the controversial City fringe scheme, including the removal of a row of skyscrapers...
30 November 2018 | London
ColladoCollins Architects has put forward plans for a 42-story private rental residential tower opposite Ilford station in east London. The practice handed in documents to the...
29 November 2018 | London
Allies and Morrison-led proposals for a £1.1 billion ($US1.4 billion) East Bank “cultural quarter” in Stratford, formerly known as Olympicopolis, have been submitted to planners...
14 November 2018 | London
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has unveiled new designs for a retail and office block within the emerging development location next to London Bridge Station. The...
19 November 2020 | London
Zaha Hadid Architects' principal Patrik Schumacher has warned that some approaches to fighting climate change would lead to "massive regressions and political upheavals." Speaking at...
30 November 2020 | London
The plans for new homes in Wembley include a new flexible retail unit, public realm enhancements, and new operational space for TfL. Brent Council has...
05 November 2018 | London
Architecture firm Wilkinson Eyre has revealed visuals showing its plan to install a glass lift inside one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in...
02 November 2018 | London
Allies and Morrison has cut back tower heights across its £4 billion ($5.2 billion) Canada Water masterplan after objections from Historic England. The heritage body...
07 December 2020 | London
Planning permission has been secured for Timber Square, the proposed 370,000 square feet (34,374 square meters) office development in Lavington Street, London. Timber Square will...
11 December 2020 | London
London is to get its own New York-style high line park after a developer’s plans were signed off by the Mayor. The elevated park—which is...
16 December 2020 | London
Developer Regal London has submitted a planning application for a £500-million (US$674-million) mixed-use scheme at Orchard Wharf in London Docklands The Orchard Wharf project will...
08 January 2021 | London
The government’s independent planning arm is being given another chance to decide whether to recommend PLP’s controversial Westferry Printworks scheme in east London for approval,...
22 January 2021 | London
Ealing Council has given the green light to TfL’s largest residential development to date, which will see the delivery of 853 new homes in ActonThe...
25 January 2021 | London
Around 95 percent of the highest risk buildings with unsafe cladding similar to that found on Grenfell Tower have been made safe or have work...
28 January 2021 | London
Hong Kong developer Tenacity International Group has won approval to build a new skyscraper in the City of London, betting demand for office space will...
12 February 2021 | London
Foster + Partners has resubmitted scaled-down plans for an office scheme on a corner site in Whitechapel, east London. The project for developer South Street Asset...
15 February 2021 | London
The government is facing a backlash from its own MPs after announcing a £3.5 billion (US$4.8 billion) fund to fix dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings...
16 February 2021 | London
EcoWorld has handed Kane a £24 million (US$34 million) package of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works at its Kew Bridge development in Brentford.Kane has...
19 February 2021 | London
Hong Kong developer Tenacity International has won approval to build a new skyscraper in London’s financial district, just weeks after obtaining consent for a separate...
10 November 2020 | London
Four employees of the company that manufactured and sold the combustible cladding used on the Grenfell Tower are refusing to give oral evidence to the...
23 February 2021 | London
Catalyst and Mount Anvil have commenced enabling works on their joint venture regeneration scheme, The Verdean in Acton, marking a new chapter for the Friary...
24 February 2021 | London
Make Architects has revealed plans for a major new commercial scheme on a prominent South Bank site formerly home to ITV's headquartersThe scheme for developers...
25 February 2021 | London
The City of London is set to approve an office scheme designed by 3XN which features a 170-meter-tall tower on the edge of the Broadgate...
26 February 2021 | London
After failing to secure private funding, the Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R)-designed London Centre for Music, previously planned for where the Museum of London now...
01 March 2021 | London
Stiff + Trevillion’s designs for a 48-story skyscraper in the City of London’s eastern cluster have sparked a conservation row. The proposal for developer BentallGreenOak...
07 November 2019 | London
In the 1960s, Balfron Tower was built in the Poplar neighborhood in the East End of London to house the city’s poor. Today, the building...
05 November 2019 | London
Proposals to add two new stories to the Richard Seifert & Partners’ Grade II-listed landmark Space House have won the backing of Camden council. Architects...
01 November 2019 | London
A long-awaited report on the fire that killed 72 people at Grenfell Tower, the 24-story public housing complex, two years ago, offered a damning account...
25 October 2019 | London
Hong Kong developer Far East Consortium, has said London-based JRL Group has begun work on a twin-tower scheme on London’s Isle of Dogs. Designed by...
24 October 2019 | London
Foggo Associates has designed a curved high-rise in central London at 70 St Mary Axe, which is widely known as the “Can of Ham” due...
17 October 2019 | London
Lambeth Council has unanimously approved plans by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) to redevelop Elizabeth House, a 1960s office block next to Waterloo Station, replacing...
14 October 2019 | London
A tower containing more than 800 co-living flats could be coming to Croydon town center, one of the largest commercial districts outside Central London. On...
09 October 2019 | London
A new 804-home scheme at the Manor Road Quarter in Canning Town has taken a step forward after approval from the London Borough. 402 (50...
08 October 2019 | London
Under the plans currently out for public consultation, the former Tate & Lyle sweeteners refinery on the Greenwich Peninsula will be redeveloped into a 178,300-square-foot...
07 October 2019 | London
M&G Prudential laid down a bet on London’s future as an international financial hub after Brexit, agreeing to bankroll the construction of an office complex...
20 September 2019 | London
A master plan by Allies and Morrison for British Land’s GB£4 billion (US$5 billion) regeneration of a 21-hectare chunk of Canada Water, an area of...
16 September 2019 | London
PLP Architecture has reworked its plans for a co-living tower for developer The Collective in Stratford, east London, submitting new designs for a hotel on...
09 September 2019 | London
International consultancy and construction firm Mace has landed a prized deal to build three towers for R&F Properties, the Chinese firm behind the redevelopment of...
03 September 2019 | London
Danish firm 3XN has won a top-secret design competition to replace two 1980s buildings by Peter Foggo within the City of London’s Broadgate office campus...
06 August 2019 | London
Asian developer Perennial Real Estate Holdings has dealt a blow to Eric Parry Architects’ approved plans to build the tallest building in the City of...
02 August 2019 | London
Residents of the NEO Bankside residential complex have appealed against a ruling which denied them an injunction to prevent Tate Modern Switch House visitors from...
16 July 2019 | London
London mayor Sadiq Khan has refused the Foster + Partners designed Tulip Tower saying the 304-meter-tall tourist attraction could harm the city’s skyline. Overturning the...
09 July 2019 | London
UK-based construction firm Ardmore has been awarded a EUR£100 million (US$1.12 million) contract by R&F Properties to deliver the first phase of Queen’s Square regeneration...
02 July 2019 | London
London studio Patalab Architecture has won approval to build a nine-story office building from shipping containers, which is projected to become the world’s tallest building...
26 June 2019 | London
London mayor Sadiq Khan has overturned the local council and approved SimpsonHaugh’s plan for the of a Brutalist Richard Seifert-designed hotel in Kensington. In October...
06 June 2019 | London
John McAslan Architects has become the latest in a string of architects to have proposals rejected for the redevelopment of land around Tesco Store near...
24 May 2019 | London
Housing minister Kit Malthouse has called-in Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) contentious Vauxhall Cross Island skyscrapers proposal. The decision to launch a local planning inquiry into...
16 May 2019 | London
The City of London’s new tallest building, PLP’s Twentytwo tower, has reached its highest point. The 62-story skyscraper for French investment manager AXA IM –...
09 May 2019 | London
A new skyscraper of studio rental apartments is opening in London’s Canary Wharf in Summer 2019, bringing with it what is claimed to be the...
26 April 2019 | London
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has won planning permission for a 796-home development in East London that features a 23-story tower as its highest...
24 April 2019 | London
A 42-story tower nicknamed the “Paddington Cucumber” has been given the green light by Westminster planners. Officials at the city council gave the west London...
23 April 2019 | London
Lenders have boosted the 50-story luxury residential tower in London’s Nine Elms district, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox. Project backer Damac International announced it had...
09 April 2019 | London
The £63 million (US$82 million), transformation of Minavil House has taken a further step forward with construction beginning this month. Property developer R55 has now...
02 April 2019 | London
The City of London’s planning committee has approved Foster + Partners’ controversial Tulip Tower next to the Gherkin despite significant opposition from heritage campaigners. Following...
27 March 2019 | London
City of London planning officers have recommended approval for Foster + Partners’ opinion-splitting Tulip on a site next to the Gherkin. The planned 305-meter-tall tourist...
20 March 2019 | London
Councilors have approved construction of a 48-story Brisac Gonzalez tower in south-east London despite concerns raised by a design review panel and heritage activists. Southwark Council’s planning...
18 March 2019 | London
Conservationists have objected to a 20-story Assael Architecture-designed tower proposed for a plot close to a 300-year-old place of worship in the City of London....
11 March 2019 | London
Aspire Point, the mixed-use tower by MJP Architects, contains 445 rooms for Queen Mary University of London students. The scheme for Alumno Developments is sited...
06 March 2019 | London
The FaulknerBrowns-led design team has revised its masterplan for the Bishopsgate Goodsyard complex in east London to include more housing. Following pressure from the Greater...
28 February 2019 | London
Citigroup is in talks to buy its London skyscraper office for about £1.2 billion (US$1.68 billion), as the US bank commits its long-term future to...
15 February 2019 | London
CF Møller is rethinking the use of engineered timber for its scheme to replace Robin Hood Gardens, following the UK government’s ban on combustible cladding...
08 February 2019 | London
HTA Design-led proposals to redevelop a south London neighborhood with 2,550 homes, new shops and a new sports center have been lodged for planning. The...
01 February 2019 | London
Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC’s plans for a £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) overhaul of the Olympia exhibition center in west...
30 January 2019 | London
Kohn Pedersen Fox’s proposal for a £500 million (US$653 million) redevelopment of a former biscuit factory site in Bermondsey looks set to be thrown out...
25 January 2019 | London
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has submitted plans to build a 35-story office-led tower close to the Shard in London. The practice filed an application with...
02 January 2019 | London
Zaha Hadid Architects has received the go-ahead for their Vauxhall Cross Island towers, a duo of skyscrapers sited adjacent to Vauxhall Station. The scheme, which...
19 March 2018 | London
Architecture firm Scott Brownrigg has won planning permission for a mixed-use “gastronomic quarter” in North Acton. The scheme will see two towers of 26 and...
20 November 2019 | London
The Greenwich Peninsula master plan has undergone another rethink, with housing schemes by Morris + Co and Hall McKnight dropped in the latest version of...
25 November 2019 | London
Eric Parry Architects has unveiled plans for a new 36-story tower in the City of London, featuring a huge green wall. The address at 50...
27 November 2019 | London
London’s future second-tallest building, 1 Undershaft, has been given the go-ahead after a three-year battle. The 951-foot (290-meter) skyscraper, nicknamed “The Trellis,” will be topped...
02 December 2019 | London
Contractor John Sisk and Son is to use a fleet of drones to carry out quality checks on the external structure of PRP-designed tower schemes...
18 December 2019 | London
Maccreanor Lavington has got the all-clear for two schemes around the Old Kent Road in South London. A 39-story, brick-clad residential tower is the centerpiece...
20 January 2020 | London
New Approval Being Sought for Residential Tower After Design Changes Controversial plans to build a 27-story tower and 462 new homes at 100 West Cromwell...
27 January 2020 | London
UK Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has granted permission to PLP Architecture’s £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) Westferry Printworks scheme, despite its being criticized by experts, including...
07 February 2020 | London
Plans to redevelop Quay House in Canary Wharf were given the go-ahead by Tower Hamlets Council. SimpsonHaugh has won planning approval for Quay House, a...
17 February 2020 | London
The Ealing Council's £275 million redevelopment of its offices could include a 28-story tower block. Perceval House, the council's offices on Ealing Broadway, has been...
01 January 1970 | London
Red brick archways define the lower and topmost levels of Cadence, a housing development designed by Alison Brooks Architects next to Coal Drops Yard at...
06 March 2020 | London
101 George Street, a huge 38-story and a 44-story block of modular flats in Croydon is soon to get a new neighbor. Croydon College Tower...
12 March 2020 | London
Planning permission to build seven high-rise flat blocks in the place of the Icon building in Stevenage has been denied by Stevenage Borough Council's planning...
18 March 2020 | London
A pair of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)-designed high-rises are set to be among the tallest mixed-use buildings in London after receiving a crucial blessing from...
20 March 2020 | London
One of London’s biggest hospitals could be rebuilt “for free” under an extraordinary land swap deal with developers. St Mary’s Hospital, in Paddington, is said...
02 April 2020 | London
Multiplex, the contractor building the new Vauxhall Square-Miles Street South and 278-meter-high Twentytwo at 22 Bishopsgate, shut all its work sites on 24 March, after...
08 April 2020 | London
The Hylo mixed-use development under construction on the edge of the City of London provides an intriguing game of spot the difference. Walking around its...
14 April 2020 | London
UK Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has confirmed new building safety system measures which include mandatory sprinkler systems and consistent wayfinding signage in all new high-rise...
17 April 2020 | London
In December 2019, Vauxhall Cross Island, a mixed-use proposal designed by Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) in south London, had received criticism from members of the...
20 April 2020 | London
Tens of thousands of people are living in high-rise blocks with Grenfell Tower-style flammable cladding that need 24-hour fire patrols, it has been revealed. An...
01 May 2020 | London
This article is excerpted from the RICS World Built Environment Forum, which posed three questions on the urban legacy of Covid 19 to WBEF members...
08 May 2020 | London
4C Hotel Group has signed a £65m (US$80 million) financing deal to bring a Canopy by Hilton brand hotel to life in London next year....
22 May 2020 | London
A proposed 36-story London office tower with “extensive vertical urban greening” has been given a full blessing to proceed by the City of London Corporation’s...
01 June 2020 | London
The former London Underground headquarters in St James’ Park will be converted into a luxury hotel after the development was given the green light by...
04 June 2020 | London
Over the last five years there's been plenty of speculation over Wembley's 21-story skyscraper known as Wembley Point and formerly Station House. Is it still...
23 June 2020 | London
Regeneration company, U+I has submitted plans for a new 1,500 home mixed-use scheme on Greenwich PeninsulaThe plans will deliver around 1,500 new homes, hundreds of...
30 June 2020 | London
As England prepares to return to pubs, restaurants and cinemas next week, vast numbers of offices around the country will remain empty. And some companies...
01 July 2020 | London
Kensington residents have been left dismayed by a minister’s decision to approve a 17-story skyscraper beside Notting Hill Gate station. Plans to demolish Newcombe House,...
14 July 2020 | London
LONDON -- Proctor & Matthews Architects’ plans for Mosaic Place, a tower in south London, have finally been approved by housing secretary Robert Jenrick, after...
16 July 2020 | London
The flammable insulation used on the revamp of Grenfell Tower was chosen because architect Studio E was trying to achieve ‘aspirational’ thermal performance targets Architect...
22 July 2020 | London
Canary Wharf Group has revealed plans by architects Allies and Morrison for a 3.8 million square foot (353,031 square meters) development on the North Quay...
24 July 2020 | London
A 23-story skyscraper hotel will be built over a Hammersmith courthouse, despite a huge number of objections from nearby residents and the local MP. Developer...
30 July 2020 | London
Plans have been unveiled for a major housing development in East London which costs £1 billion (US$1.3 billion) and includes more than 3,800 homes. TwelveTrees...
03 August 2020 | London
Key changes have been made to proposals for a tall building to be built next to Kingston station. The proposed development on the Canbury Place...
18 August 2020 | London
The Sir Michael Uren Hub, which provides flexible laboratory space for biomedical science and engineering research, is named after the pioneer of the cement substitute...
19 August 2020 | London
Hammersmith Bridge has been closed to pedestrians after cracks in the structure worsened following the recent heatwave in the United Kingdom. The 133-year-old bridge was...
02 September 2020 | London
Richard Rogers has retired as a director of the practice he founded more than 40 years ago. The decision, revealed in termination documents lodged at...
03 September 2020 | London
Native Land has appointed four major international architectural practices to develop designs for four buildings within Eastern Yards, part of the £1 billion (US$1.3 billion)...
02 October 2020 | London
A new tower block with “100 percent affordable housing” has been given the green light in Fulham despite opposition from locals. The 21-story tower will...
07 October 2020 | London
Developer Argent Related and Barnet Council have unveiled its vision for the £5 billion (US$6.4 billion) Brent Cross Town developmentBrent Cross Town will be a...
20 October 2020 | London
WR Berkley has put its 387,000 square feet (35,953 square meters) City of London tower The Scalpel, EC3, up for sale. The 190.1-meter building, which...
22 October 2020 | London
A block of nearly 500 co-living flats could soon be built near East Croydon Station. A proposal for the part 26 part 13-story building was...
23 October 2020 | London
Studio Egret West has submitted plans for a 470-home mixed-use scheme comprising three tall towers built close to the Edgware Road in north London. The...
03 January 2018 | London
RSH+P’s The Cheese Grater and Richard Seifert’s Tower 42 blend into the background, while Foster + Partners’ The Gherkin is a relative minnow in new...
13 December 2018 | London
AHMM, Alison Brooks Architects, Pollard Thomas Edwards and RUFF architects have won the go-ahead for a major mixed-use development in north London. The estimated £500-million...
18 December 2018 | London
Tide Construction has reached a new milestone in delivering two modular towers in Croydon, by completing their core structures. Tide Construction’s offsite construction company...
10 December 2018 | London
Historic England has objected to Foster + Partners’ proposed 305-meter-tall Tulip tower saying its “unusual eye-catching form” could harm views of the Tower of London. ...
03 December 2018 | London
Cross-laminated timber (CLT) specialist Waugh Thistleton Architects has vowed to fight the government’s new combustibles ban after it emerged that engineered timber would not be...
08 November 2018 | London
The developers behind Bishopsgate Goodsyard have unveiled a drastic, lower-rise redesign of the controversial City fringe scheme, including the removal of a row of skyscrapers...
30 November 2018 | London
ColladoCollins Architects has put forward plans for a 42-story private rental residential tower opposite Ilford station in east London. The practice handed in documents to the...
29 November 2018 | London
Allies and Morrison-led proposals for a £1.1 billion ($US1.4 billion) East Bank “cultural quarter” in Stratford, formerly known as Olympicopolis, have been submitted to planners...
14 November 2018 | London
Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has unveiled new designs for a retail and office block within the emerging development location next to London Bridge Station. The...
19 November 2020 | London
Zaha Hadid Architects' principal Patrik Schumacher has warned that some approaches to fighting climate change would lead to "massive regressions and political upheavals." Speaking at...
30 November 2020 | London
The plans for new homes in Wembley include a new flexible retail unit, public realm enhancements, and new operational space for TfL. Brent Council has...
05 November 2018 | London
Architecture firm Wilkinson Eyre has revealed visuals showing its plan to install a glass lift inside one of the chimneys of Battersea Power Station in...
02 November 2018 | London
Allies and Morrison has cut back tower heights across its £4 billion ($5.2 billion) Canada Water masterplan after objections from Historic England. The heritage body...
07 December 2020 | London
Planning permission has been secured for Timber Square, the proposed 370,000 square feet (34,374 square meters) office development in Lavington Street, London. Timber Square will...
11 December 2020 | London
London is to get its own New York-style high line park after a developer’s plans were signed off by the Mayor. The elevated park—which is...
16 December 2020 | London
Developer Regal London has submitted a planning application for a £500-million (US$674-million) mixed-use scheme at Orchard Wharf in London Docklands The Orchard Wharf project will...
08 January 2021 | London
The government’s independent planning arm is being given another chance to decide whether to recommend PLP’s controversial Westferry Printworks scheme in east London for approval,...
22 January 2021 | London
Ealing Council has given the green light to TfL’s largest residential development to date, which will see the delivery of 853 new homes in ActonThe...
25 January 2021 | London
Around 95 percent of the highest risk buildings with unsafe cladding similar to that found on Grenfell Tower have been made safe or have work...
28 January 2021 | London
Hong Kong developer Tenacity International Group has won approval to build a new skyscraper in the City of London, betting demand for office space will...
12 February 2021 | London
Foster + Partners has resubmitted scaled-down plans for an office scheme on a corner site in Whitechapel, east London. The project for developer South Street Asset...
15 February 2021 | London
The government is facing a backlash from its own MPs after announcing a £3.5 billion (US$4.8 billion) fund to fix dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings...
16 February 2021 | London
EcoWorld has handed Kane a £24 million (US$34 million) package of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works at its Kew Bridge development in Brentford.Kane has...
19 February 2021 | London
Hong Kong developer Tenacity International has won approval to build a new skyscraper in London’s financial district, just weeks after obtaining consent for a separate...
10 November 2020 | London
Four employees of the company that manufactured and sold the combustible cladding used on the Grenfell Tower are refusing to give oral evidence to the...
23 February 2021 | London
Catalyst and Mount Anvil have commenced enabling works on their joint venture regeneration scheme, The Verdean in Acton, marking a new chapter for the Friary...
24 February 2021 | London
Make Architects has revealed plans for a major new commercial scheme on a prominent South Bank site formerly home to ITV's headquartersThe scheme for developers...
25 February 2021 | London
The City of London is set to approve an office scheme designed by 3XN which features a 170-meter-tall tower on the edge of the Broadgate...
26 February 2021 | London
After failing to secure private funding, the Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R)-designed London Centre for Music, previously planned for where the Museum of London now...
01 March 2021 | London
Stiff + Trevillion’s designs for a 48-story skyscraper in the City of London’s eastern cluster have sparked a conservation row. The proposal for developer BentallGreenOak...
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