20/02/2019
Belfast City Council has unanimously granted planning permission for The Sixth, the redevelopment of the Grade B2 listed former Belfast Telegraph offices and printing facilities on Royal Avenue. Built in 1886, the buildings were home to the newspaper for more than 100 years before it moved to new premises in 2016. The mixed-use project – AHMM’s first in Northern Ireland – includes retail and restaurant units at ground level, with 230,000 square feet of office space above, topped with a rooftop running track.
19/02/2019
Work has begun on Building A at Assembly Bristol, a new development near Bristol Temple Meads Station. The office led mixed use scheme will provide a variety of flexible commercial floorplates, with an assortment of retail, restaurant and flexible units at ground level. Building A is due for completion in 2020, at the same time as a major new waterfront public space which will be home to a rolling programme of events, public art and outdoor green places and will provide a connection to the rest of the city.
18/02/2019
8th Street Market has won the Small Scale Rehabilitation Award at the Urban Land Institute Oklahoma Impact Awards, given at an event on Friday night (15 February). The Impact Awards honour projects that represent best practice in land use and development through their contributions to the built environment and the public realm. ULI is an international organisation bringing together cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts, and the Oklahoma chapter has presented its Impact Awards for the last five years. Find out more about ULI Oklahoma here.
14/02/2019
The Bower, the reinvention of a collection of 1960s buildings on the Old Street roundabout, is now complete. A mix of retail, restaurants and larger floorplate offices is housed within the reclad office tower, the warehouse to the rear, and a collection of smaller new buildings which line the site and frame the new mews. On the ground floor, a new route from Old Street cut through the base of the slab block introduces permeability into the site, and further connects it into a wider network of buildings, routes and places.
14/02/2019
Developer Backhouse has revealed the first show home on its Castle Cary site. One of three distinct housing typologies, the ‘Manor House’ home offers either four bedrooms over two storeys or five bedrooms over three. Each variation has two reception rooms and large open-plan kitchen diners. The show home is open to potential buyers with the site completing in late 2019.
01/02/2019
Television Centre won the award for Best Mixed Use Scheme at this year’s London Planning Awards held last night (31 January) at the National Gallery. White Collar Factory was also highly commended for the Mayor’s Award for Sustainable and Environmental Planning. Organised by London First in partnership with the Mayor of London, and supported by London councils, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Planning Officers Society, the awards recognise outstanding planning practice and celebrate the sector’s contribution to London as a successful and sustainable place to live and work. Find out more about the London Planning Awards here.
30/01/2019
The steels have arrived and construction can now begin on site at 2 New Bailey in Salford. 2 New Bailey is a ten-storey office building, conceived as a 21st century warehouse for work; its exposed structure allows for generous floorplates and solar shading while creating an elegantly fabricated facade. On completion it will also offer retail units at ground level and a roof terrace with wild meadow communal gardens for tenants.