Trio of senior promotions at Sweco

Engineering, environment and design consultancy Sweco UK has strengthened its senior team with three key promotions across its Buildings division. Mark Davison, who heads Sweco’s fire engineering team, has been promoted to technical director. Mark has more than 17 years’ experience in... View Article

Brokenshire announces social housing investment boost

A multi-billion pound boost to social housing across England has been confirmed by Secretary of State for Communities, James Brokenshire MP £1.67bn social housing deal to deliver 23,000 affordable homes Government confirms details of £1bn investment to support a new... View Article

Martin Pease Appointed Managing Director at WATG London

WATG, one of the world’s leading integrated architectural design firms, has announced the appointment of Martin Pease as Managing Director of the firm’s London practice. A seasoned global executive, Pease brings 25 years of design and commercial business experience to... View Article

Shock of the New

An architectural milestone, when it was built 16 years ago, MALBA (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires) has become one of Buenos Aires’ most recognisable landmarks.  Its exhibition spaces have hosted the very best in modern art from across... View Article

Parliament vote to expand Heathrow

In a landmark vote yesterday, Parliament unambiguously backed expanding Heathrow – ending decades of political debate on one of the UK’s most pressing infrastructure issues. MPs from across political parties joined forces to support the Government’s Airports National Policy Statement. The vote... View Article

GS8 to deliver first phase of Watford Junction Masterplan

GS8, the design-led residential and commercial property developer, is pleased to announce it has secured planning consent to deliver a 146 unit, mixed-use development in Watford, Hertfordshire. The development is the first phase to be awarded planning in Watford Borough... View Article

Architects maber reorganise top management to drive growth

maber’s Managing Director Mark Hobson has become CEO and will focus on the practice’s growing London office and portfolio of projects in the capital. Ian Harris, previously head of Maber’s Leicester office takes over as Managing Director with a brief... View Article

Striking a balance between security, aesthetics and budget

Jacksons Fencing has released insights into architects’ views on school safety from its report ‘Protecting the Future’. Taken alongside teachers’ perspectives, the report highlights significant differences between architects and school management as well as some reassuring common ground. On average,... View Article

Britain shows sign of adopting German housing model

Of the estimated 17 million renters in the UK, over two thirds (70 per cent or 12 million adults) have no plans to purchase a property, reveals new research by landlord insurer Direct Line for Business. The research shows Britain is... View Article