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Fosters’ 2 World Trade Center skyscraper finally set to start on site Fosters’ 2 World Trade Center skyscraper finally set to start on site

New images reveal a 373-metre glass tower set to become American Express’s new headquarters.

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Liverpool City Council highways framework 2026-30

Liverpool City Council highways framework 2026-30

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Buttress gets green light for nearly 400 co-living homes in Salford Buttress gets green light for nearly 400 co-living homes in Salford

Salford City Council has approved a 24-storey co-living scheme by Buttress, which will provide 386 new homes

13.03.2026 01:34 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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TYPE extends and reworks south London terrace house

TYPE extends and reworks south-east London terrace house

13.03.2026 00:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The regs: Get foundations right – don’t be tripped up by tree roots The regs: Get foundations right – don’t be tripped up by tree roots

It is now vital to identify trees early in a project, warns building regs expert Geoff Wilkinson.

12.03.2026 23:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We still need to revolutionise the way this archaic profession is led

We still need to revolutionise the way this archaic profession is led

12.03.2026 23:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Zaha Hadid Architects can renegotiate naming rights following appeal court win Zaha Hadid Architects can renegotiate naming rights following appeal court win

Zaha Hadid Architects can renegotiate its ‘forever’ naming rights contract, which ties it to the Zaha Hadid Foundation, following a Court of Appeal victory favouring the practice.

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Government hires Google to design AI tool that speeds up planning process

Google hired by government to design AI tool that speeds up planning process

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Rethinking practice: Do architects need to meet Margot?

Rethinking practice: Do architects need to meet Margot?

12.03.2026 21:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Seven projects that make extensive use of natural materials Seven projects that make extensive use of natural materials

The AJ's roundup of recent and current projects using natural materials ranges from ‘experimental’ public toilets built from self-supporting stone to a rammed earth house in Jersey.

12.03.2026 19:21 👍 0 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Artform gets go-ahead for St Helens hotel behind 1870s façade Artform gets go-ahead for St Helens hotel behind 1870s façade

Artform Architects has won planning for a hotel in St Helens, Merseyside, which will retain the façade of a 19th-century building while inserting two new buildings behind and beside it

12.03.2026 17:56 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chipperfield’s first major UK project in listing bid Chipperfield’s first major UK project in listing bid

The Twentieth Century Society has made a listing bid for David Chipperfield’s River & Rowing Museum in Henley – the architect’s first major UK project

12.03.2026 16:40 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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New practice: HHVJ – ‘We’d assumed many doors would be closed to us’ New practice: HHVJ – ‘We’d assumed many doors would be closed to us’

Continuing our series on those who’ve set up on their own, three former colleagues at the now-closed Hoskins Architects in Glasgow talk about how they have built another practice in the city

12.03.2026 15:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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RSHP wins contest to design mixed-use neighbourhood in Paris RSHP wins contest to design mixed-use neighbourhood in Paris

RSHP has won an international competition to design an 8ha mixed-use neighbourhood in the La Défense business district of Paris

12.03.2026 14:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Diminishing the achievements of women architects feeds into today’s inequalities

Diminishing the achievements of women architects feeds into today’s inequalities

12.03.2026 13:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Exclusive: Heatherwick replaced on scheme to convert BT Tower into hotel Exclusive: Heatherwick replaced on scheme to convert BT Tower into hotel

EXCLUSIVE 🗞️ Heatherwick Studio has been replaced on the high-profile project to convert the iconic Grade II-listed BT Tower into a hotel.

12.03.2026 11:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MJ Long Prize shortlists four ‘impressive and skilled’ practitioners MJ Long Prize shortlists four ‘impressive and skilled’ practitioners

Four architects have been shortlisted for the 2026 MJ Long Prize, which is part of this year’s W Awards. The prize, named in memory of inspirational architect MJ Long, celebrates UK-based architects who are excelling in practice.

12.03.2026 09:44 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Case study: Float House by TiggColl Case study: Float House by TiggColl

The house, moored on the Grand Union Canal in north-west London, uses a unique system of 10 interlocking steel hulls to sit above the water

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AHMM’s contentious overhaul of listed Sheffield icon to go ahead AHMM’s contentious overhaul of listed Sheffield icon to go ahead

AHMM has received approval for its transformation of Sheffield’s Grade II-listed former John Lewis department store into ‘a landmark destination’, despite continuing objections from heritage bodies

12.03.2026 01:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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MIPIM 2026: Will Steve Coogan steal the show? MIPIM 2026: Will Steve Coogan steal the show?

The sunshine has finally arrived at MIPIM, the annual international property jamboree on the south coast of France, as has comedian-turned-urban regenerator Steve Coogan

12.03.2026 00:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New practice: Common Works – ‘You don’t need a pact with the devil to practise’ New practice: Common Works – ‘You don’t need a pact with the devil to practise architecture’

Stroud-based Common Works talks to the AJ about running on a nine-day fortnight and why ‘bullshit’ procurement processes aren’t helping anybody.

11.03.2026 23:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Who’s really in charge once the D&B contract is signed?

Who’s really in charge once the D&B contract is signed?

11.03.2026 22:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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RIBA’s refusal to commit to Housing Design Awards sparks industry row RIBA’s refusal to commit to Housing Design Awards sparks industry row

Judges for the Housing Design Awards have expressed dismay and bafflement that the RIBA appears to be ending its long-running support for the programme

11.03.2026 20:13 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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SimpsonHaugh unveils plans for Liverpool’s tallest tower SimpsonHaugh unveils plans for Liverpool’s tallest tower

SimpsonHaugh has revealed plans for the tallest building in Liverpool – a 70-storey part-hotel, part-residential scheme on the city’s waterfront

11.03.2026 18:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Ambient Studio remodels and extends Victorian terrace home in Hackney Ambient Studio remodels and extends Victorian terrace home in Hackney

Ambient Studio has been reconfigured a house in Stoke Newington with side-infill and rear extension, forming a new kitchen-dining space, study and bedroom.

11.03.2026 17:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Schemes by UK practices among 52 shortlisted for RIBA International awards

Schemes by UK practices among 52 shortlisted for RIBA International awards

11.03.2026 15:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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NPPF reforms must not jeopardise design quality, RIBA warns NPPF reforms must not jeopardise design quality, RIBA warns

RIBA president Chris Williamson has urged the government not to neglect design quality in its drive for greater housing density

11.03.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Metropolitan Workshop completes Arts and Crafts homes on 1920s Lewisham estate

Metropolitan Workshop completes Arts and Crafts homes on 1920s Lewisham estate

11.03.2026 11:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Bell Phillips gets go-ahead to transform industrial quarter in Sweden

Bell Phillips gets go-ahead to transform industrial quarter in Sweden

10.03.2026 17:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Fieldwork completes rammed-earth house in Jersey Fieldwork completes rammed-earth house in Jersey

The three-bedroom house uses stabilised rammed-earth construction.

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