Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage, on why the M&S demolition decision exposes a broken planning system and how we need urgent reform to safeguard heritage assets and reduce embodied carbon emissions. Designed by Trehearne & Norman with WA Lewis, Orchard House was completed in 1930 and has been Marks & Spencer’s flagship Oxford […]
There is no doubt the Elizabeth Line will alter our perceptions of London’s geography. But is it too little, too late? Or can our planning system move fast enough to allow newly connected neighbourhoods to flourish? Woolwich station by Weston Williamson + Partners is one of ten new stations forming the Elizabeth Line, which opened […]
How can residential design cater for today’s lifestyles, while also meeting changing expectations around sustainability, health and wellbeing? This question was addressed by a panel of architects and developers at a round table discussion in London hosted by AT and Geberit. In association with Designed by Metropolitan Workshop for Pocket Living, Addiscombe Grove in East […]