building design

Appeal: 80ft digital screen screen refused despite comparisons with Stirling Prize winner

08.12.2017

A proposal by Pimlico Plumbers to add a large LED screen to the exterior of its South London HQ has been refused, after an inspector ruled that that a similar screen at the nearby Newport Street Gallery did...

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Appeal: 7-storey scheme out of keeping with ‘haphazard’ King’s Cross conservation area

17.11.2017

Matt Moody

building design | conservation area | Design | Heritage | London

An inspector has refused plans to replace three locally listed buildings near King’s Cross with a modern seven-storey mixed-use block, ruling that the scheme would fail to reflect the area's...

Appeal: Replacement country home allowed despite harm to bat roosts

03.11.2017

Matt Moody

An inspector has approved plans to replace a ‘substandard’ home in a highly affluent area of Buckinghamshire with a much larger classical-style country house, despite the protected bat roosts...

Reflections on Grenfell: Forms to follow failure?

28.09.2017

The Planner

What can we learn from the Grenfell Tower disaster? Six experts with considerable international experience of sustainable development and risk management share their reflections and recommendations with ...

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