Architects Journal
Jack Sidders
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Residents mull legal action over vibrating Bellway block
30-Mar-2012
Bellway has called in an independent structural consultant to assess complaints of excessive vibration at one of its major London developments as residents warn they may launch collective legal action -
Crown Estate unveils £400m St James’ redevelopment
16-Mar-2012
Ken Shuttleworth’s Make and Paul Davis & Partners have been lined up to work on a huge overhaul of Crown Estate land off Piccadilly, central London -
Cameron pledges new home boost with mortgage scheme launch
13-Mar-2012
The Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday launched a government-backed mortgage indemnity guarantee scheme which the industry believes could see 100,000 extra new home sales -
Budget 2012: Osborne OK’s Northern Hub acceleration
March 2012
The Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to speed up Network Rail’s Northern Hub electrification and upgrade programme. -
London’s £12bn office pipeline at risk
21-Feb-2012
More than 150 office projects in London collectively worth £12 billion are at risk of being mothballed or stalling due to a lack of funding and pre-lets, according to a new report -
Plans unveiled for £150m Shrewsbury mega mall
7-Feb-2012
A planning application has been submitted by Chapman Taylor for a £150 million regeneration project to replace Shrewsbury’s three existing shopping centres with one giant new mall -
Work stops on KPF’s Pinnacle as contractor orders shutdown
23-Jan-2012
Workers on KPF’s £800 million Pinnacle skyscraper in London have been told to down tools amid concerns over finance and costs -
Foster’s Principal Place put on hold as tenant pulls out
17-Jan-2012
Foster and Partners’ £290 million Principal Place scheme in London will start on site later than previously expected -
Government throws weight behind £33bn HS2 railway
10-Jan-2012
Transport Secretary Justine Greening has given the go-ahead to build the controversial High Speed 2 (HS2) rail network, a project expected to cost £32.7 billion -
Student housing sector booms as tuition fee hikes loom
3-Jan-2012
Almost £840 million was invested in the development of student accommodation in 2011, new research by CBRE has revealed -
Camden launches attack on Middlesex Hospital plans
1-Dec-2011
Camden Council has launched an attack on Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Sheppard Robson’s £750 million plans to redevelop the former Middlesex Hospital site in Westminster -
Osborne announces pension fund deal for £20bn infrastructure boost
28-Nov-2011
The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK pension funds to bring £20 billion of new investment into UK infrastructure, reports the AJ’s sister paper Construction News -
Government guarantees mortgages to boost housing market
21-Nov-2011
Prime Minister David Cameron will today announce plans to underwrite mortgages for new-build homes in a bid to boost the ailing housing market -
Gove announces £500m priority schools jackpot
3-Nov-2011
Education secretary Michael Gove has today allocated £500 million of funding to more than 100 local authorities to address the shortage of pupil places this year -
Majority of City offices owned by foreign investors
November 2011
Foreign investors now own more than half of all offices in the City of London, according to a new report by Development Securities -
Hilary Benn accepts Shadow Communities brief
11-Oct-2011
Former environment minister Hilary Benn has been appointed to oversee Labour’s housing policy review -
Capita Symonds snaps up CLG housing chief Richard McCarthy
29-Sep-2011
The top civil servant for housing at the Communities and Local Government department Richard McCarthy has announced plans to join Capita Symonds -
Council retains contractor despite canopy collapse at BDP-designed school
27-Sep-2011
Telford and Wrekin Council has reaffirmed its commitment to award Kier Moss three schools contracts before the end of the year despite a major health and safety incident -
NPPF: Clark hints at 'brownfield first' policy u-turn
23-Sep-2011
Planning minister Greg Clark has suggested the government may be willing to make concessions around the wording of brownfield development in the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) -
Planning minister gives 36 more councils extra planning powers
2-Sep-2011
The fourth wave of councils to be given new neighbourhood planning powers has been named by the Department for Communities and Local Government -
Government to release £10bn of public land for houses
7-Jun-2011
Enough land to build 100,000 new homes will be sold off by the public sector under plans to be announced by housing minister Grant Shapps tomorrow
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