Ella Jessel

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  Malthouse approves residents’ plan to take ownership of Hollamby estateSubscription

  16 July, 2019

  Kit Malthouse has approved a resident group’s proposal to take over a south London estate at the centre of a long-running battle with Lambeth Council over plans for its demolition

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  Populous Sphere’s giant glowing adverts spark controversySubscription

  16 July, 2019Comments (1)

  Populous is facing growing opposition to its plans for a spherical arena in east London after both the London Mayor and local councils voiced concerns over its 90m-high ad display

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  Mayor rejects ‘unwelcoming, poorly designed’ Tulip Subscription

  15 July, 2019Comments (16)

  London mayor Sadiq Khan has refused Foster + Partners’ Tulip tower saying the 304m-tall tourist attraction is ‘of insufficient quality’ and would harm the city’s skyline

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  AJ Retrofit Awards 2019 finalists revealed: OfficesSubscription

  15 July, 2019

  The AJ can reveal the third set of finalists among the 140 projects vying for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards 2019. Today: Offices

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  Deputy London mayor slams architecture’s complacency on diversitySubscription

  15 July, 2019Comments (2)

  London’s deputy mayor, Jules Pipe, has criticised architecture’s lack of improvement on diversity, telling an AJ100 audience ‘progress isn’t inevitable’

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  Beauty commission calls for zero VAT on retrofit projectsSubscription

  12 July, 2019

  The government’s beauty commission has called for VAT on retrofit projects to be slashed to incentivise the reuse of existing buildings

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  Feilden Fowles wins planning for £8m Cambridge University dining hall Subscription

  11 July, 2019

  Feilden Fowles’ £8.2 million dining hall for Homerton College, Cambridge, has won planning permission 

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  How one architect is rethinking architecture to help the homelessSubscription

  10 July, 2019Comments (1)

  Chris Hildrey has created a database matching up homeless people with addresses of the UK’s empty properties. He talks to Ella Jessel about ProxyAddress

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  Star-studded Old Oak Common megaproject under threatSubscription

  10 July, 2019Comments (2)

  The £1 billion Old Oak Common regeneration project in west London risks being derailed as challenges facing the project stack up, according to a London Assembly committee

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  Beauty commission calls on councils to ‘say no to ugliness’Subscription

  9 July, 2019Comments (4)

  The government’s beauty watchdog has called on councils to ‘say no to ugliness’ by naming and shaming bad housing developments 

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