Ben Flatman
Ben Flatman is the architectural editor at Building Design
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Features1.5 million homes and counting: what Jas Bhalla thinks comes next
Ben Flatman speaks to Jas Bhalla – architect, planner and founder of Jas Bhalla Works – about building a practice rooted in long-term thinking
NewsDowen Farmer Architects submits plans for 90-home grey belt scheme in Broxbourne
Proposals include a new SEN school designed by e-gg
NewsBIG appointed to design new Hungarian Natural History Museum in Debrecen
Design seeks to integrate exhibition spaces with the surrounding forest as part of Hungary’s wider cultural investment in its second-largest city
NewsUniversity of Cambridge reveals Hawkins Brown’s updated Eddington masterplan in latest public consultation
Third round of public consultation includes revised outline for up to 3,800 additional homes, as well as proposals for commercial space, community facilities and landscape
NewsScott Brownrigg tech building approved for Oxfordshire campus
Development will form second phase of life sciences and advanced manufacturing innovation hub
NewsChris Dyson Architects submits plans to convert Farringdon office building into hotel
Scheme reflects wider move to diversify uses within the City of London’s commercial core
NewsSmallwood Architects’ Queen Anne-style design approved for replacement house on Jane Austen-linked estate
Heritage campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage objected to the approved plans, citing the loss of historic character and environmental concerns
NewsSatish Jassal Architects completes net zero council housing scheme on Haringey infill site
Scheme includes eight homes and is intended as a model for small-scale, low-carbon social housing delivery in London
NewsCouncil approves O’DonnellBrown’s plans for 300 homes at Glasgow’s Govan Graving Docks
Derelict site has been vacant for almost four decades
NewsEmrys Architects gains consent for Bloomsbury retrofit project
Scheme seeks to unify and upgrade a series of buildings facing Alfred Place and Tottenham Court Road, incorporating flexible workspace, landscaped roofs and accessibility improvements
NewsAndArchitects submits plans for tartan-inspired extension to Vivienne Westwood HQ
The scheme seeks to build on the fashion house’s longstanding presence in Battersea and add to the area’s growing creative industries hub
Building StudyDesigning from first principles: Inside David Kohn Architects’ Gradel Quadrangles
A major expansion for one of Oxford’s oldest colleges reimagines the logic of the quadrangle with a theatrical, landscape-first ensemble shaped by dialogue and detail
NewsHawkins\Brown gains B Corp-certification
Practice joins growing number of architecture frms seeking recognition for their environmental and social performance through B Corp
NewsGreat British Energy’s £200m project targets solar panels for schools and NHS
Announcement comes as Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch signals a retreat from her predecessors’ support for the cross-party commitment to reach net zero by 2050
NewsPrior & Partners to lead University of Leeds masterplan framework
AHMM also part of team working on 18-month commission
NewsHTA and Donald Insall Associates to work on Swiss university project
A university in Switzerland has selected a team led by Geneva-based Éric Maria Architectes, working with UK practices Donald Insall Associates and HTA Design, to adapt an 18th-century estate into an expanded home for a scientific research centre. The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), plans to convert the estate ...
NewsRIBA survey: workload expectations turn positive in February
Industry more upbeat but RIBA warns that geopolitical context presents on-going risks
NewsRIBA will relocate to Jerwood Centre during Portland Place refurbishment
Institute agrees partnership with RCP for temporary move to neo-Georgian building opened by former Prince of Wales in 2002
NewsPollard Thomas Edwards’ 355-home Stratford scheme approved
Project will include new public realm, cafe and performance space