Stevenage Car Park set to become new homes

Stevenage town centre can look forward to the addition of more new homes thanks to plans to transform a car park into an eight-storey apartment block. Plans for the new block have been announced by real estate developer, The Blackmore... View Article

Shock of the New

An architectural milestone, when it was built 16 years ago, MALBA (Latin American Art Museum of Buenos Aires) has become one of Buenos Aires’ most recognisable landmarks.  Its exhibition spaces have hosted the very best in modern art from across... View Article

Has the golden goose finished laying golden eggs?

With some private landlords leaving the sector, Patrick Mooney, news editor of Housing Management & Maintenance explores the issues. The housing phenomenon since the turn of the century has to be the rampant growth of the private rented sector, but... View Article

Parliament vote to expand Heathrow

In a landmark vote yesterday, Parliament unambiguously backed expanding Heathrow – ending decades of political debate on one of the UK’s most pressing infrastructure issues. MPs from across political parties joined forces to support the Government’s Airports National Policy Statement. The vote... View Article

GS8 to deliver first phase of Watford Junction Masterplan

GS8, the design-led residential and commercial property developer, is pleased to announce it has secured planning consent to deliver a 146 unit, mixed-use development in Watford, Hertfordshire. The development is the first phase to be awarded planning in Watford Borough... View Article

Lenders and brokers ‘too quiet’ over buy to let changes

Mortgage lenders and brokers have been too quiet over the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA) changes to buy to let lending, according to the National Landlords Association (NLA). The NLA says that despite the significant regulatory changes to lending criteria and... View Article

Architects maber reorganise top management to drive growth

maber’s Managing Director Mark Hobson has become CEO and will focus on the practice’s growing London office and portfolio of projects in the capital. Ian Harris, previously head of Maber’s Leicester office takes over as Managing Director with a brief... View Article

Striking a balance between security, aesthetics and budget

Jacksons Fencing has released insights into architects’ views on school safety from its report ‘Protecting the Future’. Taken alongside teachers’ perspectives, the report highlights significant differences between architects and school management as well as some reassuring common ground. On average,... View Article

GIC Capital backs calls to end cowboy builders

GIC Capital, which provides financial support for property development, is lending its support to builders calling for a licensing scheme that will put an end to cowboy builders. A recent survey found that professionals in the industry overwhelmingly backed the... View Article