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Boris Johnson proposes 22-mile bridge to link England and France

January 19, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Foreign secretary Boris Johnson has proposed building a massive bridge across the English Channel, which would see a second link created between Britain and France. The idea for the 22-mile-long Channel Bridge was reportedly put forward during an Anglo-French summit that took place on 18 January 2018. During the meeting, which was called to discuss

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Fire-risk tower residents told to pay £2 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

Residents of a high-rise housing block in London’s Croydon have been told they must pay to replace the building’s cladding, which was found to be flammable in a review following the Grenfell Tower fire. Cladding on the Citiscape complex in the south London town failed final system combustibility testing by the Building Research Establishment in August 2017, prompting the

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Fire-risk tower residents told to pay £2 million to replace Grenfell-style cladding

January 18, 2018 India Block 0

Residents of a high-rise housing block in London’s Croydon have been told they must pay to replace the building’s cladding, which was found to be flammable in a review following the Grenfell Tower fire. Cladding on the Citiscape complex in the south London town failed final system combustibility testing by the Building Research Establishment in August 2017, prompting the

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BIG unveils scheme to protect San Francisco creek from flooding

January 17, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Danish firm BIG has developed a proposal to protect a creek in San Francisco Bay from flooding caused by climate change, which includes building floating villages connected by ferries, a red-hued cycle route, and a highway for autonomous vehicles. BIG developed the scheme with One Architecture + Urbanism (ONE) and Sherwood Design Engineers (Sherwood) as part of

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Council saves Herzog & de Meuron’s Chelsea football stadium from neighbours’ injunction

January 17, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

An injunction that would have prevented Herzog & de Meuron from redeveloping Chelsea FC’s football stadium has been blocked by the local council, paving the way for construction to begin. Planning permission was granted for the £500 million overhaul of the west London football club’s 41,837-seat Stamford Bridge stadium in January 2017. But a group of

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Stefano Boeri designs first tree-covered social-housing project

January 16, 2018 India Block 0

Italian architect Stefano Boeri is bringing his vertical forest model to a social-housing project in Eindhoven, to show how green homes can be provided at affordable rents. Trudo Vertical Forest is a proposal for a 19-storey building boasting the same tree-covered balconies as the celebrated Bosco Verticale towers in Milan, completed by Stefano Boeri Architetti back in 2014, and

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Australian architect Cameron Lyon passes away

January 15, 2018 India Block 0

Cameron Lyon, a director of influential Australian firm Lyons and a pioneer of “people-friendly courthouses”, has died. Lyon passed away on 13 January 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. He leaves behind a legacy of projects that include the Perth County Court, the Parramatta Trial Court in Sydney and the Broadmeadows Children’s Court. The dean and staff of the University of Melbourne

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