Southwark Council is set to approve plans for an 18-storey office tower by Blackfriars Bridge in central London after planning officers backed the scheme. The “concept workplace” building will be part of the £1bn Bankside Yards regeneration project designed by Make and PLP, reports Construction News’s sister title the Architects’…
The Factory art centre project in Manchester is running almost £100m over budget, official papers reveal. The 12,000m2 development in Walter Street had a £111.6m price tag when it was approved in 2017. The scheme, which is being developed by Allied London and Manchester City Council, includes a 7,000-capacity venue and was…
Initial plans for a 32-storey skyscraper by Leadenhall Market in the City of London have been revealed. The tower, being designed by architects Woods Bagot, would have about 20,000 square metres of office space, in addition to a food court, a market hall and 500 square metres of other public…
London mayor Sadiq Khan has approved plans for a 20-storey tower in Bermondsey, two years after Southwark Council rejected plans for the site. As reported by CN sister title Architects’ Journal, Southwark councillors rejected an application for an office tower in 2020, saying the 87m building would have “excessive height,…
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