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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 3h

John McAslan + Partners has completed its conversion of a former Victorian power station into a residential teaching facility for the Saïd Business School

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John McAslan converts power station into Oxford business school building

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 9h

Maccreanor Lavington has been appointed to design student homes that will sit alongside Witherford Watson Mann’s revamp of the Albany arts centre in Deptford, south-east London.

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Maccreanor Lavington joins Witherford Watson Mann on Deptford job

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has unveiled updated designs by Allies and Morrison and HOK for a new St Mary’s Hospital and expanded life sciences campus in Paddington

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Allies and Morrison and HOK reveal latest designs for huge Paddington hospital

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Shropshire Council is seeking a conservation architect for a series of repairs to the Grade I-listed Shrewsbury Castle [Deadline: 29 October 2026]

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Shrewsbury Castle conservation, Shropshire

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

The Russian artist-architect’s installation combines vintage shelving and display cabinets with ‘mirrors to eternity’, creating the impression of an endless library

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Alexander Brodsky designs ‘endless’ bookshop at Pushkin House

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Beam Camp in New Hampshire, United States, has launched its annual international competition to design a $15,000 temporary installation [Deadline: 30 November 2026]

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Beam Camp 2027, United States

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Burnley Borough Council is seeking consultants for a new £7 million construction professional services framework [Deadline: 17 November 2026]

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Burnley Borough Council framework 2027-31

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Bedford College is seeking an architect for a range of projects across its campuses in Bedfordshire.

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Competition: Bedford College

Bedford College, Bedford

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

What if Nature Comes First? was the theme of last month’s two-week Oslo Architecture Triennale, offering plenty of idealism and invention. But was it simply preaching to the converted?

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Review: The 2026 Oslo Architecture Triennale

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Developer Berkeley has failed in its application for a judicial review of its dRMM-led redevelopment of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham, following its rejection by the Planning Inspectorate

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dRMM-led Peckham scheme’s bid for judicial review fails

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

For one architectural assistant, sketching became a way to understand space, test inhabitation and rethink architecture ✍️

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Sketchbook: Azal Kassim

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Coventry City Council has launched a £5 million framework supporting its school expansion programme and wider capital projects.

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Competition: Coventry schools expansion framework 2027-31

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Make Architects has posted a pre-tax profit for the first time since 2022 but has seen its turnover slip by 7 per cent

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Make returns to profit but turnover slides again

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

The Mayor of London has approved KPF's mixed-use Shoreditch Works scheme after it was called in following a clash between Hackney councillors and planning officers

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KPF’s Shoreditch Works masterplan given go-ahead by Mayor of London

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

RIBA president election runner-up Duncan Baker-Brown reveals he was one of 270 architects kicked off the ARB register for failing to comply with its new CPD regime – even though he had done no such thing

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Duncan Baker Brown: the ARB kicked me off the register – and I had no idea

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Stanton Williams has narrowly won approval for a new-build and refurbishment project for Oxford University, spelling the end for a 1970s building by Leslie Martin

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Stanton Williams scrapes approval to replace Leslie Martin Oxford Uni block

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

New images revealing detailed plans for the Oxford Street pedestrianisation project have been released three weeks before the traffic stops ⛔

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East presents new visuals of Oxford Street pedestrianisation

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Design West and Bristol BID have launched an ideas contest for a series of ‘simple and imaginative’ climate-resilient public spaces in Bristol Harbour.

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Competition: Big Green Ideas for Bristol Harbour

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Dover District Council is seeking a multidisciplinary lead consultant team for a series of town centre regeneration projects.

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Competition: Dover town centre regenerations

Dover town centre regenerations

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

A series of buildings in London’s Soho have been turned into a purpose-designed pod hostel, combining careful adaptation of existing fabric with new interventions

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Case study: Otherwander Soho by SODA Studio

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

OPINION | The government should consider relaxing floor space requirements to ease the viability of housing schemes, says Nenad Manasijevic.

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Are UK housing space standards still fit for purpose?

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Ten professionals who studied architecture but have taken their careers in very different directions talk about how their education nevertheless continues to shape the way they work

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Why architecture is still worth studying – even if you don’t become an architect

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 09/10/2026

Four sculptural ‘Waylamps’ designed by andre kong studio and landscape and design practice Wayward have been installed as public artworks between Colindale and North Finchley.

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Andre Kong Studio creates Heath Robinson-inspired landmarks from lampposts

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Internationally acclaimed architect, author and academic Farshid Moussavi has been awarded this year’s Soane Medal.

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Farshid Moussavi awarded 2026 Soane Medal

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

The Architectural Association has launched a digital platform related to the school’s Department of Tropical Architecture (1954-71).

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Tropical architecture explored in new AA digital archive

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

John McAslan + Partners has completed its conversion of a former Victorian power station into a residential teaching facility for the Saïd Business School

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John McAslan converts power station into Oxford business school building

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Wigan Council is seeking a multidisciplinary team for a new regeneration framework for the town’s Station Gateway and King Street area.

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Competition: Wigan station regeneration framework

Wigan station regeneration framework

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Taylor Wimpey, one of the country’s biggest property developers, has said it will not be building any more homes in London due to a ‘broken’ viability environment

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Housing giant announces no more homes in London, citing broken viability

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Maccreanor Lavington has been appointed to design student homes that will sit alongside Witherford Watson Mann’s revamp of the Albany arts centre in Deptford, south-east London.

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Maccreanor Lavington joins Witherford Watson Mann on Deptford job

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

Southwark Council has unanimously refused PRP and Berkeley Homes’ plans for 1,056 homes in Bermondsey, south London, after affordable housing provision fell from 40 per cent to 12 per cent

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PRP and Berkeley’s Old Kent Rd towers refused over lack of affordable homes

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 08/10/2026

While our student survey has some tough findings, the wonderful work submitted for this year’s AJ Student Prize shows talent, creativity and an understanding that the next generation is already designing our future, says Emily Booth

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Students – don’t give up on your dreams

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

The government has unveiled a £210 million package to help councils transform derelict high-street sites into community facilities, cafés, workspaces and revived local assets.

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Burnham pledges £210m to restore run–down high streets

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has unveiled updated designs by Allies and Morrison and HOK for a new St Mary’s Hospital and expanded life sciences campus in Paddington

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Allies and Morrison and HOK reveal latest designs for huge Paddington hospital

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Bond Bryan has unveiled its plans for a government-backed £50 million performing arts college in Bradford city centre, inspired by London’s famous BRIT School.

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Bond Bryan reveals plans for BRIT North performing arts college in Bradford

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Shropshire Council is seeking a conservation architect for a series of repairs to the Grade I-listed Shrewsbury Castle [Deadline: 29 October 2026]

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Shrewsbury Castle conservation, Shropshire

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

The Greater London Authority (GLA) should create a pattern book for upward extensions to boost housing supply, the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration Committee has said

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London Assembly calls for rooftop-extension pattern book to unlock housing

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Edinburgh City Council has approved plans to partially demolish the city’s former Scottish Widows HQ and convert what remains into a hotel, despite concerns from the Twentieth Century Society and Historic Environment Scotland

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Hotel proposal for Edinburgh’s Scottish Widows HQ approved despite heritage concerns

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Architects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Rushcliffe Council has approved KSS’s two-phase overhaul of Nottingham Forest’s City Ground, paving the way for capacity to rise from 31,000 to 52,000.

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KSS-designed Nottingham Forest FC stadium expansion approved

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