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Dan Whelan The build-to-rent developer has been granted approval to start building its 158-apartment Croal Valley project, opposite the former Beales/Whittakers department store.  Cllr Martyn Cox, deputy leader of Bolton Council, said: “Croal Valley is a vital site in Bolton Council’s town centre masterplan. Placefirst’s plans will bring much-needed modern housing and attractive public spaces on a brownfield site. “The development is set in the heart of Bolton and will attract more peo...

Levitt Bernstein started working on the concert hall in 2001, completing a new foyer with 350-person standing capacity in 2009. The architect was then

Dan Whelan The build-to-rent developer’s 158-home Croal Valley project is earmarked for approval by the council’s planning committee. Situated on a key site bordered by the River Croal and part of Bolton Council’s £1.5bn regeneration of the town centre, the £25m project is to feature a mix of apartments and townhouses.   The project designed by architect Levitt Bernstein would be built on a largely vacant 2.7-acre plot off Central Street and Deansgate, opposite the former Beales/Whit...

Igloo founder says new bishop for housing could be a turning point

Next Bishop of Chelmsford will be fast-tracked into House of Lords

Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Church of England’s new bishop for housing The Church of England has appointed a bishop for housing. Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, the next Bishop of Chelmsford, will sit in the House of Lords and advocate on issues of housing justice. The church’s decision to appoint a bishop for housing comes ahead of next month’s expected publication of the report from the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Commission on Housing, Church and Community. Her role will include leading the ch...

‘This is for everyone who supported BLM’: Lesley Lokko wins RIBA Annie Spink Award Author and academic Lesley Lokko has paid tribute to ‘everyone who came out in support of Black Lives Matter protests’ after winning the 2020 RIBA Annie Spink Award for Excellence in Architecture Education Lokko, 57, is currently setting up the African Futures Institute, an independent postgraduate school of architecture in Accra, Ghana – the city where she grew up until she was 17. Advertisement The Sc...

2020-10-23T16:00:00+01:00 Levitt Bernstein architect honoured for her tenacious campaigning for better housing Julia Park, Levitt Bernstein’s head of housing research, has been named Architecture Leader of the Year at the AYAs. Park was honoured for her work campaigning for better housing and in particular against the unregulated conversion of offices into often deeply unsuitable homes. She has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of the issue, managing to secure coverage in the Times, Guar...

Mica Architects has been crowned Architect of the Year at Building Design’s prestigious annual awards. The practice was honoured with the Gold Award for overall winner at the ceremony which was streamed on Building Design’s website today and watched live by hundreds of architects, clients and their collaborators. As well as being named Architect of the Year, Mica – the practice born out of Rick Mather Architects in 2017 following Mather’s death – also scooped the award for Refurbishme...

Damage to towns and local democracy ‘unacceptable’ Architects have warned of the “disastrous unintended consequences” of a government proposal that would allow entire high streets and town centres to be converted into housing. The “half-baked ideas” could do irreversible harm to the commercial hearts of towns and cities up and down the country, they said, and render local authorities powerless to intervene in shaping their districts. Former RIBA president Ben Derbyshire said the los...