Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion

The Architects’ Journal Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion Stiff + Trevillion has won approval for a retrofit conversion of a six-storey PoMo office building in the City of London into a hotel, adding four storeys The post Stiff + Trevillion gets the go-ahead for City office-to-hotel conversion appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Ian Weinfass

Rayner moves to protect pubs from conversion into homes or offices

Under National Planning Policy Framework revisions now in force,  developers seeking a change of use from a pub will have to prove there is no reasonable prospect of keeping a pub business running. The post Rayner moves to protect pubs from conversion into homes or offices appeared first on Property Week.

Staging a Full Renovation on an Older, Higher-Risk Property: Lessons From an 8-Bed HMO Conversion

The post Staging a Full Renovation on an Older, Higher-Risk Property: Lessons From an 8-Bed HMO Conversion appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Older or higher-risk residential conversions, particularly Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs), throw up a different set of challenges to a standard single-family refurbishment. More bedrooms, more bathrooms, tighter fire safety and licensing requirements, and often a building fabric that hasn’t been touched in decades. Having recently completed a full renovation of an 8-bed HMO in […]

ARB strikes off architect over unsafe gas-pipe work and ‘campaign of abuse’

The Architects’ Journal ARB strikes off architect over unsafe gas-pipe work and ‘campaign of abuse’ The ARB has removed a British-Spanish architect from the Architects Register after finding he engaged in a ‘campaign of harassment, abuse and threats’ while working on a shop-to-clinic conversion in Winchester The post ARB strikes off architect over unsafe gas-pipe work and ‘campaign of abuse’ appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Josh Butler

NYC DOB wraps first wave of construction safety sweeps after partial collapse in July

After inspecting 180 jobsites, the agency found no immediate public safety concerns, nor evidence that the East 42nd Street failure was “inherent to office-to-residential conversion projects.”

RIBA Architecture - Open Door - Martello Tower Y 06122022

This award-winning conversion of a dilapidated Napoleonic sea defence tower into a contemporary home is highly respectful of both heritage and setting. A Scheduled Monument in an Area of Outstanding Beauty, it took a committed multi-disciplinary team to ensure that the design vision remained intact throughout two years of complex planning negotiations.

Jewson - All You Need To Know About Building Regulations, 20072020

A Toolkit Talks session from Anna Thompson of LABC who explains 'everything you need to know about Building Regulations'.

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