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Skywise isn't at #MIPIM this year, but that doesn't mean we're not here to talk! Whether you're a freeholder or a leaseholder, the impact of a towering developments can't be overlooked. Seeking remedies is crucial. At Skywise, we offer this service completely FREE of charge. Let us protect your rights! 💼🏙️ Swing by our Berkeley Street office for a chat or give us a ring at 02039073992. We're ready to help! #RealEstate #PropertyDevelopment #Construction #UrbanPlanning #Skywise #Networking #RightOfLight #PropertyRights #BuildingRegulations #SunlightRights #UrbanDevelopment #Architecture #BuildingDesign #RealEstateLaw #LightingRegulations #UrbanPlanning #CityDevelopment #SunlightProtection #PropertyDevelopment #LegalCompliance #ConstructionLaw

NEWS from UKREiiF today - Maccreanor Lavington and team has submitted plans for one of London’s largest strategic rail freight terminals and a beacon for circular economy.  The outline planning application has been submitted by Network Rail Property for the 30-acre brownfield site at Bow Good Yard in Stratford, next to Pudding Mill Lane DLR. It is the first project of its kind in the country at this scale that envisages an industrial estate as a piece of a city, with its own unique ecosystems. It will deliver up to 5,000 jobs for a wide range of blue- and white-collar employees. The design team is led by our team and includes East architecture, landscape urban design ltd, WSP, make:good and Useful Projects. Bow Goods Yard is currently home to several heavy rail freight uses and is the last remaining large industrial site in the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) area, strategically located next to the A12. It is the final parcel of land to be unlocked as part of London’s 2012 Olympic and Paralympic legacy. Industrial in use and in character, it sits in the middle of the emerging international centre and adjoins the London Stadium, UCL East and several new neighbourhoods. This dichotomy has informed the brief and the vision for the project. The industrial focus of the masterplan is centred on it being one of London’s primary railheads. Protected for rail-freight use, the site is vital to the capital’s construction sector, currently supplying over a million tonnes of concrete a year, as well as bringing construction aggregate in and construction spoil out via rail. The intensified railhead will enable Bow Goods Yard to help London transition to a greener future by taking up to 90,000 HGV movements a year from London’s roads, reducing congestion and emissions.  #urbnaists #architects #anglodutch Blazej Czuba Kevin Logan Irene Frassoldati Oscar Mather Diana Ursachianu Joanna Poxon Megha Paudyal Andreea Vasilcin

Pleased to see progress on Nottingham's Broad Marsh area. Back in September 2020 Green Hustle's first festival, all online in the pandemic, hosted (alongside friends at Nottingham Climate Assembly) the first public meeting on re-imagining this opportune former shopping centre site... In an assembly format, we listened to over 60 attendees' hopes and dreams for our city's future. You can watch the whole thing back here: https://lnkd.in/di64e2br Background info was provided by Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust CEO Paul Wilkinson as well as two of our most pioneering and community-minded politicians, then-Deputy Leader and Carbon Neutral Nottingham 2028 champion Sally Longford and the ever-excellent Nadia Whittome MP. Ok it wasn't a terribly balanced panel, but was at a green-themed festival and 10,000 people had at that point already signed a petition calling for it to be made a green space. Early days for me, my very first experience co-designing and facilitating anything like an assembly. We also heard from a seven year old, and the brilliant Lucelia Rodrigues reflecting on what our youngest citizens wanted to see from the space from school engagement. But it was what came from our participants that was the magic, and it helped stimulate the official Big Conversation, playing a part in informing these plans. Jury is out on whether they deliver... Glad to see so many green roofs, more room given over to people and nature, even an actual marsh! And space for celebrating our heritage, which is what Nottingham people called for. (I just hope the Green Heart park doesn't get any smaller) The new NHS diagnostic centre and re-use of the broadly unloved old Broadmarsh centre's rather brutal frame is also, I think, fantastic. People power! 🏹 💚 EDITS - some good people have contradicted my initially rosey assessment, and I admit it isn't perfect. I have rebalanced a bit. I don't think we're ever all going to be totally happy AND it be viable for developers. Maybe a medium is being found here. I hope it is at least as green as the picture paints... Let's remember many people also find the idea of it being a big green space ridiculous and impractical, though I would love that too! I am proud of what we did in growing the conversation and demanding real engagement.

We think outside the box to explore new ways of cherishing and retaining the origins, historic past and unique stories of our most treasured buildings and spaces, while simultaneously regenerating and reinvigorating them for future generations to come. In our new video series, ‘Outside the Box’ we deliver a mystery box to Ian Gardner, Arup Fellow. Inside the box, Ian finds an array of old photographs of one of his most significant projects – revitalizing Pancras International Station. Describing each photograph, Ian explains the process by which he and his team used the station’s heritage to inform its urban regeneration. The aim was to preserve the Victorian station’s character. Originally, the Victorians had to come over a canal immediately north of the station, so the platforms were elevated creating a huge undercroft underneath at street level. One of the Eureka moments was deciding to revitalize the undercroft, making it a public space that had not existed before and giving transparency through the station. For Ian, this project demonstrated how creative thinking, an appreciation for heritage, clever technical analysis, and a desire to combine old and new, enables us to create thriving, rejuvenated spaces for the benefit of local communities, businesses and visitors alike. Arup Fellows are exceptional practitioners with a deep commitment to delivering excellence for our clients on our projects today, while helping our clients prepare for opportunities and challenges in the future. Watch the video on YouTube https://lnkd.in/gDhTh4xE #WeAreArup #stations #regeneration #heritage #rail #transport

After a complex site assembly process and extensive consultations with Camden Council, we leveraged high-quality architectural design principles and aligned with the London Plan's encouragement of tall buildings near transportation nodes. This approach enabled us to successfully obtain planning consent for a landmark 10-storey mixed-use tower adjacent to Finchley Road and Frognal Overground Station. Constructing within such close proximity to a platform presented challenges, and our pre-planning efforts included extensive negotiations with TFL and the establishment of a Basic Asset Protection Agreement (BAPA). This strategic agreement ensured the feasibility of our project and paved the way for turning our vision into reality. #PropertyDevelopment #Planning #PlanningPermission #Property #RealEstateInvesting #PropertyInvestment #ResidentialDevelopment #CommercialDevelopment #MixedUseDevelopment Amin Taha, Philip Acoustics Ltd, Sweco, Webb Yates Engineers, Damian Ford, TLG Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, Alan Hughes

Great to see nine of Arup's projects in the NLA's latest report: "London's Growing Up: A decade of Building Tall" Report. The Leadenhall, also known as "Cheese Grater" is one of those buildings. Learn more about this striking building below. #WeAreArup

Great to see nine of Arup's projects in the NLA's latest report: "London's Growing Up: A decade of Building Tall" Report. The Leadenhall, also known as "Cheese Grater" is one of those buildings. Learn more about this striking building below. #WeAreArup

Exciting news for Western Australians!   The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre and its surrounding underused waterfront site will undergo a major transformation. Leaseholders Wyllie and Brookfield unveiled a modernised design that preserves the current 16,500 square meters of convention halls while expanding the building over the Mandurah train line and Mounts Bay Road, reaching all the way to the river.    This exciting project will unlock a pipeline of construction jobs for Western Australians while diversifying the economy for years to come.    More about the PCEC redevelopment:      - a business case for the redevelopment will be finalised and presented to the State Government for evaluation in mid-2024.  - the new facility will include an additional 4500 of convention space, a new 650-seat floating theatre, an auditorium and three new jetties.  - it will also make space for premium hotel, housing and commercial opportunities.  - it is anticipated to open by 2029, so it can host the 2029 LNG conference which turned down Perth as its host city last year because the convention centre was too small.    Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre concept images from Wyllie and Brookfield. #NorthLaneConstruction #PerthConventionandExhibitionCentre #Redevelopment #Perth #WesternAustralia #DevelopmentProjects #ConstructionUpdates #DevelopmentPlan #ProjectPlanning #Redevelopment #Architecture #Engineering #Future #NLC #Buildingtomorrowsworkforce Related Articles:     https://lnkd.in/gaE2ev_h    https://lnkd.in/gtekKUGe   https://lnkd.in/gtekKUGe  

In the Seattle DJC ‘Sustainable Building & Design’ Issue, Integrus Principal Tom Robbins highlights environmentally oriented and resilient design at the Portland International Airport. The PACR complex uniquely unites disparate functions of long-term parking, rental car services along with a critical airport operation building able to withstand natural disasters. Bringing rental car service close to the terminal (vs. offsite) streamlines airport campus vehicle circulation, and limits CO2 emissions. The LEED Gold complex marks the first Portland-metro area use of carbon sequestering CarbonCure concrete. Importantly, the 95,000 sf of airport operations office space is built to withstand a 9.0 Cascadian earthquake event, and to serve as a statewide disaster emergency coordination station. It's hiding in plain sight. Check it out next time you’re at PDX! Seattle DJC local business news and data - Environment - Hiding in Plain Sight: Sustainability and resilience beyond the terminal... https://lnkd.in/gstSfsbm

🌍 Not Every Meeting Achieves the Initial Goal—But It Can Still Be Valuable 🏗️ This week, we met with a potential client whose vans, scaffolding, and cranes are a familiar sight across Scotland and the North of England. Having been involved in the construction of some of Manchester, Glasgow, and Leeds’ most iconic buildings, their work has helped shape the urban landscape for over 15 years. As their focus is on fitting and managing projects—using designs developed by external teams—they aren’t currently eligible for R&D relief or grants. However, through our discussions, we identified potential routes to complement their strategic inward investment. The client is now exploring the possibility of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) to bring in engineering talent and grow their in-house design capabilities, potentially unlocking new opportunities with funding support to reduce financial risk. 🚀 Sometimes, the meeting doesn’t go as planned, but it opens up new possibilities for long-term growth. #Construction #Architecture #BusinessGrowth #ArchitecturalInnovation #StrategicInvestment #KTP #Glasgow #Manchester #Leeds #Scotland #NorthOfEngland