Lakanal House: The verdict

The latest on new homes in south London, including a converted "drum tower" with 41 new homes near Clapham South Tube station; dramatic new family homes within a former convent at Camberwell's Grove Park; and shared-ownership flats at Burgess Park.

Southwark Council has given the go ahead for a 12 acre mixed-use scheme near Tower Bridge, it has been announced. The Workspace Group is to transform the site into a mixed-use scheme, with 800 new homes set to be built. Currently there is 270,000 sq ...

China CapitalMalls Asia Ltd. is planning to build the Century Plaza South Tower. Located in an industrial park in Suzhou, the 729-meter-tall, 1.3-million-sq-ft building will have 147 floors. Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and Benoy Architects will be the ...

Southwark Council has warned the housing sector may struggle to implement two of the key recommendations from the inquest into the deaths in the Lakanal House tower block fire. In a report presented to its cabinet this week, the council says there ...

Inquests into deadly fires occurring in high-rise towers in both London and Dubai have revealed severe failings by both landlords and authorities in keeping residents safe. Could a new approach to materials, safety systems and guidelines be required ...

Workspace - London, Workspace gets planning consent for Tower Bridge Workspace Group has secured planning permission for the redevelopment of its property at Tower Bridge Business Complex, Clements Road, London SE16. The redevelopment will provide ...

At800 says London Freeview signals will not be disrupted by LTE at 800MHz Freeview 4G trials in Southeast and West London have reported that no interference to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) signals was caused by LTE services operating on the ...

The Government has granted a number of councils across London and the south east exemption from efforts to regenerate areas by allowing more conversions of offices to flats. Communities secretary Eric Pickles said the legislation to revise the Town ...

The parodied "verdant grasslands of Battersea Park" may still be off investors' radars, but the central southern fringe further east - specifically the South Bank - no longer is. A slew of recent deals, while nowhere near the West End par, is ...