Having people live in large high-rise buildings, which are also used as offices and shops, integrates the building into the city. But London doesn’t want to lose the street level feel that is unique ...

BSR sees record year-end Gateway 2 determinations and an increase in new building control applications following recent ...

High-rise residential buildings should have individual evacuation plans, a government-funded research project has said, running counter to the Home Office’s ongoing reliance on ‘stay put’. The ...

New York and London are both bristling with new residential towers, a boom driven by demand for housing and skyrocketing prices for luxury flats. But how do the two cities regulate their location, ...

A new residential tower of up to 30 storeys, which would be one of Wales' tallest buildings, could soon be built on a prime Cardiff city centre site. The application site concerns Harlech Court at ...

As illustrated by the ‘The Cheesegrater’, ‘The Walkie Talkie’ and ‘The Can of Ham’, there has been a recent penchant for nicknaming high-rises. The latest names were precipitated by newspaper reports ...

Belfast Harbour has said it plans to invest up to £50m in a high-rise, buy-to-let residential scheme next to the M3 at its City Quays site. A planning application for the project, which could feature ...

Theresa May is booed on her latest visit to meet Grenfell Tower residents Eleven residential high-rise buildings in eight local authority areas have been found with cladding which raises safety ...