Marguerite Lazell
TechnicalNorth Carolina Museum of Art by Thomas Phifer & Partners
Arup’s innovative solution allows the North Carolina museum’s permanent collection to be viewed by natural daylight.
NewsRefurb may be factor in tower fire tragedy
Building experts question why fatal blaze was able to spread so quickly
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Architects to look at making housing better for elderly
Architects Richard MacCormac and managing director of PRP Architects Roger Battersby are to look at making Britain's housing stock more elderly-friendly.
NewsLondon Olympics Athletes Village – new images revealed (fly-through)
The ODA has unveiled its latest images for the 2012 Athletes Village, saying it will be "gold medal standard".
NewsNow council pulls out of Lancaster public inquiry
A controversial £140 million scheme to regenerate a huge stretch of Lancaster has been left on the verge of collapse after the city council pulled out of the public inquiry into the scheme
NewsBoris calls for London public space ideas
Mayor Boris Johnson has called on London boroughs to submit their ideas for revitalising public spaces in the capital as part of his Great Spaces initiative.
NewsAnger as Crossrail chief questions value of design
Alsop, Ritchie and MacCormac point to Jubilee Line Extension’s legacy
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Gibb beats reform group candidate to be elected Arb vice chair
New board member architect Gordon Gibb has beaten Reform Group stalwart George Oldham to be elected vice-chair of the Arb.
NewsRMJM to design athletes village for Glasgow Commonwealth Games (fly-through)
RMJM has won the competition to design the £300 million athletes village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
NewsRIAI 2009 award winners unveiled
O'Donnell & Tuomey, BDP, Grafton Architects and Keith Williams Architects and Office of Public Works in Ireland are among the big-name winners at this year's Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland's Irish Architecture Awards.
NewsChetwood suggests housing pods for MPs
Architect Laurie Chetwood has designed a new method of housing MPs without any room for suspect second home payments or unseemly profiteering from rising house prices.
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Half 1999’s buildings at risk have been saved, says English Heritage
Campaigners have welcomed news from English Heritage that almost half the grade I and grade II* listed buildings and monuments on its At Risk register a decade ago are no longer under threat.
NewsBoris backs Dixon Jones Exhibition Road scheme despite Guide Dogs protest
London mayor Boris Johnson is on course to revolutionise street design in the capital after strongly backing Dixon Jones’ Exhibition Road scheme in Kensington in the face of a high-profile protest by Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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RIBA warns architects against cutting fees
The RIBA has renewed its campaign to stop architects working for reduced fees — or even for free — as the recession continues.
NewsRay Hole's Snowdon visitor centre opens
The new visitor centre at the summit of Snowdon – the highest mountain in England and Wales – has officially opened.
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Oldham and Gibb vye for Arb vice-chair
Two architects — the Arb Reform Group’s George Oldham and new Arb board member Gordon Gibb — have been nominated for the position of vice-chair of the organisation’s board.
NewsGo-ahead for massive Thames Gateway housing project
The first phase of Barking Riverside – the largest single housing development in the Thames Gateway – has won planning permission.
NewsTonkin Liu sculpture will reflect the wind
A 15m-high wind-powered flower sculpture designed for the Mersey waterfront in Widnes by Tonkin Liu has been granted planning permission.
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Architecture is most exclusive profession
It costs more to qualify than in any other sector (and the salary is rubbish)