All articles by Dave Rogers – Page 30
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NewsOlympic authority reveals details of £56,000 expenses
Memory sticks, Christmas cards and cups of coffee were among the items claimed on expenses by senior figures at the Olympic Delivery Authority last year.
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NewsLiverpool library renovation finally wins go-ahead
Liverpool City Council has granted planning approval for the renovation of Liverpool’s Central Library, four years after the project was first submitted.The £50 million scheme, by Austin-Smith Lord, includes a full restoration of the 150-year old grade II listed building.Practice partner Chris Pritchett said: “We are obviously delighted that this ...
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NewsSimmons takes pay cut as Cabe juggles numbers
Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons is taking a £20,000 pay cut as the design watchdog waits to find out how much more money it will be asked to slash from its budget this year.
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NewsQueen venue gets thumbs up for refurb
John McAslan & Partners’ plans to revamp a town hall in north London have been given the green light by local planners.
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NewsMuseum of Bond Vehicles in Illinois
Gensler has unveiled its designs for a new museum dedicated to the world’s most famous spy, James Bond.
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NewsCabe must cut back to core, say former bosses
Lipton and Rouse call for watchdog to focus on design reviews and produce fewer reports.
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NewsPractices gloomy about future, warns RIBA
The latest Future Trends Survey from RIBA is warning that architects are expecting to find it harder to win work in the future.
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NewsUK firms eye China expansion
British architects are taking advantage of a recovering Asian economy with Benoy and BDP both set to open new offices in China.
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NewsPFI protest casts shadow on Liverpool hospital plans
Architects hoping to win work on a major hospital project are waiting to learn if it will be held up by a campaign group opposed to PFI.
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NewsArchitect AEW wins £500,000 compensation over Museum of Liverpool job
Manchester practice AEW has been awarded £500,000 after a row over unpaid fees on the new Museum of Liverpool.
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NewsKSS creates training facility for Spurs
KSS has designed a new training academy for Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley wins top housing prize
A scheme by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won the overall prize at this year’s Housing Design Awards.
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NewsSOM’s Jersey scheme given the green light
SOM has been given planning permission by the States of Jersey for three buildings on St Helier.
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NewsScrapping BSF could hit at least 1,500 architects, estimates suggest
The number of architects hit by the government’s decision to scrap the Building Schools for the Future programme is expected to reach at least 1,500.
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NewsArchial and Woods Bagot both appoint joint MDs
Two major architectural practices, Archial and Woods Bagot, have rejigged their management teams and appointed joint managing directors
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NewsRMJM report increase in turnover and workload
RMJM has said workloads are now heading towards the kind of levels not seen since the worldwide recession struck two years ago.
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NewsCapita Symonds help engineer Goodwood sculpture
Capita Symonds helped engineer a central sculpture at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed held in the Sussex Downs over the weekend.
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NewsMinister hints at Finsbury closure
The government has given the strongest hint yet that it is siding with the local health authority wanting to shut down Finsbury Health Centre.
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News46 year old architectural technician is boxing heavyweight champion
An associate at Cardiff firm HLN Architects has just become the unlicensed boxing British heavyweight champion – at the age of 46.
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NewsGovernment scraps infrastructure agency
The Infrastructure Planning Commission is to be scrapped just eight months after it was set up.