All Education articles – Page 31
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NewsWork starts on John McAslan's Blackburn BSF project
Darwen Vale High School revamp gets underway
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NewsRogers hits back at Gove over school design
Richard Rogers has attacked education secretary Michael Gove for singling out his practice in his criticism of the recent school building programme. Last week Gove told a conference on free schools that “we won’t be getting Richard Rogers to design your school, we won’t be getting any ’award-winning’ architects to ...
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OpinionInitiatives need solid foundations too
Stop-start policy-making can never make for good architecture
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NewsPublic inquiry set for Adam Smith house
Plans to renovate the derelict former home of Scottish economist Adam Smith have been called in by the government after Edinburgh Council approved them against the wishes of its officers
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NewsJohn McAslan to masterplan Dulwich College
John McAslan & Partners has triumphed against Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Grimshaw and Marks Barfield to produce a masterplan for the independent school in south London.
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NewsArchitecture PLB triumphs in RIBA competition
Architecture plb has won an RIBA-run design competition for a new building at the Merchant Taylors’ School in Northwood, Middlesex.
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News'Flat-pack' schools will make architects redundant
Architects are being written out of the government’s plans for school building, it emerged today.
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NewsToby Young brands architects 'arrogant' over school design
Free school pioneer uses public meeting to accuse architects of wasting taxpayers’ money.
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Building StudyCranfield Centre for Competitive Creative Design, by Niall McLaughlin Architects
With its distinctive wing-like roof, Niall McLaughlin’s building for Cranfield University in Bedfordshire fits well with the ambition of the only campus to have its own airfield.
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NewsWork starts on Lewisham BSF schools
Work starts this week on four schools for Lewisham’s BSF programme designed by HKR and WGI Architects.
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NewsBartlett appoints Frédéric Migayrou as Professor of Architecture
College also announces new post for Murray Fraser
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News2011 Civic Trust Awards finalists announced
The 57 finalists for this year’s Civic Trust Awards have been revealed, with a ceremony due to be hold on March 4 at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.
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NewsSmaller firms may gain from BSF axing
Smaller practices could find it easier to win school design work in future, according to schools architect and former RIBA president Sunand Prasad.
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NewsCotton mill revived as Staffordshire academy
LHC Architecture’s £22 million JCB Academy in Rocester, Staffordshire, has opened.
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TechnicalSomerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
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Building StudySt Joseph’s Primary School, Highgate, by Pie Architecture
Pie Architecture’s individual reworking of a 1970s primary school is notable for its careful attention to the needs of the classroom
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Building StudyHawkins Brown's school of the arts for the University of Kent
Hawkins Brown took a film studio lot as the inspiration for its new Jarman Building in Canterbury for the University of Kent.
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OpinionDid school client design advisers offer poor value?
Yes, they were inappropriate in the context of what most architects earn, says Chris Roche; no, they provided an essential service to a flawed system, counters Paul Fletcher
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NewsBSF hearing slated for New Year
The judicial review challenging the coalition’s decision to scrap the £55 billion Building Schools for the Future programme will be heard in January.
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NewsNew Brunel library opens in Bristol
A new library and education centre, the Brunel Institute has opened in Bristol.