Elizabeth Hopkirk
Elizabeth Hopkirk is assistant editor of BD, responsible for news and commissioning comment. You can email her on elizabeth.hopkirk@bdonline.co.uk or call her on 020 3011 3135
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NewsFosters, Adjaye and Brooks on Toronto Quayside shortlist
Four teams shortlisted for site once earmarked for Heatherwick’s timber smart town
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‘Faithful rebuild’ announced as favoured option for burnt-out shell of Mac
Design team to be selected through open procurement process
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New owner of £1bn South Bank site replaces Wilkinson Eyre with Fosters
Appointment also spells end of 34-storey Brisac Gonzalez tower at 18 Blackfriars
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Value Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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AHMM director hits back at critics of Holloway and St Thomas’s schemes
Simon Allford says female colleagues ‘irritated’ by criticism that male-led practice was appointed to women’s prison project
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Interview | Simon Allford: ‘Architecture will emerge stronger’
The new president of the RIBA talks to Elizabeth Hopkirk about knocking the institute into shape, the pressure architects are facing – and boxing. Photography by Jean Goldsmith
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Arb announces record 25% rise in retention fee
Cost of remaining on register will jump to £149 next year
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Zaha Hadid and Asif Khan shortlisted for Russian theatre project
Coop Himmelb(l)au and Kengo Kuma also among finalists
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Marks Barfield edges ahead of Carmody Groarke to become Stirling favourite
Bookies back Cambridge Mosque for 2021 Stirling Prize
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Foster & Partners sold to private investor
Canadian family investor takes ‘significant’ interest in practice founded by Norman Foster in 1967
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Grimshaw shuts all its offices for World Mental Health Day – at a cost of £150,000
All 650 staff are given today off
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Analysis: How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy
Urban & Civic is only 12 years old but this private equity-backed property start-up is turning heads with its approach to master development. Elizabeth Hopkirk visited a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire to see the business model in action
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Urban & Civic looks to add young architects to its roster
I want to see talent, meticulousness and an eye for the unexpected, says chief executive
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Bishops ramp up pressure on government and industry over cladding scandal
Groups take ‘polluter pays’ message to Tory conference, as a leaseholder’s suicide is reported
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RIBA to launch design contest for 66 Portland Place
Listed HQ should be zero carbon ‘centre of debate’ for architects, public and policymakers, says new president
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Stirling contenders Carmody Groarke among Doolan Prize finalists
Five in running for Scotland’s best building award
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Work begins on de Matos Ryan’s transformation of V&A childhood museum
AOC completes detailed drawings for fit-out
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dRMM team lands Southwark estate regeneration
Adam Khan Architects and JA Projects also on scheme
