All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 240
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NewsFosters takes over environmental design consultancy
Practice was already working closely with PHA Consult
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Web tool launched to help free schools find sites
Partnerships for Schools has launched an online search service to help groups interested in setting up free schools find potential sites in their area.
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NewsGovernment is anti-design, architects warned
Architects are facing a period of government hostility and need to find a champion to lobby for the importance of good design, a vice president of HOK has warned.
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NewsPrasad rallies the profession on school design
“There’s a fight on” says former RIBA president as he insists architects can make standardisation succeed
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NewsAdam defends Athlone House designs
Robert Adam has defended his designs for a £20 million neo-classical mansion in Hampstead against stinging attack from critics who described them as “inept”.
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NewsSchools architects likened to oxen
Schools architects in the brave new world of standardisation have been likened to oxen after the invention of tractors
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NewsWigglesworth attacks Gove's 'factory schools'
Architect Sarah Wigglesworth has launched a broadside against Michael Gove and the government’s plans for standardisation of school design.
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NewsWork to start on second Denton Corker Marshall tower in Singapore
Work will start this year on the second tower in Denton Corker Marshall’s $1 billion Asia Square development in Singapore.
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NewsWorking abroad: Kilburn Nightingale
More than 25 years of taking on the tropics has built this London firm.
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NewsHouse building falls to lowest level in 88 years
The number of house building completions in England fell to a record low in 2010, down 13% on 2009.
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NewsSnøhetta set to design Aberdeen Maggie's centre
Norwegian practice Snøhetta is on the verge of signing a deal to become the latest architect to design a Maggie’s cancer care centre.
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NewsBaca Architects files Norwich homes plan
Flood-risk specialist Baca Architects and Dutch masterplanner Atelier Pro Architekten have submitted an outline planning application for 682 homes on a brownfield site in Norwich.
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RSHP slims Barangaroo C4 tower for Sydney
Rogers Stirk Harbour has refined the design of the first of its controversial Barangaroo towers in Sydney, Australia, following pressure from neighbours, who complained it would block their sunlight.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands submits Thameside fire HQ plans
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has submitted revised plans to redevelop the listed headquarters of the London Fire Brigade beside the Thames.
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NewsRafael Viñoly's medicine building opens at University of California
Rafael Viñoly Architects’ Ray & Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building has opened at the University of California (UCSF).
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NewsUS architects' salaries rise
Many American architects’ salaries increased last year – with the exception of the most senior and most junior posts.
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NewsKit named best young Swiss practice
Zurich practice Kit has been named the winner of the Foundation Award for young Swiss architects.
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Rummey Design merges with Turkish counterpart
London-based masterplanners and urban designers Rummey Design has joined forces with Turkish landscape architects Dalokay Design Studios to create an international consultancy.
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NewsCartwright Pickard Architects wins planning for PassivHaus homes
West London development tackles cramped plot by using shared spaces
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NewsWest Ham wins battle for the Olympic Stadium
West Ham United has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games, it was announced today.The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) unanimously chose the premiership football club’s bid over rival club Tottenham’s, which involved demolishing the Populous-designed stadium and replacing it with ...