Ellen Bennett
NewsWalkway design competition gives young firms Olympic opportunity
Up-and-coming practices have been given their first chance to break into the London Olympics with the launch of a major competition to design a public walkway running from Victoria Park in Hackney to West Ham.
NewsInternet sabotages Stockholm library competition
The internet has threatened to derail one of the biggest open competitions in recent years after two of the six supposedly anonymous shortlisted contenders for the new Stockholm library were posted on the web.
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Cabe launches Europan 9
Cabe has launched Europan 9 UK, announcing the three sites for this year’s contest: Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield and Milton Keynes.
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Changes proposed to tall buildings policy
Tall buildings could be given outline planning consent under new guidance put out for consultation by Cabe and English Heritage.
NewsRace on to design supercasino
Surprise winner Manchester will make Ian Simpson compete for design, despite his hand in the winning bid
NewsGLA probes decline of London’s street trees
The Greater London Authority has launched an inquiry into the loss of street trees in London amid growing concern that they will die out, leaving the capital’s public spaces exposed to rising temperatures.
NewsCabe to give schools a kicking
Watchdog receives £3 million for design panel to review all Building Schools for the Future schemes
NewsCompetition to find Barking design team
The search is on for a masterplanner for the single largest development in the Thames Gateway.
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Key report puts design at heart of education
Teachers are set to lead the way in the design of new schools as an influential panel of government advisers places architecture at the heart of sweeping changes proposed for the UK education system.
NewsGensler blasts Cabe over supercasino
Gensler, the world’s second largest architecture practice, has accused Cabe of failing to understand the outline planning application process and being unable to give schemes outside London due consideration.
NewsRem demands boycott
Koolhaas campaigns to overhaul star-studded design competitions after Gazprom HQ controversy
NewsNext generation’s big break
Young architects urged to grab commercial opportunity offered by Architecture Foundation competition
NewsGazprom jury walk-out
RMJM wins St Petersburg tower competition — but where were the architect judges?
NewsMiller teams up for Birmingham
Groundbreaking deal unites gallery specialist John Miller and Sidell Gibson for 20-year museum project
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Arb bid to protect consumers
Following a BD investigation, the Arb pledges to address consumer complaints and compensation claims
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Back rent added to RRP claim
Marco Goldschmied has sued Richard Rogers and John Young for rent that has not been paid on the Richard Rogers Partnership’s landmark offices and the next-door River Cafe.
NewsIkea plans 500 homes a year in UK
Ikea has outlined its plans to build at least 500 identical homes across the UK each year, starting with sites in Gateshead and Scotland.
News‘Honest architects spend time complying with regulations, fulfilling CPD, carrying the right insurance. All in aid of what?’
Ellen Bennett reports on the human cost of one architect’s breakdown, and why there was no redress