All articles by Heidi Ancell – Page 2
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NewsEstonian arts prize targets world names
Jan Kaplicky warns competition must be ‘truly international’
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NewsNetwork Rail rejects Grimshaw for its framework agreement
Network Rail turns down Grimshaw's bid for inclusion in its framework amid legal battle over "defective" design work
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NewsPier Arts Centre wins Best Building in Scotland
Reiach and Hall’s Pier Arts Centre has beaten competition including Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre to scoop Britain’s most lucrative architectural prize.The Edinburgh-based practice was presented with the £25,000 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) on Friday.The Orkney building, which was ...
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Sustainable design panel set up to help planners
A panel focused on improving environmental sustainability has been set up to counter a “desperate” lack of skills among planners.
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Eight firms shortlisted for King’s Cross housing
Eight practices including DRMM, Munkenbeck & Marshall, Panter Hudspith and Feilden Clegg Bradley have been shortlisted by developer Argent for the first residential schemes in the £2 billion regeneration of King’s Cross.
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McColl bid to buy back SMC Group breaks down
The cash-strapped SMC Group has received a further blow after discussions broke down on a bid by its former chief executive Stewart McColl to buy the firm.
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NewsHull Fruit Market shortlist - first images
The first images have been revealed by the teams shortlisted for one of Hull’s largest regeneration projects.
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NewsInternational competition launched for new Birmingham cultural centre and library
Plans have been unveiled for a £193 million West Midlands Cultural Centre which will revamp Birmingham’s Repertory Theatre and provide a long-awaited library for the city.An international competition will be launched for the 31,000sq m centre, which will include a new-build library and a 300-seat auditorium on the north side ...
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NewsKeep ‘village’ of Smithfield, urges Farrell
Terry Farrell has launched a fresh attack on a major office scheme by Kohn Pederson Fox Architects for central London’s historic Smithfield Market ahead of a public inquiry on the project next month.
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NewsOxford book depository is on hold again
Plans for a £29 million building for the University of Oxford by Scott Brownrigg are hanging in the balance after a council U-turn.
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NewsSMC Group ‘teetering’ on the edge, say accountants
Troubled architectural SMC Group is “teetering” on the brink of a cash flow crisis, analysts are warning.
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NewsHerzog and de Meuron win Praemium Imperiale - and £90,000
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron have won the architecture category in the world’s most lucrative art award
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NewsDoubts raised over credibility of Lib Dems' eco-plans
RIBA president Sunand Prasad issues a warning to the Liberal Democrat conference over zero-carbon plans
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NewsEH blasts Viñoly's plans for Oxford
A £490 million masterplan by Rafael Viñoly for Oxford University will damage the “historical context” of the city centre unless it is revised, English Heritage has warned.The heritage quango has criticised proposals, currently out to consultation, for the 100,000sq m former Radcliffe Infirmary site because these involve demolition of the ...
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NewsBus shelter competition after hi-tech design ditched
Design for London has won a major victory in its battle to transform the capital’s public realm with the launch of a competition to redesign its 12,000 bus shelters.
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NewsLondon launches competition for new iconic bus shelter
Design for London has won a major victory in its battle to transform the capital’s public realm with the launch of a competition to redesign its 12,000 bus shelters.The contest, launched by sister organisation Transport for London and aimed at architects and product designers, follows the abandonment of the hi-tech ...
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NewsCoin Street wins approval for 43-storey tower
Lifschutz Davidson Sandiland’s controversial Doon Street tower on London’s Southbank was narrowly approved by Lambeth council last night.Planning approval for the 43-storey tower and swimming pool complex for Coin Street Community Builders was passed by two votes to one, despite opposition from English Heritage and former colleagues of National Theatre ...
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MPs question Building Schools for the Future programme
An influential group of MPs has questioned whether the ambitious scale of the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme is justified.The authors of the education select committee report - Sustainable Schools: Are we Building Schools for the Future? –said that the ambition to replace or refurbish all ...
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NewsFive teams on shortlist to regenerate Hull fruit market site
A team including Surface, Sarah Wigglesworth and celebrated urbanist Jan Gehl has been shortlisted for one of Hull’s largest regeneration projects. The team, which also includes Bauman Lyons and Hodson Architects, is competing against four others — BDP, Chetwood Leeds, DLG Architects, and Turley Associates working with Fat — ...
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