All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 6
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NewsBattersea developer warns against blocking shorter tower
The developer behind Rafael Viñoly’s controversial £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station has warned that blocking its revised tower — now 250m high rather than 300m — could jeopardise the wider Nine Elms area regeneration.
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NewsCabe slams poor spaces at KPF’s Victoria interchange
Cabe has criticised Kohn Pederson Fox’s latest designs for the £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in London, saying it has major concerns with the project’s urban design principles.
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News‘Only roof is safe’ in OMA revamp
Commonwealth Institute plans not acceptable to conservation groups
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NewsNew row hits Stonehenge
Heritage bodies' clash over site of visitor centre threatens to delay project beyond 2012
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NewsUrban Splash and Gareth Hoskins poised to redevelop Cardross
Catholic Church in Glasgow announces deal has been struck to redevelop iconic St Peter’s Seminary subject to public funds being secured
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NewsFinal push for Seaton Delaval Hall
The National Trust has just days to raise the last £500,000 it needs to buy Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland and save it for the nation.
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NewsGo-ahead for Hopkins Velopark
Hopkins Architects’ 2012 Velopark was approved by the Olympic Delivery Authority planning committee on Tuesday night, the last of the permanent Olympic sporting venues to get the go-ahead.
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Fears over Arts Council policy shift
Architecture centres fear that events focusing on building design will be marginalised in favour of art projects after Arts Council England officially scrapped Architecture Week.
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NewsMartin Richman and Jason Bruges Studio win London 2012 art commissions
The Olympic Delivery Authority announced today that Martin Richman and Jason Bruges Studio have been selected as the winning artists for the first in a series of art commissions for the Olympic Park.
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Jowell: Olympic contingency fund may need raiding again
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has admitted that the 2012 Games organisers may need to raid the £2 billion contingency fund again next year if private partners can not be found to back the Olympic Village and broadcast centre.
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Planning reforms could save £300m per year
Leading figures from the architecture, construction and planning sectors have welcomed the findings of a major review of the planning system, which recommends slashing red tape to save up to £300 million a year.
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RIBA president welcomes government's recession measures
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has welcomed yesterday's pre-budget report by chancellor Alistair Darling, which the government claims will avert the worst consequences of the recession. Key pledges include bringing forward £3 billion of public capital expenditure from 2010/11 to 2009/10 for schools, housing and transport, cutting VAT from 17.5% to ...
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NewsMoh Architects wins RIBA contest for Urban Splash’s Walsall waterfront regeneration
Vienna-based Moh Architects has won the RIBA competition to design a new waterfront project in Walsall for Urban Splash.
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Killian Pretty review calls for streamlining of planning system
The government's latest planning review, published today, has called for an overhaul of the system to save up to £300 million and reduce red tape.
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Cabe urges Oxford University to ditch Vinoly's masterplan for Radcliffe Infirmary scheme
Cabe has laid into a new framework document for a site at Oxford University developed from a previous masterplan by Rafael Viñoly Architects.
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NewsCounterterrorism competition blasted
Gough asks students to boycott contest that ‘propogates paranoia’
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NewsHeatherwick team pays £1.7m to settle over B of the Bang
Thomas Heatherwick Studio and other members of the team who worked on Manchester's B of the Bang sculpture have paid Manchester City Council £1.7 million in a out-of-court settlement.
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NewsRow grows as RIBA shops ban ACA’s rival contract
The row between the RIBA and the Association of Consultant Architects over client contracts has escalated after it emerged that the institute is refusing to stock the ACA’s rival contract in its bookshops.
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NewsTrump wins go-ahead for £1bn Scottish golf resort
The Scottish government has granted Donald Trump permission to build his controversial £1 billion golf resort at Balmedie, Aberdeenshire.