All News articles – Page 1006
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NewsGrimshaw excels with extension
Grimshaw’s £160 million scheme to expand the Excel exhibition centre in London’s Docklands is set to open next week
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NewsOlympic Park turbines branded as ‘greenwash’
Critics slam showpiece after it emerges wind farm will not run at night.
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NewsMacDonald to be A&DS chief exec
Architecture & Design Scotland has appointed Jim MacDonald as its chief executive.
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NewsViñoly and Bennetts set for Oxford green light
Plans for two major Oxford University buildings look set to win planning consent next week, despite heated objection from conservation groups and questions over their funding status
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NewsMather’s sweet Virginia
Rick Mather Architects’ $150 million (£99 million) expansion of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the practice’s first major commission in the US, opened to the public this week
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NewsMason allegation as three stand for RIBA president
Institute’s investigation into RIBA London hears claims it is manipulated by freemasons
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NewsConservatives attack architects working on Building Schools for the Future
The Conservative Party’s education spokesman has accused architects of “creaming off cash” under the government’s £55 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsLDS’s shimmering steel ceiling reflects Moscow market below
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has revealed its fit-out of a three-storey food court for a department store on Moscow’s Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
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New Part L regulations published
The government has published new amendments for Part L of the Building Regulations, which are due to come into force this October.
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De Botton holiday rentals launch
Living Architecture, the organisation set up by Alain de Botton and former Peabody Trust development director Dickon Robinson to bring contemporary architecture to the holiday rental market, has opened for bookings.
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2,000 sign up for Facebook group
The Facebook group Architects Against Low Pay has passed the 2,000-member mark just four weeks after it was founded.
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NewsFraser slams Maldevic demolition
Architect Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against plans by Edinburgh Council to demolish the listed Maldevic electric car factory in the Granton area of the city to make way for new houses.
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NewsSejima lines up stars for Venice
Herzog & de Meuron, OMA, Toyo Ito, and Arup’s Cecil Balmond are among the star names asked to exhibit at the Venice Biennale by curator Kazuyo Sejima.
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NewsKing’s Cross go-ahead for Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios
Camden Council has given planning approval to three office buildings — by David Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates — at London’s £3 billion King’s Cross Central scheme.
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NewsTurley Associates plans canal bridge for Hungerford
Urban design firm Turley Associates is set to submit a planning application for a 100m-long footbridge in Hungerford, Berkshire.
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NewsFoster’s to masterplan Imperial War Museum site
The Imperial War Museum has appointed Foster & Partners to masterplan its main site in London.
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NewsAecom creates canopies for 6.8km Brisbane tunnel
Aecom has released new construction pictures of its design for the Aus$3 billion Clem7, a 6.8km-long tunnel that forms the first section of a new motorway in Brisbane, Australia.