All News articles – Page 1208
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NewsOnly listing can save it
Simon Smithson spearheads BD’s campaign to list his parents’ Robin Hood Gardens estate
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EH upgrades listed synagogue
Ernest Alfred Shennan’s 1936 New Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Liverpool has been upgraded to grade II* listed status.
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NewsGLA defends Doon Street
The Greater London Authority has publicly defended Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower as the second week of the public inquiry got under way.
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‘Credit crunch’ does for Hadid HQ
The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed HQ, blaming the “credit crunch”.
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RIBA showcase on CPD hits road
The RIBA is to kick off its biggest programme to date of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Providers Network roadshows.
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NewsCheltenham gallery win
Oxford-based practice Berman Guedes Stretton has won an RIBA competition to design a £4 million extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum.
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Tories call for planning reform
The planning system should be reformed to “incentivise the use of an architect for both applicants and local authorities”, shadow architecture minister Ed Vaizey said this week.
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Cabe cautious on Simpson’s Owen St
Cabe has criticised the quality of public space proposed for Ian Simpson Architects’ Owen Street scheme in the practice’s home city of Manchester.
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Venturi, Scott Brown and Hutton join Robin Hood Gardens campaign
LATEST: Over 500 join BD fight to rescue Smithson's estate PETITION: Add your name PLUS: Comment and interviews
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NewsPutney block given new facade as Miller rethinks sixties design
David Miller Architects has submitted a planning application for a 2,800sq m mixed-use building in Putney town centre, south-west London.
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DCM to build Birmingham court
Denton Corker Marshall has been appointed by HM Courts Service to design a new magistrates’ court for Birmingham. The 20,000sq m building, in the centre of the city, will house 24 courts over 15 storeys.
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NewsBerkshire home given green light
Gregory Phillips Architects has won planning permission for this modern family home near Reading, Berkshire.
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NewsEH says OK to Dyson’s Bath school
English Heritage has told Bath & North East Somerset Council it has no objections to Wilkinson Eyre’s plans for a school for entrepreneur James Dyson in the city’s South Quays district.
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NewsReport drops barriers to shared space
The controversial concept of “shared space” — which would transform Britain’s streets by abolishing “barriers” such as kerbs, railings, traffic lights and white lines — has taken a major step forward with the publication of a report recommending its use.
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NewsYRM wins planning at Baia Mare
YRM has won planning for a huge, mixed-use scheme at Baia Mare in Romania, for client Red Projects.
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NewsMadrid art world in suspense
A major cultural centre in Madrid by Herzog & de Meuron was opened this week by the king and queen of Spain.
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NewsArresting copper
Multidisciplinary firm McBains Cooper has designed a contemporary police station in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire.
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NewsJenkins: architects are littering the UK
Journalist and author Simon Jenkins has launched a broadside against architects, accusing them of being behind a drive to use the planning system to litter the country with unpopular “iconic” buildings.
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NewsAllies & Morrison signs up for huge Tesco store
Supermarket accused of architectural ‘charm offensive’ to pass planning