All News articles – Page 930
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Regulations review sounds bad for education
Education standards in schools could plummet if the government waters down design standards, an acoustics expert has warned
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Working abroad: Kilburn Nightingale
More than 25 years of taking on the tropics has built this London firm.
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House building falls to lowest level in 88 years
The number of house building completions in England fell to a record low in 2010, down 13% on 2009.
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Populous shows off 2012 Olympic overlay work
Work for Locog will create “delight” as well as well-functioning venues and infrastructure.
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Snøhetta set to design Aberdeen Maggie's centre
Norwegian practice Snøhetta is on the verge of signing a deal to become the latest architect to design a Maggie’s cancer care centre.
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Paddington Cucumber wins outline planning
Westminster Council has granted outline planning permission to Robin Partington’s Cucumber tower.
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West Ham reveals its stadium bid dream team
Olympic stadium-designer Populous has been working on West Ham United’s bid to turn the 80,000-seat complex into a football and athletics venue once next year’s games are finished, BD has learned.
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Design for London poised to survive spending cuts
Mayor’s advisory body set to continue in a reduced form as Design Council outlines Cabe’s future
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Baca Architects files Norwich homes plan
Flood-risk specialist Baca Architects and Dutch masterplanner Atelier Pro Architekten have submitted an outline planning application for 682 homes on a brownfield site in Norwich.
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Rogers reacts to Cabe and Design for London's survival
Last autumn, Richard Rogers warned that the cuts spelled disaster and that getting rid of Design for London and Cabe would mark a return to the “bad old days” of 1980s Thatcherism.
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Architect sought for V&A refurb
The V&A is inviting expressions of interest from architects to refurbish its Europe 1600-1800 galleries.
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Anderson Bell & Christie win Scottish council work
Architect Anderson Bell & Christie has been appointed to design the next phase of Edinburgh’s council housing stock
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Special meeting called over AA school director
Thirteen members of the Architectural Association (AA) have called for a special general meeting to discuss how the organisation is managed.
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Scottish awards shortlist announced
The Edinburgh Architectural Association (EAA) Awards has revealed its shortlist for 2011.
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RSHP slims Barangaroo C4 tower for Sydney
Rogers Stirk Harbour has refined the design of the first of its controversial Barangaroo towers in Sydney, Australia, following pressure from neighbours, who complained it would block their sunlight.
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Twentieth Century Society pushes for ABK library to be listed
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a last-ditch attempt to save one of Redcar’s landmarks.
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Belfast Expo Centre shortlist unveiled
Architects including Hawkins Brown, Carmody Groarke and Hacket Hall McKnight have been shortlisted to turn a former police station in Belfast into a new Expo Centre.The competition jury is being chaired by Daniel Libeskind. The scheme involves transforming the now demolished Andersonstown police into an centre to showcase the wider ...
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Gensler draws up ski slope for Olympic media site
Gensler has drawn up plans for a radical indoor snow resort which could be built on the site of the Olympic media centre in Stratford.The 28,500sq m snow sports and leisure complex - called Snow in the City - is being built by artificial ski slope creator Acer Snowmec.The company, ...
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Weston Williamson's Woolwich Crossrail station secured
A deal confirming funding for Weston Williamson’s Crossrail station at Woolwich has been reached.