All Practices articles – Page 9
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NewsBlears calls in Foster and HKR’s Ealing development
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has called in a £500 million project by HKR and Foster & Partners in west London just weeks after it was given the go-ahead by the local authority and London mayor Boris Johnson.
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FeaturesAdam Kalkin’s contained approach to architecture
US artist and architect Adam Kalkin has devised a novel building type using shipping containers — if only the practicalities weren’t so tiresome.
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Foster, Adjaye lead top names in race to design Washington’s new museum of black history
Norman Foster, David Adjaye, Antoine Predock, Moshe Safdie and IM Pei are among a stellar crop of architects competing to design America’s new museum of black history in Washington DC.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron reveals design for Madrid bank HQ
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for the Madrid headquarters of Spanish bank BBVA.
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NewsFoster & Partners wins joint first prize in London Routemaster competition
Foster & Partners could be designing a 21st century Routemaster bus for London after winning joint first prize in a Design for London competition which mayor Boris Johnson hopes could spell the end for bendy buses.
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NewsMiddle East focus for Zaha Hadid's stint as Today editor
The Middle East, parametrics and Karl Lagerfeld were the centrepieces of Zaha Hadid's guest editor spot on BBC Radio Four's Today programme this morning.
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NewsZaha nets Vienna library
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a library and learning centre for the University of Economics & Business in Vienna.
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FeaturesInterview: Ian Ritchie
Ian Ritchie is an architect prepared to break with convention. He tells Amanda Baillieu how his involuntary departure from the Westfield development at Shepherd’s Bush hasn’t deterred him from standing up for what he believes in
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Chipperfield wins Italian prize
David Chipperfield has been selected as the recipient of Italy’s Cubo d’Oro prize for 2008.
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NewsZaha's flower sculpture goes to New York
A series of sculptures designed by Zaha Hadid are currently on display in New York including a version of her Kloris sculpture which is part of a permanent exhibition in Derbyshire.
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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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NewsFoster's Russian schemes in question as developer runs into trouble
Three of Foster & Partner’s major Russian projects are under threat after a series of economic blows hit Shalva Chigirinsky, the property magnate behind all three schemes.
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FeaturesHedgehog Development’s housing gameplan
Lindsey and Peter Wislocki are adding architectural skills to speculative housing development
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OpinionBlade runners
Plans by Norman Foster to plonk an 85m-high wind turbine on top of Manchester City Football Stadium have been ditched after fears that it could become a giant death trap.
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NewsFunding gap is end of Gehry’s Brighton development
Frank Gehry’s controversial King Alfred scheme on Brighton seafront has been officially dropped after the deadline for developer Karis to find funding for the scheme expired on Sunday.
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NewsChipperfield wins Zurich modern art museum competition
David Chipperfield Architects has won the Swiss Fr150 million (£80 million) international competition to extend Zurich’s Kunsthaus, the city’s modern art museum.
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NewsConran replaces Foster on Weston hotel scheme
Foster & Partners has been dropped from a plan to redevelop the Royal Pier Hotel site in Weston-super-Mare and replaced by Conran & Partners.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron Tenerife Arts Space officially opens
Herzog & de Meuron's Tenerife Arts Space (TEA) has been inaugurated in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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NewsViñoly inside out
Rafael Viñoly’s first completed project in the UK, Leicester’s £61 million Curve theatre, opened to visitors this week.
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NewsFoster says recession will not force him to cut jobs
Norman Foster has shrugged off the world’s economic woes, vowing that a looming recession will not force Fosters & Partners to make any cuts to its 1,300-strong staff, despite the wave of redundancies hitting the UK.