All UK articles – Page 777
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NewsBDP unveils Manchester Victoria station plans
BDP has revealed images of its proposed £20 million modernisation of Manchester Victoria railway station.
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NewsIain Duncan Smith weighs into Walthamstow dogs row
Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has accused Walthamstow dog track developer L&Q of a “catalogue of lies” over its controversial £50 million plans for the site.
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NewsMcAslan, BDP, Feilden Clegg battle for Manchester awards
More than 50 practices have been shortlisted for the Manchester Society of Architects Design Awards.
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NewsLocal architect sticks up for condemned Norwich office block
An RIBA Award-winning Norwich architect has leapt to the defence of a condemned 1960s office block dubbed the city’s ugliest building.
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NewsConstruction worries overshadow economy's growth
Fall of 4.7% in output is the biggest for two years
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NewsArb suspends architect who 'intimidated' his clients
Michael Phillips hired heavies to recover disputed debt
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NewsNew sculpture planned for Olympic Park
Italian artist Monica Bonvicini has designed a new piece of public art due to be installed in the northern part of the Olympic Park in east London.The permanent piece will comprise three 9m-tall letters which form the word “run” and will be built on the plaza of the Handball Arena.It ...
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NewsAssociated Architects' Birmingham campus building approved
Birmingham planners have approved a new campus building for Birmingham City University by local firm Associated Architects.The scheme in the Eastside area of the city is part of a £180 million redevelopment being planned by the university, and will house its art and design departments.Running across 18,300sq m, the five-storey ...
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NewsSpab announces this year's Lethaby Scholars
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (Spab) has announced two architects and an engineer as this year’s Lethaby Scholars – a scheme that provides six months of conservation training.The scholarship scheme, open to all building professionals and run by Spab, has been running since 1930. Past winners have ...
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NewsSatellite wins competition to design Quaker centre in Hammersmith
Satellite Architects has won a competition to design a new sustainable Quaker worship centre as part of a major mixed-use scheme in west London.The existing Friends’ Meeting House in Hammersmith will be demolished as part of controversial plans by Sheppard Robson to redevelop the area around the town hall.Satellite was ...
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NewsOlympics team to train at Archial venue
A new swimming and diving complex in Plymouth, designed by Archial, will be used by the Canadian diving team prior to next summer’s Olympics.Once completed, the £46 million Life Centre will feature a 50 x 25m swimming pool and a 25 x 16m diving pool along with sports halls, dance ...
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NewsBristol practice wins OK for Clevedon Pier work
Bristol practice O’Leary Goss Architects has been given planning permission to turn a derelict grade II listed hotel at Clevedon, Somerset, into apartments and to build a new visitor centre at a neighbouring pier.Grade I listed Clevedon Pier was built in 1869, with the hotel put up to cater for ...
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RIBA's Melvin Debate tackles architecture and law
Series of debates held in memory of late RIBA Council member and his wife
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NewsHolder Mathias wins planning for Sussex seafront flats
Exposed geology of Rottingdean cliffs inspired horizontal design
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Architects and interior designers invited to enter awards for excellent service
Nominations close at the end of May
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NewsEdward Cullinan and RMJM on Scottish shortlist for 2011 RIBA Awards
Seventeen finalists are contenders for Stirling Prize
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TechnicalBirmingham Library facade by Mecanoo
A technical look at the distinctive facade Mecanoo designed for the new Birmingham Library.
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NewsJohn McAslan completes fifth project at Lancaster University
Charles Carter building sits in practice’s own masterplan
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NewsTP Bennett appoints new design director
TP Bennett has recruited Pernille Stafford from Scott Brownrigg as its new design director with a brief to grow its interior design business.Stafford worked for five years at Scott Brownrigg after spending nine years at Canvas Creative, where she became managing director, before that firm’s merger with Brownrigg in 2006.Her ...