All UK articles – Page 783
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OpinionYes, minister, we need more Bykers
Grant Shapps’ enthusiasm is surprising, as the estate embodies the antithesis of his policies
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OpinionAll over the shop
I agree with the views expressed by Alex Morton of the Policy Exchange (“Should we turn run-down high streets into housing?” Debate March 25)
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TechnicalVelvet Mill rooftop pods by David Morley Architects
David Morley Architects’ conversion of a Bradford landmark for Urban Splash introduces innovative zinc-clad rooftop structures.
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OpinionLast year's model
Further to your front page item about a model looking for a new home (News March 25), from experience, I can say that architects and developers often mistook our East Midlands model-making workshop for the Big Yellow Box Company.
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Opinion
Paying the price
However welcome, it comes as some surprise to see the editor of BD, who recently supported Gove’s ludicrous assertion that architect’s were “milking the system” on the BSF programme, now lamenting the fact that architects’ fees are “suicidal”, students’ fees are “dirt cheap” and architects’ salaries need to increase “significantly” ...
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NewsSwedish firm White Arkitekter wins Salford housing competition
Swedish practice White Arkitekter has won an RIBA-organised competition to design a new family housing scheme in Salford.The architect beat two other shortlisted teams to land the deal. London firm Gort Scott Architects, which had linked up with Manchester-based Ian Simpson, missed out while Cazenove Architects was also defeated. In ...
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NewsEnglish Heritage weighs up wider Broadgate listings
English Heritage is considering listing all of the early phases of London’s Broadgate, not just the area under threat of demolition.
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NewsGreen light for Architecture PLB's student housing
Architecture PLB has received planning permission for a new student residence for the University of Winchester.
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NewsPart II campaigner drops his appeal
Architectural assistant fears crippling cost of pursuing legal action
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NewsStaff pay delayed again at RMJM
Salaries have been delayed to RMJM staff in Hong Kong once more, despite the ongoing injection of £8 million into the firm under last month’s refinancing deal.
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NewsCouncil U-turn on planning for Marks Barfield school
Brent to start process again in wake of legal action by residents
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NewsMake returns to profit
Ken Shuttleworth’s practice Make returned to profit last year helped by more work in China and London.The seven-year-old practice inched into the black with the firm turning an £890,000 pre-tax loss the year before into a £14,000 profit in 2010. Shuttleworth said 2009’s results had been hit by a bad ...
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Building StudyLondon 2012 Olympic stadium by Populous
Despite a spiralling budget and uncertainty over its legacy, Populous’s Olympic stadium emerges as a lithe all-rounder.
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NewsTP Bennett to oversee Sea Containers House revamp
Fourteen-storey Thames-side block could be turned into luxury hotel
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NewsCartwright Pickard wins planning for Barking scheme slated by Cabe
Design review raised concerns about residents’ quality of life
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NewsWonder wall blooms at Bennetts hotel
An 11-storey wall of flowering plants has been planted to cover the full height of the internal courtyard of a new City of London hotel.Designed by Bennetts Associates, the 584-bedroom Mint Hotel - formerly the City Inn - has been built in Pepys Street close to the Tower of London ...
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NewsZaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre will 'look nicer' post Olympics, IOC admits
Appearance of landmark 2012 venue compromised by water wings
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NewsEPR wins go-ahead to transform Gatwick offices into hotel
EPR Architects has been given planning permission to turn an office block at Gatwick Airport into a new 192-bedroom Hilton hotel.
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NewsFuture secured for Haworth Tompkins' Liverpool Everyman theatre revamp
Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the Everyman & Playhouse theatre in Liverpool is set to go ahead following a cash injection from the European Region Development Fund (ERDF).The ERDF granted £5.9 million towards the £28 million project which will see the demolition of the existing theatre and the construction of a ...