All UK articles – Page 784
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NewsGreen light for Space Group Architects' Westminster scheme
Space Group Architects has received planning permission for a mixed-use development in the London borough of Westminster.The four-storey building, based at Vauxhall Bridge Road near Victoria Station, sits just outside a conservation area and will be clad in basalt lavastone.It will provide retail space over two floors, with offices above ...
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NewsMinister 'surprised' by WWF quitting Zero Carbon Taskforce
Environmental charity quit after government watered down zero carbon definition
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NewsMake's Croydon scheme submitted for planning
Cherry Orchard Road includes tallest building in the area
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TechnicalNew research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
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NewsArchitecture minister unveils Stonehenge funding package
Work on Denton Corker Marshall visitor centre on course to start next year
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NewsFirst images of Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Dutch designer Piet Oudolf will create a garden for the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, designed by last year’s Pritzker winner.
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NewsReed speaks out over RIBA chief executive ousting reports
RIBA president Ruth Reed has refused to deny reports that she made a failed bid to oust chief executive Harry Rich at a board meeting earlier this year.
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NewsNew architecture school head for Birmingham City University
Ex-student and acting deputy head Kevin Singh appointed to role
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NewsStudio RHE's east London tower wins planning
Newham Council has approved designs by Studio RHE to build a 24-storey tower in the Royal Docks area of east London.Work on the £80 million scheme, called Silvertree, will start in the summer and is due to finish at the end of next year.The 161-apartment complex will be wrapped with ...
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NewsPhilanthropist's estate boosts Stowe House restoration
The Paul Mellon Estate is to donate $250,000 (£156,000) toward the restoration of part of the grade I listed Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.Stowe House, a neo-classical building, was first constructed in the 17th century and remodelled through the 18th century by architects including Vanbrugh, Gibbs, Kent and Soane.Paul Mellon, who ...
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NewsNeighbouring council backs barracks plans
Plans by Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones and Kim Wilkie Associates for Chelsea Barracks have won the provisional approval of neighbouring council Kensington & Chelsea.
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NewsEnd of Stephenson Bell name as debts mount
Manchester practice Stephenson Bell has entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after accruing £500,000 worth of bad debts.
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NewsMP slams Farrell’s Earls Court scheme
Terry Farrell’s multi-billion-pound plans to redevelop 31ha of land around Earls Court have been attacked by the local MP.
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TechnicalSteel structure at the heart of Bennetts’ Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford
Steel plays both a functional and aesthetic role in the design Bennetts Associates’ RST auditorium.
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NewsRIBA pledges to kick out wage abuse firms
Brady promises to ’go after’ practices that fail to pay students at least minimum wage
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NewsDesign review process comes under scrutiny
Former London Development Agency design director Peter Bishop is examining the way Cabe carries out design reviews as its new parent looks to make the design watchdog self-financing.
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NewsChipperfield's Margate gallery set for launch
David Chipperfield’s £17.5 million Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate opens this month, five years after the original scheme by Snøhetta and Spence Associates was cancelled amid spiralling costs and technical problems.
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NewsZogolovitch not backing down over RIBA Trust
Roger Zogolovitch has refused to withdraw his demand for a special general meeting on the future of the RIBA Trust