All UK articles – Page 828
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NewsSatellite wins go-ahead for assisted self-build in Dorset
Satellite Architects has been given the green light for an assisted self-build project for three family homes in Bridport, west Dorset.
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Maida Vale tube station wins heritage plaudit
The modernisation of Maida Vale tube station in north-west London has been recognised with a National Railway Heritage Award plaque.
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NewsHastings Pier competition relaunched after fire
The RIBA competition to find an architect to redevelop Hastings Pier has been relaunched three weeks after fire ripped through the Eugenius Birch-designed structure.
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NewsRedundancy letters go round Cabe
Virtually the whole of Cabe’s staff have been put on notice of redundancy
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NewsRegional design bodies to close
The Architecture Centre Network is applying for a series of European Union grants following the government’s decision this week to wind down Cabe, but admitted that some of the 22 regional bodies it helps fund will close.
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NewsArb fines architect £4,000 following 'aesthetic disaster'
The Arb’s professional conduct committee has fined Richard Lewis of Lewis Patten Chartered Architects in Hertford £4,000 following an “aesthetic disaster” on a project to build two detached houses in north-west London.
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NewsPlymouth Civic Centre up for sale
Council says it cannot afford to restore grade II listed 1962 building
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NewsArchitecture PLB wins competition to build Winchester student halls
Architecture PLB has won a competition to design a £14 million student residence for the University of Winchester.
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NewsAlsop berates council over go-ahead for Norfolk Tesco
Will Alsop has hit out at his local council for handing planning permission to a highly controversial Tesco development designed by Wilkinson Eyre
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NewsLast of the big spenders - Schmidt Hammer Lassen's City of Westminster College
Against news of higher education cuts the finishing touches are being made to a college building from another era – Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s City of Westminster College
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Number of architects on the dole still rising
The number of architects on the dole rose again last month in a further sign that recent unemployment trends have reversed.
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NewsBoomerang flies into administration
A 52-storey skyscraper project in London designed by Ian Simpson Architects has been put into administration before a brick has even been laid
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NewsGreen outlook for new distillery by Austin-Smith Lord
A new distillery designed by Austin-Smith Lord for drinks firm Diageo has been opened.
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News£15bn school funding ray of hope amid cuts
The RIBA has taken comfort from George Osborne’s announcement that £15 billion is to be invested in the country’s schools in an otherwise bleak scenario for architects involved in the public sector
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Building StudyEvelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
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TechnicalSimon Conder Associates’ Eastcliff houses
Two houses on the windswept Cornish coast rely on traditional passive solutions
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TechnicalWelsh group targets Passivhaus window market
A consortium of Welsh joinery firms is making a new high-performance timber window.
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NewsMurphy unveils revised scheme for Haymarket site
Richard Murphy Architects has revealed revamped plans for Edinburgh’s troubled Haymarket with the centrepiece hotel building now nine storeys lower
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NewsOlympic chiefs scrap stadium wrap plans
Plans by Olympic bosses to provide a colourful wrap for Populous’s Olympic stadium have been scrapped following yesterday’s spending review.
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NewsHeritage experts protest at savage EH cuts
Heritage experts have slammed the government’s decision to slash the resources of its statutory advisor English Heritage by a third.The DCMS announced today that EH is facing a 32% cut, well above its own cut of 24%.Jane Kennedy, chairman of Purcell Miller Tritton, said that the move - combined with ...