All UK articles – Page 842
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NewsV&A seeks architect for Cast Courts
The V&A is seeking an architect to act as the lead consultant on a major renovation of the London museum’s Cast Courts.
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NewsEdinburgh Council drops Allan Murray's Caltongate scheme
Edinburgh Council has abandoned its efforts to revive the controversial £300 million Caltongate scheme by Allan Murray.
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NewsUK's largest planning application approved for Liverpool's Wirral Waters
Wirral Planning Committee has granted permission for the UK’s largest planning application – the £4.5 billion Wirral Waters scheme in Liverpool.
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NewsLondon housing schemes rescued by £50m funding
Sixteen stalled housing schemes, by firms including Rick Mather Architects, CZWG and Maccreanor Lavington, have been saved after the London Homes & Communities Agency (LHCA) came up with an extra £50 million funding.
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NewsNightingale Associates given green light for school near Newbury
Nightingale Associates has won planning permission from West Berkshire Council for a £2 million school for teenagers with learning difficulties.
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NewsBritain's longest bench
Studio Weave has completed work on Britain’s longest bench at Littlehampton, West Sussex.
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NewsBlackpool masterplan hangs in the balance despite boost for Tower
Kay Elliott Architects is working on a multimillion pound regeneration of Blackpool Tower while the future of RTKL’s £220m regeneration masterplan for the town itself hangs in the balance.
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NewsRoberts Limbrick's revamp of Victorian Baths wins seal of approval
Roberts Limbrick Architects has won planning permission for the £10 million redevelopment of Forest Hill Pools in Lewisham.
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NewsNLA student winner takes on Chelsea Barracks
Royal College of Art graduate Stuart Evans has been named as the winner of this year’s New London Architecture student prize.
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NewsAtkins plans to buy US firm PBSJ for £178m
Atkins has announced plans to buy American construction management company PBSJ for £178 million.
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OpinionHomework in the crypt? Historic churches and free schools
Disused historic churches can be part of a creative solution for the free schools programme
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NewsResidents call on Prince Charles to intervene over Iranian Embassy proposal
Daneshgar Architects’ futuristic scheme for a new Iranian Embassy building in London has outraged conservationists and neighbours who are calling on the Prince of Wales to intervene.
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NewsStudio Real submits plans for Towcester redevelopment
Oxford architect and urban planner Studio Real has submitted plans to redevelop part of Towcester in Northamptonshire.
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NewsVan Heyningen & Haward wins go-ahead for Essex nature park scheme
Thurrock Council has given planning approval to a new visitor centre by Van Heyningen & Haward at a nature park in Essex.
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NewsArchitect fined after health and safety lapse causes death
An architect has been fined £180,000 after pleading guilty to breaching health and safety regulations on a site in which a construction worker was killed.
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NewsBrady to act over low pay
Incoming RIBA president Angela Brady will put low pay at the top of her in-tray when she takes over from Ruth Reed next year.
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NewsRecession-hit housing expo finally set to open
Last-minute building work was being carried out this week ahead of Scotland’s Housing Expo, the recession-hit event which finally opens this weekend.
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AnalysisHow job losses take a toll on employees, bosses and the staff left behind
With no signs that the recession’s bite is about to ease, BD looks at the effect of redundancy on architects who have lost their jobs and those who have had to let them go.
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NewsRugby matches on unused Foster site
An east London council was this week due to extend proposals allowing teenagers temporary use of the site earmarked for a £500 million Foster & Partners development in Shoreditch.
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NewsVictorian Society backs Purcell Miller Tritton's Manchester hotel plan
The Victorian Society has praised Purcell Miller Tritton’s plans to save Manchester’s grade-II* listed fire headquarters by turning it into a luxury hotel.