All UK articles – Page 862
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NewsMather rejigs Keble design to keep listed building
Rick Mather Architects has submitted revised plans for a £50 million campus for Keble College, Oxford, to the city council.
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Architect who tried to smother wife jailed for seven years
A London architect who tried to smother his third wife with a pillow after she asked for a divorce has been jailed for seven years.
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Morrell appointed as government chief construction advisor
BD columnist Paul Morrell has been appointed to the new £120,000-a-year role of government chief construction advisor.
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NewsGreen Building Council calls for halving of built environment’s emissions
The UK Green Building Council today called for a 50% cut in carbon emissions from the built environment by 2020.
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NewsCouncil approves Allies & Morrison’s Brent Cross Cricklewood development
Barnet Council has given the green light to the £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood development in north-west London.
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NewsHodge refuses to list Birmingham Central Library
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has rejected the advice of English Heritage and an appeal in BD by architect John Madin to list his 1970s Birmingham Central Library.
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NewsArchial veterinary hospital wins Andrew Doolan prize
Archial Architects' Small Animal Hospital for Glasgow University has won the UK's richest architecture prize.
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NewsGillespies’ Edinburgh scheme wins top landscape award
Landscape and urban design practice Gillespies has scooped top prize in this year’s Landscape Institute Awards.
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NewsRIBA teams up to produce call climate change 'call for action'
The RIBA has joined forces with architecture institutes around the world to deliver a 15 point “call for action” on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
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Publicist Deborah Stratton dies
Architectural publicist Deborah Stratton has died after a long illness aged 54.
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Planning minister pledges redraft
Planning minister John Healey has pledged to redraft the government’s controversial planning policy statement 15 to take account of criticism from conservation and planning groups
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NewsAHMM’s Kentish Town double
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s Kentish Town Health Centre won two prizes at the Building Better Healthcare Awards 2009. The practice scooped Best Primary Care Design at the ceremony last week and Roy Macgregor, the GP behind the competition, was named Design Champion of the Year
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Arup workload up by one-quarter
Engineering and design firm Arup reports that its workload has increased in the last 12 months, with turnover in the year to March 2009 up nearly 25% to £889 million
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New review for Lighthouse
Glasgow City Council has said it will come up with a long-term plan for the future of the Lighthouse architecture centre by next spring
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NewsDesigns chalked up for school
Penoyre & Prasad has designed a new education campus for Liverpool’s Jewish community
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BaleHaus awaits luck of the straw
Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has officially opened White Design’s house built out of straw bales at the University of Bath
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Funding flows to coastal resorts
Culture and heritage landmarks at seven coastal resorts are to be revamped under the government’s Sea Change programme, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport announced this week
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NewsConcern over Hackney’s approval of Foster plan
Campaigners say Bishops Place was pushed through by developer
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NewsBirmingham blow as EH urges library listing
City’s architectural ambitions dealt double whammy as key figure quits