All UK articles – Page 866
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NewsCabe backs Viñoly’s Battersea Power Station scheme
Rafael Viñoly’s design for the £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station has been backed by Cabe’s design review panel.
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NewsEdinburgh's revamped Usher Hall opens to the public
LDN Architects’ scheme for an extension to Edinburgh’s main concert hall will open to the public this week.
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New fund seeks to promote rural design expertise
The government has announced a £1 million funding pot to help rural councils pay for expert advice to design and plan up to 10,000 new homes.
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NewsHodge lists Abbey Road Studios at grade II
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge today spot-listed the world-famous Abbey Road Studios at grade II in response to a public outcry about its possible sale.
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NewsHodge rejects EH's advice to list Slough town hall
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has rejected English Heritage advice on Twentieth Century buildings again and refused to list Slough’s 1937 town hall.
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Tories would let councils set their own design standards
A decentralised planning system where local authorities each draw up individual architectural and design standards would be introduced under a Conservative government, the party has confirmed.
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Ministry of Sound says Allies & Morrison housing could shut club down
The Ministry of Sound nightclub is objecting to an Allies & Morrison development in south London on the grounds that it could force the world-famous club to close
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NewsHodge to prioritise Abbey Road listing application
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge is urgently considering listing Abbey Road Studios, the government has said.
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NewsStudio Egret West’s Stratford Shoal gets mayor’s approval
Studio Egret West’s £3 million sculpture designed to hide an “eyesore” in Stratford, east London, has been granted approval by the local mayor.
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Prasad backs Come Clean on Kickstart campaign
Sunand Prasad has become the latest past president of the RIBA to lend his weight to BD’s Come Clean on Kickstart campaign.
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Hayes Davidson files legal claim over 20 Blackfriars Road
Planning and visualisation specialist Hayes Davidson has begun a High Court legal battle with a developer over alleged unpaid fees of £100,000 for work on a central London residential block.
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NewsTaxman winds up Seifert’s
John Seifert Architects, the firm founded by the son of Centre Point and Natwest Tower designer Richard Seifert, has been wound up by the taxman
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NewsHCA cuts Cabe’s role in Kickstart round 2
Fears over squeezing of design quality under the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme intensified this week as details emerged of a substantial reduction in Cabe’s scrutiny of the initiative
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News£3 million sculpture to hide Stratford eyesore
Studio Egret West’s sculpture aims to improve first impressions for London Olympic visitors
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NewsEmbassy overruns come under attack
Fears have grown over the future of British embassy buildings after the government’s spending watchdog attacked the Foreign Office for time and budget overruns
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NewsPractices fail to find partners for Alder Hey
Architects interested in working on the £175 million project to rebuild Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool have complained there are not enough contractors to partner with
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NewsCriticism of lottery projects sparks row
Arts bosses and architects have defended the buildings paid for by the Millennium Lottery Fund, a decade after the multi-million pound funding spree ended
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First Public Land Initiative sites released
The first sites to be developed under the government’s Public Land Initiative for new homes have been named.
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Architects’ gloom increases
The level of optimism among practising architects has dropped once again, despite a continuing fall in the number of qualified professionals signing on for unemployment benefits.