All UK articles – Page 890
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NewsPrasad dismayed as Rogers loses Chelsea Barracks job
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit out at Prince Charles after developer Qatari Diar bowed to royal pressure and withdrew the planning application for Chelsea Barracks.
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Architecture is most exclusive profession
It costs more to qualify than in any other sector (and the salary is rubbish)
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NewsCivic square for Aberdeen stymies Brisac Gonzalez plan
Plans for a £140 million civic square for Aberdeen, landscaped by Martha Schwartz, were formally unveiled this week
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Hemp walls for campus home
Archial Architects has designed a new low-carbon three-bedroom home for the BRE Innovation Campus in Watford
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NewsCapita Symonds buys town planner Andrew Martin
Capita Symonds has acquired town planning and urban design firm Andrew Martin Associates (AMA) for an undisclosed sum
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NewsSlump blamed for awards dip
38 schemes shortlisted for Housing Design Awards, but organisers say entries are down by 30%
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NewsAnger over future of 80s RMJM building
Plans by Archial to demolish a 1980s building designed by RMJM’s founding partners Robert Matthew and Stirrat Johnson-Marshall have sparked a row over the building’s future
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NewsMather starts again after Oxford quad plan falters
Rick Mather Architects has been forced to go back to the drawing board over its proposed £45 million quadrangle for Oxford University’s Keble College after heritage groups and the council objected to the demolition of a listed building
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Cabe approves of £135m extension
Cabe’s design review panel has praised Rogers Stirk Harbour’s scheme for a £135 million extension to the British Museum
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NewsShortlist for PM’s awards revealed
Buildings by Ian Ritchie, Make, Wilkinson Eyre, BDP and Nicholas Hare have made the shortlist for the Prime Minster’s Better Public Building Award, alongside a ring road project, a railway extension and a canal link
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NewsPeer makes dig at superstar names
Labour peer William Howie has claimed that architects such as Richard Rogers and Norman Foster are unfairly taking credit for high-profile projects such as the Millennium Dome and the Great Court at the British Museum
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Schools programme a ‘tall order’ for government, say MPs
The government’s programme to redevelop England’s schools buildings has been beset by over-optimism and will struggle to deliver all schools on deadline, MPs have claimed.
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NewsAlsop tops list of world’s most creative people in architecture
Will Alsop has beaten Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron to be named number one in a list of the world’s 10 most creative people in architecture.
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NewsCouncil strongly backs Rogers' Chelsea Barracks scheme
Prince Charles’ attempts to derail the controversial £1 billion redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks have been dealt a major blow.
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NewsRescue plan for Viñoly’s Colchester arts centre
A rescue plan to save Rafael Viñoly’s troubled Colchester visual arts centre was unveiled this week in a move that will see the project delivered up to three years late.
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NewsWork begins on McAslan's King's Cross concourse
Work has begun on John McAslan’s huge semi circular-shaped concourse for King’s Cross Station, due to open in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsWilkinson Eyre’s dramatic plans for Science Museum revealed (fly-through)
Business secretary Peter Mandelson has unveiled new plans by Wilkinson Eyre for London’s Science Museum.
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NewsRescue plan to save Victorian concrete house
A rescue plan has been drawn up to save one of London’s most unusual houses.
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News£7m bid to give new life to Manchester towers
City South Manchester Housing Trust has revealed its £7 million plans to refurbish four landmark towers in the city’s Hulme area