All UK articles – Page 897
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NewsUK branch of KPF makes bid to go solo
The UK branch of Kohn Pedersen Fox is reported to be set to split from its parent company in the US by buying itself out.
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Housing to be built on Walthamstow dog track
T P Bennett is working up plans to build housing on the site of Walthamstow Stadium, one of London’s last-surviving greyhound tracks.
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NewsBirmingham regeneration chief quits to join Newham
Clive Dutton, Birmingham City Council’s regeneration director, is leaving his post to take up an Olympics role at Newham Council in London.
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NewsTotnes scheme wins top housing design award
Devon practice Harrison Sutton Partnership has been crowned overall winner at the Housing Design Awards for a scheme in Totnes.
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NewsAlsop pod part of new digital tour of Thames
The RIBA has unveiled a temporary pod by Will Alsop as part of a new multi-media summer exhibition in London along the River Thames.
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NewsBurdett to head LSE Cities centre
A new centre for cities is to open next January at the London School of Economics, headed by Ricky Burdett, LSE professor in architecture and urbanism.
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Heathrow expansion masterplan up for tender
BAA has launched an open competition to develop a masterplan for the extension of London’s Heathrow Airport which will include a third runway and new terminal building.
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NewsFletcher Priest plans greenhouse-style neighbour for Gherkin
Fletcher Priest Architects’ scheme for a greenhouse-style block next to Foster’s Gherkin is to be considered by City planners later this year.
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NewsGovernment announces £1.7bn housing boost
Housing minister John Healey today announced funding to build 11,200 new homes, which he claimed would create 20,000 jobs in the building industry.
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NewsArchitectural photographer Julius Shulman dies
Julius Shulman, the modern master of architectural photography has died aged 98 at his Los Angeles home.
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NewsGreen light and £3m to finish The Public
The architect who took over from Will Alsop on The Public has been given the green light to finish off work on the troubled West Midlands arts gallery
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NewsGasholder contest sees 51 entries
More than 50 architects have registered for King’s Cross Central’s competition to design a new use for the site’s disused and relocated Gasholder No 8
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NewsScottish design watchdog appoints Muir as new chief
Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS), the Scottish design watchdog, has appointed Trevor Muir, former chief executive of Midlothian Council, to act as interim chief executive
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NewsAukett’s Thompson stands firm in fees row
Chief executive backed by board after damning High Court verdict
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Parks Agency draws up plan for Highgate cemetery
A rescue plan for Britain’s most famous graveyard will be published in September
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NewsMoxon plans paths and footbridges for Taunton site
Moxon Architects has applied for planning permission for a £2 million project to create a series of footbridges and pathways for Goodlands Gardens in the centre of Taunton, Somerset
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NewsRival scheme for Commonwealth Institute proposed
Radical proposals to redevelop the Commonwealth Institute by OMA and West 8 are to be directly challenged by a rival scheme prepared by architects Brian Avery and Brian Waters
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NewsDance fever in Ipswich
This is the first image of the interior of John Lyall Architects’ international dance studios, which opens in October
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NewsBarnet Council halts £4bn Allies & Morrison masterplan
Local opposition grows to Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration
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NewsReaching for the stars
Van Heyningen & Haward Architects is celebrating the opening of the £9 million Dennis Sciama Building for the University of Portsmouth, home to its Institute of Cosmology & Gravitation