All UK articles – Page 913
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NewsDRMM beats five to win Brunel Museum
DRMM has won a competition to redevelop the Brunel Museum in south London, trumping five other practices including Fat and Ash Sakula.
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NewsLiverpool to limit number of towers
Tall towers in Liverpool ’s historic centre are set to be restricted to two clusters to help preserve the city’s world heritage status, according to recent guidance drafted by council planning officers.
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Cabe says Donington plans not up to speed
Cabe has mauled proposals to transform Derby’s Donington Park into a new Formula 1 British Grand Prix venue, damning the designs as “disappointingly weak”.
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NewsHugill to advise HCA on financial models
The Homes and Communities Agency has appointed former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill as a special adviser to help devise credit crunch-beating funding strategies.
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NewsEH unchanged in opposing Robin Hood Gardens listing
English Heritage has refused to alter its opposition to the proposed listing of Robin Hood Gardens.
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NewsBlears calls in 3DReid’s £150 million retail scheme for Lancaster
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has called in a controversial £150 million retail-led scheme for Lancaster by 3DReid following protests by English Heritage and campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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NewsStowe & Beale’s £4 million revamp for Westminster Abbey Chapter House
Conservation architect Stowe & Beale and English Heritage have announced a £4 million project to refurbish Westminster Abbey’s 13th century Chapter House in central London, considered to be the birthplace of the UK parliamentary system.
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Firms picked for Scottish healthcare framework
Aedas, Keppie Design and Nightingale Associates are among a crop of practices to have made it onto a massive £900 million framework to design hospitals and healthcare facilities in Scotland.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron plans London towers
Swiss practice is working with Shard developer on UK’s tallest residential development
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NewsConcrete is key to Woodland Trust’s green offices
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning permission for a headquarters for the Woodland Trust in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
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NewsDCMS warned over Chelsea chapel
The developer behind the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Chelsea Barracks scheme in London has warned the DCMS not to list a chapel (pictured) on the site.
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NewsCentre Point fountains make way for Crossrail
But heritage groups argue they should be reinstated once work is done
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NewsWestminster boss’s job expands
Westminster City Council head of planning Rosemarie MacQueen (pictured) is set to gain a host of new responsibilities covering transport, crime and disorder, licensing and the environment in a major organisational shake-up.
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NewsCambridge anger over Schosa table
Cambridge School of Architecture has hit out at school heads organisation Schosa over its interpretation of the latest official rankings of research performance.
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NewsPrasad backs fair access
RIBA president Sunand Prasad is to sit on a high-level government panel to help open up professions including architecture to those from less privileged backgrounds.
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Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios submits £160m Cardiff offices for planning
A £160 million, 46,500sq m office complex in Cardiff by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has been submitted for outline planning permission.
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NewsMcNeil Beechey O’Neill designs Yorkshire nunnery
A new nunnery designed by McNeil Beechey O’Neill Architects is being built for members of the Carmelite Sisters.
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NewsLambeth Council refuses Make’s Albert Embankment tower
Lambeth Council has rejected plans for south London’s first fin-shaped skyscraper, designed by Make Architects.
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NewsJan Kaplicky dies: Levete, Zaha, Foster and Rogers pay tribute to 'irreplaceable' architect
Amanda Levete has paid tribute to her Future Systems partner Jan Kaplicky who died unexpectedly last week.