All UK articles – Page 914
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NewsRIAS gives honorary fellowships to Gough and Fabiani
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has awarded honorary fellowships to former Scottish Parliament minister of architecture Linda Fabiani and CZWG principal Piers Gough.
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NewsSimon Jenkins launches all-out attack on architects
Columnist and National Trust chairman Simon Jenkins has launched a vitriolic attack on the architectural profession claiming the debate sparked by Prince Charles in 1984 has “never died”.
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NewsCulture secretary rejects Robin Hood Gardens listing appeal
Robin Hood Gardens has been dealt a huge blow after culture secretary Andy Burnham turned down an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society to list the estate, instead giving it immunity from listing for five years.
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NewsAberdeen row over rival plans
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz is working on a £140 million Aberdeen project which critics claim threatens an arts centre scheme in the same location by Brisac Gonzalez Architects
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NewsLink up with opportunities abroad
The second annual Beyond Britain conference - hosted by BD in association with UK Trade & Investment, the government's international business development organisation - will be held on May 21
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Seven on all-time Stirling shortlist
Seven buildings have been shortlisted for the RIBA Journal/Schüco Stirling of Stirlings, a vote for the best building of the entire 175 years of the RIBA’s existence
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NewsRose Bowl blossoms
Sheppard Robson’s Rose Bowl building for Leeds Metropolitan University was officially opened last Friday
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Brighton firm splits as workload collapses
Brighton practice DRP Architects has split into two new companies after losing 90% of its workload because of the recession
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NewsBurnham to police design standards
Government design champion and culture secretary Andy Burnham will be tasked with ensuring Whitehall departments bring all new government building projects up to scratch
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Upton housing reaches completion
The UK's first zero-carbon homes outside the BRE Innovation Park have been completed in Upton in Northamptonshire
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NewsRevisions risk scuppering theatre development
Plans by Loates-Taylor Shannon and theatre specialist Tim Foster to rebuild London’s historic Westminster Theatre are hanging in the balance after original plans became unviable
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NewsNo let-up as HOK slashes UK staff
Architects are continuing to haemorrhage staff, with the fourth biggest firm in the world the latest to cut UK jobs, despite growing evidence of green shoots of recovery in other areas of construction
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RIBA trends survey confirms fears women hit hardest by slump
Fears that woman architects are being hardest hit by the recession were today heightened by the RIBA’s latest Future Trends Survey.
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Athletes Village to be entirely publicly funded
The government has confirmed that the 2012 Olympic Athletes Village development will not now receive any private funding.
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Chester University plans £30m student accommodation project
The University of Chester has issued an OJEU notice to find a multi-disciplinary team to design and deliver a £30 million student accommodation project.
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Ideas competition launched by RIBA and Wrap
The RIBA and Wrap – the government's waste & resources action programme – have launched a joint ideas competition to find ways to reduce construction waste through design.
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NewsYoung practices team-up for shot at school design work
Duggan Morris, Glowacka Rennie, Gort Scott, Harry Dobbs Design and Matthew Springett Associates have formed a consortium to bid for work designing primary schools, and to hold design charettes with education departments of local authorities.
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NewsDownturn threat to Pathfinder scheme
The government’s £2.2 billion Pathfinder project to regenerate some of the most run-down parts of England is “being hit hard by the recession and may struggle to recover”, the Audit Commission warned this week.The Pathfinder scheme’s remit is to use public money to breathe new life into sink suburbs in ...
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NewsStonehenge visitor centre set for Airman's Corner site
Architecture minister Barbara Follett today announced that the long-delayed temporary visitor centre for Stonehenge will be built at Airman's Corner, 2km away from the stones, and outside the world heritage site (WHS) at a cost of £25 million.