All UK articles – Page 917
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NewsOpen design contest for Lightbox pavilion
The Architecture Foundation has launched a competition to design a semi-permanent summer pavilion to sit outside Marks Barfield’s Lightbox gallery in Woking
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Construction orders plummet
The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply’s (Cips) UK Construction report has revealed a steep fall in orders and employment levels across the industry.
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NewsFormer gang member chosen as role model
Trainee architect will help encourage black youths to enter profession
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Sutton Vane lights up Bolton
A £170,000 lighting scheme by Sutton Vane Architects is to illuminate Bolton’s architectural landmarks at night.
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FCB’s Barnstaple college designs
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ designs for a £125 million “cathedral of learning” for North Devon College, have been submitted for planning
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NewsMPs angry over fee bill for Stonehenge
MPs have told English Heritage to “get a grip” after it emerged that EH has spent £1.8 million on consultancy fees relating to Stonehenge in the last five years, with nothing to show for it.
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NewsAlsop keeps identity as SMC becomes Archial Group
Architectural giant SMC is changing its name to Archial Group in a major restructuring which will see Will Alsop’s subsidiary operate as a separate brand
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NewsHolder Mathias’ £80m Neath plan
Holder Mathias Architects has unveiled designs for an £80 million, mixed-use regeneration of Neath, near Swansea
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£4.5m centre for creative industry
Cartwright Pickard Architects has designed a £4.5 million building for London’s East End which will house Metropolitan Works, a creative industries centre.
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Power says refurb cuts more CO2
Refurbishing old houses rather than building new eco-homes is a better way to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment, Anne Power, professor of social policy at the London School of Economics, has claimed
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Fears over Arts Council policy shift
Architecture centres fear that events focusing on building design will be marginalised in favour of art projects after Arts Council England officially scrapped Architecture Week.
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NewsRIBA fees hike sparks threat of RIAS divorce
RIAS talks of breaking off partnership after secret RIBA meeting agrees subscription rise
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NewsDesign Awards 2009 shortlist revealed
AHMM’s Westminster Academy and Stirling prize winning Accordia housing scheme are among the shortlisted entries for the 2009 Brit Insurance Design Awards.
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NewsSquire & Partners unveil latest Potters Field plans
New plans for the controversial Potter’s Field site next to Tower Bridge in central London have been unveiled by Squire & Partners.
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Jowell: Olympic contingency fund may need raiding again
Olympics minister Tessa Jowell has admitted that the 2012 Games organisers may need to raid the £2 billion contingency fund again next year if private partners can not be found to back the Olympic Village and broadcast centre.
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NewsWork under way on CUH2A’s £58m Edinburgh science centre
Work has begun on a £58 million scientific research centre for the University of Edinburgh by science building specialist CUH2A, a division of US practice HDR Architecture.
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NewsCity approves Foggo's can of ham
Foggo Associates' 90m-tall commercial building in the City of London has won planning approval, despite objections from Cabe and the City Heritage Society.
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BDP’s Nick Terry dies
Nick Terry, a director and former chairman of BDP, has died following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 61.
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Retrofitting programme revealed
Deputy London Mayor Simon Milton has revealed plans for a retrofitting programme to improve the energy of existing commercial building stock.
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NewsGreen Guide ‘flawed’, says lobby group
Report says it is likely to worsen buildings’ environmental impact