All UK articles – Page 918
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NewsCouncil urged to reject Terry hotel opposite Hampton Court
Historic Royal Palaces has made a last-ditch plea to local councillors to reject a hotel development by Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects proposed for a site directly opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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NewsSheppard Robson’s college days
Sheppard Robson’s designs for this £27 million, 13,000sq m school in Wokingham, Berkshire, have been given the go-ahead by planners.
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NewsA second bite at Stonehenge centre
Two architects who have drawn up unrealised designs for a visitor centre at Stonehenge are on a new shortlist for a slimmed down version of the scheme, BD can reveal.
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BD wins best magazine award
BD has been named Weekly Magazine of the Year at the International Building Press awards, with BD’s news editor Will Hurst taking home News Reporter of the Year.
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NewsCZWG's Arsenal towers
CZWG has submitted plans for a £160 million mixed-use scheme opposite Arsenal football club in north London.
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HCA launches without any housing targets
The Homes & Communities Agency has not yet drawn up targets to improve the supply of housing and kick-start regeneration schemes across the country, its chief executive has admitted.
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Mayor consults on accessibility
London mayor Boris Johnson has commissioned a major survey to discover how the city can be made more accessible in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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News50 years not out for heritage firm
Donald Insall launched his latest book, Living Buildings, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his firm, Donald Insall Associates, at a reception at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London last month.
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Titanic project gets £43.5 million
Eric Kuhne’s scheme for a £97 million development in Belfast has received a massive boost after the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to offer £43.5 million worth of funding.
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Professional bodies unite to fight slump
The RIBA and the Association of Consultant Architects have joined forces to establish a Recovery Task Force, which they hope will help architects and others through the recession and beyond.
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NewsHadid’s Hoxton Square project wins approval
Zaha Hadid Architects’ gallery and residential scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, east London, has won planning permission from Hackney Council despite strong objections from English Heritage.
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Architecture Week scrapped
Architecture Week has finally been scrapped, 17 months after Arts Council England (ACE) withdrew funding and announced an extensive and wide-ranging consultation on the beleaguered event.
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Cross party condemnation as Heritage Protection Bill dropped
MPs from all three main parties have criticised the government's axing of the Heritage Protection Bill from next year’s parliamentary programme, amid claims historic buildings are being put at risk.
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NewsReject environmentally harmful work, says engineer Mark Whitby
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has called on design professionals to boycott work from environmentally harmful clients.
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NewsMcDowell & Benedetti wins RIBA contest for JCB factory site
London-based architect McDowell & Benedetti has beaten Glenn Howells Architects in the final stage of a competition to redesign a 9ha factory site in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
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NewsMake slashes workforce and closes Edinburgh office
Make architects has cut its headcount from 130 to 100 and has closed its Edinburgh office.
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NewsRavensbourne sets a pattern
Construction work has begun on Foreign Office Architects’ £50 million Ravensbourne College of Design & Commun-ication, on the Greenwich peninsula in London.
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NewsSchool’s cool pool
Architect Mackenzie Wheeler has won planning permission for this £2 million swimming pool at Feltonfleet School in Cobham, Surrey.
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Conran reappointed as trustee
The Design Museum has reappointed Sebastian Conran (pictured), one of the sons of the museum’s founder, Terence Conran, as a trustee.