All UK articles – Page 937
-
NewsSarah Ichioka becomes new Architecture Foundation director
The London Festival of Architecture’s deputy director Sarah Ichioka has been appointed as director of the Architecture Foundation.
-
NewsHodge grants Sherborne’s Shell House grade I listing
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has listed the Shell House in Sherborne, Dorset, at grade I, labelling it a “great example of British craftsmanship at its best”.
-
NewsRIBA launches competition to give Salisbury a “grand square to rival any in Europe”
Salisbury’s historic city centre could be transformed thanks to a new RIBA design competition.
-
News
Next step of regeneration signed
Southwark Council in London has signed a partnership agreement with developer Lend Lease to secure the next stages in the £1.5 billion transformation of Elephant & Castle.
-
NewsGateway interchange pair picked
Atkins Urban Design and Grimshaw Architects have been chosen to draw up the masterplan for a transport interchange for the Thames Gateway in Barking.
-
NewsMalcolm Fraser to redevelop Stromness pierhead
Edinburgh-based Malcolm Fraser Architects has endured an emotional rollercoaster of a week, scooping an international RIAS competition while also being forced to make a quarter of its staff redundant.
-
NewsPFS to give schools design threshold
Partnerships for Schools has confirmed it will introduce a minimum design standard to boost the calibre of schools in the £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
-
NewsCarbon Challenge team nominated
Architect Brown Smith Baker, Morris Homes and Gentoo Homes have been selected as the preferred development team for the first phase of Peterborough’s South Bank redevelopment, part of English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge.
-
News
Cabe on attack over Halifax bid
Cabe’s design review panel has slammed proposals by Harris Partnership for a mixed-use scheme in Halifax.
-
NewsRSHP plan for Chelsea Barracks under attack
Exclusive Candy housing scheme accused of being ‘gated community’
-
News
Croydon considers appeal after new blow to Gateway
Croydon Council is considering a last-ditch appeal to push through plans by Michael Aukett Architects for the area’s Gateway site after another setback to its proposals.
-
NewsEH chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart dies of cancer
English Heritage chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart has died of cancer, aged 66.
-
NewsRogers' "cheese grater" melts under the crunch
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ 47-storey “cheese grater” tower in the City of London has become the latest victim of the credit crunch.
-
News
RyderHKS splits back into separate firms
Joint venture RyderHKS International has split up, seven years after Ryder Architecture and American firm HKS joined forces.
-
News
Carbon emissions in UK housing faces scrutiny
The UK Green Building Council has launched a major study to find ways to reduce carbon emissions from the country’s existing housing stock.
-
NewsHeavyweights back Blears on Smithfield
Terry Farrell and George Ferguson have joined English Heritage in calling on the City of London to support a “creative” re-use for Smithfield Market.
-
News
Credit crunch threatens two major tower schemes
The future of two multi-million pound tower projects is hanging in the balance as a result of the UK’s worsening credit crunch.
-
NewsTheatre foyer given the go-ahead
CZWG’s East Terrace Foyer, part of its Bournemouth pavilion and gardens project, has been granted planning permission
-
News
RIBA looking for floodproof home
RIBA and insurer Norwich Union have launched a joint competition to design a floodproof home.