All UK articles – Page 940
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News‘Decades till City’s next tall building’
It could be 20 years before another tall tower is built in the square mile, the City of London’s planning chief has predicted, in a dire assessment of the future for skyscrapers in the capital.
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NewsAny doubts over Thomas?
The scrapping of Thomas Heatherwick’s glass bridge is the latest in a run of setbacks for the designer, yet his stock seems as high as ever
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NewsHeatherwick glass bridge shattered by recession
£7.5 million price tag scuppers ‘jewel in the crown’ of King’s Cross Central
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NewsArb election results announced
Arb Reform Group fails in bid for clean sweep but maintains its five places on the board
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NewsZaha Hadid Architects to cut jobs
Zaha Hadid Architects has become the latest big name practice to announce redundancies.
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NewsRadical plans to streamline the planning process announced
Radical plans to streamline the planning process to help small firms weather the recession were announced by government today.
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NewsFairfield Shipyard flats go ahead
Glasgow City Council has approved a multimillion pound redevelopment of the Fairfield Shipyard building in Govan by Clydeport.
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NewsEnglish Heritage faces critics at Robin Hood Gardens debate (audio)
At a debate on Robin Hood Gardens at Ecobuild yesterday English Heritage was outnumbered four-to-one by those in favour of listing the estate.
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NewsBishopsfield housing estate saved
The 1960s Bishopsfield housing estate in Harlow is being recommended for listing at grade II after it was saved from demolition by the credit crunch.
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MPs: DCLG is failing to deliver
The Department for Communities and Local Government is failing to deliver some of its key policies and needs to raise its game to become a "big hitter" in Whitehall, a select committee report claims.
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Architects Benevolent Society campaign to help those made redundant
The Architects Benevolent Society is to launch a new campaign to help architects who have been made redundant.
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NewsStephen Lawrence Trust scheme to help ethnic minority young people become architects
The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence is backing a new competition to encourage disadvantaged young people from ethnic minorities to become architects.
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour to make 35 redundancies
Richard Rogers has announced plans to make 35 redundancies at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, describing the recession as “the most ruthless and wide-ranging” he can remember.
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Public sector focus buoys Capita
Capita Architecture has reported an uplift in pre-tax profit of 20% to £3 million, on turnover of £30 million for the year ending December 2008. Turnover was up slightly from £29.5 million the year before.
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News20th Century Society seeks more power on delisting
The 20th Century Society is seeking more influence on delisting decisions after Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House was controversially stripped of its grade II status.
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Hopkins wins Brent civic centre competition
Hopkins Architects is to design a landmark civic centre for Brent council, opposite Wembley Stadium in north London, according to council papers seen by BD.
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NewsCampaign aims to save Goldfinger housing
Residents and heritage groups are leading a campaign to head off a potential demolition threat to a Goldfinger-designed housing estate beside Trellick Tower in west London.Kensington & Chelsea council announced in its business plan last month that the Cheltenham Estate and Edenham Way in north Kensington, part of the ...