All UK articles – Page 956
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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NewsEH chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart dies of cancer
English Heritage chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart has died of cancer, aged 66.
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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.
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RyderHKS splits back into separate firms
Joint venture RyderHKS International has split up, seven years after Ryder Architecture and American firm HKS joined forces.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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£350m Blackfriars revamp begins
Network Rail has announced that work has begun on a £350 million project to regenerate Blackfriars Station in London
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Brits shortlisted in under-50 awards
David Adjaye and Thomas Heatherwick have been shortlisted for a new international award celebrating the work of architects aged under 50.
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Arb strikes off bankrupt architect
John Dowland of Godstone in Surrey has been struck off the Arb register for failing to pay a series of debts, and for failing to report his bankruptcy to the board.
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NewsStarting gun sounds for Athletes’ Village
Planning has been granted for the first element of the 2012 Athletes’ Village in the Olympic Park in east London
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NewsRobinson attacks EH claims on liveability
Housing expert hits out at argument that estate ‘fails as a place to live’
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NewsKen attacks Boris over design policy
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has accused his successor Boris Johnson of cost-cutting and “hypocrisy” over his changes to the capital’s design policy.
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NewsSaga of Barbican office block stalls
Kohn Pedersen Fox’s design for a 90,000sq m office block beside the Barbican Centre has been shelved after the intended occupier, investment bank JP Morgan, pulled out.
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Watkins Gray to refit Barnardo’s
Architect Watkins Gray International has won a competition to refurbish the new 187sq m office space for children’s charity Barnardo’s in the London Borough of Southwark.
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NewsScott Brown to top Biennale speakers
Denise Scott Brown will be the keynote speaker at a British Council debate on housing design next month.