All UK articles – Page 962
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Tories vow to axe Arb
RIBA welcomes pledge, but regulator’s chief executive warns that consumers would suffer
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NewsGateshead approves Ikea flat-pack homes
Ikea’s first foray into the UK housing market, a development of affordable flat-pack homes in Gateshead, has been granted planning permission.
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NewsAlsop fears for The Public’s future
West Bromwich arts centre is in danger of being a ‘big nothing’, says architect
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Green theme aims to save Architecture Week
This year’s make-or-break Architecture Week will have the theme How Green is Our Space, focusing on sustainability and inspiring the public to think creatively about the spaces around them.
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Laing O’Rourke agrees five years
The SMC Group has hailed a new five-year new framework agreement with contractor Laing O’Rourke.
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NewsLambeth agrees PRU design
The London Borough of Lambeth has granted planning permission for a new Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) designed by Ellis Williams Architects.
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EH ‘cobbled together’ its case against Viñoly
English Heritage was accused this week of presenting a “cobbled-together” case as the public inquiry on Rafael Viñoly’s landmark City of London tower drew to its close.
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NewsThe new Wembley stadium: images
Foster's £800 million 90,000 seater stadium is finally complete. Bdonline takes a peak
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The loss of England’s greenbelt
As much as 10,000 acres of greenbelt is under threat from development, the Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned today. Research, conducted jointly with the Guardian newspaper, suggests the most ambitious building programme for more than 30 years is set to have a detrimental effect on protected rural land.The ...
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ODA issues media centre notice
The ODA has called for proposals for the legacy use of the Olympic Park’s media centre, one of the landmark built projects of London 2012.
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Foster hospital wins planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, has been granted outline planning approval.
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Makeover in Manhattan style
Liverpool will be given a Manhattan-style makeover under one of the biggest developments proposed in the north-west of England.
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Town planners join PGS revolt
The Royal Town Planning Institute has criticised the government’s proposed planning gain supplement (PGS) as “unworkable”.
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NewsFobert heads for the sun
Next Generation winner Jamie Fobert has revealed the first images of his private house project in Trinidad as he prepares to receive the award at next week’s Mipim conference in Cannes.
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White paper extends protection
A buffer zone around the UK’s 24 world heritage sites will be proposed in the long-awaited heritage White Paper.
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NewsLandmark Trust founder dies
John Smith, founder and major financial backer of the Landmark Trust, died last week.
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NewsSpot-list delays Dyson’s design school by a year
A high profile scheme in Bath by Wilkinson Eyre Architects will be delayed by at least a year because of local opposition.
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...as Viñoly defends his ‘walkie talkie’
Rafael Viñoly was quizzed over the sustainability of his proposed “walkie talkie” tower this week as a landmark public inquiry on the scheme got under way.
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Twist in Supreme Court project
The battle over the future of the grade II listed Middlesex Guildhall has taken a fresh twist after a new planning application was submitted.
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NewsFuture Systems triumphs in Prague library competition
This design by Future Systems will become the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building after the British firm triumphed in one of the most hotly contested open architectural competitions ever held.