All UK articles – Page 964
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Call to lighten councils’ load
A group of senior local government officers has called for the planning system to be overhauled to lift the burden on councils.
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RIBA competitions for Belfast and Sheffield
The search is on for architects to take part in two major RIBA competitions.
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MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s profits soar despite BBC loss
Award-winning practice MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has bounced back from losing the flagship BBC Broadcasting House project with a strong set of company accounts, a recruitment drive and a host of forthcoming projects.
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NewsAutodesk makes record profits
Autodesk, the US architectural software giant behind AutoCAD, is celebrating record financial results.
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NewsUK practice bids for Paris auction house
British design and architecture practice Sybarite has revealed its short-listed designs for a competition to renovate this major auction house in Paris.
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NewsCutty Sark pier scheme approved
This £6 million scheme by Conran & Partners Architects to redevelop the pier next to historic tea clipper the Cutty Sark has been approved by Greenwich council.
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NewsAlsop and artist McLean propose giant artwork
This extraordinary £90 million building in central London fuses art and architecture in a collaboration between Will Alsop and artist Bruce McLean.
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NewsAHMM opens ‘symbolic’ Unity building
AHMM was celebrating this week as its largest building to date was opened in Liverpool’s historic Prince’s Dock.
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Embattled John Lewis goes ahead
Portsmouth City Council has overruled its local architects’ panel and followed Cabe’s advice to give planning permission to Chapman Taylor’s John Lewis building.
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City academies pay price for ‘architectural gestures’, says audit office
Alterations to city academies by Foster’s and Richard Rogers Partnership have cost the Department for Education & Skills £1.4 million, according to a new report.
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NewsArb legal battle cost £110,000
RIBA concern at full cost of legal fees to prevent board member from talking to the press
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News‘Peter Pan village’ under threat
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a campaign to stop the redevelopment of Thorpeness in Suffolk, dubbed the Peter Pan village because of its association with author JM Barrie.
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NewsGoing private
The first PFI hospital to be run entirely by private companies has opened after a two-year build.
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Velopark entrants ready for the off
Make, David Morley Architects, Faulkner Browns Architects, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Ryder HKS are all in the running to design the Olympic Velopark. SMC Alsop, S&P Architects and Atherden Fuller Leng are also considering entering the contest, while Foster &Partners refused to rule itself out.
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NewsEnglish Heritage slams Viñoly icon as ‘oppressive’
The battle lines have been drawn for a fight over the future of the London’s skyline, with English Heritage ranged against Rafael Viñoly, Land Securities and the City in a landmark public inquiry.
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Security of tenure set to end
Social housing is set for an overhaul that could spell the end of a council home for life.
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NewsHerzog urges contest reform
Swiss duo Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the RIBA Gold Medal this week.
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Scotland confirms committment to PFI
The Scottish Executive this week published its blueprint for architecture, in which it renewed its commitment to PFI.