All UK articles – Page 969
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RTPI slams call to relax planning regulations
Little support for right-wing think-tank’s recommendations
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Broughton team wins Kent museum contest
Hugh Broughton Architects has beaten competition from practices such as Atkins and Featherstone Associates to triumph in a RIBA competition for a gallery extension in Kent.
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Jowell’s search for new heritage boss goes on
The Department for Culture Media & Sport will readvertise the post of English Heritage chair after culture secretary Tessa Jowell rejected two leading candidates.
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NewsErskine’s Ark is rebuilt as Byker wins listing
The legacy of legendary architect Ralph Erskine received a double boost this week as his famous Byker Estate in Newcastle was listed and work began on restructuring the interior of his Ark office in west London.
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Colchester’s cultural quarter seeks architect
Colchester Borough Council has launched a competition to find an architect for the town’s new cultural quarter.
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NewsThe hills are alive...
Plasma Studio admits its Esker Haus in the South Tyrol is “parasitic.” The self-contained residential unit is built on top of a 1960s house, initially adopting its host’s structure then gradually morphing into its own form.
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100 public spaces halved
Exclusive: Peter Bishop sets out priorities for Design for London’s £2.5 million budget
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NewsWembley takes a step up
Brent Borough Council is considering a planning application for a dramatic new main entrance to Wembley Stadium, the Olympic Steps, designed by landscape architect Randle Siddeley Associates and Hamiltons Architects as part of a masterplan by the Richard Rogers Partnership.
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NewsSpace to sculpt
Sutherland Hussey Architects is preparing a planning application for this 2,000sq m new home for Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop at Newhaven, north Edinburgh.
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NewsMirror image
Bere Architects has unveiled this image of its glass pavilion and landscaping works for Monument Square in the City of London, due to be opened on January 31.
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Make steals Sherwood Forest from strong list
Make has beaten Glenn Howells and Wilkinson Eyre in the RIBA competition for a new £50 million visitor complex for Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.
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Estate residents opt for Urban Initiatives
An impressive host of practices has been appointed to redesign Southwark’s Aylesbury estate in a team led by masterplanner Urban Initiatives.
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Design to score high for Velodrome
The Olympics is set to be opened up to young designers through new guidelines which will give them a greater chance of getting through the red tape surrounding procurement.
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Design the zero-carbon home of the future
Architects have been challenged to design the zero carbon home of the future and win £5,000.
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NewsFrei Otto picked to design next Serpentine pavilion
Frei Otto, the German architect who designed the roof of the 1972 Olympic Stadium in Munich, will design the 2007 Serpentine Gallery pavilion, it has been announced.
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Heritage lobby demands huge funding hike
Britain’s leading heritage bodies have formed an unprecedented coalition to bid for an extra £37 million-a-year from taxpayers to protect the country’s historic buildings.
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Regeneration super-quango confirmed
English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation are to merge to form a super-quango controlling public funds worth more than £4 billion.
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NewsCabe to give schools a kicking
Watchdog receives £3 million for design panel to review all Building Schools for the Future schemes