All UK articles – Page 986
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NewsCase of the empty house
Urgent repairs to save the grade II listed Surrey home of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle are being carried out by local authority workmen.
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Four on Olympic media centre list
BDP, Hopkins, Allies & Morrison and Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson Architects have been short-listed by the Olympic Delivery Authority to design the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre for the 2012 games.
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NewsKoolhaas, Foster clash over ‘similar’ designs
No plagiarism but we were first, says Rem, as Foster’s deny any real likeness between schemes
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NewsV&A picks Findlay for Dundee site
The Victoria & Albert Museum is planning its first outpost in Scotland under a collaboration with the University of Dundee and architect Kathryn Findlay.
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HIPs face final hurdle
Legal action by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will be the last hurdle for the government’s controversial Home Information Pack proposals after the failure of a Parliamentary challenge by the Tories.
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...as Foster’s faces share plan probe
Foster’s faced a further headache this week as financial watchdog the Employee Share Ownership Centre raised detailed questions over the winding-up of the firm’s employees’ trust before private equity group 3i’s investment in the practice.
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Work to stabilise Silbury Hill starts
Work has begun to stabilise the 4,400-year old Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.
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NewsHowells wins RIBA Stoke project
Landscaping proposals by Glenn Howells Architects, including kiln-like pavilions (pictured) and shared space street design, have won an RIBA competition as part of the £20 million regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent.
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NewsMoscow replicas mock Russia’s past, says Save
Moscow’s architectural heritage is under an “immediate, extensive and overwhelming” threat, a report published this week warns.
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NewsTorquay site is pathfinder
Exeter-based Kensington Taylor Architects has won planning permission for this £24 million community college in Torquay. The scheme is a One School Pathfinder, funded by Building Schools for the Future, to allow Torbay Council a pilot project for its future approach to BSF.
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NewsThey’re on their way to Wembley
Manchester United and Chelsea fans visiting the new Wembley Stadium for tomorrow’s FA Cup Final will be among the first to admire Marks Barfield’s adjacent public square and White Horse Bridge.
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News3i poised to take a stake in Foster’s
Private equity group 3i is expected to sign a contract to take a minority stake in Foster & Partners by the end of next week.
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NewsWe will not repeat 60s, architects tell Lammy
Pringle dismisses Lammy criticism as ‘playing to the gallery’
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NewsAlexander joins Beyond Green
Beyond Green, a sustainability consultancy whose clients include Cabe and the ODA, has appointed James Alexander (pictured) as managing director.
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NewsMore open Arb scraps near-miss exam resits
Arb has reformed its hated exams for foreign architects amid signs of a new mood of openness at the regulator.
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NewsArmitt is new ODA chair
John Armitt, former chief executive of Network Rail, has become chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority and will join two new high-profile members of the organisation’s expanding design team.
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NewsBath gets green design professor
Bill Gething, a partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley, has been appointed visiting professor of sustainability design at the University of Bath.
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NewsBradford tower plan submitted
Plans for a £150 million mixed-use development in Bradford by Glenn Howells Architects, including this 38-storey glass tower, have been submitted to Bradford council.
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NewsEH brain drain risks reputation
Number of in-house architects at English Heritage falls by 40% in three years