All UK articles – Page 996
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NewsBrent PFI care centre finished
A £63 million PFI healthcare project by HLM Architects has been completed.
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NewsBridge Is a star turn
This design by McChesney Architects is one of four shortlisted entries in a competition for a footbridge in Manchester which will link Urban Splash’s landmark New Islington development with the neighbouring Ancoats urban village.
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NewsHeritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers
Over £1.5 billion of private investment to improve one of the capital’s worst transport blackspots could be threatened by tough new measures to protect world heritage sites.
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NewsDigital cuts build house in four days
This prototype house, built using a digital component-making system, has gone on show at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London’s Old Street.
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Call to regenerate seaside towns
The Commons local government committee has called on central government to help boost the quality of life in England’s most run-down seaside towns.
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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.
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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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...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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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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NewsLandmark Trust founder dies
John Smith, founder and major financial backer of the Landmark Trust, died last week.
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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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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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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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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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NewsFuture Systems wins huge Czech library competition
British firm will design the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building.
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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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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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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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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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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.