All articles by Will Henley – Page 7
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NewsReed warns economy will undermine her promises
RIBA president-elect Ruth Reed has warned that the economic downturn is set to cut the RIBA’s programme of activities and could make her election pledge of raising architects’ incomes unachievable.
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NewsHodge replaced as architecture minister
Margaret Hodge has been replaced as architecture minister in the weekend’s government reshuffle.
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Beckett moved to housing in cabinet reshuffle
Margaret Beckett has replaced Caroline Flint as housing minister in today’s government reshuffle.
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NewsGough’s Croydon towers vision
CZWG has unveiled these images of the Odalisk — Piers Gough’s tower development set for the centre of Croydon, Surrey.
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NewsLiverpool’s £1 billion city centre scheme opens
Phase two of Liverpool’s largest-ever retail and regeneration development has launched, with the opening of buildings by an array of architects including Allies & Morrison, Dixon Jones, CZWG and Glenn Howells.
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NewsControversy as multi-faith centre set to fail planning
Plans for a dramatic £20 million community centre in the north London suburbs by former YAYA-nominee Mangera Yvars Architects faced planning permission refusal this week.
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City academy framework doubles to £4 billion
Architects are set to benefit from the doubling in size of the government’s framework to build city academies.
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NewsPublic sector must wake up to crisis, says housing chief
The government’s new housing and regeneration agency leader has warned public sector clients to wake up to the credit crunch, saying it could be “significantly worse than the early 1990s”.
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Curtain call for Alsop’s Mermaid Theatre plan
City strips away theatre status, clearing way to revive development
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NewsWilkinson Eyre building dropped in Land Sec’s latest Victoria Transport Interchange proposal
Land Securities has submitted a slimmed-down planning application for its Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in central London.
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NewsOpposition condemns Design for London cuts
Mayor told to rethink design staff layoffs to protect future of architecture
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FeaturesWest: Buckmaster & Batcup Architects Swansea
Meet four practices from around the UK that show how local knowledge, flexible routines and close-knit staffs help them take on the “big boys” of architecture
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Hiring foreign architects set to become harder
...as RIBA survey reveals growing globalisation of large practices
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ReviewViñoly makes UK debut with The Curve
Rafael Viñoly has revealed these images of The Curve, a theatre in Leicester which is the Uruguayan architect’s first building to be completed in the UK.
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Towers will aid growth, says BPF
Skyscrapers bring dramatic economic benefits which should be considered alongside aesthetic and heritage considerations in making planning decisions, a new report from the British Property Federation recommends.
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NewsGold medallist Hoy launches 2012 velodrome design
The latest designs for the 2012 VeloPark were unveiled on Monday by Beijing gold medallist Chris Hoy.
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NewsJohn Lewis expansion put on hold
Stores by O’Donnell & Tuomey and Acme mothballed amid slowdown
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Hugill to leave Lend Lease
Athletes' Village developer Nigel Hugill is to resign from his post as chairman of Lend Lease Europe in order to “pursue other opportunities”.
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NewsNatural History Museum unveils images of CF Møller’s extension
The Natural History Museum has released the first pictures of the second phase of its state-of-the-art Darwin Centre, a scientific research and collections facility designed by Scandinavian architect C F Møller.