All articles by Will Hurst – Page 45
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So long, Solon Design collective
The utopian dream of architects working in one of the last collective housing associations in the country died this week after their department was abolished.
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No housing targets in Gateway plan
Architects were left bemused this week after the government's Urban Development Corporation for London's Thames Gateway was launched without any targets for boosting housing in the area.
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NewsHealing the scars of torture
A purpose-built centre for victims of torture, which opened in London last month, exemplifies architecture's increasing claims that it can tackle trauma and mental illness.
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Spotlisting scuppers Murphy
Richard Murphy has criticised Historic Scotland after it effectively blocked his designs for private houses in Edinburgh to save what he called a "backward-looking" 1960s home.
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Prefab security slammed
A flagship pre-fab housing project praised by the government this week as one of the UK's best public buildings is not safe for the key workers it is meant to house, according to tenants and the Metropolitan Police.
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LDA’s Brixham plans a bit fishy
A £100 million masterplan for Brixham (south Devon) is set to be revised, following stinging criticism by a director of the town’s regeneration group.
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NewsAcademy to teach teens design
Yorkshire city academy will be first secondary school ever dedicated to the built environment
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Brighton skyscraper faces fight
Wilkinson Eyre's planning application for a 100m-high skyscraper in Brighton is facing strong opposition from Tory councillors.
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Farrell in Edinburgh conflict of interest row
Upset as council-owned client lines up city's design tsar for £60 million flagship project
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Housing architects face axe
One of the only remaining collective housing associations in the country looks set to close its design department, making three architects redundant.
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NewsNew York deal one in the Eye
London Eye architect Marks Barfield attacks partner for reneging on 'verbal agreement' for Big Apple wheel
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Support clue to Paris airport roof collapse
A construction fault in concrete supports could have caused the collapse of Terminal 2E roof last week at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, according to an expert engineer who worked on an adjoining terminal.
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Ken 'failed to meet ministers'
Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor Simon Hughes has accused Ken Livingstone of failing to hold a single meeting with either the chancellor of the Exchequer or the deputy prime minister since his election four years ago.
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Friendly alien bites architects
Austrian gallery widely tipped for Stirling Prize leaves design consortium with losses of €500,000
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Inquiry for Clifton bridge plan
Wilkinson Eyre's plans for Bristol visitor centre under fire from locals