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Still no news on Scottish Parliament beam fiasco

13-Mar-2006
Politicians are still waiting for a detailed reason as to why a beam swung loose from the Stirling Prize-winning Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh earlier this month.
Brunswick Centre faces possibility of extra storey - image

13-Mar-2006
Developer Allied London has asked Levitt Bernstein to design an extra storey for Patrick Hodgkinson's famous Brunswick Centre in London's Bloomsbury, it has emerged.
Six-strong shortlist to battle it out at Corpus Christi

10-Mar-2006
An ancient Oxford college has shortlisted six major British practices to design its new music auditorium.
Finally- Camden gives green light to King's Cross

10-Mar-2006
Camden Council has approved Argent's colossal £2bn plans for London's King's Cross after more than five years of preparation.
Arup rapped for Holyrood explanation

9-Mar-2006
The Scottish executive has panned Arup's assessment of why a beam came loose from the ceiling of RMJM and Enric Miralles' Scottish Parliament building last Thursday.
Murphy sued in drawings row

9-Mar-2006
Richard Murphy Architects is being sued in the High Court for at least £300,000 over ownership of the drawings of his practice's largest-ever scheme
Search on for architect to design new Belfast arts centre

7-Mar-2006
The hunt is on for an architect to design a new arts centre in the heart of Belfast.
Foster back in the black after profits soar

7-Mar-2006
Foster and Partners has surged into the black by reporting a dramatic increase in its profits for last year.
Uri Geller claims the Louvre pyramid was his idea

7-Mar-2006
The UK-based paranormal expert Uri Geller has sensationally claimed this week that he was the inspiration for IM Pei's celebrated Louvre pyramid.
Calatrava rises to the challenge in Chicago

27-Jul-2005
This sensational image has been released of Santiago Calatrava's proposed addition to Chicago's skyline.
Green light for City projects

27-Jul-2005
These two major projects in the City of London were given the green light by the Corporation of London on Tuesday.
Royals go green in Windsor

25-Jul-2005
The queen is set to 'go green' with the news that Windsor Castle will be partially powered by hydroelectricity from 2006.
Alsop and Pelli join forces for Canary Wharf whopper

22-Jul-2005
This image has been released of a colossal London scheme by superstar practices Alsop Architects and Cesar Pelli & Associates.
Row reignited over Commonwealth Institute

22-Jul-2005
The Twentieth Century Society has hit back in a strongly-worded war being waged over the Grade II*-listed Commonwealth Institute.
Leicester Square refit plan unveiled

21-Jul-2005
Westminster City Council has released this image by design consultants Gillespies of what a revamped Leicester Square could look like.
Galloway drops Crossrail bombshell

21-Jul-2005
Controversial MP George Galloway has slated the Crossrail project, claiming work on the rail link could have the same effect on London's East End as 'a major bombing raid'.
Birmingham library plans revealed as Rogers officially dropped

20-Jul-2005
Funding is now being sought for a replacement for Richard Rogers' 'notoriously expensive' Birmingham library scheme.
Holyrood completion will take until autumn

20-Jul-2005
Officials at Enric Miralles' Holyrood building have revealed that the controversial parliament will not be totally completed until this autumn - one year after its official opening.
Last hurdle leaped for Vauxhall tower

20-Jul-2005
The very last hurdle for Broadway Malyan's controversial Vauxhall Tower was cleared yesterday.
RIBA enters alliance over climate change

19-Jul-2005
Three construction industry figureheads have thrown their weight behind a global push to tackle climate change problems.
Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton win comp to take on Antarctic

19-Jul-2005
Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects have beaten some of the top names in British architecture with this competition-winning design for the new Antarctic Research Station.
Southwark planners hit by £9m legal action

19-Jul-2005
A south London borough council, having been accused of racism, is now being sued for £9 million, it has emerged.
Government announces planning reforms

18-Jul-2005
The government is in the process of unveiling an overhaul of the planning system to accommodate its huge residential development proposals.
Crossrail construction cost viability questioned

18-Jul-2005
Two prominent figures have cast doubt on the funding for the controversial £10 billion Crossrail link in light of the announcement that the Olympics will be coming to London in 2012.
Rogers takes on massive east London scheme

15-Jul-2005
Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has won a prestigious role in a huge regeneration scheme in London's Docklands.
Colchester MP warns of earthquake threat to Viñoly scheme

15-Jul-2005
The MP for Colchester has bizarrely claimed that Rafael Viñoly's designs for a new visual arts gallery do not protect it against earthquakes.
Trouble hits second Gustafson Porter water feature

15-Jul-2005
Another water feature designed by the design team behind Hyde Park's contentious Diana Memorial Fountain has run into trouble.
Ferguson scoops fund-raising gong

14-Jul-2005
RIBA president George Ferguson has picked up a prize for his fund-raising activities for the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS).
RIBA launches comp for new sculpture

14-Jul-2005
A competition has been launched this week to find an artwork design to mark the entrance to a new hospital by HLM and Avanti Architects.
Pascall + Watson only Brit on Abu Dhabi shortlist

4-May-2005
Pascall + Watson Architects has been shortlisted in an invited design competition for a new terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Three major UK firms lose out in Canada

3-May-2005
Two North American practices have seen off three of Britain's best-known offices in a high-profile competition in Vancouver.
Flagship offices admit exposure as concrete cancer fears spread

28-Apr-2005
Buildings in Bristol by Fitzroy Robinson and Stride Treglown have been revealed as the tip of the iceberg, as the scourge of concrete cancer creeps across south-west England.
Foster's police memorial unveiled

27-Apr-2005
The Queen has unveiled a new national police memorial by Foster and Partners on The Mall in London.
Alsop's Tuscan hill town in tatters

21-Apr-2005
The first significant phase of Will Alsop's controversial vision to remodel Barnsley along the lines of a Tuscan village is in tatters after its funder pulled the plug late last week.
Tory shadow feels election heat

21-Apr-2005
Prominent members of the architecture profession have expressed a vote of 'no confidence' in shadow planning and housing minister John Hayes.
Damn density, say Conservatives

14-Apr-2005
Shadow planning minister John Hayes has invited the wrath of the architecture community by saying that 'he doesn't give a damn about density' and demanding architects buck up their ideas.
Open House moves to a new home

12-Apr-2005
London Open House director Victoria Thornton has said the charity will be moving out of its offices in Kentish Town to larger premises by the beginning of June.
Mowlem dumped but Grimshaw stays on Bath Spa

8-Apr-2005
The 20-month deadlock between Bath and North East Somerset Council and contractor Mowlem over the Bath Spa debacle has been brought to an end.
Conservation group hits out at Jowell

6-Apr-2005
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) issued a stark warning to the government on the day prime minister Tony Blair announced the date of the forthcoming general election.
Dickon Robinson to lead Building Futures

1-Apr-2005
Dickon Robinson has been appointed chair of the RIBA and CABE's joint Building Futures initiative.
Battle commences over McAslan plans for Trellick redevelopment

31-Mar-2005
John McAslan + Partners' plans for a £7.8 million refurbishment of Ernö Goldfinger's famous Trellick Tower have come under heavy fire.
Digital record to make demolition easier

24-Mar-2005
The government could make winning listed-building consent easier if the applicant is prepared to model the scheme through virtual technology.
Proposed Milton Keynes landmark revealed

23-Mar-2005
David Coles Architects has released this image of a new 40-storey spiralling tower planned for Milton Keynes.
Heron Tower sets start on site

22-Mar-2005
Heron International has revealed its plans to start building KPF's £350 million tower at 110 Bishopsgate at the beginning of next year.
Bennetts takes over where Egeraat left off in Stratford

18-Mar-2005
Bennetts Associates has been appointed to design the £100 million transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Stratford home.
Detached houses revealed as 'most desirable'

16-Mar-2005
New research released by CABE shows that the detached home is now England's favourite house type.
dRMM wins Next Generation Award

15-Mar-2005
Up-and-coming practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) has won the Architecture Foundation and Pipers' Next Generation Award.
Campaign launched to award Cullinan Gold Medal

11-Mar-2005
A campaign has been launched to lobby the RIBA to award Edward Cullinan the RIBA Gold Medal.
At last- Brunswick gets going

11-Mar-2005
Developer Allied London Properties, teaming up with Patrick Hodgkinson and Levitt Bernstein Associates, will begin its £20 million reconfiguration of the Brunswick Centre in London's Bloomsbury this week.
Marks Barfield designs landmark spire

10-Mar-2005
Marks Barfield has gone back to the drawing board to design a 150m spire capped with an observation tower.
UEA needs 'urgent' cash boost to save Lasdun's iconic ziggurats

10-Mar-2005
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is facing a massive shortfall in the cash it needs to save Denys Lasdun's iconic ziggurats, the AJ can reveal.
Livingstone in Royal Ballet U-turn

9-Mar-2005
London mayor Ken Livingstone has undertaken a U-turn over plans to redevelop the Royal Ballet School in Surrey's Richmond Park.
Mark Barfield designs landmark spire

9-Mar-2005
Marks Barfield has gone back to the drawing board to design a 150m spire capped with an observation tower.
Southwark exhibits Elephant and Castle plans

9-Mar-2005
Southwark council has today (Wednesday 9 March) released new images of the Elephant and Castle development framework at MIPIM - the international property and regeneration convention currently taking place in Cannes, France.
Listing chance for Smithsons

8-Mar-2005
Five buildings constructed in the 1960s and 1970s are being considered for listed building status, heritage minister Andrew McIntosh said today.
RIAS boss set to take over at Scottish CABE

25-Feb-2005
The chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is set to leave his current job to take over the reins at the new Scottish equivalent of CABE.
Fury at council as listed National Sports Centre falls into disrepair

24-Feb-2005
The organisations responsible for maintaining the Grade II*-listed National Sports Centre, at Crystal Palace in south-east London, have been accused of allowing the building to fall into disrepair, despite receiving a vast amount of money for its upkeep.
Greens repeat Thames attack on Ken

23-Feb-2005
The Green Party has admonished London mayor Ken Livingstone for not considering the potential of development site Commerce Road in Brentford for waterborne freight use.
Gordon Brown looks to Poundbury

18-Feb-2005
Chancellor Gordon Brown boosted the rising profile of the Prince's Foundation's new urbanism agenda by visiting the model village of Poundbury earlier this week.
Livingstone's design team to 'transform' Victoria Embankment

14-Feb-2005
London mayor Ken Livingstone has commissioned a report into how best to improve London's historic Victoria Embankment.
New PII products for RIBA members

11-Feb-2005
The RIBA Insurance Agency, a division of insurance broker the Heath Lambert Group, has relaunched its professional indemnity insurance (PII) deal with the RIBA.
Clash of engineers sparks conflict over Imperial's Southside Halls

10-Feb-2005
The Twentieth Century Society has carried out a dramatic volte-face over a Grade II-listed students' residence in London after two contradictory structural reports emerged.
Devereux and LHC to merge

8-Feb-2005
London architect Devereux and Devon practice Lacey Hickie Caley (LHC) have announced that they are to merge to form DevereuxLHC.
TCPA wants development answers

7-Feb-2005
The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) launched an inquiry into regional development priorities on Friday (4 February).
Wills HQ redesign set to make a Splash

4-Feb-2005
Regional architect Acanthus Ferguson Mann and developer Urban Splash are to transform the redundant Wills factory office headquarters in Imperial Park, Hartcliffe Way, Bristol.
CPRE claims planning policy victory

3-Feb-2005
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has claimed the government's new Planning Policy Statement 1 (PPS1), launched on Tuesday (1 February) at the Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester, represents a victory for the organisation.
PPS1 unleashed at sustainable summit

2-Feb-2005
The government launched its Planning Policy Statement 1 (PPS1) at the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester yesterday (Tuesday 1 February), putting a new stronger emphasis on 'good design'.

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