Architects Journal
Angus Montgomery
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Future Systems to design News International HQ
10-Sep-2008
Future Systems has been appointed to design a new corporate campus for media group News International, which owns the Sun and The Times newspapers, in Wapping, East London. -
Fletcher Priest makes Brussels shortlist
8-Sep-2008
A team led by Fletcher Priest Architects has been shortlisted in the competition to restructure the European Quarter in Belgian capital Brussels. -
London Olympic stadium could be flattened at the end of 2012 Games
5-Sep-2008
The HOK and Peter Cook-designed London Olympic stadium could be demolished when the 2012 Games are finished. -
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez employs Ken Livingstone as urban planning adviser
28-Aug-2008
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has landed a new job advising Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavéz on urban planning. -
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez employs Ken Livingstone as urban planning advisor
28-Aug-2008
Former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has landed a new job advising Venezuela's socialist president Hugo Chavéz on urban planning. -
Lutyens' tiny 'pimple' goes on sale for £10,000
20-Aug-2008
Possibly the smallest building designed by Edwin Lutyens – a Grade II-listed folly in Devon known as the Pimple – is on sale for about £10,000. -
Gustafson Porter to follow Diana Memorial Fountain with Woolwich paddling pool
19-Aug-2008
Landscape architect Gustafson Porter, the firm behind the troubled Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park (pictured), has won the competition to transform two squares in Woolwich, south-east London – one of which will feature a paddling pool. -
Birmingham City Council thinks sweet home is Alabama
14-Aug-2008
With its blobby Future Systems Selfridges store and giant Rotunda tower, Birmingham’s skyline is instantly recognisible – unless, that is, you work for the local council. -
See images of the London Festival of Architecture's paper town
14-Jul-2008
A new town was created in south London over the weekend – made entirely from cardboard and construction paper (see images below). -
Going 'Verde' with Lord Foster
13-Mar-2008
'Milan', blurbles the Evening Standard in today's Homes & Property Italy and Switzerland special (mercifully not available online) 'is synonymous with style'. -
Is Tracey Emin the new Paul Raymond?
4-Mar-2008
Let's consider the evidence shall we? -
In the papers today: 21.02.08. Baby you can varnish my car
21-Feb-2008
Porsche has obviously been too busy designing manly kitchens and has taken its eye off the ball somewhat. -
Cullinan receives his Royal Gold Medal
13-Feb-2008
Ted Cullinan received the Royal Gold Medal for architecture at a black-tie dinner at the RIBA last night. -
In the papers today: 13.02.08. Frankenstatues are on the rampage
13-Feb-2008
'Frankenstein statues are stalking the streets' screams The Times, in a story which goes on to quote Soane Museum director Tim Knox at length. -
Exhibition - Living London
6-Feb-2008
Fox’s projections of London offer a disorienting portrait of the bustling city, says Angus MontgomeryGerry Fox, Living London. At 176 Gallery, London NW5, until 20 April -
In the papers today: 04.02.08
4-Feb-2008
Developers and wind turbines seem to be the two main themes running through the papers today. -
In the papers today: 29.01.08
29-Jan-2008
Beijing has unveiled the first of its showpiece Olympic venues, reports the Telegraph, and mighty impressive it is too. -
In the papers today: 18.01.08
18-Jan-2008
First off, the human interest story. The Independent reports on the remarkable tale of architectural technician John Deeks, from south London, who was resuscitated after his pulse stopped for nearly an hour. -
Virgin lines up sponsorship bid for London Eye
10-Jan-2008
Airline company Virgin Atlantic has put itself forward as a potential sponsor for Marks Barfield's London Eye after British Airways announced it was withdrawing its financial backing. -
In the papers today: 03.01.08
3-Jan-2008
Although almost 80 patients had to be evacuated, some carried out on mattresses, two undergoing surgery, no-one was injured and very little of John Young's 1862 building was damaged in the fire which hit the Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, west London, say the Guardian and Bloomberg. -
Competition launched to overhaul key area of Gloucester
21-Dec-2007
Designers are being sought to regenerate a key area of Gloucester. -
Metropolitan Workshop puts seasonal gingerbread on display
19-Dec-2007
Clerkenwell practice Metropolitan Workshop has unveiled its now-traditional Christmas gingerbread advent calender. -
Metropolitan Workshop puts seasonal gingerbread on display
19-Dec-2007
Clerkenwell practice Metropolitan Workshop has unveiled its now-traditional Christmas gingerbread advent calender. -
Metropolitan Workshop puts seasonal gingerbread on display
19-Dec-2007
Clerkenwell practice Metropolitan Workshop has unveiled its now-traditional Christmas gingerbread advent calender. -
GMW unveils Polish tower
19-Dec-2007
London-based GMW Architects has unveiled this 35-storey tower in Wroclaw, Poland, designed with Polish practice IMB Asymetria Architects. -
Broadway Malyan unveils Reading tower
18-Dec-2007
Broadway Malyan has unveiled the designs for a 29-storey, four-star Radisson SAS hotel in the heart of Reading. -
Frank Whittle wins green light for Oldham stadium
14-Dec-2007
Preston-based Frank Whittle Partnership's (FWP) £80 million masterplan for a new stadium for Oldham Athletic FC has won the thumbs-up from planners. -
Foster + Partners designs carbon-neutral resort for Bulgaria
12-Dec-2007
Foster + Partners has unveiled a masterplan for a carbon-neutral resort for Bulgaria's Black Sea coast. -
RG+P wins green light for overhaul of Birmingham's Irish Quarter
11-Dec-2007
Leicester-based practice RG+P has won planning approval for a £130 million scheme to overhaul Birmingham's run-down Irish Quarter in Digbeth. -
Michael Trentham designs south London residential scheme
7-Dec-2007
Michael Trentham Architects has submitted this scheme for nine residential units on a brownfield site in Clapham for planning approval -
Foster puts the lid on Smithsonian
8-Nov-2007
Foster + Partners has designed this glass canopy at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC -
Atkins’ Bahrain World Trade Centre set to complete
24-Oct-2007
Atkins’ Bahrain World Trade Centre is about to complete. -
Green Cities bags RIBA comp to overhaul pair of Victorian houses in Bradford
18-Sep-2007
Young Manchester-based practice Green Cities has won the RIBA competition to mastermind the modernisation of two Victorian houses in Manningham, Bradford. -
PPP projects to cost Scots £22.3 billion
28-Aug-2007
Scottish taxpayers will have to cough up £22.3 billion over the next four decades to fund all the Private Public Partnership (PPP) schemes across the country, according to new figures from the Scottish Executive. -
RTKL reveals images of Abuja high commission
24-Aug-2007
These are the first images of RTKL's British High Commission office in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, which finally got back on track earlier this week after a troubled development history. -
Designer sought for London squares in 100 Public Spaces Programme
23-Aug-2007
An international competition has been launched to find a designer to overhaul General Gordon Square and Beresford Square in Woolwich, south-east London, as part of Mayor Ken Livingstone's 100 Public Spaces Programme. -
British Council unveils designs for Ethiopia and Dubai
22-Aug-2007
These are the first images of the British Council's in-house architecture team's new buildings for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and central Dubai. -
Elíasson and Thorsen's Serpentine Pavilion finally set to open
21-Aug-2007
The press will be able to take a sneak preview inside this year's much-delayed Serpentine Pavilion tomorrow (22 August) before it opens to the public on Friday (24 August). -
Four firms battle it out for one of Britain's oldest industrial sites
20-Aug-2007
Allies and Morrison and Studio Egret West are among four firms fighting it out for the £300 million regeneration of Kirkstall Forge in Leeds - one of the oldest industrial sites in the country. -
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