Architects Journal
Christopher Sell

Aedas walks away from Heart of Doha project

20-Sep-2010
Global giants Aedas has quit a £3.5 billion masterplan to rebuild of Qatar’s capital city, Doha
HCA funding fuels £450m Bblur scheme

28-Apr-2010
Bblur Architects’ has landed crucial HCA funding for its Slough regeneration scheme, now on site
3DReid hits back at Commonwealth Games slurs

25-Mar-2010
Rumours that the 3DReid-designed centrepiece arena and velodrome for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow is four months behind schedule are untrue, the project team has claimed
Chelsea Barracks saga: Rogers seeks £1.5 million from Qataris

19-Oct-2009
Double Stirling Prize winner Richard Rogers has taken the first ‘legal step’ in a bid to recover more than £1.5 million in unpaid fees after being kicked off the controversial Chelsea Barracks project
LSC confirms cash for final two college schemes

25-Sep-2009
Walker Simpson Architects’ £27.5 million Manchester College scheme (pictured) and a new £42.8 million combined campus by RMJM in Skelmersdale, have received funding boosts from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).
New Commonwealth Institute plans: ‘little has changed’ claim objectors

20-Aug-2009
The ‘scaled-down’ proposals for the redevelopment of the 1962 Commonwealth Institute have been met with derision from conservation groups and objectors.
Spread the word: London's Vyonyx wins Croatian cathedral design

30-Jul-2009
London-based firm Vyonyx has won a competition to design a cathedral in Solin, Croatia
McAslan's revised St Paul's project wins green light

29-Jul-2009
John McAslan & Partners reworked 5 Cheapside scheme has won approval from The City of London Corporation’s planning and transportation committee
Foster's Bulgarian scheme frozen

29-Jul-2009
Norman Foster’s resort project in Bulgaria has been frozen by the developer while it attempts to secure extra funding
Stanton Williams only UK practice on Grand Musee d'Art shortlist

28-Jul-2009
Stanton Williams is the only Brit one the five-strong shortlist in the international design competition for the Grand Musee d’Art in Nantes
Modern planning guidelines to protect and enhance historic environment

27-Jul-2009
Housing and planning minister John Healey has announced planning policy statement 15: planning for the historic environment
British Museum to consult on Foster's Saadiyat Museum in Abu Dhabi

27-Jul-2009
Foster + Partners’ Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi has announced it has signed an agreement with the British Museum to provide advice and counsel on its development
Adjaye fighting insolvency

24-Jul-2009
David Adjaye entered into Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) in a bid to stave off insolvency and prevent financial collapse of his practice by rescheduling debts estimated at £1 million
Walthamstow dog stadium to be turned into affordable housing

23-Jul-2009
Walthamstow Stadium, one of London’s last greyhound racing tracks, is to be redeveloped as a ‘family friendly’ housing estate
Faulty TV to blame for Lakanal House fire

23-Jul-2009
A fire in a south London tower block, which killed six people was caused by an electrical fault, according to initial findings
Practices lose out in LSC fiasco

23-Jul-2009
Architects look set to miss out on hundreds of thousands of pounds in fees in the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) debacle, despite calls from a government select committee to compensate those hit by the scandal
WRAP and RIBA design competition results announced

22-Jul-2009
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has today named Pohkit Goh, Buro Happold Ltd and Battle McCarthy as the selected finalists of the Designing out Waste competition, launched in association with the RIBA competitions office in May this year
Elephant & Castle gets new Lease of life

22-Jul-2009
Southwark Council’s plans for the £1.5 billion transformation of Elephant & Castle in south London took a step closer following a new agreement with developer Lend Lease Europe
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson issues another profit warning

22-Jul-2009
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson (AFR) has warned that its full-year results will be significantly worse than expected
Kensington Palace walkway revived

21-Jul-2009
Landscape architect and historian Todd Longstaff-Gowan has succeeded in reinvigorating the grounds of Kensington Palace in London with his redesign of the Cradle Walk
Craig Amy wins Stirling Development international housing contest

21-Jul-2009
Craig Amy, formerly with Richard Murphy Architects has won a Stirling Developments competition for a new typology at the firm’s Calderwood development near East Calder
CABE unveils intern scheme with support of Stephen Lawrence Trust

21-Jul-2009
CABE has launched a new intern scheme to tackle the under-representation of black communities in the architecture industry
British KPF office to strike out on own

21-Jul-2009
KPF is set to split following the announcement the UK partners are seeking to break away from their US founders
Housing shortage threatens south-east says report

20-Jul-2009
A shortage of new build housing will emerge in the South East of England in 2010, according to a report by property consultants Knight Frank
Foster and Koolhaas selected for Hong Kong project

20-Jul-2009
Foster + Partners has been given a second chance to masterplan the $2.7 billion West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong
Existing schemes face cuts to provide £1.5bn funding for affordable housing

17-Jul-2009
The government’s £1.5 billion investment in building affordable housing is to come through cuts to existing schemes
Make's Cherry Orchard plan in Croydon withdrawn at last minute

17-Jul-2009
Plans for the Make-designed Orchard Road skyscraper in Croydon has been withdrawn at the last minute
'Catastrophic mismanagement' by LSC and government costs millions says report

17-Jul-2009
Catastrophic mismanagement by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) compounded by government oversight failures could cost hundreds of millions of pounds, concludes a report published today
Just four 'eco-towns' given the go-ahead

16-Jul-2009
Four ‘eco-towns’ have now been given the go-ahead and will be in line for a share of £60 million of Government infrastructure funding
Downturn threatens Tate Modern and British Museum extensions

16-Jul-2009
Planned extensions designed by Richard Rogers and Herzog & de Meuron could be under threat
Boris Johnson calls for London homes to be 10 per cent larger

16-Jul-2009
New housing design guide went out for public consultation last week
Council axes interactive Suncloud

15-Jul-2009
A piece of innovative artwork will no longer be appearing on the seafront at Worthing after a prototype revealed technical problems
Video: 3DReid's Co-operative tower in Manchester

15-Jul-2009
3DReid has submitted its plans for the new Co-operative Group headquarters in Manchester
Wilkinson Eyre unveils design for Queen Mary University

14-Jul-2009
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has revealed plans for a new foyer for the School of Mathematical Sciences at Queen Mary, University of London
London airport on the Thames set for take-off

13-Jul-2009
A new London airport on an island in the Thames estuary could be built in less than 10 years, a report due out this week claims
Latest RIBA survey shows early signs for optimism

10-Jul-2009
RIBA’s Future Trends Survey for June reveals cautious optimism for the profession
‘The Serpentine Pavilion is the ideal brief’

9-Jul-2009
Serpentine Gallery directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist on this year’s pavilion
Zaha Hadid’s new music hall in Manchester opens

8-Jul-2009
Work has finished on Zaha Hadid’s temporary music hall at the Manchester Art Gallery, designed specifically to house solo performances of Johann Sebastian Bach, as part of Manchester International Festival
English planning applications fall by 30 per cent

3-Jul-2009
The number of planning applications received by district planning authorities in England has fallen by almost a third, according to latest figures
First look: RMJM Sport's world debut in China

3-Jul-2009
RMJM has won the competition to design a 20,000 sq m community sports complex in Dalian, China.
First look: Sutherland Hussey in Xiling, China

3-Jul-2009
These are the first images of Sutherland Hussey’s canopied entrance to a ski resort in Xiling, China
SOM to masterplan vast £49 billion Saudi Arabian city

2-Jul-2009
SOM has landed the commission to take forward the $80 billion (£49 billion) masterplan for King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia – one of the biggest projects in the Middle East
Walker Simpson completes 'electrifying' project in Manchester

2-Jul-2009
Walker Simpson Architects has completed this 35m-long, 33kV electricity substation, clad in Corten steel, close to Manchester’s Piccadilly station.
Heatherwick reveals Shanghai pavilion

1-Jul-2009
Thomas Heatherwick has revealed the final design for the British Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo in 2010
Government to spend £1.5bn on new housing

30-Jun-2009
The government has pledged to spend up to £1.5 billion towards 20,000 affordable homes over the next two decades
North Wales aqueduct awarded World Heritage status

29-Jun-2009
Pontcysyllte aqueduct has become the UK’s latest UNESCO World Heritage site - and only the third in Wales
LSC announces only 13 colleges to receive cash bailout

26-Jun-2009
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has said just 13 college building projects will receive its emergency funding
3DReid's North Canal Corridor set to fail

26-Jun-2009
3DReid’s North Canal Corridor project looks set to be scrapped following the announcement by Lancaster City Council that it is to withdraw from the public enquiry
Tricorn Centre site could stand empty for another five years

26-Jun-2009
The site of the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, demolished in 2004, could remain empty for a decade after developer Centros said it wants to extend the planning agreement for its £500 million shopping centre by five years
Zaha Hadid continues work on Seville project despite court ruling

25-Jun-2009
Zaha Hadid is to continue construction of the controversial Seville library in the face of public opposition and a court ruling against the firm
Architects criticise missed opportunity over Part L

25-Jun-2009
Architects have rounded on the government following its decision to scrap the proposed ‘consequential improvements’ clause in Part L2A of the Building Regulations
London 2012 media centre finally lands approval

24-Jun-2009
The London 2012 media centre has been granted planning approval by the Olympic Park Planning Committee
ARB elects Gibb as vice-chair

24-Jun-2009
The Architects Registration Boards (ARB) has announced that Gordon Gibb will serve as its vice-chairman - beating ARB Reform Group’s George Oldham
BIG and Adams Kara Taylor win in Tallinn

24-Jun-2009
Danish architect BIG and London-based ‘engineers to the stars’ Adams Kara Taylor have won the contest to design a new town hall in the Estonian capital, Tallinn
Video: RMJM wins 2014 Games village

23-Jun-2009
RMJM has landed the £300 million Commonwealth Games athletes village in Glasgow
RIBA announces two new cash handouts for students

23-Jun-2009
RIBA has launched two schemes offering financial support to architecture students during year out placements in the UK and abroad
Video: Dynamic in Dubai

22-Jun-2009
A glorious illustration of the optimism of Dubai at the height of the property boom
Partnership for Schools launches toolkit for best practice

22-Jun-2009
Partnership for Schools (PfS) has unveiled a ‘toolkit’ for effective local education partnerships (LEP)
Wilkinson Eyre lands planning approval for Oxford Maggie's Centre

22-Jun-2009
Wilkinson Eyre’s ‘treehouse’ style design for the Oxford Maggie’s Centre has won planning approval
Planning consent extended to six years

19-Jun-2009
The Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has announced that planning permission consents can be doubled from the current three years to six years, in a move to encourage building
Video: 4D fly-through of Foster Gearing's Folkestone

19-Jun-2009
New footage from architects firm Foster Gearing on its new design for the Creative Quarter regeneration project in Folkestone, south east England
Gleeds to manage Bond Bryan-designed education schemes

19-Jun-2009
The UK-based consultancy, Gleeds has been appointed by the Tresham Institute to project manage three education schemes in Northamptonshire, valued at £55 million
King’s Cross Square contenders in the dark

19-Jun-2009
The architects shortlisted in the prestigious King’s Cross Square contest remain unbriefed about the project – six months after being selected
Architects brace themselves for NHS cuts

19-Jun-2009
Healthcare sector contracts and planning approvals fall as NHS announces £15 billion funding gap
Inaugural winner of RIBA Stephen Williams scholarship announced

18-Jun-2009
Laura Collins has been named as the first winner of the inaugural Stephen Williams Scholarship for cash-strapped students
Former Olympic village chief to advise HCA on private investment

17-Jun-2009
Nigel Hugill, ex-boss of the Olympic Village project, is to chair a new housing advisory group established by the Homes Communities Agency
Partnerships for Schools to manage all school building

17-Jun-2009
Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has announced government delivery body Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is to take over the management and delivery of all school building and refurbishment programmes from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
RIBA chief warns architects against cutting fees

17-Jun-2009
RIBA has called on architects to stop working for reduced fees, or even for free, warning such policies will further damage the embattled profession
CZWG granted approval for Finsbury Park student scheme

15-Jun-2009
Piers Gough CZWG Architects proposal for a £21 million student accommodation scheme in Finsbury Park, north London has received planning approval
Control of Chelsea Barracks shifts to local people - and Prince Charles

15-Jun-2009
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment is to work closely with the developer Qatari Diar to deliver a scheme more focused on local community
Westminster backs Chelsea Barracks scheme

12-Jun-2009
The controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme has received a major boost following the publication of the official planning report by Westminster Council recommending its approval
Government to withhold £500 million of healthcare funding

11-Jun-2009
The healthcare sector is facing a £500 million shortfall as the government freezes proposed funding for hospital building and refurbishment
World's best building - Lubetkin shortlist revealed

11-Jun-2009
Foster and Partners’ Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal is one of six schemes shortlisted for the RIBA’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize, supported by The Architectural Review
Value of housing contracts falls

11-Jun-2009
The latest figures from construction industry tracker Glenigan reveal a decline in the value of residential contracts
Letts Wheeler wins Maidstone re-design

10-Jun-2009
Letts Wheeler Architects has beaten four other shortlisted firms to win the Maidstone High Street re-design competition
Zaha Hadid lands Cairo Expo competition

10-Jun-2009
Zaha Hadid Architects has seen off competition from Norwegian firm Snohetta to land its second major Egyptian project
Baroness Andrews appointed chair of English Heritage

10-Jun-2009
Kay Andrews has been named the first woman chair of English Heritage (EH)
CABE lauds Rogers' ‘dull’ British Museum extension

9-Jun-2009
The design body has lavished praise on the proposed extension of the museum by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners but has called for more boldness in its design
Branson Coates co-founder struck off register of architects

9-Jun-2009
Douglas Branson, founder of ‘once fashionable’ Branson Coates Architecture, was one of three architects recently erased from the register of architects after being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
John Denham appointed communities secretary

8-Jun-2009
John Denham, MP for Southampton Ithchen has replaced Hazel Blears as communities secretary
Boris Johnson strengthens protection of London landmarks

8-Jun-2009
Famous views of London landmarks are set to receive greater protection, following the publication of new draft guidelines by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
RMJM and Stephen Lawrence Trust to send six youngsters to Harvard

8-Jun-2009
Six youngsters, with limited or no formal qualifications have won an all-expenses trip to study an architecture foundation course at Harvard University
Government will fall short on green energy targets, says report

5-Jun-2009
Government policies to reduce carbon emissions from shops, offices and factories by 2050 will fail, according to a report by the British Property Federation (BPF)
Manifesto calls on public spending to ease recession

5-Jun-2009
Funding from government building programmes could be used to part-fund schemes to regenerate Britain out of recession and provide jobs and homes, according to a new report by the British Property Federation
Yet another Battersea redesign unveiled

4-Jun-2009
Rafael Viñoly’s redesign for Battersea Power Station has been unveiled
Scottish design watchdog chief steps down

4-Jun-2009
The chief executive of design watchdog Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) Sebastian Tombs has announced that he is to step down from his post
Foster unveils Sierra Leone school design

4-Jun-2009
Foster + Partners has revealed designs for a new school in Sierra Leone, West Africa
Legal cases soar as practices fight for fees

4-Jun-2009
Sharp rise in number of firms going to law to recover unpaid fees, as recession hits clients’ cashflow
Hazel Blears steps down as Communities Secretary

3-Jun-2009
Hazel Blears has announced she will stand down as Communities Secretary in next week’s government reshuffle
CABE slates HGP Architects' Barnet scheme

3-Jun-2009
CABE has damned a HGP Architects’ scheme in Barnet in its latest design review, branding it ‘fundamentally flawed’
RIAI set to protest to European Commission over design contest

3-Jun-2009
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is considering a formal complaint to the EC over ‘exclusionary’ rules set by the Energy Supply Board (ESB) for a design competition
Land Securities' chief urges off-site housing production

3-Jun-2009
The UK’s biggest property developer has called on architects to reconsider their approach to residential design
BAA denies Terminal 5 subsidence reports

1-Jun-2009
BAA has denied media reports that the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport is structurally unsound
New 'living bridge' over the Thames contest launched

28-May-2009
The RIBA has announced a design competition to mark the 800th anniversary of the opening of the first London Bridge in 1209
Think big or die, Farrell tells Edinburgh

28-May-2009
Terry Farrell has issued a warning to Edinburgh that it risks losing its position as one of Europe’s leading capital cities, unless it takes planning more seriously and shrugs off a ‘legacy of dangerous complacency’
Architects named in human rights row

28-May-2009
Abu Dhabi projects by Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel accused of ‘exploitation’ by human rights group
Ken Livingstone: AJ100 Greatest Contribution to the Profession

28-May-2009
Hundreds of architects cast their votes in a survey that elected the former Mayor of London as the living figure who has had the most significant impact on UK architecture
AJ100 interview: Tim Hall, Lewis and Hickey

28-May-2009
‘It’s a global recession, and we’ve had to retract to survive’
McAslan plea for doomed Rudolph masterpiece

27-May-2009
John McAslan has issued a plea to the board of Riverview High School, Sarasota, Florida not to demolish Paul Rudolph’s iconic building this summer
Cesar Pelli submits plans for Canary Wharf tower

27-May-2009
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects has submitted plans for a 194 metre tower in Canary Wharf, in London’s Docklands
Chelsea Barracks faces major setback

26-May-2009
The controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme in west London could face a major redesign, after the developer Qatari Diar, said it would continue to pursue a solution benefiting ‘all parties’
RIBA President defends profession after Simon Jenkins attack

22-May-2009
Sunand Prasad has hit back at comments from National Trust chairman Simon Jenkins, who launched a scathing attack on the profession last week claiming architects were anti-democratic and ‘interested only in icons and cash’
RMJM lands Chinese business campus contract

21-May-2009
RMJM has won the contract to design a business campus in Suzhou, China
Arthur Erickson (1924-2009)

21-May-2009
Arthur Erickson, possibly Canada’s most important architect of the 20th century, has died aged 84
Norman Foster joins Bob Dylan and Woody Allen in Spanish hall of fame

21-May-2009
Norman Foster has been named as the 29th laureate of the Prince of Asturias award for the Arts - the prestigious Spanish accolade previously won by Oscar Niemeyer, Santiago Calatrava, Woody Allen and Bob Dylan
Practices welcome ‘green shoots’

21-May-2009
RIBA Future Trends Survey shows improved expectations of workload
RIBA Award winners for 2009 revealed

21-May-2009
The RIBA has today named all 97 of its 2009 RIBA Award winners and its six European Award winners, from which the eventual Stirling Prize victor will be chosen
Nightingale Associates lands £5 million women's centre in Liverpool

20-May-2009
Nightingale Associates has been appointed designer for the £5 million Women’s International Centre for Economic Development in Liverpool
Video: Atkins' plans to redesign Mecca

20-May-2009
A video revealing Atkins’ plans for the redevelopment of the Masjid al-Haram, the holiest site in Islam, has been leaked on the internet
Charles at the RIBA: Speech could spur modernist planning approval

19-May-2009
Approval for modernist planning applications could peak following Prince Charles’ speech at RIBA on 12 May, according to the RIBA president
Firms fear bureaucracy backlash over Olympic Village funding

19-May-2009
The government announcement last week that the Olympic Village will go ahead as a publicly-funded scheme has caused concern amongst firms involved in the project
Dunbar new RIAS president

19-May-2009
David Dunbar has succeeded Arnie Dunn as the new president of RIAS
Wandsworth derails £400m Clapham Junction regeneration

19-May-2009
Metro Shopping Fund, a joint venture between Delancey and Land Securities, has been forced to withdraw its planning application for a two 42-storey towers at Clapham Junction
First look: Grimshaw's New York amphitheatre

19-May-2009
Grimshaw Architects has released new images of its Asser Levy Park amphitheatre projects on Coney Island
RMJM's University of Ireland building approved

18-May-2009
RMJM’s £40 million engineering building for the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG) has been approved by the Minister for Education & Science Batt O’Keefe
Zaha Hadid says 'no end to iconic architecture'

18-May-2009
Zaha Hadid has scoffed claims, made by Prince Charles at the RIBA last week, that the ‘iconic’ era was at an end
Woods Bagot founder Stephan Reinke leaves

18-May-2009
Stephan Reinke, the founding partner of Woods Bagot’s London practice, has stepped down from his post
Secretary of State rejects Robin Hood Gardens appeal

15-May-2009
The culture secretary Andy Burnham has sealed the fate of Robin Hood Gardens after rejecting an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society against the government’s decision not to list the ‘Brutalist’ estate
Foster unveils Aurelis masterplan in Germany

15-May-2009
Foster + Partners has unveiled its Aurelis masterplan for Duisburg in the Ruhr region of Germany
Sheppard Robson's Heart of Slough takes step forward

15-May-2009
Slough Borough Council has granted outline planning consent for two office buildings designed by Sheppard Robson
First signs of optimism, says RIBA survey

15-May-2009
The first green shoots of recovery are being seen in the profession, with RIBA’s latest Future Trends Survey revealing an anticipated increase in work for the first time
Pascall + Watson brought in to work on Louvre Abu Dhabi

14-May-2009
Pascall + Watson Architects has been appointed by French architects Ateliers Jean Nouvel to work on the prestigious Louvre project in Abu Dhabi
RIBA launches chapel competition

14-May-2009
RIBA has launched a design competition for a new College Chapel in Oxfordshire
Planning consent could extend to 5 years

14-May-2009
The country’s chief planning officer has instructed councils to extend the planning consent period from the current three years to five
AJ100 practices fail to bridge the gender gap

14-May-2009
Lack of flexibility blamed for persistent inequality at Britain’s 100 largest practices
Figures reveal growth in residential sector in April

14-May-2009
Figures from construction industry tracker Emap Glenigan have revealed a surprise increase in the value of contracts awarded in the residential sector
Public money to fund Olympic Village

13-May-2009
The government has rejected a £375 million private sector bid from Lend Lease in favour of public sector cash to fund the construction and development of the 2012 Olympic Village in East London
Architects must play greater role in retrofitting says RIBA

13-May-2009
RIBA has called on architects to play a greater role in the government’s retrofitting programme
Prince Charles apologises to architects, but is unrepentant on modernism

13-May-2009
Prince Charles apolgised to the RIBA last night, but was critical of modernism and urged architects to respect history and scale
Prince Charles to remind architects of 'critical role'

11-May-2009
Prince Charles is to call on architects to remember the ‘critical role’ architects play in the world in his speech at RIBA this evening (12 May)
Architecture minister enters expenses row

11-May-2009
The architecture minister Barbara Follett is the latest politician having to justify her expenses after it was announced she claimed £25,000 on security patrols outside her London house
Architects call for boycott of Prince of Wales RIBA lecture

11-May-2009
A host of big names led by Peter Ahrends is calling on architects to boycott the Prince of Wales’s lecture at RIBA tomorrow (12 May), following his attempt to intervene with the Chelsea Barracks scheme
First look: HOK's Moscow hotel

11-May-2009
HOK has released images of a new Mandarin Oriental hotel in Moscow, Russia
Third RIBA Norman Foster travelling scholarship announced

8-May-2009
RIBA has announced the third winner of the institute’s Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship
Architect graduates get benefit boost

8-May-2009
Unemployed architecture graduates were handed a boost last week following an announcement by the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills, John Denham to relax benefit rules for graduates looking for practical work experience
First look: MVRDV's UK debut

8-May-2009
This is the first look at MVRDV’s contribution to the Living Architecture project in England, the first project for the firm in the UK
AJ exclusive : Prince Charles to bury hatchet with architects

8-May-2009
Prince Charles’s much-anticipated speech at the RIBA on Tuesday 12 May is expected to offer a conciliatory hand to the architect’s body, with which he fell out so spectacularly 25 years ago
3DReid land approval for Glasgow hotel

7-May-2009
3DReid has been awarded planning approval for a new £26 million hotel project in Glasgow’s West End
Sarkozy reveals £31 billion Grand Paris budget

7-May-2009
The French president Nicolas Sarkozy has unveiled a £31 billion budget for the Grand Paris project, which was announced in March.
RIBA hails minimum space plan

7-May-2009
Minimum space standards in all new London housing could become mandatory as a result of guidelines being drawn up for Boris Johnson’s London Plan
Farrell reinvents the past in Newcastle

7-May-2009
These are the first images of the Terry Farrell-designed Great North Museum in Newcastle upon Tyne
Average salaries fall for UK architects

7-May-2009
Average salaries across Britain’s 100 largest architecture practices have fallen to pre-2007 levels, according to data compiled by the AJ
Viñoly's revised Walkie Talkie tower granted planning permission

6-May-2009
Planning permission has been granted for Rafael Viñoly’s controversial ‘Walkie Talkie’ tower at 20 Fenchurch Street, central London
Gareth Hoskins shortlisted for Fort York visitor centre

6-May-2009
Gareth Hoskins Architects has been shortlisted with four other firms for the design of a new £15 million Fort York Visitor Centre project in Toronto, Canada
Gross Max to re-design Kew Gardens

6-May-2009
Gross Max, the landscape architect has been contracted to develop proposals to revive Kew Gardens riverside in West London.
Woods Bagot lands approval for Trinity Square project

6-May-2009
The City of London Corporation has granted planning consent for the Woods Bagot-designed 10 Trinity Square
LSE reveals shortlist for student centre

5-May-2009
The London School of Economics has shortlisted six firms for a new £21.5 million students centre on the Aldwych campus in Central London
Tom Russell leaves 2012 Olympic Legacy post

5-May-2009
Tom Russell, the head of London’s 2012 Olympic Legacy has parted company with the London Development Agency after just over a year in the post
London Mayor seeks new London Bridge

5-May-2009
London Mayor, Boris Johnson is to renew plans to create a new habitable bridge across the Thames, according to weekend media reports
CABE slates St Katharine Dock scheme for a fourth time

1-May-2009
CABE has slated the latest redesign of Gaunt Francis Architects’ (GFA) St Katharine Dock’s scheme in East London
Chelsea Barracks owner stands by Rogers' scheme

1-May-2009
The owner of the contentious Chelsea Barracks site has issued a statement today (1 May) giving its total backing to the Richard Rogers-design scheme
5% of architects claim benefit

30-Apr-2009
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this week show that nearly 5 per cent of architects are now unemployed
Less than 25 per cent understand zero-carbon challenge, says report

30-Apr-2009
A new report by The Zero Carbon Hub published yesterday (29 April) has revealed that less than a quarter surveyed understood the magnitude of the challenge to deliver the government’s target that all new homes must be zero carbon from 2016
RMJM to open new Middle East offices

30-Apr-2009
Global architecture firm RMJM has announced plans to open three international offices in the next two months: two in the Middle East, in Bahrain and Qatar, and one in Turkey
RIBA to launch Gulf competition

29-Apr-2009
RIBA has launched a new architectural competition for students living in the Middle East
Populous to design 12,500-seat Leeds arena

29-Apr-2009
Populous - formerly HOK Sport - has landed the design job for a new 12,500-seat arena in Leeds
A+DS welcome review findings

29-Apr-2009
Architecture and Design Scotland has welcomed the Scottish Government’s review findings into the future of the design body
Art installation to kick-start Cardross

28-Apr-2009
Glasgow-based environmental arts charity NVA has been given the go-ahead to commission plans for temporary and permanent artworks at St. Peter’s Seminary and Kilmahew Woodlands, Cardross
Approval granted for Niall McLaughlin King's Cross project

28-Apr-2009
The Niall McLaughlin Architects-designed green building at the site of the King’s Cross Central redevelopment has won the green light
CABE urges 'fundamental rethink' over Olympic Media Centre

27-Apr-2009
CABE’s Olympic panel has slammed plans for London 2012’s Media Centre, labelling it ‘extremely weak’
Aukett to record higher than expected loss

27-Apr-2009
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has reported its first half loss will be greater than expected, following a significant downturn in its Middle East operations
Foster's first yacht launches in Italy

27-Apr-2009
The first yacht designed by Norman Foster, the Ocean Emerald, has been launched in La Spezia, Italy
HCA establishes sustainability and design group

24-Apr-2009
Tom Jestico and Nick Johnson have been appointed by The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) as part of a new team providing independent strategic policy advice
Ground Zero towers delayed up to 20 years, says report

24-Apr-2009
Richard Rogers and Norman Foster’s towers for Ground Zero in New York may not be completed for another 20 years, according to a leaked reported by the city’s Port Authority
Work begins on Soho Lodge

24-Apr-2009
HOK has begun work on regenerating one of Soho’s most recognisable landmarks.
Industry criticises Budget LSC allocation

23-Apr-2009
The industry has reacted with disappointment to yesterday’s Budget (22 April), which announced just £300 million of fresh funding for the beleaguered LSC framework
Wimbledon unveils new Centre Court roof

23-Apr-2009
Wimbledon has unveiled the soon-to-be completed Centre Court sliding roof, designed by Populous (formerly HOK Sport) and Capita Symonds
Zaha’s Dubai Opera House set to be cancelled

23-Apr-2009
Two Zaha Hadid projects in the Middle East are on hold, while Foster scoops Saudi rail contract
Darling announces £1 billion housing boost

23-Apr-2009
Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling has announced a £1 billion emergency housing package to kick-start the UK construction industry as part of yesterday’s Budget (22 April).
First Look: Dubai Sports Centre

23-Apr-2009
The 15,000-seat aquatics complex is due to complete early next year in time for the Fina World Short Course Swimming Championship
Populous lands major Olympic fit-out and conversion contract

22-Apr-2009
Populous – formerly known as HOK Sport – has won the biggest architectural jobs remaining on the Olympic site in Stratford, estimated to worth approximately £350 million.
Foster to design Saudi high-speed rail stations

22-Apr-2009
Foster + Partners has been appointed the designer for four stations on the Haramain high-speed railway
Budget 2009: What to expect

22-Apr-2009
The chancellor is to predict a 3 per cent economy shrink and a borrowing high of £175 billion
ACE claims Tesco forcing suppliers to cut fees by 40 per cent

22-Apr-2009
Tesco has come under fire from the construction industry business association ACE, which claims the supermarket giant is forcing its construction suppliers to cut fees by up to 40 per cent
Foster's Heathrow hotel lands approval from London Mayor

21-Apr-2009
London Mayor, Boris Johnson has approved Foster + Partners’ design for a new five-star hotel near Heathrow Airport
Hopkins Architects submits planning application for Greenwich Market

21-Apr-2009
Plans have finally been submitted to Greenwich Council for the regeneration of Greenwich Market, three years after Hopkins were awarded the job
Budget 2009: Darling to reveal £1bn emergency housing fund

21-Apr-2009
State funding for more housing projects, extra council housing and extended stamp duty holiday all on the chancellor’s agenda for Wednesday’s Budget
Frank Gehry threatens to leave Miami project

20-Apr-2009
Frank Gehry is threatening to pull out of his New World Symphony project in Miami over reports of fee disputes and political inertia
Top architects condemn Prince Charles meddling

20-Apr-2009
A number of the world’s top architects have jointly-condemned the Prince of Wales for using ‘his privileged position’ to intervene in the design process for the Richard Rogers Chelsea Barracks scheme in London
PRP to begin first phase of Hackney regeneration scheme

20-Apr-2009
PRP has been given the green light for phase one of the Haggerston West and Kingsland regeneration scheme in the London Borough of Hackney
A fifth of all social housing schemes ‘poor’

17-Apr-2009
A survey by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has branded a fifth of all social housing schemes ‘poor’ and lacking distinctiveness
Nightingale wins £150 million Edinburgh hospital design

17-Apr-2009
Nightingale Associates has won a £150m contract to design a children’s hospital in Edinburgh. The practice beat BDP, Anshen & Allen, Hypostyle Architects and Keppie to land the project.
UK construction starts slump by 35 per cent

17-Apr-2009
The number of new construction projects in the UK has fallen 35 per cent for the same period last year according to the latest figures released by the monitoring body Glenigan
Birmingham firms punished over misuse of term 'architect'

16-Apr-2009
Birmingham Magistrates court has fined Masood Akhtar of the firms Masood Akhtar Associates and MHA Consultants for misusing the title ‘architect’
Atkins to pay £10m for 1,200 job redundancies

16-Apr-2009
The giant engineering and architectural group, Atkins has announced it has spent £10 million as a result of 1,200 job cuts
Foster's design for London's tallest residential tower approved

16-Apr-2009
Tower Hamlets Council has approved the design by Foster + Partners for London’s tallest residential tower
Zumthor designs Devon house

16-Apr-2009
Pritzker laureate’s first UK project to be made available to the public
In pictures: Grimshaw in New York

16-Apr-2009
Images of Grimshaw’s £134 million media centre in New York state
Growing leisure sector bucks downturn

16-Apr-2009
Latest Glenigan figures show 17.5 per cent rise in contracts as recession leads to more UK holidays
RIBA Future Trends Survey: underemployment and declining overseas work

15-Apr-2009
The number of underemployed architects has continued to rise while international work has started to drop, according to the latest findings by RIBA.
David Adjaye lands new Smithsonian Museum in Washington

15-Apr-2009
A team led by David Adjaye has been selected for the new $500 million Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Peter Zumthor wins Pritzker Prize

14-Apr-2009
The Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has been chosen as the 2009 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
V&A seeks architect-in-residence

9-Apr-2009
The Victoria and Albert Museum is teaming up with RIBA to offer a UK-based chartered architect an opportunity to spend six months as the architect-in-residence at the V&A
Four UK firms appointed to £682m medical research programme

9-Apr-2009
Four UK architects’ firms have been appointed to the £682 million Medical Research Council (MRC) procurement framework, which will see a series of laboratories and specialist research facilities built throughout the country
First look: Olympic footbridge is lifted into place

8-Apr-2009
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has revealed images of the first permanent bridge lifted into place inside the HOK-designed 2012 Olympic Stadium
Greenwich approves £1 billion Ferrier Estate regeneration

8-Apr-2009
Greenwich Council has given the thumbs-up to Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ masterplan for the £1 billion redevelopment of the 1960s Ferrier Estate in Kidbrooke, south-east London
RIBA calls for end to Prince Charles' Chelsea Barracks intervention

7-Apr-2009
The RIBA has waded into the row surrounding Richard Rogers’ controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme, calling on the Prince of Wales to stop any further intervention
Douglas Wallace Architects goes into administration

7-Apr-2009
Douglas Wallace Architects, a UK-based firm specialising in the hotel and spa, retail and leisure sectors, has gone into administration
Zaha denies Michigan museum reports

7-Apr-2009
Zaha Hadid Architects has denied reports that its Michigan State University musuem has stalled over spiralling costs.
Industry figures reveal 5 per cent decline in education sector

7-Apr-2009
Figures from industry ‘tracker’ Emap Glenigan have revealed the first signs of a downturn in the education sector, while ‘vulnerable’ sectors such as leisure continue to defy the credit crunch
Conran shortlisted for Maidstone competition

6-Apr-2009
Conran & Partners is among five firms shortlisted in the Maidstone High Street open design competition
Prince Charles slams Rogers' Chelsea Barracks plans

6-Apr-2009
Prince Charles has lambasted Richard Rogers’ design for the redevelopment of London’s Chelsea Barracks, labelling it ’unsuitable’ and ‘unsympathetic’
South Bank group to launch second regeneration project

6-Apr-2009
The South Bank Employers’ Group (SBEG) is to launch a second major competition to overhaul the area behind London’s Waterloo Station
House-building at all-time low, says National House-Building Council

3-Apr-2009
The number of houses being built in London has fallen to an all-time low, according to figures released by the National House-Building Council (NHBC)
Studio Egret West unveils park for stem-cell research

3-Apr-2009
Studio Egret West has unveiled its design for a £100 million MediPark in Nottingham, designed to house more than 200 medical firms
Planning applications plunge 26 per cent in England

3-Apr-2009
The number of planning applications in England plunged in the last quarter of 2008, according to the latest figures released by the UK Statistics Authority
Archial announces rise in profits

2-Apr-2009
The Archial Group has released its preliminary results for the year ending 2008, revealing a small profit of £1.5 million after a loss of £5.2 million the year before
Report slams Learning and Skills Council over 'avoidable' funding crisis

2-Apr-2009
A report into the failings of the Building Colleges of the Future programme has criticised the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) for a ‘predictable’ situation
Atrium closed again at children’s hospital

2-Apr-2009
‘Wrong type of glass’ forces closure of Hopkins’ Evelina hospital for the third time in four years
Avery alarmed by IMAX plans

2-Apr-2009
IMAX designer reacts to plans to ‘carve and remodel’ London landmark
Farrell to masterplan British Library site

2-Apr-2009
The British Library has awarded Terry Farrell and Partners the contract to masterplan its 3.6ha site in central London
Herzog & de Meuron wins thumbs-up for Tate extension

1-Apr-2009
Herzog & de Meuron has been granted planning permission for its revised plans for the new development at London’s Tate Modern
London's tallest residential tower set for approval

1-Apr-2009
Tower Hamlets Council will meet tomorrow (2 April) to vote on whether to approve plans for London’s tallest residential tower, designed by Foster + Partners
Holmes wins green light in Glasgow

1-Apr-2009
Glasgow City Council has given detailed planning consent for Holmes Architects’ 110 Great Queen Street project
Amanda Levete reveals 'twisting coil' design for Bangkok

1-Apr-2009
Amanda Levete, formerly of Future Systems, has revealed designs for a new retail and hotel complex in Bangkok, Thailand, under the title of her own firm, Amanda Levete Architects
400 jobs lost in Northern Ireland architects' practices

31-Mar-2009
An estimated 400 jobs have been lost in architect practices in Northern Ireland over the last 12 months
Eight shortlisted for urban wildlife design competition

30-Mar-2009
Eight firms have been shortlisted for the Wildlife Design Competition in Leeds, which has been commissioned in a bid to halt the decline of wildlife in the UK’s cities
Foster and Adjaye unveil Smithsonian designs

30-Mar-2009
Foster + Partners and a joint venture featuring Adjaye Associates are among six firms to have unveiled designs for the new $500 million (£350 million) Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC. USA
RIBA president denies 'faction' reports

30-Mar-2009
RIBA president, Sunand Prasad has slammed media reports of a ‘faction’ emerging with RIBA over how the institute should deal with the financial recession
Foster's London hotel in doubt

27-Mar-2009
A Foster + Partners-designed hotel in central London is to be sold after administrators were called in by the developer’s bank
DLA Architects' lands Northwich Cultural Centre

27-Mar-2009
DLA Architects’ design has been chosen for the multi-million pound Northwich Cultural Centre
Archial cuts staff salaries in bid to ‘control costs’

26-Mar-2009
One of the UK’s biggest architecture firms, Archial, has been forced to reduce staff salaries to cope with the dramatic slowdown in the construction sector
Welcome to the era of austerity

26-Mar-2009
Bovis Lend Lease boss Nick Pollard calls for an end to ‘opulence’
Chipperfield's Seal House wins approval

25-Mar-2009
David Chipperfield Architects’ plan for Seal House in the City of London has won planning permission
‘Don’t scrap 2016 zero-carbon target,’ urges UK-GBC

25-Mar-2009
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has urged the government to stick with its target for all new homes to be zero-carbon by 2016, despite calls for more flexibility from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Construction starts on Hopkins' 2012 Velodrome

25-Mar-2009
Work on the Olympic Velodrome, designed by Hopkins Architects, has begun at the site in Stratford, London
CZWG's design for Rathbone Market approved

23-Mar-2009
CZWG’s design for the £180 million Rathbone Market development in Canning Town, East London, has been approved by the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects wins approval for Gravesend design

23-Mar-2009
Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects has won planning approval for a new riverfront development to the north-west of Gravesend town centre in Kent
Atkins calls on government to act on stalled LSC projects

23-Mar-2009
One of the UK’s leading engineering and design firms has called on the government to act urgently over the stalled Learning and Skills Council (LSC) programme, claiming that hundreds of design-sector jobs are at risk
Rogers, AHMM and Penoyre & Prasad among those to benefit from £3 billion NHS programme

20-Mar-2009
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Penoyre & Prasad are among a raft of architects that could benefit from a £3 billion NHS project, following the appointment of the development consortiums
Number of architects claiming benefits rises by 760 per cent

20-Mar-2009
Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of architects claiming unemployment benefit has increased faster than any other profession
Government must revise 'unrealistic' zero carbon targets, says RICS

20-Mar-2009
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has called on the government to revise its zero-carbon targets, claiming that existing standards are unrealistic
Kapoor and Balmond's Teeside project underway

20-Mar-2009
Construction work has begun on Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s £2.7 million Temenos, the first in a range of public-art installations called the Tees Valley Giants
‘Paris is full of huge canyons’

19-Mar-2009
Mike Davies of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners talks to Christopher Sell about its masterplan to mend Paris, commissioned by French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Stalled LSC projects put jobs at risk

19-Mar-2009
Jobs in UK practices are at risk because of more delays to the procurement of further education colleges
British star firms hit by Spanish crunch

18-Mar-2009
Foster + Partners has withdrawn from an international design competition in Spain, fuelling rumours that the global economic crisis is impacting on the practice’s international presence
Forth Ports assets slashed by £222 million

18-Mar-2009
The value of Forth Ports’ property has been slashed, as the firm was forced to wipe millions off the value of its portfolio
First look at Olympic basketball arena

18-Mar-2009
The Olympic Delivery Authority has released the first images of the proposed basketball arena, following planning approval for the design
Construction starts on Alsop's cricket pavilion

18-Mar-2009
Construction has started on Will Alsop’s new cricket pavilion at Headingley Carnegie in Leeds this week
RMJM pre-tax profits almost double in 2008

17-Mar-2009
A surge in turnover enabled RMJM to report strong pre-tax profits for 2008 but the firm remains wary of challenging construction market
DSDHA's Hog In The Pound redevelopment approved

17-Mar-2009
DSDHA has won approval from Westminster City Council for the redevelopment of the Hog In The Pound site in Central London
Rogers and Foster suffer as Spain feels pinch

16-Mar-2009
The global economic crisis continues to play havoc with the architecture profession, as two of the UK’s biggest firms face losing work on key projects in Spain
Twickenham Riverside project shortlist revealed

13-Mar-2009
Richmond Council has revealed the shortlisted three firms bidding for the Twickenham Riverside project
Olympic Media Centre unveiled

13-Mar-2009
London’s Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has unveiled its designs for the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC)
MVRDV proposes scheme for 'Grand Paris'

13-Mar-2009
The Dutch practice MVRDV is the latest firm to reveal its vision for the ‘Grand Paris’ project, commissioned by French president Nicolas Sarkozy
First look: Pringle Richard Sharratt's Folkestone project

13-Mar-2009
The Architects’ Journal reveals the first look at Pringle Richard Sharratt Architects’ Folkestone regeneration project
Rogers proposes 'Le Grand Paris'

13-Mar-2009
Ten international architects have been invited by French president Nicolas Sarkozy to present their vision of ‘Grand Paris’
Bletchley Park secures much-needed funding

12-Mar-2009
The Buckinghamshire mansion at the heart of the Second World War’s codebreaking effort has secured vital funding for urgent repairs to its buildings
ESA wins go-ahead for Birdseye HQ

March 2009
ESA Architects has been awarded planning consent for its revamp of the listed 1960s Birdseye headquarters in Walton-on-Thames

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