Architects Journal
Ed Dorrell

SMC COMES DOWN TO EARTH

22-Feb-2007
AGENDA
'U2 TOWER' DESIGN TO BE BINNED

22-Feb-2007
NEWS
REFURB ROW AT MODERN MUSEUM

15-Feb-2007
AGENDA
CLASH CENTRAL IN NEWCASTLE HOTEL PROJECT

8-Feb-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
BISHOP TARGETS 'TROPHY' SCHEMES

1-Feb-2007
NEWS
SHEPPARD ROBSON IN TRAINING

1-Feb-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
Putting a price on his practice

25-Jan-2007
It is, it would seem, all about succession policy. This is the reason that Norman Foster has, for the last three months, been in talks with an elite group of financial advisors in the City of London to find a way of flogging his legendary practice, Foster and Partners.
5TH STUDIO UNLEASHES CREATIVITY

18-Jan-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
GLOBAL WEB OF LIES EXPOSED

11-Jan-2007
AGENDA
NEW BUZZ SURROUNDS FARADAY

11-Jan-2007
AGENDA
WEB 'FRAUDSTERS' CLAIM DESIGNS

21-Dec-2006
NEWS
BENNETTS RAISES THE ROOF AT RSC

14-Dec-2006
AGENDA
MINISTER BLANKS ARB REFORM

14-Dec-2006
NEWS
THE PROMISED THOROUGH PLANNING OVERHAUL HAS NEVER BEEN DELIVERED

7-Dec-2006
EDITORIAL
HAS TOWER POWER MET ITS MATCH?

30-Nov-2006
AGENDA
SMC EYES UP S&P ARCHITECTS

30-Nov-2006
NEWS
UK FIRMS 'HINDERED BY VISA RULES'

23-Nov-2006
NEWS
'FORGOTTEN' FULLER FINDS FAVOUR

16-Nov-2006
AGENDA
KEN YEANG GETS DOWN TO WORK IN KENT

16-Nov-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
REID STADIUM REIGNS IN SPAIN

16-Nov-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
ROGERS VOICES OLYMPIC FEARS

9-Nov-2006
NEWS
SMC PLANS GLOBAL DOMINATION

2-Nov-2006
NEWS
MACCORMAC PONDERS BBC RERUN

26-Oct-2006
NEWS
BARKER CALLS FOR LESS PLANNING

19-Oct-2006
NEWS
ROGERS IN FULL FLIGHT

19-Oct-2006
AGENDA
Foster unveils Calgary tower - image

13-Oct-2006
Foster and Partners has revealed plans for this tower in the Canadian city of Calgary.
What next? Rem to build next to Wren - images

13-Oct-2006
Rem Koolhaas's practice OMA has submitted a planning scheme for the City of London in a move that will produce an extraordinary architectural juxtaposition.
SMC picks up £6m from fresh share offering

13-Oct-2006
The SMC Group's love affair with the City continued apace yesterday when the burgeoning company raised £6 million from one share offering.
THE WRECKING BALL LOOMS

12-Oct-2006
AGENDA
Marks Barfield's Brighton observation mast set for approval - image

11-Oct-2006
Marks Barfield Architects is taking its Brighton i-360 viewing platform to planning committee this afternoon with a 'recommendation to approve' from planners.
More Chamberlin Powell and Bon buildings face wrecking ball

11-Oct-2006
Plans for a new City Academy in Elephant and Castle look increasingly likely to involve the demolition of a listed school by Chamberlin Powell and Bon (CPB).
Tesco and BDP have another go with huge Surrey development - image

10-Oct-2006
Supermarket giant Tesco and its architect BDP have been forced to radically redesign a massive new mixed-use scheme proposed for Tolworth in Surrey.
Government forced into Part F U-turn

9-Oct-2006
The government has been forced into a major U-turn over one of its recent building regulation reforms.
Tate's 'misshapen pyramid' goes for planning - images

6-Oct-2006
Newly anointed RIBA Gold Medallist Herzog & de Meuron has submitted its contentious proposals for the extension of Tate Modern for planning.
William Hill puts Zaha's Phaeno at outright favourite for Stirling

5-Oct-2006
The latest odds released by William Hill show that Zaha's Phaeno Science Centre has been backed down from rank outsider to red-hot favourite.
Zaha reveals plans for Montpellier - image

5-Oct-2006
Zaha Hadid Architects has finalised the designs for this new civic building in Montpellier.
BISHOP MUST DEVELOP A LIGHTNESS OF TOUCH SO GENTLE IT IS INTANGIBLE

5-Oct-2006
EDITORIAL
Another Hodder pool closes as row rumbles between contractor and architect - images

4-Oct-2006
Another of Stephen Hodder's award-winning swimming pools, this one in Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria, is standing empty after the operating organisation went belly-up, the AJ understands.
Howarth Tompkins' Young Vic renovation unveiled - images

3-Oct-2006
Howarth Tompkins has revealed the completed redevelopment and refurbishment of London's famous Young Vic Theatre.
Brum viewing platform to break Midlands height record

2-Oct-2006
SMC Hickton Madeley has won the race to design a vast new viewing platform for Birmingham.
Monbiot to expose Gehry's 'greenwash'

2-Oct-2006
Left-wing campaigner and environmentalist George Monbiot is planning an attack on the green credentials of Frank Gehry.
The rise and rise of SMC

28-Sep-2006
FROM THE ARCHIVES: In this essay from late 2006, Ed Dorrell forsees a very bright future for SMC - the company which became Archial
Pathfinder in tatters following major High Court loss

27-Sep-2006
The government's huge Pathfinder initiative is facing the death knell after Liverpool campaigners won a High Court battle.
Urban Splash buys extraordinary Weston-super-Mare pier - images

22-Sep-2006
Urban Splash has revealed that it has bought Weston-super-Mare's famous Birnbeck Island.
Assael steps into row over demolition plans for Barbican's Milton Court - images

22-Sep-2006
Assael Architecture has become involved in the row over redevelopment plans for Milton Court in the Barbican centre.
Part III revolt threat forces down fees at Westminster

21-Sep-2006
The threat of a boycott by potential students last week successfully forced the University of Westminster to drop the cost of its Part III from £2,000 to £1,600.
British firms in Moscow bribery

21-Sep-2006
Two major British commercial practices currently working in Moscow have admitted privately to the AJ that bribes have been used on their schemes to help win listed-building consent.
A HERITAGE FACING HARD TIMES

21-Sep-2006
AGENDA
BRITISH FIRMS IN MOSCOW BRIBERY

21-Sep-2006
BREAKING NEWS DAILYNEWS
Canadians wade into latest Bath conservation row, taking on James Dyson - images

20-Sep-2006
Canada's architectural community appears to be mobilising in a bid to save a Victorian building in Bath by a former chief architect of Canada.
EH in last-minute dash to reject Vinoly tower

19-Sep-2006
English Heritage yesterday faced a last-minute race to get its recommendation to refuse permission for Raphael Vinoly's 'walkie-talkie' tower to the City of London's planning committee ahead of its meeting this afternoon.
Iconic architecture comes under the microscope as the gherkin goes on sale - image

18-Sep-2006
Questions over the affordability of so-called 'iconic architecture' are set to emerge over the next few days following news that the 'erotic gherkin' is up for sale.
A first look at the British pavilion in Venice - images

8-Sep-2006
This is the first glimpse of the British Pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by Jeremy Till.
DESIGNING THROUGH THE WAR

7-Sep-2006
AGENDA
THE SCRAMBLE FOR CUBA BEGINS

7-Sep-2006
Extraordinary talks are about to begin to open up the Cuban market to British and EU-based architects.
THIS IS THE ATTITUDE AND BEHAVIOUR THAT SHAKESPEARE WROTE FOR

7-Sep-2006
Many years ago, in the time before the twin pleasures of architecture and journalism got the better of me, I briey worked as a guide-of-sorts at the replica Globe on Bankside in London.
Japanese earthquake scandal architect pleads guilty

6-Sep-2006
The Japanese architect facing trial for falsifying data on the ability of structures he designed to withstand earthquakes has pleaded guilty, Japanese newswires are reporting.
40 under 40 Hoskins takes over Scotland's NHS design - image

1-Sep-2006
Gareth Hoskins, a member of the AJ 40 under 40, has been appointed design champion for the entire NHS north of the border.
Duany, the Seaside man, prepares for nine days of Inverness consultation

31-Aug-2006
The man behind Seaside - the community that featured in Hollywood blockbuster movie The Truman Show- is set to start the design process for a vast new town in Scotland.
ARCHITECT'S 'DRUGS TUNNEL' REVEALED

31-Aug-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
STIRLING SHORTLIST

31-Aug-2006
Bookmaker William Hill released its initial odds on this year's Stirling Prize shortlist, sponsored by the AJ, just hours after it was exclusively revealed on www. ajplus. co. uk last Thursday.
Charity to build affordable homes on one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

30-Aug-2006
To mark the one-year anniversary of the terrible consequences of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Architecture for Humanity has revealed details of six concept housing projects that will be built in the affected area.
AFL nets extraordinary South African World Cup commission - images

30-Aug-2006
Northwest-based AFL Architects has won the contract to design one of the six stadia to be used in South Africa for the 2010 Football World Cup.
Caruso St John is bookies' favourite for Stirling Prize

29-Aug-2006
William Hill has revealed the odds for this year's Stirling shortlist, sponsored by the AJ, putting Caruso St John's Brick House as the favourite.
UN headquarters 'could burn down in minutes'

29-Aug-2006
A leading New York politician has condemned the UN's famous Modernist headquarters in the city as a fire hazard.
Uninspiring Sloane Square fountain listed

23-Aug-2006
A relatively uninspiring 1953 fountain in London's Sloane Square has left observers surprised by being listed.
Pringle and Lipton cross swords with angry letters

23-Aug-2006
A row has broken out in the letters page of The Timesbetween RIBA president Jack Pringle and super-client Stuart Lipton.
Claims of uncontrollable Supreme Court costs denied

22-Aug-2006
The government's Department of Constitutional Affairs (DCA) has issued an angry denial to reports that costs on the Supreme Court project are escalating out of control.
Mexican architect faces 18-year sentence for designing drug-smuggling tunnel

22-Aug-2006
A Mexican architect was today facing up to 18 years in jail for designing a 61-metre tunnel under the US-Mexico border for use by drug smugglers.
German big names appointed to masterplan Crystal Palace - image

21-Aug-2006
The London Development Agency has impressed observers with a brave and impressive appointment to masterplan Crystal Palace Park.
Burdett lands Golden Lion for Rogers

21-Aug-2006
Ricky Burdett has persuaded the bosses of the Venice Architecture Biennale to give his boss, Richard Rogers, a lifetime achievement Golden Lion.
Lebanon conflict destroys Garden of Forgiveness plans

18-Aug-2006
Gustafson Porter's plans for a Garden of Forgiveness in Beirut have been placed on indefinite hold following the conflict in southern Lebanon.
John Smart starts on site as developer, architect and contractor - images

18-Aug-2006
South-east London-based John Smart Architects has just started on site with this residential scheme in Dulwich.
Ken Yeang sees potential for eco-tower in Chatham - images

18-Aug-2006
Ken Yeang, with his firm Llewelyn Davies Yeang, has been commissioned to masterplan a large chunk of Chatham, a key area in the Thames Gateway.
CHIPPO SHUNNED AGAIN IN BLIGHTY

17-Aug-2006
NEWS
TRENTHAM AIMS TO REFLECT HISTORIC BERMONDSEY

17-Aug-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
'No change for T5 design despite terror threat to airports'

16-Aug-2006
All the major parties involved with the design of Heathrow's Terminal 5 have insisted that there will be no significant changes to the project's design in the wake of last week's terrorist alert.
Vocal architects' group hits out at Israel, claiming architecture 'has been hijacked'

14-Aug-2006
UK-based Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine has launched a fresh attack on Israel in the wake of the war in south Lebanon and the recent skirmishes in Gaza.
Haskoll makes it onto final shortlist for massive Chinese masterplan - images

14-Aug-2006
London-based Haskoll Architects is the only Brit on the shortlist for a massive masterplan in China.
PFI hospitals to 'become white elephants', warns healthcare expert

14-Aug-2006
The boss of a leading healthcare think tank has predicted that many new PFI hospitals are set to become 'white elephants'.
Fresh cash injection raises hopes for Whitechapel Art Gallery extension plans

11-Aug-2006
Proposals for the extension of the Whitechapel Art Gallery by lesser-known Belgium practice Robbrecht en Daem took a major step forward yesterday.
Opportunity knocks for architects in Stratford's Olympic village

11-Aug-2006
The massive Stratford City development, which will take in the London 2012 Olympic village, will be opened up imminently to architects who have not previously worked on the scheme.
Bednarski wins planning for Modern homes in sensitive Notting Hill site - image

10-Aug-2006
Studio Bednarski has won planning permission for one of the very few remaining building plots in London's trendy Notting Hill.
Lebanese engineer in London tells of son's Beirut rescue

10-Aug-2006
A London-based Lebanese environmental engineer has told of how he got his son out of the war-torn country.
RMJM reveals waterfront project for Ipswich - images

8-Aug-2006
RMJM has revealed the first images of its plans for a new 'landmark building' for University Campus Suffolk (UCS) in Ipswich.
SMC eyes up 'at least two' Scottish takeovers 'by Christmas'

7-Aug-2006
The owner of the ever-acquisitive SMC Group has revealed major plans for a massive expansion into Scotland's architectural market north of the border.
Good news for future of Kahn's 'first significant building'

7-Aug-2006
Fears over the future of Louis Kahn's famous Trenton Bath House in New Jersey appear to be abating, it emerged this weekend.
Irish stars turn to retail in Sheffield

3-Aug-2006
Rising Irish stars O'Donnell + Tuomey have picked up the commission to design a new John Lewis store for Sheffield.
ODA rolls out clichés with 'Sustainability Principles'

3-Aug-2006
The ODA has delved deep into the drawer marked 'sustainability clichés' with its announcement this morning of its new 12-strong Sustainability Principles.
Foster Abandons Supreme Court

3-Aug-2006
Norman Foster has walked away from possibly the highest-profile architectural commission in Britain today.
NO ROOM FOR THE INN

3-Aug-2006
AGENDA
Confusion reigns as RMJM takes over from Sutherland Hussey in Skye - images

2-Aug-2006
RMJM, working with Capita Symonds, has taken over the regeneration of Portree, on the Isle of Skye, from Sutherland Hussey.
Sergison Bates 'first key building' faces wrecking ball

28-Jul-2006
The future of the first defining building by one of the UK's most internationally-acclaimed young architects is under threat from a Will Alsop masterplan, it has emerged.
ARB reformer tops the RIBA council election results

28-Jul-2006
A leading member of the ARB Reform Group has topped the poll for the next tranche of architects to join the RIBA council.
Jury retires in architect's Legionnaires death trial

28-Jul-2006
The jury in the trial of an architect accused of killing seven people in Britain's worst outbreak of Legionnaires' disease finally retired yesterday evening to begin considering their verdict on six of the eight charges.
O'Donnell + Tuomey land Coleraine competition win

27-Jul-2006
Stirling-shortlisted Dubliner O'Donnell + Tuomey Architects has won the competition for a new regional museum for Coleraine town centre in Northern Ireland.
CABE MAN IN 'CONFLICT' CLAIM

27-Jul-2006
NEWS
Support collapses for Birmingham's vast Eastside regeneration

25-Jul-2006
One of the groups created to advise Birmingham City Council on its massive Eastside regeneration initiative has, in a shock move, turned on the development programme.
Tate reveals H and dM's extraordinary Tate Modern extension

25-Jul-2006
The Tate Modern has this morning revealed these extraordinary images of Herzog and De Meuron's new extension to its famous Bankside building.
Capita Percy Thomas owner reveals 'disappointing' six months

21-Jul-2006
Capita Symonds, the owner of Capita Percy Thomas, has admitted that its margins suffered in the first six months of the year
Fobert on hold for year at Tate St Ives as site is questioned

20-Jul-2006
Jamie Fobert's project for an extension to the Tate St Ives has been put on hold for at least a year
Sheppard Robson lands £60k house prize

20-Jul-2006
Communities and local government minister Ruth Kelly will announce this lunchtime that Sheppard Robson's consortium has won the high-profile £60,000 house competition.
CABE slams three Liverpool pathfinders

20-Jul-2006
CABE has waded into the hugely controversial Pathfinder initiative in Liverpool by slamming the way the city council has handled three of the contentious projects.
ARB board facing fresh crisis

20-Jul-2006
The top five elected members of the ARB walked out on a confidential board meeting last week, leaving the organisation's work in potential disarray, the AJ has learnt.
ARB BOARD FACING FRESH CRISIS

20-Jul-2006
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FIRST VIEWS OF ZAHA'S AF PROJECT

20-Jul-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
LDA bows to pressure and promises to keep Crystal Palace

19-Jul-2006
The London Development Agency has bowed to immense pressure and agreed to retain the Grade II*-listed Crystal Palace sports hall, in south London
RPS confirms its architectural ambition with another takeover

19-Jul-2006
Planning giant RPS has swallowed another major practice in its bid to become a significant architectural player.
ODA slams lowest-price bids but promises to 'sharpen' architects

19-Jul-2006
The Olympic Delivery Authority has insisted that lowest-price bids alone will not win work in the imminent construction boom and that it wants to encourage 'realistic' whole-life bids from the industry.
Hywel Evans wins planning for new terraced housing

18-Jul-2006
Richard Hywel Evans Architecture has won planning permission for this terrace of new homes in North London.
Kahn's 'first significant building' up for sale

18-Jul-2006
Louis Kahn's famous Trenton Bath House in New Jersey appears to be up for sale.
Hackney faces fresh swimming pool problems

17-Jul-2006
The council embroiled in the Clissold Leisure Centre debacle has admitted to problems with another high-profile swimming pool project.
National Audit Office to get its teeth into Pathfinder

17-Jul-2006
The National Audit Office looks set to investigate the hugely controversial Pathfinder Initiative.
CABE responds to design review pressure

17-Jul-2006
CABE has responded to a perceived resources shortfall in its design review capacity by encouraging other organisations to set up their own panels.
Ken's 'planning power grab' panned by the City

14-Jul-2006
The City of London yesterday evening slammed proposals to massively increase Ken Livingstone's planning powers in the capital.
New powers for Ken to revolutionise London planning

13-Jul-2006
In an extraordinary decision, Ken Livingstone has won the right to approve certain 'strategic' schemes in the capital on top of his existing power to reject projects.
Marks Barfield unveils radical urban windmill plans

13-Jul-2006
Marks Barfield, the architect behind the London Eye, has revealed the first images of its new wind turbine concept.
FIRMS WARM UP FOR STADIUM RACE

13-Jul-2006
AGENDA
'NO LEAK' IN COMMONWEALTH ROOF

13-Jul-2006
NEWS
Major players step down from CABE

12-Jul-2006
Three of the key figures in the process of turning CABE into a serious player in the property and construction industries have today stepped down from the organisation.
Urban Splash bids to build in London

10-Jul-2006
Urban Splash is on a developer shortlist that would see it pick up its first major development in the capital.
DE BOTTON BECOMES DEVELOPER

6-Jul-2006
NEWS
FROM SEASIDE TO HIGHLANDS

6-Jul-2006
AGENDA
- as Avery responds to Spinnaker with a new attraction for Southampton - image

5-Jul-2006
Bryan Avery Architect has revealed this concept for a tower and viewing platform in Southampton that would compete with the Spinnaker in Portsmouth.
Six make it onto final shortlist for new Brum park

5-Jul-2006
Birmingham City Council has revealed an unlikely shortlist of six firms vying to design a new park in the centre of the city.
DDA problems could see Spinnaker tower facing closure...

5-Jul-2006
The hugely troubled Spinnaker Tower is facing legal problems that could culminate in the structure closing again.
Serpentine pavilion gets ready for lift off - image

4-Jul-2006
The Serpentine Gallery's latest summer pavilion - a striking inflatable design by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas - has started to take shape.
- as first batch, by Wilkinson Eyre, takes major step forward

4-Jul-2006
The first programme of schools under the government's contentious Building Schools for the Future programme has secured financial close.
Wembley set to miss yet another deadline

3-Jul-2006
The hugely troubled project to build the new Wembley looks set to face even more delays, it emerged this morning.
Dartmoor stair lift branded 'bonkers'

3-Jul-2006
A scheme to install a lift on one of Darmoor's most sensitive sites has triggered controversy among conservationists in the area.
CAPE CRUSADERS

29-Jun-2006
AGENDA
PIERCY CONNER SHOWS ITS METAL

29-Jun-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Rowntree Foundation warns of mixed-tenure problems

23-Jun-2006
It is too easy to tell private housing from social housing in a large number of mixed-tenure developments, a new report has warned.
Anshen and Dyer split as Americans take over

22-Jun-2006
Anshen Dyer, one of Britain's biggest healthcare architects, has revealed details of a radical restructuring that will see it absorbed in to its American parent company Anshen + Allen.
Mariella Frostrup makes it at last as she joins the 2006 Stirling jury

22-Jun-2006
The judging panel for this year's Stirling Prize will include gravel-voiced glamour puss Mariella Frostrup, it has been revealed.
PETER PHILLIPS' MINORITY VIEW

22-Jun-2006
Think back to the French presidential election of 2002.
'WE NEED TO GET HOUSING RIGHT'

22-Jun-2006
David Lammy, Minister for Culture (with responsibility for architecture) was at the RIBA last Friday to launch 'Laying the Foundations', a document encouraging teachers to 'use the built environment as a teaching tool'. After Lammy had finished his rambling speech, Ed Dorrell took the opportunity to catch up with the 33-year-old MP for Tottenham.
Cullinan's plans for the National Forest revealed - images

21-Jun-2006
Edward Cullinan Architects has revealed these images of the schemes and masterplan it has drawn up for the future development of the National Forest in the Midlands.
Trendy Manchester to receive the Prince's traditionalist treatment-

21-Jun-2006
Manchester's über-trendy urban renaissance is set to become the unlikely recipient of a traditionalist regeneration initiative masterminded by the Prince's Trust.
Government minister Lammy slams housing architecture

19-Jun-2006
Culture Minister David Lammy has hit out at the quality of architecture in housebuilding.
BNP member Phillips vows to fight on in RIBA race

19-Jun-2006
Peter Phillips, the BNP member standing for the RIBA presidency, has vowed not to stand down from the election, claiming he is 'not a misogynist'.
JURORS QUIT AS STARS REJECTED

15-Jun-2006
Four jurors have sensationally walked away from one of the world's most high-profile competitions due to the 'questionable exclusion' of the likes of Zaha Hadid, David Chipperfield and Will Alsop.
NEWS IN PICTURES

15-Jun-2006
INAUGURAL LUBETKIN LIST UNVEILED The three-strong shortlist for the first-ever Lubetkin Prize, for an outstanding work of architecture outside the EU by an RIBA member, has been unveiled. The shortlist for the competition, which is backed by the AJ's sister title the Architectural Review, is chosen from the RIBA's International Awards winners.
Finally! Details of Olympic construction programme revealed

14-Jun-2006
Olympic delivery boss David Higgins has mapped out the next '10 milestones' in the delivery of the Olympic Park and venues.
Veteran right-winger Redwood calls for new city on reclaimed land

14-Jun-2006
Veteran right-wing politician John Redwood has stepped back in to the fray over proposals for the massive housebuilding programme in the Thames Gateway.
Reward doubled for those who inform on employers for unlicensed programme use

13-Jun-2006
The international organisation charged with tracking down the illegal use of software has doubled its reward for those who report their own companies to £20,000.
Five firms make final cut on Coleraine comp

13-Jun-2006
A five-strong shortlist has been revealed for the competition to design a new Regional Museum in the centre of Coleraine in Northern Ireland.
Government to relax microgeneration planning rules

9-Jun-2006
The government yesterday revealed plans to pare down the planning restrictions placed on microgeneration plans.
First ever Lubetkin Prize shortlist revealed

8-Jun-2006
The three-strong shortlist for the first ever Lubetkin Prize, for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the EU by a RIBA member, has been unveiled.
Cesar Pelli to build tall in Liverpool - image

8-Jun-2006
International architect Cesar Pelli is set to design a 22-storey tower on the Liverpool waterfront.
Detailed Olympic planning application to be lodged by end of year

8-Jun-2006
The Olympic Delivery Agency will make a detailed planning application for the Olympic Park by the end of the year, it emerged yesterday.
RIBA candidate provokes fury

8-Jun-2006
The race to become the next president of the RIBA has finally sparked into life after the 'outsider' candidate risked the wrath of minority groups in architecture.
DANISH FIRM WRITES NEW CHAPTER

8-Jun-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
GETTING IN SHAPE FOR 2012

8-Jun-2006
AGENDA
RIBA CANDIDATE PROVOKES FURY

8-Jun-2006
NEWS
Revisions to Olympic masterplan revealed

7-Jun-2006
The Olympic Delivery Authority has this morning outlined a series of changes to the masterplan that won the 2012 bid.
Architects get philatelic treatment

6-Jun-2006
The Royal Mail has revealed its first ever collection of stamps featuring examples of modern design.
Shillam and Smith takes on Abercrombie suburb

6-Jun-2006
Shillam and Smith has won a commission to masterplan a swathe of Patrick Abercrombie-designed Plymouth.
Big guns line up to condemn Commonwealth plan

2-Jun-2006
An extraordinary coalition of organisations from architecture and construction is preparing a joint letter complaining about the government's plans to delist the Commonwealth Institute, the AJ has learnt.
Hunter and Partners goes for planning with special school - images

2-Jun-2006
Hunter and Partners has submitted this scheme for a special needs school in Reading for planning permission.
EDAW combined with Egret West to land major Manchester comp

2-Jun-2006
The developer behind the latest swathe of Manchester's regeneration has taken the surprising step of combining two of its shortlisted practices to work up the scheme.
No guarantee of opening for 2007 FA Cup final, Wembley bosses warn

1-Jun-2006
Wembley chiefs have refused to guarantee that Foster and Partners and HOK Sport's new national stadium will be completed in time to host next season's FA Cup final.
Charles wades in to Edinburgh debate

1-Jun-2006
The Prince of Wales has waded into the heated debate over development within the confines of Edinburgh's World Heritage site.
JOWELL THREATENS LISTING SYSTEM

1-Jun-2006
AGENDA
LYALL HAS PLANS FOR KEY LIVERPOOL SITE

1-Jun-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Pringle to give PFI evidence to parliament

31-May-2006
RIBA president Jack Pringle has won a chance to discuss the many problems of the PFI procurement route with one the most important Commons Select Committees.
Tricorn replacement wins planning

30-May-2006
Chapman Taylor's £340 million radical redevelopment of the site where Portsmouth's much-maligned Tricorn Centre stood has secured outline planning approval.
SMC buys Charter Consultant Architects

30-May-2006
The SMC Group's extraordinary acquisition strategy is continuing apace with news that the listed business has bought Bedford and London-based Charter Consultant Architects.
Warning that '57 new Lutons' will be needed to cope with immigration

30-May-2006
Britain will be forced to build 57 new towns the size of Luton by 2074 if the current rate of immigration continues, a new report has warned.
Final fees cost of dropped Brum Rogers library revealed

26-May-2006
Birmingham City Council has been forced to reveal details of the architects' fees it forked out on Richard Rogers' aborted Central Library project.
Hopkins' power of veto in Jersey leaves Kuhne scheme in question

25-May-2006
Eric Kuhne's plans to build tall in Jersey's capital St Helier are under threat from an extraordinary architectural appointment.
ARB secure two convictions for abuse of title

25-May-2006
The ARB has successfully prosecuted two members of the general public for falsely describing themselves as architects.
REVOLUTIONARY PRACTICE

25-May-2006
AGENDA
Chipperfield completes yachting pavilion in Valencia - image

24-May-2006
David Chipperfield Architects has completed the America's Cup Foredeck Building in Valencia.
Architecture for Humanity boss loses out to Gorillaz founder

23-May-2006
The British founder of the charity Architecture for Humanity has lost out to one of the creators of virtual band The Gorillaz in the Design Museum's Designer of the Year award.
INTERNAL REFIT FOR ERSKINE'S ARK

18-May-2006
AGENDA
TORY PLANS PLANNING REVOLUTION

18-May-2006
NEWS
BRITAIN'S CITIES HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED SINCE PRESCOTT ARRIVED

11-May-2006
EDITORIAL
SOUTH BANK TO FEATURE 'MODERN GROTTOS'

11-May-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
THE POST-PRESCOTT ERA BEGINS

11-May-2006
AGENDA
ALL HAIL PRESIDENT PRASAD?

4-May-2006
AGENDA
STUDENTS AND LECTURERS IN NEWPORT WIN

4-May-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
CHARLES' CLASSICAL CONURBATION

27-Apr-2006
NEWS
FCB WINS LANDMARK COUNTRY HOUSE CONSENT

27-Apr-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
BID TO BAN 'BUNGALOW BLIGHT'

20-Apr-2006
NEWS
FRESH CLASH OVER COPPERGATE

20-Apr-2006
AGENDA
THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

20-Apr-2006
AGENDA
CHARITY SOWS SEEDS IN ROMANIA

13-Apr-2006
AGENDA
FEENY UNCORKS ART BOX PLAN

13-Apr-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
SMC ALSOP ENJOYS FIRST TASTE OF SUCCESS

13-Apr-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
AHMM REVEALS SAATCHI PLANS

6-Apr-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
UNAUTHORISED PART L PUBLISHED

6-Apr-2006
NEWS
NEW BID FOR CLASSICAL SCHOOL

30-Mar-2006
A fresh attempt to set up a school of Classical and traditional architecture is under way, the AJ can reveal.
WHERE THERE'S A WILL

30-Mar-2006
AGENDA
ALL CHANGE AT SHEPPARD ROBSON

23-Mar-2006
NEWS
MACCORMAC SET FOR BBC RETURN

23-Mar-2006
NEWS
AEDAS BUYS INTO NEW YORK

16-Mar-2006
Aedas has revealed a deal that will see it absorb one of New York's largest practices into its growing global empire.
WITHOUT SOMEONE TO PUSH CHANGE FORWARD, NOTHING EVER HAPPENS

16-Mar-2006
When I first thought about this editorial, it all seemed so easy: I'd produce a piece praising Isambard Kingdom Brunel and his immense achievements. Given the building study and the 200th anniversary this week of the great man's birth, it seemed particularly apt.
AVERY SCOOPS HUGE INDIA SCHEME

2-Mar-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
UK 'SHOULD LOSE'ARCHIGRAM WORK

2-Mar-2006
NEWS
COPYRIGHT FEAR IN COURT BATTLE

23-Feb-2006
London-based KSS Design Group is about to go before the High Court in a case that could change the way architects practice in the UK.
FCB TO CREATE NEW DEAL

23-Feb-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
DESIGN CODES 'TO BECOME LAW'

16-Feb-2006
John Prescott's major commitment to the hugely contentious use of design codes is on the verge of being written into planning law, it has emerged A new publication, the draft Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3), shows just how convinced ODPM mandarins have now become that the controversial planning tool must be used in future housing schemes, such as the Thames Gateway, observers have said.
RIAS BOSS IN ARB ABOUT-TURN

16-Feb-2006
The president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has been forced to perform a major U-turn over the forthcoming ARB elections.
HUGE SNOW DOME PLANNED FOR DESERT

9-Feb-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
THE SIZE OF THE MATTER

9-Feb-2006
AGENDA
THE WORK BEFORE THE GAMES

2-Feb-2006
AGENDA
LONDON OFFICE IN £1M LEGAL ROW

26-Jan-2006
A massive High Court battle, worth over £1 million, has broken out between London-based practice Stock Woolstencroft and a prominent social housing association.
ZAHA LOSES COST CONTROL OVER AF

26-Jan-2006
The backers of the new Architecture Foundation building in south London have defended a sudden - and hugely contentious - move to bring Allies and Morrison in to oversee the completion of Zaha Hadid's scheme.
GRADE II* RATING TO BE AXED

19-Jan-2006
NEWS
YOUR FUTURE IN THE BALANCE

19-Jan-2006
AGENDA
GUMMER GETS A TASTE FOR DESIGN

12-Jan-2006
AGENDA
VENETIAN MIND

15-Dec-2005
AGENDA
LEAVING DESIGN OUT IN THE COLD

8-Dec-2005
AGENDA
FARRELLS WALKS AT SOUTH KEN

1-Dec-2005
NEWS
SUFFOLK SCHEMES GO ON SHOW

1-Dec-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
DRDH TASTES VICTORYIN GERMANY

24-Nov-2005
This scheme, by young London-based practice DRDH Architects, has won a competition in Hamburg. The firm saw off competition from Austria’s Love Architecture; Onix, from Holland, and four Hamburg practices. The competition - which targeted up-and-coming offices - was based around a three-day design workshop. The scheme will nestle within the HafenCity masterplan, which features projects by a wide range of international stars, including Benedetta Tagliabue, Herzog & De Meuron, David ...
PATHFINDER LEFT ON THE EDGE

17-Nov-2005
AGENDA
DO YOU FEEL UNDER PRESSURE?

3-Nov-2005
AGENDA
PLANNING FORGERY CASE IN COURT

3-Nov-2005
NEWS
A PROFESSION'S FUTURE IN UNION?

27-Oct-2005
AGENDA
'FRUSTRATED' MJP LEAVES BBC

27-Oct-2005
NEWS
TAGLIABUE - I'D DO IT ALL AGAIN

20-Oct-2005
STIRLING
PATEL TAYLOR THROWN OFF BRIDGE

13-Oct-2005
NEWS
RITCHIE 'CAST ASIDE' IN WHITE CITY

6-Oct-2005
NEWS
CHIPPERFIELD MUSEUM COMPLETES IN IOWA

29-Sep-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
THE GREAT POUNDBURY DEBACLE

29-Sep-2005
AGENDA
BID TO SAVE AALTO MASTERPIECE

22-Sep-2005
NEWS
TOWERING THUMBS-UP

22-Sep-2005
NEWS
BOWBELSKI BUILDS SECRET COUNTRY HOUSE

15-Sep-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
CHIPPERFIELD BUILDS SPANISH THEATRE

15-Sep-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
RICKY BURDETT

15-Sep-2005
AGENDA
THE FALL-OUT FROM KATRINA

8-Sep-2005
AGENDA
PRINGLE SWEEPS IN AT RIBA

1-Sep-2005
AGENDA
UNIVERSITY SCHEME COMES IN-HOUSE

1-Sep-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
INNOVATIVE ZAHA MUSEUM REVEALED

25-Aug-2005
NEWS IN PICTURES
DESIGN CODES PILOT A 'FIASCO'

11-Aug-2005
One of the government's most determined attempts to persuade architects of the benefit of design codes has hit major problems.
REGISTERING DISAPPROVAL

11-Aug-2005
It is perhaps not unusual for the world of conservation architecture to become heated and fraught with debate - one often hears that a row is brewing over one sensitive site or another. Rarely, however, does this world descend into internal warfare over professional organisations or institutes.
STIRLING SIX EYE TOP PRIZE

28-Jul-2005
STIRLING PRIZE
THE BATTLE OF GREENSIDE

21-Jul-2005
NEWS
LONDON HAS BEEN RIGHTLY CELEBRATED FOR ITS INDOMITABLE SPIRIT

14-Jul-2005
EDITORIAL
REWARD US, SAY OLYMPIC FIRMS

14-Jul-2005
NEWS
RIBA FLOATS PFI BOYCOTT PLAN

7-Jul-2005
AGENDA
DOMINIQUE PERRAULT

30-Jun-2005
AGENDA
TRAUMA FOR SCOTTISH CABE

23-Jun-2005
NEWS
ARCHITECTS JUMP IN WITH CONEY DESIGN

16-Jun-2005
NEWS
GANDHI SAVES BUNGALOWS

16-Jun-2005
Politician Sonia Gandhi has helped end years of concern surrounding some of the most important colonial buildings in India: the bungalow quarter of Edwin Lutyens' New Delhi.
ARB expenses increase exposed

2-Jun-2005
The ARB's expenses payments to board members over the last two years have been revealed, after a bid under the Freedom of Information Act.
Steele to prove his mettle at AA

2-Jun-2005
After his overwhelming election victory, the AJ talks to the Architectural Association's new chairman, American Brett Steele, and is impressed by his unfaltering confidence
Duchy 'frustrated' as Poundbury plan pulled

26-May-2005
The Duchy of Cornwall has hit out at a local authority planning committee over its decision to reject proposals for an extension to Poundbury, in Dorset.
Edinburgh plans tall building map

26-May-2005
Edinburgh looks set to become subject to the strategic viewing corridor rules that have caused such a consistent problem for those proposing skyscrapers in London.
Clissold dispute nears resolution

19-May-2005
The furore surrounding the long-term closure of Hodder Associates' highly contentious Clissold Leisure Centre is finally set to come to an end this week.
Rules exclude open-plan schools

19-May-2005
news
SMC Group goes for aggressive expansion following flotation

19-May-2005
The architectural entrepreneur behind the SMC Group, which will be floated next month, has vowed to grow the business massively and aggressively over the next five years.
Future of Victoria Baths in doubt

12-May-2005
It is still unclear when the project to renovate Manchester's Victoria Baths, the winning building on 2003's wildly successful Restoration television programme, will get under way.
ISLAND SCHEME SAILS ONWARD

12-May-2005
Richard Hywel Evans Architecture has drawn up these proposals for a new development on the Caribbean island of Grenada.
Profession encouraged by government reshuffle

12-May-2005
Tony Blair demonstrated a renewed belief in the importance of architecture and design last week when he unveiled the full make-up of his new government, following his election win.
Radical change or mud-slinging:what will No 10 give us now?

12-May-2005
editorial
Gateway Bridge may be heading for troubled waters, says Rogers

5-May-2005
news
'Procure 21 is safe' vows Labour

5-May-2005
The government has vowed that its much-vaunted procurement route, Procure 21, is safe, despite the imminent demise of NHS Estates. In a letter seen by the AJ, junior minister Lord Warner said the Department of Health was committed to maintaining and expanding the programme.
Legionnaires' trial sparks PI fear

28-Apr-2005
The profession will face a huge hike in PI insurance premiums if the retrial of a Barrow-based architect accused of manslaughter over a series of deaths from legionnaires' disease records a guilty verdict.
Capita eyes up more acquisitions

21-Apr-2005
Following its latest surprise purchase of a medium-sized practice, services firm Capita has revealed it plans further acquisitions.
Old and new revival for Farmiloe

21-Apr-2005
The Farmiloe Building on Clerkenwell's St John Street, the headquarters of last year's London Architecture Biennale, is to be redeveloped by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).
RIBA set to begin push for architecture A-level

21-Apr-2005
The RIBA is to start lobbying the government for the development of an A-level in architecture. The institute's education committee has charged the new chair of its London region, Andrew Hanson, with developing the new policy proposals.
Vote for architecture - because no one else will do it on your behalf

21-Apr-2005
editorial
Kent launches legal bid over head's defection

14-Apr-2005
The Kent Institute of Art and Design (KIAD) has started legal proceedings against Don Gray and the University of Kent over the ongoing crisis at the Canterbury School of Architecture.
Second board member quits ARB

14-Apr-2005
The ARB has been rocked by the second resignation this year of an elected board member. The sudden departure of Nick Tweddell, a long-term critic of the board's activities, comes just weeks after Ian Salisbury shocked observers by stepping down.
Feilden + Mawson lands historic Supreme Court with Foster's help

7-Apr-2005
Foster and Partners, working for Cambridge-based Feilden + Mawson, will transform London's Middlesex Guildhall into the UK's first Supreme Court.
Health bosses 'exaggerated value of Procure 21 jobs by up to £3bn'

7-Apr-2005
news
School in tatters as head defects

7-Apr-2005
news
THOMPSON TAKES TO THE WOODS

7-Apr-2005
London-based practice John Thompson & Partners, in collaboration with French firm DMA, has won another of the CABE/French government housing competitions for Senart.
Cash drought lands CUBE in crisis

31-Mar-2005
news
KENZO TANGE 1913-2005

31-Mar-2005
It is unlikely that any other architect better personified the enormous rebuilding effort in post-war Japan than Kenzo Tange, who has died aged 91. His work - which blended Corbusian Modernism with an instinctive sympathy for Japanese traditions - was perhaps best exemplified in the reconstruction effort in Hiroshima, which was focused on the 1955 Peace Centre, built directly on the spot where the atomic bomb exploded.
First town for deaf takes shape

24-Mar-2005
Architects and town planners have begun drawing up a blueprint for the first town built and designed entirely for deaf people.
Thames Gateway design gurus set to disband after clash of the titans

24-Mar-2005
news
Battersea Power Station rescue bid 'threatened' by retail study

17-Mar-2005
news
Council admits to secret talks to resolve Croydon Gateway dispute

17-Mar-2005
The three dominant parties in the ongoing row over the contentious Croydon Gateway site are in secret negotiations to resolve their problems, the AJ has learned.
£400k insurance 'fraud' sparks High Court battle

10-Mar-2005
An architect accused of fraud worth over £400,000 is facing a legal battle at the High Court with a well-known insurance company.
ARB suspends member for indecent offences

10-Mar-2005
An architect has been suspended from the ARB register for 18 months after he completed a prison sentence for 'making indecent photographs or pseudo photographs' of a child.
HIGHLAND CHIEF

3-Mar-2005
The CABE-style body, Architecture and Design Scotland, has its work cut out attempting to shake-up the cliques north of the border. But, as Ed Dorrell discovers, new chief executive Sebastian Tombs is just the man for the job
FOBERT LOOKS TO THE PAST FOR KETTLE'S YARD FUTURE

24-Feb-2005
news
Fresh row hits Camden chairman

24-Feb-2005
news
Holyrood report exposed problems five years ago

24-Feb-2005
A secret report warned the Scottish authorities five years ago that a number of regulations were broken in the procurement of Enric Miralles' Holyrood parliament building, a controversial MSP has revealed.
Prince attacks profession again

24-Feb-2005
The Prince of Wales has renewed his attack on the architecture profession, wading into the heated debate over the value of 'icons'.
RIBA manifesto targets election

24-Feb-2005
The RIBA is set to make a series of demands on the government when it unveils its Manifesto for Architecture to coincide with the forthcoming election.
GAMES FOR A LAUGH?

17-Feb-2005
ajenda - With the Olympic Evaluation Commission sniffing around the capital's Games bid this week, Ed Dorrell hunts down the LDA's Gareth Blacker to find out whether the government will deliver on its host of regeneration promises
KPF's play time in Cyprus

17-Feb-2005
KPF's London office has unveiled these completed designs for a new National Theatre of Cyprus in Nicosia.
Public design hit by legal backlash

17-Feb-2005
The country's new-found addiction to civil legal action has resulted in a drastic failure of design in the public realm. According to a new report by CABE Space, fear of the 'compensation culture' has left decisionmakers terrified of taking risks when commissioning new projects.
Salisbury in shock ARB resignation

17-Feb-2005
news
Taha to put on an East End show

10-Feb-2005
Amin Taha Architects has won planning permission for this new theatre complex in Hackney, east London.
Grimshaw has high hopes for Dubai

3-Feb-2005
news
Minerva 'unlikely' says Grimshaw

3-Feb-2005
The architect behind London's proposed Minerva tower has admitted that it is 'unlikely' the 50-storey scheme will be built.
Residents group condemns CABE failings in CZWG apartment row

3-Feb-2005
news
Rogers slams Gateway 'disaster'

3-Feb-2005
news
'Fears'over industry tsunami aid

27-Jan-2005
news
'Guilty' Salisbury awaits ARB rap

27-Jan-2005
The possibility of Ian Salisbury being thrown off the ARB remained extremely high this week.
Scorned Alsop lashes out at Brum station scheme

27-Jan-2005
Will Alsop has launched a fierce attack on the regeneration of Birmingham, after Network Rail dropped his practice from the scheme to transform the city's New Street Station.
Autodesk ends rumours by admitting price rises

20-Jan-2005
Autodesk, the supplier of AutoCAD in the UK, has attempted to quash widespread rumours of a massive hike in the cost of obtaining the computer design packages.
British winners lose out in Poland as disqualified Italian picks up job

20-Jan-2005
news
Fight moves on to restore diploma

20-Jan-2005
Jubilant campaigners have decided against resting on their laurels after rescuing the Cambridge School of Architecture and have instead set their sights on getting the university to reinstate its diploma course.
Tampering triggers cancer scare

20-Jan-2005
The concrete and cement industries have revealed details of a 'deliberate' incident that has seen the curse of concrete cancer loom over construction once again.
Aedas hits court for Jarvis cash

13-Jan-2005
London-based international architect Aedas has launched a legal bid to win unpaid fees from troubled contracting giant Jarvis.
FINDING A SILVER LINING

13-Jan-2005
The aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami was worse than many could have imagined. But could a small ray of light emerge from the crisis? Ed Dorrell looks at what architects are doing to help and goes on a search for positives
Salisbury threatened by expulsion as hearing aims to end ARB battle

13-Jan-2005
news
Hawkins\Brown risks wrath in bid to redevelop Park Hill Estate

20-Dec-2004
Hawkins\Brown is set to undertake the renovation and redevelopment of the Park Hill Estate in Sheffield, one of the UK's most important Modernist projects, the AJ can reveal.
Hold the headlines...

20-Dec-2004
They say that today's front-page news is tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper, but there were some stories in 2004 that ran and ran. Ed Dorrell casts his eye over these serial headline-makers and speculates about the year ahead
System meltdown

20-Dec-2004
No subject has been higher up the agenda this year than education.Ed Dorrell looks at some of the themes from the last 12 months and questions whether the necessary answers are out there
Aukett performs Europe U-turn with Italian sale

9-Dec-2004
news
Brunel's close encounter

9-Dec-2004
news
London Caffs

9-Dec-2004
review - By Edwin Heathcote. Photography by Sue Barr. Wiley, 2004. 169pp. £9.99
Quinlan Terry swoops to save Chelsea Pensioners

9-Dec-2004
news
Grimshaw's controversial Ellipse abandoned in shock RCA U-turn

2-Dec-2004
news
Rival schemes set to square up in Salford regeneration battle

2-Dec-2004
Two massive projects aimed at kick-starting regeneration in a swath of Salford are to fight it out before planners. The schemes - by AEW Architects and Arca Architects - are going head to head for the 'Greengate site' on the border with North Manchester.
Failed bid sparks more PFI fears

25-Nov-2004
Yet another major question mark has emerged over the Private Finance Initiative's (PFI) ability to make use of top architects, following the collapse of a design-led bid in Norwich.
Salisbury faces up to PCC threat

25-Nov-2004
ARB rebel Ian Salisbury is teetering on the brink of having to face a professional conduct committee (PCC) hearing.
Tories attack Welsh Assembly as Rogers costs spiral out of control

25-Nov-2004
A war of words has broken out over a hike in the cost of the Richard Rogers Partnership's (RRP) new National Assembly for Wales building in Cardiff.
Where next for CABE?

25-Nov-2004
With the imminent appointment of a new chair and the ongoing select committee investigation into its work, Ed Dorrell looks at the way forward for everyone's favourite design watchdog
Demolition threat leaves Hayward future in doubt

18-Nov-2004
Speculation is mounting that London's Hayward Gallery on the South Bank is coming under increased threat from the bulldozers.
Fund-raising chief slams 'pitiful'campaign effort

18-Nov-2004
news
Gateway bridge under threat as campaigners and council unite

18-Nov-2004
Serious and influential opposition to a cornerstone of the government's massive Thames Gateway proposals is gathering pace in south-east London.
SPORTING CHANCE

11-Nov-2004
ajenda - An unlikely collaboration of architects is working on a far-reaching bid for the 2012 Olympics that could regenerate east London, writes Ed Dorrell
ARB fuels foreign fees hike fury

4-Nov-2004
news
Ex-minister Smith heads pack in CABE chair race

4-Nov-2004
news
HOK stages shock Barts comeback

4-Nov-2004
news
Holyrood architect hit by second setback in the UK

4-Nov-2004
news
AHMM homes in on Barking start

28-Oct-2004
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) is set to start on site with these designs for a library, life-long learning centre and residential development in Barking town centre, east London.
'New efficiency laws are doomed'

28-Oct-2004
news
Alarm bells for Alsop as MD quits

14-Oct-2004
Speculation surrounding the financial stability of Alsop Architects has intensified following the departure of managing director James Allen.
Making something out of nothing

14-Oct-2004
Peter Eisenman, winner of the RIBA's Jencks Award, talks to Ed Dorrell about prizes, football and architectural education
Mediation set to save ailing appeal system

14-Oct-2004
The ODPM is on the verge of introducing a mediation system for small-scale appeals as a measure to relieve the current crisis in the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), the AJ has learned.
End in sight for Clissold dispute?

7-Oct-2004
The dispute at the heart of the Clissold Leisure Centre debacle in London's Stoke Newington looks to be nearing legal resolution.
Hill relieves Classicists' country house horror

7-Oct-2004
The Traditional Architecture Group (TAG) has claimed victory in its campaign to ensure that the new country house clause will allow Classical architects to win planning permission for large new homes in the country.
Inspirational Otto wins RIBA Gold

7-Oct-2004
The RIBA announced last week that the German architect and engineer Frei Otto, whose pioneering tensile structures have influenced many of the world's leading practitioners, has won this year's Royal Gold Medal.
Libeskind's Ground Zero sidelining a 'disgrace' claims angry Eisenman

7-Oct-2004
news
Aukett seeks merger for stability

30-Sep-2004
Aukett is looking to merge with 'another major commercial practice' as part of its move for stability following the boardroom disputes at the beginning of the year. The firm - Britain's best-known listed practice - has admitted that it needs a deal to improve its cash flow and financial position.
BRE in recruitment drive as it reveals designs on architecture

30-Sep-2004
news
Inspectorate faces crisis point

30-Sep-2004
news
ARB code 'open to client abuse'

23-Sep-2004
Clients are using a clause in the ARB's Code of Conduct to 'vindictively' attack architects that they have employed, members of the board have claimed.
DCMS sparks Brum listing row

23-Sep-2004
A dispute over the reasons behind the failed listing of a 1958 Modernist building has broken out in Birmingham.
'Disgraceful' insurance demands trigger anger

23-Sep-2004
news
Holyrood or bust

23-Sep-2004
ajenda
Cities Programme head quits post

16-Sep-2004
Ricky Burdett is set to step down from the directorship of the London School of Economics' (LSE) successful Cities Programme.
Mayor backs 'damaging' tower

16-Sep-2004
A row between London's mayor Ken Livingstone and one of Labour's leading local authorities has broken out over the future of a tower proposal by Michael Aukett Architects in west London.
Salisbury set for ARB court fight

16-Sep-2004
news
Labour boffins demand PFI probe

9-Sep-2004
A think tank closely allied to New Labour has demanded that research is 'urgently' carried out into the impact of the PFI procurement method on design standards.
Rogers library costs 'may double'

9-Sep-2004
The Richard Rogers Partnership's (RRP) proposals for a new Central Library in Birmingham are on the verge of being dropped amid drastic cost warnings.
King's Cross future under threat

2-Sep-2004
news
Scots shunned in timber row as Holyrood bosses turn to Europe

2-Sep-2004
news
Assael in High Court fees fight

26-Aug-2004
news
ARB fights to silence Salisbury

12-Aug-2004
The ARB has issued an injunction against rebel board member Ian Salisbury in an effort to end the publication of details of confidential legal advice.
Clause for celebration

12-Aug-2004
people
Livingstone vows to kill 'awful' London hospital

12-Aug-2004
Ken Livingstone's planning department has put in jeopardy HOK's plans for a massive new PFI hospital in London's Whitechapel.
PPG 7 CAMPAIGN SUCCEEDS

12-Aug-2004
The ODPM has made a major U-turn and given in to the AJ's PPG 7 'Save the Clause' campaign.
UCE head quits amid results furore

12-Aug-2004
The head of the University of Central England's (UCE) school of architecture has resigned following this year's appalling exam results, the AJ can reveal.
Freedom fighters

29-Jul-2004
people - Leading lights in the World Trade Center resurrection and tackling the Childs/Libeskind dispute head-on, Guy Battle and Chris McCarthy are not your average engineers
Hodder: 'Clissold should be open'

22-Jul-2004
news
Major appeal delays as 'creaking' inspectorate faces reform crisis

22-Jul-2004
Architects are facing up to massive delays in planning appeals due to recent reforms to the planning system, the AJ has learned.
Council blocks facing collapse as Packington fault 'is everywhere'

15-Jul-2004
news
Country house wins appeal first

15-Jul-2004
Adrian James Architects has amazed the planning and architecture fraternity by winning an appeal regarding its plans for a Modernist country house in the Cotswolds.
Rogers' library in doubt as Tories spark Brum renaissance rethink

15-Jul-2004
Birmingham's massive regeneration programme, including the Richard Rogers Partnership's new central library, has been left in turmoil following a change in political control at the city council.
Alsop dismayed as council opts for 'overly commercial' developers

8-Jul-2004
Will Alsop has warned that Barnsley council is risking the future of his practice's masterplan, which proposes the transformation of the town into a Yorkshire version of Lucca in Tuscany.
Pringle crowned RIBA president

8-Jul-2004
Jack Pringle has won the race to become the next president of the RIBA.
Government to announce £12bn Crossrail package 'within weeks'

1-Jul-2004
news
Government to announce £12bn Crossrail package 'within weeks'

1-Jul-2004
news
Home delivery

1-Jul-2004
She has a sound business background but is Lorraine Baldry best suited to chair the Thames Gateway Urban Development Corporation?
Home delivery

1-Jul-2004
She has a sound business background but is Lorraine Baldry best suited to chair the Thames Gateway Urban Development Corporation?
Damning CABE with faint praise

24-Jun-2004
Despite the resignation of Sir Stuart Lipton from his position as head of CABE, the publication last week of a report into possible conflicts of interest within the commission has left the design watchdog badly bruised
Hodder mounts private probe into Clissold row

24-Jun-2004
Stephen Hodder will today launch a counterattack in the ongoing dispute with Hackney council over the Clissold Leisure Centre debacle.
Rouse warns that urban reforms 'may be undone'

24-Jun-2004
The Housing Corporation's new chief executive, Jon Rouse, has issued a stark warning over government plans to loosen regulations banning out-of-town shopping schemes.
BCIA shortlist announced as entry numbers reach record level

17-Jun-2004
Judges have shortlisted 27 projects for this year's British Construction Industry Awards, sponsored by the AJ and sister magazine New Civil Engineer.
Foster loses out as Shuttleworth MAKEs Elephant and Castle mark

17-Jun-2004
news
Lipton will go, admit CABE bosses

17-Jun-2004
news
Prescott puts lock on Three Quays

17-Jun-2004
The government has come under fire this week after triggering delays to a controversial new development by Reid Architecture on the bank of the River Thames.
CABE settles on Medway council boss as Rouse successor

10-Jun-2004
CABE's commissioners have appointed a planning-trained regeneration expert as the design watchdog's new chief executive.
Hooked on Classics

10-Jun-2004
people
Pardey homes in for Forest trump

10-Jun-2004
This house by John Pardey Architects was yesterday set to go in front of the local development control committee in the New Forest.
Planners suspended in Audit report aftermath

10-Jun-2004
news
A new departure for King's Cross

3-Jun-2004
news
Gateway overrule a 'real concern'

3-Jun-2004
news
HSE design crackdown under way

3-Jun-2004
news
Rogers backs Owen in RIBA race as candidates call in the big guns

3-Jun-2004
news
AHMM towers to grace Liverpool

27-May-2004
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) is about to start on site in Liverpool with these £54 million plans that are set to transform the city's famous waterfront.
Hayward fears spark listing calls

27-May-2004
The Twentieth Century Society has reacted to growing concerns over the future of the South Bank Centre's Hayward Gallery by demanding that the Brutalist building be listed.
And finally? hooray for Holyrood

20-May-2004
news
ARB rejects calls for insurance cut

20-May-2004
The ARB has once again refused to bring in new rules to slash the level of Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) required from small-scale practices.
Ritchie to aid British Museum as the Great Court comes under fire

20-May-2004
news
Under starter's orders

20-May-2004
ajenda
BCI Awards gets most entries ever

13-May-2004
A record 226 projects have been submitted for entry at the British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards 2004.
In private hands

13-May-2004
people
NAO attack heaps safety pressure on profession

13-May-2004
The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched a searing attack on the health and safety record of architects and construction designers.
The education revolution begins

13-May-2004
The heads of schools alliance SCHOSA is on the verge of launching the biggest revolution in architectural education for a generation.
Architects to 'lose out' in EH cull

15-Apr-2004
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Masterplan confusion as BDP wins in Stockport

15-Apr-2004
BDP has become embroiled in controversy this week after it won a disputed competition to draw up a masterplan for the centre of Stockport.
Private Finance stuck in the LIFT

25-Mar-2004
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Twentieth Century Society in fight to save nation's sporting heritage

25-Mar-2004
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Urban focus at Civic Trust Awards

25-Mar-2004
Projects as diverse as a train station in Sunderland and a sound sculpture in Gateshead were celebrated last night as the Civic Trust dished out more than 40 awards at a ceremony in Bristol. The annual event - which this year focused on urban projects - also featured nine 'special awards', including a sustainability award for Bill Dunster's BedZED and an access award for Levitt Bernstein's LSO St Luke's in London's Islington.
Aukett's solidarity strike threat

18-Mar-2004
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Capital ambition

18-Mar-2004
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Farrell to masterplan Manchester renaissance

18-Mar-2004
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Housebuilders gather war chest to fight North West homes 'ban'

18-Mar-2004
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Schwartz park falls on stony ground

11-Mar-2004
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Twin Towers architect attacks design partner

11-Mar-2004
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'I would do it all over again' says beleaguered Holyrood architect

4-Mar-2004
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Inspectors in secret PPG 7 order

4-Mar-2004
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Planners prepare for design bonus

4-Mar-2004
Major planning departments are set to dramatically increase recruitment of design and architecture-qualified experts following an imminent change to regulations.
Good design key to planning vision

26-Feb-2004
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Greenside owners facing interview 'under caution'

26-Feb-2004
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Terrorists force embassy rethink

26-Feb-2004
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Academic community demands freedom from RIBA 'interference'

19-Feb-2004
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ARB brings in new rules to 'gag' rebel Salisbury

19-Feb-2004
The ARB has forced through a new set of confidentiality rules to silence Ian Salisbury and his campaign to pare back the regulator.
Piano retunes into London with Bloomsbury 'groundscraper'

19-Feb-2004
London will soon find itself with a second Renzo Piano building if these plans for a 'groundscraper' in Bloomsbury convince Camden's planning committee.
Festival Hall revamp 'unsound'

12-Feb-2004
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RIBA presidential race hots up

12-Feb-2004
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Aukett management in turmoil following shareholders' rebellion

5-Feb-2004
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Calls for modern pier to be a symbol for Brighton

5-Feb-2004
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Arup enters Camden Tube conflict

29-Jan-2004
Local campaigners fighting Jestico + Whiles' proposals for Camden Town Tube station have unveiled competing designs by Arup for the site.
M3 looks forward to holidays in eco 'Gro-tels'

29-Jan-2004
M3 Architects has developed these pod designs in response to a commission from holiday firm Thomson, which asked the practice to 'imagine the hotels of 2024'.
Minister encourages ARB debate

29-Jan-2004
Cabinet office minister Douglas Alexander has written to ARB rebel Ian Salisbury, challenging the profession to draw up its own plans for the reform of the regulator.
Secret architect joins in battle to save historic Canterbury tannery

29-Jan-2004
An anonymous architect has drawn up a set of alternative proposals for the controversial St Mildred's Tannery site in Canterbury.
SOM's plans for Belgian NATO HQ hit by controversial two-year delay

29-Jan-2004
Plans by SOM's London office for a massive new £300 million NATO headquarters in Belgium have already hit timetabling and design delays.
Taken to task

29-Jan-2004
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Council U-turn gives green light to ShedKM's 'Legoland' plans

22-Jan-2004
Birmingham City Council's planning committee has performed a major volte-face by giving consent to ShedKM's plans to redevelop the landmark Fort Dunlop warehouse.
Heritage bid 'will stifle Liverpool'

22-Jan-2004
Heritage campaigners are using Liverpool waterfront's World Heritage Site (WHS) application as an excuse to 'drop a cloak of conservation' over the city, local groups have warned.
Heritage lobby forces Mather to rethink Ashmolean Museum plan

22-Jan-2004
Heritage campaigners have forced changes to Rick Mather Architects' proposals for the redesign of Charles Cockerell's Grade I-listed Ashmolean Museum.
Lib Dem big-hitter Hughes joins the campaign to save the country house

22-Jan-2004
The Liberal Democrats' candidate for mayor has joined the growing band of MPs supporting the AJ's campaign to save the PPG 7 country house clause.
Conical hillscape heads for Ealing

15-Jan-2004
East London-based art2architecture is set to start on site with these proposals for a new park on Northala Fields in Ealing, west London.
Feilden Clegg Bradley returns for Malawi project

15-Jan-2004
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has landed a second job in Malawi after a New York charity heard details of the practice's first unpaid project there.
Radical Roche's bid for president

15-Jan-2004
Maverick RIBA councillor Chris Roche has announced plans to run for the institute's presidency in this year's election, under a radical manifesto of change. Roche's proposals include both a members' referendum on dropping the royal charter and plans to fund a new headquarters in King's Cross through the sale of current headquarters, 66 Portland Place.
Architects first

8-Jan-2004
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Fierce row erupts between rivals over Croydon Gateway proposals

8-Jan-2004
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Grimshaw set to create waves in Melbourne rail station redesign

8-Jan-2004
Grimshaw has unveiled the latest images of its new Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, Australia.
UK practice flattered by 'striking similarity' of Freedom Tower design

8-Jan-2004
A small Bristol-based practice has claimed the new design for the World Trade Center, recently unveiled by Daniel Libeskind and David Childs, bears an uncanny resemblance to its own competition entry.
Anxiety at Barker's prefab push

18-Dec-2003
The Town and Country Planning Association has issued a stark warning over the Barker Review's commitment to prefabrication.
'Disastrous' EU directive kills off hopes for protection of function

18-Dec-2003
British architects campaigning for the introduction of protection of architectural function have seen their hopes quashed by a new European Union ruling.
Farnsworth saved in last ditch bid

18-Dec-2003
Campaigners have successfully raised $6.7 million (£3.6-4.2 million) and secured Mies van der Rohe's seminal Farnsworth House at a Sotheby's auction in New York last Friday.
Alsop Cloud losing race to meet 2008 culture target

4-Dec-2003
Alsop Architects' controversial Fourth Grace in Liverpool is unlikely to be finished in time for the 2008 Capital of Culture celebrations, the AJ has learnt.
Miralles was 'best of a bad bunch', inquiry told

4-Dec-2003
Serious concerns were raised over the ability of Enric Miralles to design the Scottish parliament before the project even started on site, the Holyrood inquiry heard this week.
RIBA agrees deal for conservation register

4-Dec-2003
The RIBA has agreed a deal with the Architects Accredited in Building Conservation group (AABC) to develop a joint register of architects approved to work on listed buildings.
Trading agency triggers fee crisis

4-Dec-2003
The Office of Fair Trading has forced the RIBA to shelve its Recommended Fees Guidance, a move that observers have warned will slash incomes for small practices.
Campaigners fight for Paisley's Modern offices

27-Nov-2003
Heritage campaigners in Scotland are on the verge of rescuing a series of Modernist council offices from under the noses of the officers that inhabit them.
Eldridge Smerin's country classic

27-Nov-2003
Eldridge Smerin Architects has won planning permission for this PPG 7 country house outside Staplehurst in Kent.
Prince and Prescott look east

27-Nov-2003
Prince Charles' theories on urbanism are set to be the driving force behind the massive Thames Gateway housebuilding programme, John Prescott has revealed.
Developers flee the London Plan

20-Nov-2003
Many of the UK's biggest residential developers are deserting the capital, citing Ken Livingstone's London Plan as the cause, the AJ has learnt.
Brits make headway to rebuild Iraq

6-Nov-2003
British architects are gearing up to win major schemes in the postwar reconstruction effort in Iraq.
Equality lobby hits out at ad casting 'stereotype'

6-Nov-2003
A war of words has broken out between the RIBA's equal opportunities lobby and a London-based casting agent. Both Architects for Change (AfC) and the Society of Black Architects (SOBA) are 'furious'with Heather March Casting after it specified a 'Caucasian' to pose as an architect in a new campaign.
NY governor calls on architects to end World Trade Center wrangling

6-Nov-2003
The governor of New York has called on Daniel Libeskind and SOM's David Childs to stop squabbling over the site of the World Trade Center .
RIBA agreement to give year-out students a major boost in income

6-Nov-2003
The RIBA and its student off-shoot Archaos have agreed a new increased 'minimum wage' for students taken on by practices in their year out.
Ushida Findlay joins Maggie's 'starchitects'

6-Nov-2003
Ushida Findlay Architects has joined the ranks of Frank Gehry and Richard Rogers by agreeing to design a Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre.
Associated Architects out of tune with locals over Brum recital hall

30-Oct-2003
Birmingham-based Associated Architects' plans to construct a new organ recital hall next to the Midlands' only Grade I-listed railway station have met with hostility from conservationists.
Chipperfield proposals anger Hampstead locals

30-Oct-2003
David Chipperfield Architects has attracted controversy this week by proposing designs for a series of new luxury apartment buildings on the periphery of London's Hampstead Heath (pictured).
Consultation chaos for PRP's New Osbaldwick

30-Oct-2003
The public consultation process for PRP Architects' planned urban village of New Osbaldwick has descended into disarray, the AJ has learnt.
RIBA Council shocked by sexist comments

23-Oct-2003
RIBA councillor Peter Phillips was condemned last week following a speech in which he called for an end to the campaign to stop sexism in architecture.
RIBA faces up to financial crisis

23-Oct-2003
The RIBA has responded to a major financial crisis by proposing cuts to the services it offers members.
Ryder set for PFI healthcare first

23-Oct-2003
The world's ninth biggest practice, Ryder HKS, is set to challenge the status quo in healthcare PFI projects by becoming the first architecture firm to financially lead a consortium, the AJ has learnt.
After Barnsley, Alsop adds Bradford to its northern regeneration

16-Oct-2003
Alsop Architects has unveiled its masterplan for Bradford, which includes the creation of a city-centre urban park surrounding a new lake in front of City Hall.
Bartlett students 'are not ready for practice', say RIBA inspectors

16-Oct-2003
Many of the Bartlett's students are leaving its diploma course unfit to practice in architecture, a RIBA visiting board has said.
Opponents fight on over Foster's Edinburgh Royal Infirmary scheme

16-Oct-2003
Scotland's heritage lobby has demanded the Scottish Parliament calls in Foster and Partners' £400 million project for the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Three of Britain's best gear up for modern day Battle of Hastings

16-Oct-2003
An impressive three-strong shortlist is fighting it out in a competition for a new civic space on the Hastings waterfront.
Banned architect seeks ARB U-turn

9-Oct-2003
An Altrincham-based architect struck off the ARB register for unprofessional conduct is bidding to have the decision overturned at a fresh professional conduct committee next week.
CABE Space campaign leaves Geordies fuming

9-Oct-2003
CABE Space has sparked controversy in Newcastle this week following the nomination of two muchloved open spaces as 'wasted space' in the design watchdog's latest campaign.
Modernism ban set to hit 'deeply unimaginative' new Urban Village

9-Oct-2003
A 'ban on Modernism' will dictate all the designs in a new Urban Village developed for the Bournville Trust, the AJ has learnt.
Prescott heralds 'new era' for house building

9-Oct-2003
Deputy prime minister John Prescott is preparing to unveil a mammoth house-building programme on publicly owned land.
An inspector calls

2-Oct-2003
Katrine Sporle has been charged with making the Planning Inspectorate a leaner, more efficient organisation, and she believes she can make a real difference It is a safe bet that the Planning Inspectorate is currently a very unpopular organisation in the office of Chapman Taylor Architects.
ARB remit set to expand to protect 'duped' public

2-Oct-2003
The government has asked the ARB to take the first step towards protection of architectural function.
Archaos calls for transparency

2-Oct-2003
Student leaders have demanded that schools of architecture reveal their ARB/RIBA validation status, as thousands of freshers begin their courses ignorant of the issue.
Conservationists launch fresh attack on Foster's Great Court

2-Oct-2003
Foster and Partners' Stirlingshortlisted British Museum Great Court became mired in further controversy last week as local conservationists demanded changes to the completed project.
Foster & Rogers in lobbying drive

2-Oct-2003
Lords Foster and Rogers have thrown their collective weight behind a campaign to put design quality at the forefront of the government's Sustainable Communities Plan.
Locals to vote for Stockton bridge

2-Oct-2003
The backers of a major regeneration project in the North East have announced a stellar shortlist for a new pedestrian bridge in Stockton-on-Tees.
New York seeks entries for Olympic village first

2-Oct-2003
Backers of New York's bid for the 2012 Olympic Games have launched a design competition for an athletes' village to house the 16,000 competitors.
Stockport in masterplan furore

2-Oct-2003
The winner of a competition to masterplan Stockport's town centre has condemned the local council after it issued a fresh OJEC notice for the same site.
Anshen Dyer hospital under threat after fresh cost scrutiny

25-Sep-2003
Alarm over the 'affordability' of Anshen Dyer's mammoth £422 million PFI project at the Manchester Royal Infirmary has left the future of the scheme in doubt.
'Misleading' letter confuses country house issue

25-Sep-2003
The government has insisted it remains open to proposals for new country houses, despite the revisions to its countryside guidance, PPS 7, which was published last week.
Residents to decide fate of Grimshaw's high-rise

25-Sep-2003
The Corporation of London has put the future of Grimshaw's 43-storey Minerva Tower into the hands of a 350-strong group of local residents.
Mayor to back Ritchie as battle lines are drawn

11-Sep-2003
Ken Livingstone has reacted with dismay to Southwark council's decision to reject Ian Ritchie Architects' proposals for a cluster of small towers on London's Potters' Fields.
Revealed: the runners and riders on 2003 Stirling Prize shortlist

11-Sep-2003
A £16,000 ferry terminal in the Inner Hebrides and a £26 million office development in central London are among the six buildings to have made it onto the shortlist for the 2003 Stirling Prize. Unveiled for the first time in this week's AJ, the six candidates, including Foster and Partners' Great Court and Bill Dunster's BedZED, will battle it out for the honour of succeeding Wilkinson Eyre's Millennium Bridge in Gateshead, which landed the £20,000 prize last year.
RIBA and V&A in toast to mystery benefactor

11-Sep-2003
A mysterious donation of £1.8 million to the RIBA and V&A Museum's Architecture for All campaign has left fundraisers amazed.
Demolition order looms large over swathes of Lutyens' New Delhi

4-Sep-2003
Western conservationists have reacted with horror at plans to demolish a vast swathe of Sir Edwin Lutyens' New Delhi complex.
Gummer calls on architects to join country house battle

4-Sep-2003
Former Tory environment minister John Gummer has stepped up the campaign to stop the government abandoning the PPG 7 country house clause.
Hamilton leads the way for Alsop in Barnsley

4-Sep-2003
Hamilton Associates has won an invited competition to design the first phase of Will Alsop's masterplan for Barnsley.
Opposition mounting to Liverpool heritage bid

4-Sep-2003
A group representing Liverpool's business community has attacked plans to turn much of the city's riverfront into a World Heritage Site.
Southwark leaves Ritchie fuming

4-Sep-2003
Ian Ritchie Architects' scheme for a 'cluster of mini-towers' on London's Potters' Fields drew a volley of criticism on Monday evening before being thrown out by Southwark council's planning committee.
Further delays to push Scottish Assembly costs past £500m

28-Aug-2003
The escalating cost of RMJM and Enric Miralles' Scottish Assembly building is likely to exceed the £500 million mark, experts are warning.
'Questionable' U2 Dublin tower competition hits the wrong note

28-Aug-2003
An anonymous competition to design a new skyscraper and recording studio for rock group U2 in Dublin has sparked a series of claims and counterclaims over the 'probity' of its organisation.
Selfridges ready to reveal itself

28-Aug-2003
Future Systems' long-anticipated Selfridges in Birmingham is on the verge of opening its doors to the shopping public.
Anger at 'crude' museum changes

14-Aug-2003
Edinburgh's architectural community has reacted with horror at plans to make 'gratuitous changes' to Benson and Forsyth's award-winning Museum of Scotland.
Anger at Paddington demolition

14-Aug-2003
Conservationists have reacted with horror to Westminster council's decision that it is minded to support Grimshaw's plans to demolish one of Paddington Station's celebrated sheds.
Can Prescott's plan create more than just acres of bland boxes?

14-Aug-2003
John Prescott claims he is finally fleshing out his ambitions for the Communities Plan. But what will it mean? Will the architectural community be involved? And will it deliver any real results?
De Montfort faces legal challenge from students

14-Aug-2003
Architecture students have met with a Leicester law firm to discuss launching legal action against De Montfort University.
Cracking the whip

31-Jul-2003
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End for architecture in red-brick universities looming, experts warn

31-Jul-2003
The demise of Cambridge University's Part 2 course could signal the beginning of the end for architectural education in Britain's red-brick universities, experts have warned.
Ken Livingstone's solar surprise

31-Jul-2003
Backers of this solar power station - by Alan Conisbee Associates and Yellow Architecture - have demanded that London mayor Ken Livingstone reassesses his surprising decision to refuse it planning permission.
Tough choices face hard-up RIBA

31-Jul-2003
The RIBA is facing a financial crisis that could lead to a raft of redundancies in the institute's staff and a potential cut in its service provision for members.
Conservationists move to block Eldridge Smerin's Bath house

24-Jul-2003
Conservationists have launched a withering attack on Eldridge Smerin's plans for a one-off house in Bath's World Heritage Site after it won planning permission last week.
EH warns of threat to 'architectural icons'

24-Jul-2003
English Heritage has published the 2003 edition of its Buildings at Risk Register (BAR), highlighting a number of 'outstanding historical buildings' currently under threat of demolition.
Flying in the face of the cold war

24-Jul-2003
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has drawn inspiration from the Berlin Wall for its new £11.2 million Cold War Aviation Museum in Shropshire.
Hard-up Cambridge drops diploma

24-Jul-2003
Cambridge University has startled the architectural world with news that it has decided to abandon its Part 2 diploma course.
OFT forces RIBA hand over bidding wars

24-Jul-2003
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is set to force the RIBA to make radical changes to its Code of Practice. The move will compel the institute to support bidding wars for major schemes.
ARB exam failure rate exposes De Montfort standards gap

10-Jul-2003
A 'vast proportion' of this year's De Montfort University architecture graduates have failed the ARB assessment exams they were forced to take after the school lost prescription.
Future Systems' Selfridges under attack over lack of natural lighting

10-Jul-2003
Future Systems' new landmark Selfridges building in Birmingham has come under fire this week from a leading health and safety campaigner with the Construction Industry Council (CIC).
Sexual equality 'a generation off'

10-Jul-2003
Dismantling the 'deep-rooted problems' of sexism in architecture will take at least a generation to achieve, experts warned this week.
Alsop fumes at Blackfriars snub

3-Jul-2003
Will Alsop has criticised the decision to sideline him on the project for a new Thameslink station at London's Blackfriars.
Design Buro slams 'shallow' CABE

3-Jul-2003
A Midlands-based practice savaged in a CABE design review has attacked the agency's 'shallow response' to the project.
Ferguson urged to show courage

3-Jul-2003
In the week George Ferguson (pictured) takes over the presidency of the RIBA, a leading radical in council has called on him to bring in sweeping changes.
'Improved' UCE school set to regain ARB validation following inspection

3-Jul-2003
The University of Central England's school of architecture is on the verge of winning back unconditional validation from the Architects' Registration Board.
Lax schools face fines over CDM

26-Jun-2003
The TUC and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) are pushing the government to fine architecture schools that fail to fully train students in the CDM Regulations.
Reciprocal agreement to open doors to China

26-Jun-2003
A deal that will open up China's vast architectural market to British practices is in the pipeline, the AJ has learnt.
Court showdown looming for Grimshaw's Bath Spa

19-Jun-2003
Grimshaw's troubled Bath Spa project has hit further delays and could be heading for the courts in a row over the spiralling cost of the scheme.
North West hit by blanket ban on new homes in planning fiasco

19-Jun-2003
Confusion over new planning guidance in the north west of England has forced many of the region's councils to put a blanket ban on all new housing for the next three years.
Eric Parry fields masterplan for St Martin's

12-Jun-2003
Eric Parry Architects has unveiled the first images of its plans for the radical revamp of London's St Martin-in-the-Fields church, writes Ed Dorrell. The design - submitted for planning this week - includes a masterplan of James Gibbs'church, redevelops the 18th century crypt, and redesigns the adjacent vicarage, vestry and school.
GLA's Gavron fires broadside at 'dangerously elitist architects'

12-Jun-2003
London's out-going deputy mayor, Nicky Gavron (left), has launched a sweeping attack on architects for their attitude to housing design.
Irish land Egyptian museum prize

12-Jun-2003
Little-known Dublin practice Heneghan.Peng.Architects (HPA)has won the long-awaited competition for a £350 million museum of antiquities next to the pyramids in Giza. The office saw off competition from 1,557 practices in 83 countries competing for the US$250,000 Grand Egyptian Museum prize, including a host of high-profile Brits.The 113 UK-based practices known to have entered included Will Alsop Architects, Future Systems, Zaha Hadid Architects, Aedas AHR with QUAD Design and ...
Architecture schools fail to help study on ethnic minority students

5-Jun-2003
Schools have failed to cooperate with a landmark study into the problems faced by ethnic minorities in architectural education, researchers have claimed.
Network Rail draws up plans to bulldoze historic Edinburgh station

5-Jun-2003
Network Rail and the Strategic Rail Authority are drawing up plans to demolish Edinburgh's historic Grade A-listed Waverley Station, one of the UK's finest examples of railway architecture.
Bracing brace of proposals for Brighton pier

29-May-2003
Two more practices have stepped into the row over the future of Brighton's West Pier, proposing alternative modern schemes for the site.
Budget switch threat to education specialists

29-May-2003
The funding crisis hitting schools across England and Wales could seriously damage practices specialising in education, the RIBA has warned.
FaulknerBrowns axed in Cardiff

29-May-2003
Cardiff City Council has dismissed the lead architect of its vast £700 million International Sports Village development, FaulknerBrowns, following arguments over the scheme's future.
Foster forced to revise design for new urban quarter in Edinburgh

29-May-2003
Foster and Partners has radically reworked its £400 million masterplan for Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary following pressure from local campaigners and the Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland (RFACS).
Election swing threatens King Alfred competition

22-May-2003
Brighton and Hove City Council's local election result is threatening its King Alfred competition, which sees US heavyweight Frank Gehry pitted against double Stirling Prize winner Wilkinson Eyre Architects. The swing from a Labour majority to a hung council will give opponents of the scheme - for a housing development and leisure centre in Hove - a powerful voice on the council. Gehry and Wilkinson Eyre are the remaining shortlisted practices, after Richard Rogers Partnership's scheme ...
Hadid completes American first in Cincinnati

22-May-2003
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed this $20.2 million (£12.4 million) new building for the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in Cincinnati.
Hyett's drive towards sustainable development 'will be my legacy'

22-May-2003
Outgoing RIBA president Paul Hyett has called on members to be at the forefront of the battle to 'save the planet'. He wants architects to take the lead within construction, moving the industry towards a more 'energy-efficient future'.
New Welsh Assembly relegates PFI to second choice for procurement

15-May-2003
The re-elected Welsh Labour Party has downgraded the controversial Private Finance Initiative, reasserting the primacy of traditional procurement. From now on PFI will be considered 'second choice' when the Welsh Assembly assesses how to fund new buildings.
Second blaze at Brighton's West Pier prompts accusations of arson

15-May-2003
The owners of Brighton's historic West Pier have accused militant opponents of restoration plans by KSS Sport + Leisure for the two fires that have ravaged the pier.
Student hardship fund in crisis

15-May-2003
Britain's only fund for poverty-stricken architecture students is set to run dry within a year unless there is drastic action, the AJ has learnt.
MPs mount campaign to save Art Deco pub as last orders are called

8-May-2003
A group of MPs has launched a last ditch effort to save 'London's most complete Art Deco public house' from the bulldozers.
Chelmsford council leaves PPG 7 'in the hands of the Classicists'

1-May-2003
Chelmsford Borough Council has flown in the face of CABE and its planners by turning down James Gorst Architects' designs for a new modern country house in the Green Belt.
Herzog & de Meuron's Chinese bird's nest swoop

1-May-2003
Herzog & de Meuron has won the competition to design a new 100,000capacity Olympic Stadium in Beijing, the centrepiece of the 2008 games.
HSE to clamp down on practices that flout CDM safety regulations

1-May-2003
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is readying itself for a fresh offensive against architects and construction design professionals to enforce the CDM regulations.
Olympics competition threat to Lea Valley masterplans

24-Apr-2003
The London Development Agency's decision to launch a design competition for an Olympics site in east London is threatening two existing masterplans for the Lea Valley.
Alsop's Walsall wonderland

17-Apr-2003
Alsop Architects has won a competition to develop a strategic framework for a 7ha waterfront site in Walsall for Urban Splash.
Lottery crisis hits urban projects

17-Apr-2003
The Heritage Lottery Fund is suffering from a drought in funds that will threaten the quality of Britain's civic architecture, experts have warned.
Planning battle hots up over Aukett supermarket scheme

17-Apr-2003
Local campaigners have demanded the government call in Michael Aukett Architects' designs for a vast new Waitrose supermarket planned for Wallingford in Oxfordshire.
Small practices to ignore EU's flexible working rules

17-Apr-2003
Many small practices will ignore new European Union regulations on working conditions that came into force last Wednesday, the RIBA has warned.
BDP's £750m Liverpool masterplan hit by objections

10-Apr-2003
BDP's £750 million redevelopment of Liverpool's Paradise Street area is facing serious delays following local objections to a series of Compulsory Purchase Orders.
Livingstone planning move is 'undemocratic', claim Tories

10-Apr-2003
Conservatives have accused London mayor Ken Livingstone of further damaging democratic accountability in the capital's planning process.
Rogers in Welsh 'intimidation' row

10-Apr-2003
Wales' top civil servant has accused Lord Rogers of 'intimidation' after a heated correspondence with the Labour peer over the Welsh Assembly project.
UNISON launches attack on 'shoddy' PFI hospital designs

10-Apr-2003
Public-sector trade union UNISON has launched a fresh offensive against the 'failure of design' in PFIprocured hospitals. Its report, The PFI Experience:
House of Lords rejection set to scupper Planning Bill

3-Apr-2003
Serious delays in the House of Lords are set to hit the long-awaited Planning Bill, with one eminent peer even predicting the government will scrap it.
London plan 'will damage design'

3-Apr-2003
Business leaders have warned that mayor Ken Livingstone's draft London Plan will result in an 'escalation in planners meddling in building design'. The CBI and business association London First said they believed the plan will allow GLA and local authority planners too much power to 'dictate architecture'.
Women 'forced out by overt sexism'

3-Apr-2003
Architecture is institutionally sexist and regularly flouts equal opportunities legislation, a new study has found. Many practices make working life untenable for women, forcing them to leave the profession early in their careers, the survey for campaigning group Women in Architecture will officially reveal in May.
DCMS listing reform set to 'threaten Modernist icons'

27-Mar-2003
Government plans to radically restructure the UK's listing system will threaten some of Britain's greatest post-war architecture, conservationists have warned.
Software 'police' target architects

27-Mar-2003
The world's largest software firms are to target British architectural practices in a fresh crackdown on piracy and the unlicensed use of programs.
Theatre campaigners step up fight over Alsop's Puddle Dock

27-Mar-2003
Opponents of Alsop Architects' first commercial scheme in London (pictured) have vowed to fight on, despite the £55 million mixed-use Puddle Dock development securing planning permission.
Brits to miss out on Iraq rebuild

20-Mar-2003
British architects are set to lose out on a 'vast financial opportunity' in the reconstruction of Iraq because US companies have already sewn up all the biggest deals.
Legal threats fly over KPF scheme for Covent Garden

20-Mar-2003
The Covent Garden Community Association has threatened a Kohn Pedersen Fox project with 'High Court legal action' if it wins planning consent from Westminster City Council next month.
RIBA urges caution in use of Indian CAD sub-contractors

20-Mar-2003
The escalating use of Indian CAD sub-contractors to cut overheads in British practices is threatening the design process, the RIBA has warned.
Fraser's design threat to Murray's Princes Gallery

13-Mar-2003
New designs by Malcolm Fraser Architects for Edinburgh's historic Princes Street could usurp a competition-winning scheme by Allan Murray Architects for the same site.
Brighton pier schemes set to battle it out at public inquiry

6-Mar-2003
The two competing schemes for Brighton's Grade I-listed West Pier are expected to go head-to-head in a public inquiry later this year.
Costs spiral on Snøhetta and Spence's Turner Centre

6-Mar-2003
Costs on Snøhetta and Spence's Turner Centre in Margate have rocketed threefold even before contractors have started on site.
Education minister admits to rethink on PFI for schools Rogers reaches for the sky

6-Mar-2003
The government is set to rein in the Private Finance Initiative in school construction, following warnings about design standards.
Wilkinson Eyre falls foul of downturn in the market

6-Mar-2003
Developer Tishman Speyer Properties has shelved Wilkinson Eyre's office-led Aldgate Union scheme, planned for London's Tower Hamlets.
Architects to lead energy campaign

27-Feb-2003
Energy efficiency was catapulted to the forefront of architecture and construction policy this week following the publication of the government's new Energy White Paper.
Brits set to work freely in US following talks breakthrough

27-Feb-2003
British-trained architects will soon be allowed to work freely in the US following a major breakthrough in talks on the mutual recognition of qualifications. The Architects' Council of Europe (ACE) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have agreed a framework that should see an official agreement signed in May 2004. The deal will end one of the most acrimonious disputes between the RIBA and its US counterparts. The institute has long demanded that its qualifications are recognised ...
EU backs eastern European schools without inspection

27-Feb-2003
The EU is set to recognise all schools of architecture in the countries joining the union in 2005 without checking their standards or qualifications.
Liverpool Vision blows full-time on Everton FC's HOK stadium

27-Feb-2003
HOK Sport+Event+Venue's plan for a new 55,000-seater stadium for Everton Football Club has been written off by its chief backer, regeneration firm Liverpool Vision.
Brain drain abroad hits UK architecture schools

20-Feb-2003
A failure to fill senior academic posts is threatening standards in architectural education and research, experts have warned.
Council attacks RIBA over chamber refurb designs

20-Feb-2003
The RIBA's ruling council last week reacted with horror to Allies and Morrison's newly completed refurbishment of the Grade II-listed council chamber at Portland Place.
EH triggers chaos in conservation

20-Feb-2003
Architects working with listed buildings will soon be forced to seek accreditation in a new scheme that critics warn will lead to chaos.
Livingstone left 'fuming' over Grimshaw's Battersea win

20-Feb-2003
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has attacked Wandsworth council for granting planning permission to Grimshaw's £500 million Battersea Power Station redevelopment (pictured).
Section 106 to be used 'on even the smallest schemes'

13-Feb-2003
Councils will soon be empowered to use Section 106 agreements on all housing schemes - even the smallest private projects, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has decided.
London Plan is 'dead in the water'

6-Feb-2003
Plans to shelve some of the capital's most important transport upgrades have jeopardised the future of Ken Livingstone's draft London Plan.
Mayor demands more cash to fix City Hall problems

6-Feb-2003
Tories and Liberal Democrats within the Greater London Assembly joined forces this week to condemn Foster and Partners' City Hall building.
Small firms slam student debt plans

6-Feb-2003
Small practices have poured cold water on the government's suggestion that employers should step in to relieve the funding crisis facing architectural education.
Heritage lobby warns of PFI threat to court buildings

30-Jan-2003
The Private Finance Initiative is threatening many of Britain's most historic court buildings, two major heritage organisations have claimed. SAVE Britain's Heritage and the Institute of Historic Building Preservation (IHBP) have both warned that the procurement method leaves many listed court buildings vacant and at risk of falling into disrepair.
RIBA supports London's 2012 Olympic Games bid

30-Jan-2003
The RIBA has come out in favour of a London bid to host the Olympics in 2012 and has urged the government to give the idea its full backing.
Seifert's City tower faces demolition after listing failure

30-Jan-2003
Richard Seifert's 1967 Drapers' Gardens tower in the City of London (pictured) remains under threat, following arts minister Baroness Blackstone's decision not to grant the building listed status.
The 'divided' future of architectural education

30-Jan-2003
Ed Dorrell reports on the implications of the government's proposed changes to university funding in its long-awaited Higher Education White Paper
Allerton Bywater project faces further setbacks on site

23-Jan-2003
The government's flagship regeneration project, the £80 million Allerton Bywater Millennium Community by Aire Design and Broadway Malyan, has suffered yet more delays. Problems with the site have set the start of construction back to late summer, four years later than originally planned.
Developer vows to fight flats demolition order in Edinburgh

23-Jan-2003
The developer behind a £1 million block of 14 luxury flats in Edinburgh designed by Keith Cunningham Architects has threatened legal action after the city council demanded that the development be demolished.
Students 'inundate' LSE with complaints over Foster library

23-Jan-2003
Complaints about Foster and Partners' £30 million library at the London School of Economics have dogged the building since it opened 18 months ago, the AJ has learnt.
Audit quango hammers PFI design

16-Jan-2003
One of the government's most influential quangos has concluded that there are 'major problems' in the design of PFI schools, in a report that undermines New Labour's favoured procurement policy.
Design champions 'failing to make a difference', says MP

16-Jan-2003
Debra Shipley MP, Parliament's self-appointed architectural representative, has condemned the government's 'Design Champion' initiative, claiming the policy has 'failed to make any substantive difference'. Shipley said the much-heralded scheme - to ensure that construction carried out by government departments is of a high design standard - should be abandoned in its current form and reinvented at a local level.
Local MP launches attack at Newcastle's quayside plans

16-Jan-2003
A Newcastle MP has made a clarion call against Carey Jones Architects' £47 million development proposed for the city's quayside.
Locals fume at 'illegal' demolition of Irish landmark

16-Jan-2003
Heritage campaigners in Northern Ireland have attacked the province's government for sitting by while one of Londonderry's most-treasured landmarks is demolished illegally. The owner of the B+ listed (equivalent to Grade II*) Victorian Tillie & Henderson Fabric factory is knocking it down in stages without having secured planning permission.
RIBA fails to advise members as pensions crisis takes hold

16-Jan-2003
The RIBA has failed to prepare any advice for its members on the pensions crisis hitting the economy, the AJ has learnt.
Alsop's New Street scheme facing uncertain future

9-Jan-2003
Plans for an Alsop Architects' revamp of Birmingham New Street Station are already beset with both financial and practical problems.
Ferguson in Brighton pier storm

9-Jan-2003
The RIBA's president-elect has walked into a storm of protests after calling for KSS Sport and Leisure Design's plans for Brighton's West Pier to be shelved in favour of a fresh design competition.
'Ambiguous' Bishopsgate ruling supports demolition

14-Nov-2002
The latest chapter in the legal battle over the future of London's historic Bishopsgate Goods Yard viaduct has ended, with both London Underground (LUL) and the London Railway Heritage Society (LRHS) claiming victory.
Camden set to reject 'Modernism'

14-Nov-2002
The London Borough of Camden has thrown out a planning application for Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' £20 million cancer research centre at University College London, with the planning committee citing 'poor design standards'. And in a warning to other architects, the committee's chair has given notice that the council is gearing up to 'break the unthinking Modernist fan club'.
Queen's speech spells end of county planning powers

14-Nov-2002
The Queen was expected to outline plans in her speech for a radical overhaul of the UK's planning system, as the AJ went to press. The reforms - which will come in the form of a Planning Bill in the next session of Parliament - will see the end of county councils as a power in the planning process.
'Social housing will adopt prefab within 10 years'

7-Nov-2002
The chief executive of housing association giant the Peabody Trust believes most social housing developments will have prefab factories onsite within 10 years. Richard McCarthy told an Urban Summit-themed session that the future of mass social house building lies with prefabrication.
Draft EU directive could kill UK protection of title

31-Oct-2002
A new directive proposed by the European Union poses a threat to British architects' protection of title. The RIBA fears that changes to EU law - currently under debate in the European Parliament - could see technologists and engineers flooding into architecture. Eventually the move could lead to an end to registration and the demise of the ARB, it has warned.
Institutional racism in schools is 'rife', declares RIBA group

31-Oct-2002
Campaigners for racial equality have accused schools of architecture of being institutionally racist, with an organisational set up that discriminates against ethnic minorities. Education is the main culprit behind the drought of black and Asian architects in the UK, according to RIBA offshoot Architects for Change.
Racist comment triggers Civic Trust Awards boycott

31-Oct-2002
The chair of the RIBA offshoot Architects for Change is boycotting the Civic Trust Awards, following alleged racist comments by one of the scheme's volunteers. Sumita Sinha, who has served as an assessor on the scheme for three years, has informed the trust that it cannot call on her services until it guarantees that racism is a thing of the past.
Urbanists demand 'radical' summit

31-Oct-2002
A coalition of movers and shakers from the world of architecture, planning and urban renewal has challenged today's Urban Summit in Birmingham to commit to a revolutionary regeneration agenda.
Nicholas Hare's Birmingham college to face legal challenge

24-Oct-2002
Local campaigners are set to launch legal action against Nicholas Hare Architects' plans for a sixthform college in Birmingham after it won planning permission last week.
Stirling winner gets knocked back

24-Oct-2002
Double Stirling Prize-winner Wilkinson Eyre Architects was brought firmly down to earth last week when a scheme it designed for Anglia Polytechnic University was rejected by the local council on design grounds.
Farrell's Lots Road scheme falls into planning 'disarray'

17-Oct-2002
Terry Farrell & Partners' long-awaited £350 million Lots Road Power Station redevelopment in Chelsea (pictured) has fallen into further disarray, following a second refusal by Hammersmith and Fulham council's planning committee.
Hyett fires 'end to ARB' broadside

10-Oct-2002
RIBA president Paul Hyett has demanded the end of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), citing 'ever-increasing bureaucracy' and recent hikes in minimum Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) cover.
RIBA Yorkshire hands out White Rose design awards

10-Oct-2002
Stanton Williams, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Wales Wales and Rawson are the three winners of this year's Yorkshire White Rose Awards for Design Excellence.
RIBA's 16 per cent subs hike will see members' exodus

10-Oct-2002
Small practitioners have reacted with horror to RIBA's plans for a 16 per cent hike in subscriptions. They warn that the jump - from £250 to £290 per annum - could trigger a mass exodus from the institution as small practitioners see a simultaneous jump in ARB fees and Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII) cover.
Foster and Libeskind make final six to rebuild WTC

3-Oct-2002
The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) has shortlisted Foster and Partners, Studio Daniel Libeskind, New York-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, together with three collaborative teams to design the replacement for the World Trade Center.
Fury at Edinburgh Castle neighbour

3-Oct-2002
The Royal Fine Art Commission for Scotland has called on Edinburgh City Council to throw out Reiach and Hall Architects' £45 million plans for one of the city's most sensitive sites. A letter sent by the commission to the city's planning chiefs - highlighting what it sees as significant problems with the Haymarket scheme - has prompted a furious response from the architects.
Government gets 'wake-up call' over PFI design issues

3-Oct-2002
The RIBA has welcomed the pressure put on the government at this week's Labour Party conference over the Private Finance Initiative (PFI), believing it could result in improved design standards on the scheme. PFI experts believe the wrangling could represent a turning point in the government's attitude, forcing it to focus on the scheme's problems.
City set to 'invade' Tower Hamlets

26-Sep-2002
London's Tower Hamlets is readying itself for the widespread 'invasion' of the City of London through its eastern border. With as many as four skyscrapers already in the pipeline, the council's planners are set to publish a new tall buildings policy that will open the floodgates for developers.
De Stefano's Birmingham skyscraper 'gets the chop'

26-Sep-2002
Chicago-based De Stefano + Partners' £400 million plans to build Europe's tallest skyscraper in Birmingham have been drastically cut back by the developer. The original landmark scheme at Arena Central was designed to reach 50 storeys, overtaking Cesar Pelli's One Canada Square. But new plans are likely to go no higher than 25 floors.
Lipton sides with unions in blast at PFI design standards

26-Sep-2002
CABE chairman Sir Stuart Lipton has attacked design standards on Private Finance Initiative schemes, allying himself with the public sector union campaign for major reform to the procurement method.
Schools facing overcrowding crisis

19-Sep-2002
Universities have drastically increased their student numbers this year, prompting warnings that educational standards are set to plummet.
'Skyscrapers cause wetter weather, ' warns top scientist

19-Sep-2002
A leading meteorologist has warned that the government's determination to 'build tall' could lead to major changes in local weather patterns.
Urban Design Week kicks off with community manifesto

19-Sep-2002
The Urban Design Alliance (UDAL) has revealed a five-point Manifesto for Better Communities, to mark the start of Urban Design Week.
Americans set to desert UIA due to 'organisation flaws'

5-Sep-2002
The International Union of Architects (UIA) could face financial ruin if the American Institute of Architects (AIA) acts on its threat to pull out of the international forum.
Grimshaw's Eden Project voted the 'best in 50 years'

5-Sep-2002
Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners' £75million Eden Project is the best building of the past 50 years, according to research commissioned to mark the 50/50 - Crowning Achievements/Future Products exhibition at London's Building Centre.
HOK's £150 million stadium plans on verge of collapse

5-Sep-2002
HOK Sport+Event+Venue's plans for its £150 million stadium for Everton Football Club are in jeopardy as a result of both the club and its backers failing to raise funding for the scheme.
Bradford council faces boycott following dispute with URBED

29-Aug-2002
Masterplanner URBED has threatened to organise a boycott of Bradford City Council after it shelved the practice's plans for the regeneration of the city centre, developed together with Penoyre and Prasad.
Coming 'Next': Venice's window on the future

29-Aug-2002
This year's Venice Biennale of Architecture, set to open its doors to the public on 8 September, provides a unique preview of key buildings on the way over the next few years. The exhibition, entitled 'Next', will feature only schemes that will actually be constructed - a deliberate move by curator Deyan Sudjic to move away from 'paper architecture'.
EH forces Geordie towers into planning 'purgatory'

29-Aug-2002
Three practices have accused English Heritage of 'negative' tactics after it persuaded Newcastle City Council to launch an environmental investigation into the effect of skyscrapers on the Tyne gorge.
Cambridge University plans set to spark Green Belt row

15-Aug-2002
Cambridge University is planning a major expansion into the city's Green Belt with a development which will almost certainly lead to a full-scale public inquiry.
London Plan facing derailment due to missing Crossrail cash

15-Aug-2002
The future of Ken Livingstone's draft London Plan is in doubt following major setbacks to the capital's two key transport projects.
Miller's £70 million Fulham stadium faces legal challenge

15-Aug-2002
Local campaigners have stepped up opposition to the Miller Partnership's £70 million redevelopment of Fulham Football Club's Craven Cottage stadium (above), in a last bid to end the plan.
Hoey hits out at South Bank Centre's 'sluggish' approach

1-Aug-2002
Yet another war of words has broken out over the proposed regeneration and redesign of the Jubilee Gardens site at London's South Bank Centre (SBC), writes Ed Dorrell.
Treasury 'sits on' CABE PFI report

1-Aug-2002
The Treasury is withholding a CABE report criticising PFI policy because the government does not want bad publicity about private finance schemes.
Hyett attacks ARB over additional insurance demands

25-Jul-2002
RIBA president Paul Hyett has hit out at the ARB, accusing it of demanding additional details of members' Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII).
RIBA in blast at government's international delegation 'snub'

25-Jul-2002
The RIBA has hit out at the government's decision not to take a representative of the profession to a high-level meeting between the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the International Union of Architects (UIA).
New report questions the credentials of Urban Villages

18-Jul-2002
Schemes that call themselves Urban Villages but fail to live up to the title have been attacked in a new report. The report - carried out for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) by Cardiff University's Department of City and Regional Planning - found that the majority of the 55 Urban Villages surveyed failed to achieve increased sustainability, community support or good design. It says that the term 'Urban Village' is often used by developers simply as a way of ensuring ...
Broadway Malyan to rethink disputed Vauxhall skyscraper

11-Jul-2002
Broadway Malyan is preparing for a major rethink of its controversial 49-storey Vauxhall skyscraper following widespread criticism of the scheme (pictured).
Lord Rogers demands urgent action on urban regeneration

11-Jul-2002
Lord Rogers has unveiled a 10-point action plan designed to 'galvanise' the massive reforms required to regenerate England's inner cities.
Brown in boost for housebuilding

4-Jul-2002
Chancellor Gordon Brown has pledged his commitment to a radical new programme of housebuilding in the UK and wide-sweeping planning reforms.
Clean up your safety act, HSE warns architects

4-Jul-2002
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that architects must radically reform their attitudes to construction safety or face legislative action.
Shedding light on station design

4-Jul-2002
Designing stations that successfully meet the needs of passengers was the theme of a brainstorming conference last month. Ed Dorrell reports
£100 billion London Plan puts focus on intensifying land use

27-Jun-2002
Mayor Ken Livingstone has outlined his comprehensive plan for development of the entire capital in the London Plan, published this week. It promotes a massive programme of investment, estimated at £100 billion, in transport infrastructure, office space and housing.
CABE calls on Brighton to reject KSS's West Pier plan

27-Jun-2002
CABE has called on Brighton's planners to deny permission for KSS Sport and Leisure Design's £34 million revamp of the Grade I-listed West Pier, unless the design changes significantly.
Palaces quango promises fight against tall buildings

27-Jun-2002
Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the quango that runs many major landmarks in London, has pledged to join English Heritage in its fight against skyscrapers.
RIBA wins Commons hearing to improve school architecture

27-Jun-2002
The RIBA has secured a hearing with the House of Commons Education Select Committee to argue for a commitment to good architecture within schools. It is the first time the institute has won the right to speak at such a meeting.
Gateshead Millennium Bridge clinches Building of the Year

20-Jun-2002
Wilkinson Eyre Architects' £17.7 million Millennium Bridge in Gateshead has won the Royal Fine Art Commission Trust (RFACT) and BSkyB Building of the Year.

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