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Barnet Tories abandon PFI

22-Dec-2006
One of London's biggest councils has taken the dramatic step of dropping the controversial PFI procurement method, citing design standards as one of the main factors.
Review of the Year - 2006

22-Dec-2006
Ed Dorrelltakes a look back at the events in the architectural world over the past year.
Web 'fraudsters' claim key UK designs as their own

21-Dec-2006
A shadowy group behind a bogus website has sent shockwaves through the world of architecture after falsely claiming to have helped design some of Britain's most important recent buildings.
Theatre trust 'forces RHWL to back down over Theatre Royal'

20-Dec-2006
A conservation group is claiming that it has forced Arts Team@RHWL to rethink its proposed changes to London's famous Theatre Royal on Drury Lane.
Government backs Livingstone's plan for more London houses

20-Dec-2006
The government has backed the Mayor of London's decision to increase London's annual housing provision target by more than 33 per cent.
UN architect attacks delays to tsunami rebuild

20-Dec-2006
A United Nations architect has attacked the rebuild effort in the aftermath of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.
Charles to create 'eco-castle'

18-Dec-2006
Prince Charles's architectural ambition has taken another step forward with news he is set to develop an eco-castle.
Conservationists in book bid to stop Supreme Court design

18-Dec-2006
Conservationists have upped the ante in the campaign to stop Feilden + Mawson's conversion of Middlesex Guildhall in Parliament Square into the new Supreme Court of England and Wales.
Mae and Proctor Matthews land Houghton Regis competition

15-Dec-2006
A team made up of young guns Mae Architects and the more established Proctor Matthews has won the much sought-after Houghton Regis competition.
Calatrava unveils Tel Aviv footbridge - image

15-Dec-2006
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has completed this bridge in Israel.
Make to create a 'new town centre' for Greenwich - images

14-Dec-2006
Ken Shuttleworth's practice, Make, has been appointed along with developer First Base to redesign the site of Greenwich District Hospital in south-east London.
Bennetts raises the roof at the RSC - images

14-Dec-2006
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has submitted for planning this new scheme by Bennetts Associates for the redevelopment of its home in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.
Minister blanks calls for ARB reform

14-Dec-2006
A letter from Labour minister Angela Smith to ARB chairman Humphrey Lloyd, which has been leaked to the AJ, has illustrated the deep lack of support in the government for reforming regulation of title.
Ruth Kelly in three-pronged zero-carbon campaign

13-Dec-2006
The government has dramatically upped the ante in its campaign to force housebuilders to build more sustainable new homes.
Archway battle set to come to a head

12-Dec-2006
The simmering row over the BDP masterplan for Archway, north London, is set to come to the boil.
Capita Percy Thomas to design Nigerian airport hotel - images

12-Dec-2006
Capita Percy Thomas has won the commission to design the $50m (£25 million) Murtala Mohammed International Airport Hotel Complex in Lagos, Nigeria.
JCB chairman launches competition to 'leave a legacy to Uttoxeter'

11-Dec-2006
Anthony Bamford, longstanding chairman of JCB and one of the great construction millionaires, is to launch an architectural competition.
Larrabee Barnes honoured with posthumous AIA Gold Medal

11-Dec-2006
The American Institute of Architects has taken the unusual step of awarding its Gold Medal posthumously.
Government aims to counter Thames Gateway flood fears

8-Dec-2006
The government has attempted to alleviate growing fears over the susceptibility of the Thames Gateway development area to massive flooding.
RMJM's profits shoot up as the firm recovers from Holyrood tribulations

8-Dec-2006
After the immense trials and tribulations of the Scottish parliament scheme, RMJM appears to be back on a financial even keel.
British trio reach final five in Syria comp

8-Dec-2006
Three British practices, including Zaha Hadid, have made it on to a shortlist to design a new children's centre and park in the middle of the Syrian capital Damascus.
CABE lukewarm over proposed King's Cross improvements

7-Dec-2006
CABE has offered only limited support, with some major caveats, to John McAslan's plans for the redesign of King's Cross station in central London.
The road finally clears for Gehry's troubled Hove scheme

7-Dec-2006
In an unlikely reversal of fortunes, the pieces required for the successful development of Frank Gehry's planned Hove seafront scheme appear to be falling in to place.
Brown commits to zero-carbon homes in pre-Budget report

6-Dec-2006
Chancellor Gordon Brown has said all new homes in the UK will be zero carbon rated within 10 years.
Rogers and Goldschmied end legal battle out of court

6-Dec-2006
The Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has confirmed that a deal has been agreed to bring the legal dispute between Rogers and former partner Marco Goldschmied to an end.
Barker delights RIBA, but landscape architects remain unconvinced

6-Dec-2006
The RIBA has responded with undisguised joy to the publication of Kate Barker's report into planning.
Barker aims for planning revolution with final report

5-Dec-2006
Kate Barker has published her final report on the planning system in England and Wales.
Judge brings curtain down on east London theatre row

5-Dec-2006
One of London's most bitter planning disputes has come to an end after a judge ruled against the local group campaigning to save Dalston's Circus Theatre in east London.
Piano to build next to Corb's Ronchamp

4-Dec-2006
Renzo Piano is to take on what will be surely one of the most extraordinary commissions of his career - designing a new convent in the grounds of Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel.
Cloak of silence falls over alleged Rogers/Goldschmied settlement

4-Dec-2006
The Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) is refusing to confirm that Rogers has settled out of court with Marco Goldschmied over the future of the practice's Riverside premises in Hammersmith.
Royal Parks Authority denies rumours of a planning pull-out

1-Dec-2006
The Royal Parks Authority (RPA) has moved to quash rumours that it has decided to end its involvement in central London planning disputes.
Ricky Burdett to join ODA

30-Nov-2006
Ricky Burdett, one of the London Mayor's chief advisors on architecture, is set to leave Ken Livingstone's office and join the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) as a design advisor.
Battersea Power Station sold to new investment group

30-Nov-2006
The long-standing owner of Battersea Power Station, Parkview International, has confirmed that it has sold the historic site and the building to Real Estates Opportunities (REO), a group of Irish investors.
Barcelona Olympics architect slams London's 2012 efforts

30-Nov-2006
The British architect largely credited with masterplanning the hugely successful Barcelona Olympics has attacked recent developments in planning London 2012.
SMC eyes up S&P Architects as its next takeover target

30-Nov-2006
The ever-acquisitive SMC Group is in secret talks to take over S&P Architects.
Government aims for increased fire safety with Part B draft

29-Nov-2006
The government has finally released a draft of the long-awaited new Part B of the building regulations - the section relating to fire safety.
Ironmongery firm owners sue architect which built their home

29-Nov-2006
The owners of architectural ironmongery firm Pool Waite and Co are suing Barrett Haskins Design, the architect they commissioned to design them a new home.
Pedestrians and vehicles to share space in Kent transport scheme

28-Nov-2006
Kent County Council is drawing up proposals for the largest ever 'shared space' transport scheme in Britain, to be built in Ashford.
Billionaire Donald Trump seeks designer for Scottish golf centre

28-Nov-2006
World famous tycoon Donald Trump is set to launch an architectural competition for a clubhouse and hotel at a massive new golf course development in Scotland.
Zaha reveals radical changes to Olympic Aquatic Centre - images

27-Nov-2006
The Olympic Delivery Agency (ODA) has revealed the latest images of Zaha Hadid and S&P Architects' plans for the Aquatic Centre for the 2012 Games.
Funding shortfall fails to stop Armed Forces Memorial from going ahead

27-Nov-2006
Fundraising for Liam O'Connor's new Armed Forces Memorial is still £1.7 million short - although work started on site in October.
ARB claims it has government backing, despite controversial policies

27-Nov-2006
The ARB is claiming that a government minister has expressed support for the board, which has angered the RIBA and many architects with its recent controversial policies.
Call for entrants to public-space exhibition

24-Nov-2006
New London Architecture (NLA) has issued a call for submissions for its next major exhibition.
UK Architecture goes to Dubai

24-Nov-2006
UK Architecture, the AJ's bid to improve international awareness of high-quality British practices, will take part in next month's CityScape, the international property investment and development event in Dubai, it has been announced.
EH backs Whitechapel Gallery extension with cash gift

23-Nov-2006
English Heritage (EH) has thrown its weight behind proposals for the extension of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in east London.
UK practices 'hamstrung by visa regulations'

23-Nov-2006
Leading practitioner Paul Davis has said the UK will never become a 'major world leader in architecture' as long as Home Office regulations keep British firms from hanging on to vital foreign staff.
Part B publication faces major delay

20-Nov-2006
The final publication of the new Part B of the Building Regulations, which relates to fire safety in buildings, is expected to be severely delayed.
Panter Hudspith and Keith Williams go head-to-head in Chichester

17-Nov-2006
The six-strong shortlist in the competition to design a new district museum in Chichester, West Sussex, has been cut down to two.
Cloak of silence falls over Rogers/Goldschmied legal battle

17-Nov-2006
The Richard Rogers Partnership has refused to comment on unconfirmed reports that former managing partner Marco Goldschmied is suing the practice.
Britain's Jewish building heritage 'under threat'

16-Nov-2006
A huge swathe of Britain's Jewish heritage is in severe danger, a report unveiled by English Heritage (EH) has warned.
Reid reigns in Spain with Valencia stadium - images

16-Nov-2006
Reid Architecture's Spanish office, Reid Fenwick Asociados, has revealed these extraordinary designs for a new stadium for Valencia Football Club.
ODA defends procurement strategy in face of Rogers outburst

15-Nov-2006
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has vigorously defended its procurement strategy for London 2012 after coming under fire from Richard Rogers and a host of other architectural observers.
After two years of wrangling, Foster stumps up cash for student award

15-Nov-2006
Norman Foster has finally handed over the money he pledged to a RIBA scholarship programme - two years after making the offer.
Pedestrians and cars to 'share' Tottenham Court Road under new plans

14-Nov-2006
The radical urban design strategy of 'shared surface' could be introduced to the highly congested junction outside Centre Point in central London as part of a redesigned plaza, it has emerged.
King's Cross development opposition makes last stand at planning meeting - images

14-Nov-2006
The death throes of the opposition to Argent's vast proposals for the redevelopment of the King's Cross area of north London look likely to be played out at a Camden Council planning meeting on Thursday (16 November).
Wilkinson Eyre and Dyson change plans in Bath after conservationist pressure - images

13-Nov-2006
Wilkinson Eyre and leading entrepreneur James Dyson appear to be on the brink of a U-turn over the designs of the Dyson School of Design Innovation, a new city academy planned for Bath.
Hackney theatre wins stay of execution...

13-Nov-2006
Conservationist campaigners have won a victory in the latest chapter of the legal battle over Arup Associates' plans to redevelop a historic circus theatre on Dalston Lane in Hackney, east London.
Mystery group threatens legal bid to reopen Holyrood probe

10-Nov-2006
A shadowy group, which has refused to be named publicly, is understood to be about to launch a legal objection to the European Union's decision to abandon its inquiry into the procurement of the Scottish Parliament.
EDAW and Hopkins see off big names to win Newcastle science scheme

10-Nov-2006
A consortium including Hopkins and EDAW has won a major commission for a new 'Science City' in Newcastle city centre.
New job for key figure in Scottish Parliament controversy

9-Nov-2006
Brian Stewart, the man who headed up RMJM during the most troubled period of the strife-hit Scottish Parliament project, has found a new job.
Rogers voices fears over Design and Build Olympics

9-Nov-2006
Richard Rogers has told the AJ that both he and London Mayor Ken Livingstone are deeply concerned about the procurement strategy being undertaken by the Olympic Delivery Agency (ODA).
Jailed al-Qaeda plotter used RIBA library to research targets

8-Nov-2006
Dhiren Barot, the al-Qaeda terror mastermind who has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for plotting mass murder, used the RIBA library to research his planned attacks around the world, it has emerged.
C F Møller takes on contentious Greenwich scheme

8-Nov-2006
Danish practice C F Møller Architects has walked into what is likely to be one of the most controversial schemes in the UK.
Bedford regeneration brings CABE and English Heritage together

7-Nov-2006
The full extent of the thawing of the once-icy relationship between CABE and English Heritage has come to light with news of a joint site visit by commissioners from both organisations.
Chinese take development cues from Prince Charles

7-Nov-2006
An unlikely alliance has been forged between the Prince of Wales' architectural acolytes and a group of Chinese civic leaders.
Brits snub France's international Palais de Justice contest

3-Nov-2006
The French organisers of the most popular international ideas competition in recent years have received just one entry from the UK.
Fracas breaks out over plan to build on top of listed Belfast church

2-Nov-2006
A major row has broken out in Northern Ireland over plans to build a 'landmark' development on top of a listed church in Belfast city centre.
Sutherland Hussey leaves competition-winning Paddington scheme

2-Nov-2006
A competition-winning project in west London has descended into farce, with practice Sutherland Hussey walking away from a scheme in Paddington after falling out with the developer.
Zaha wins planning for Architecture Foundation HQ

31-Oct-2006
Zaha Hadid has landed planning permission for the new Architecture Foundation headquarters in south London.
Nicholas Hare to revamp St Paul's School

31-Oct-2006
Nicholas Hare Architects has seen off a glittering array of talent to win the commission to design the first set of buildings in the wholesale transformation of London's famous St Paul's School.
Burd Haward wins Craft Council HQ competition

30-Oct-2006
Burd Haward Architects has won a competition to design a new resource centre at the Crafts Council's headquarters in Islington, north London.
Jowell pledges that Liverpool's heritage status is safe

30-Oct-2006
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has vowed that the threat to Liverpool's status as a World Heritage site will be resolved.
Regeneration row breaks out again in Liverpool as wrecking ball looms over Edge Lane

27-Oct-2006
The row over one of the most contentious regeneration initiatives in the country has reignite.
Sudjic sets out Design Museum stall with Britain's first major Zaha show

27-Oct-2006
New Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic has revealed plans for the first major retrospective exhibition of Zaha Hadid's work to be held in the UK.
Studio E lands Prime Minister's award with City Academy

27-Oct-2006
Studio E's City of London Academy in Southwark has landed the 2006 Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award.
New York conservationists speak up against Foster tower

26-Oct-2006
The row over Norman Foster's new 980 Madison Avenue skyscraper proposal in Manhattan is set to rumble on following a decision at a conservation meeting to extend the scheme's consultation period.
Call for East Kilbride to become World Heritage Site

26-Oct-2006
A leading Canadian academic has called for the Scottish new town of East Kilbride to become a World Heritage Site.
'Copycat' row breaks out in Hove

26-Oct-2006
An extraordinary state of affairs which has seen one practice dropped and another looking into issues of copyright infringement has broken out over a contentious site on the South Coast.
MacCormac ponders BBC rerun

26-Oct-2006
Talks on whether Richard MacCormac will make an unlikely return to the BBC Broadcasting House project he was controversially sacked from at the end of last year are set to be concluded in the next month.
MacCormac tries to find out details of BBC sacking

25-Oct-2006
Richard MacCormac put a largely unsuccessful Freedom of Information request in to the BBC following his sacking from the Broadcasting House job.
Zaha forced into Glasgow museum redesign due to value-engineering pressures - image

25-Oct-2006
Zaha Hadid's Museum of Transport in Glasgow has had to be redesigned following a value-engineering exercise.
Material Lab to launch student competition

25-Oct-2006
The backers of London's popular Material Lab showroom are set to launch a student competition to design a temporary extension for the building.
Chipperfield to join Meier and Piano with Atlanta commission - image

24-Oct-2006
David Chipperfield has won yet another competition for a large cultural commission in the US.
Cooper names 'growth points' for 100,000 new homes

24-Oct-2006
The government has revealed 45 New Growth Points - areas across England that it claims have the capacity to provide a total of 100,000 new homes.
Cullinan wins planning for Edinburgh botanic gardens scheme - image

23-Oct-2006
Edward Cullinan Architects has won detailed planning permission for a new gateway building to the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh.
Hackney to open new swimming pool as it struggles to escape shadow of Clissold

23-Oct-2006
Hackney Council, which is still mired in controversy over the closed Clissold Leisure Centre, has announced that the over-budget and late London Fields Lido will open by the end of this month.
Student body campaigns for practices to sign up to minimum wage

20-Oct-2006
Student body Archaos is to renew its campaign to convince practices to sign up to its student minimum wage scheme.
SMC Group, Britain's biggest firm, to go global

19-Oct-2006
The founder and boss of the ever-acquisitive SMC Group has set his sights on international expansion.
Barker wants to see 'less planning'

19-Oct-2006
Kate Barker has hinted heavily at the conclusions of her report into planning reform - and has said she would like to see 'less planning' in some areas.
Nimbyism 'not so common after all'

18-Oct-2006
The prevailing orthodoxy that 'nimbyism' is rife throughout Britain is being challenged.
British ambassador to Washington donates Lutyens drawings to architectural libarary

18-Oct-2006
Our man in Washington has donated more than 60 drawings of Edwin Lutyens' UK ambassador's residence to the British Architectural Library.
Kevin McCloud, Isabel Allen and other honorary RIBA members 'could face court over abuse of title'

17-Oct-2006
The ARB has refused to rule out prosecuting honorary members of the RIBA for abuse of title.
Under-threat Second World War building rescued from demolition

17-Oct-2006
A Second World War military building in Hampshire has been saved from the wrecking ball despite overwhelming support for its demolition.
Stirk and Harbour to be named alongside Rogers in practice title

16-Oct-2006
The two rising stars of the Richard Rogers Partnership, Graham Stirk (left) and Ivan Harbour ( right), are set to have their names added to the practice title.
Leading firms join green watchdog

16-Oct-2006
Two major practices have signed up to a new initiative which aims to promote green construction in Britain.
Rogers lands Stirling with Barajas-

16-Oct-2006
The Richard Rogers Partnership has won the 2006 Stirling Prize with its Barajas Airport in Madrid.
European inquiry into Scottish Parliament to be called off

12-Oct-2006
A vast European Commission (EC) inquiry into the procurement of Enric Miralles and RMJM's Scottish Parliament looks set to be dropped.
Architects brought in to construction-site safety scheme

10-Oct-2006
The contentious Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is set to be extended into architecture in just under a month.
EH comes up with cash to save East End town hall - images

9-Oct-2006
English Heritage (EH) has dished out £80,000 for Limehouse Town Hall in a bid to aid the renovation of the Grade II-listed east London building.
Roller-coaster ride may come to a sticky end thanks to EH decision - images

6-Oct-2006
English Heritage (EH) has rejected calls to list Merseyside's famous 1937 Cyclone roller coaster.
Canterbury Cathedral calls for £50 million to stave off structural 'disaster'

3-Oct-2006
Canterbury Cathedral has launched a £50 million plea for cash, in a bid to prevent the iconic building from falling down.
Pringle claims government backing in high-quality PFI design campaign

27-Sep-2006
Jack Pringle claims to have won a major new ally in his campaign to improve design standards in the PFI procurement route.
Hodder could face legal strife after breaking Clissold gagging order

27-Sep-2006
Hackney Council is understood to be considering legal action against Stephen Hodder after he broke a gagging order over the Clissold Leisure Centre debacle.
ARB reformers may take retention fee battle all the way to court

27-Sep-2006
The ARB Reform Group is considering taking the row over the recent increase in the retention fee to court.
International big names vie for Bedfordshire housing scheme

26-Sep-2006
An impressive shortlist has been unveiled in the competition to design a new housing scheme in a Bedfordshire town.
'Downing Street must be demolished', Students tell ministers - images

26-Sep-2006
A group of students brought together by the RIBA is aiming to persuade the Labour Party to demolish 10 Downing Street and replace it with an ecological building.
ARB retention fee rise approved despite reformers' boycott

25-Sep-2006
A bid to increase the ARB's retention fee that appeared to be dead in the water now looks to have been voted through.
Ultra-acquisitive SMC becomes the largest practice in Britain - but is still hungry for more

25-Sep-2006
In an extraordinary morning, the SMC Group has catapulted itself in to the position of the largest architectural practice in Britain.
Financial fears grow at EH as Comprehensive Spending Review nears

20-Sep-2006
English Heritage (EH) staffers are becoming increasingly nervous that the government's forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) could see the conservation quango's budget cut.
Planning institute takes its members to task over climate change

19-Sep-2006
The planning profession's very own institute has called for the secror to improve its record in responding to the climate-change crisis.
Boffin James Dyson heads for conservation row in Bath

18-Sep-2006
James Dyson, the celebrity inventor and industrial designer, looks set to encounter a host of problems after it emerged that his plans to sponsor a new city academy in Bath would see an historic factory demolished.
Fury over ARB's postal vote bid to increase retention fee

15-Sep-2006
The ARB's leadership is launching another 'highly unusual' bid to increase the retention fee.
PRP bags first international win in Moscow - images

15-Sep-2006
PRP has won its first major international design competition - for a residential development on the outskirts of Moscow.
CABE falls short of government targets...

14-Sep-2006
CABE has failed to hit more than a third of the performance targets it was set by the government for the last 12 months.
Architecture charity is forced out of war-torn northern Sri Lanka

14-Sep-2006
International charity Architecture for Humanity has been forced to abandon its work in northern Sri Lanka, following the resumption of hostilities in the region.
Housing minister wants to beat Scandinavian residential standards within a decade

13-Sep-2006
Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has called for British residential developments to better Scandinavian standards within 10 years.
Aedas design director Hyams in shock departure

12-Sep-2006
Richard Hyams, the design director of Britain's second-biggest practice, Aedas, has left to 'pursue other interests'.
Northern Ireland's famous Crumlin Road courts to become hotel - image

12-Sep-2006
A Belfast courthouse that was heavily associated with Northern Ireland's 'troubles' is set to be converted into a hotel, it has emerged.
Rogers' vast New York scheme faces legal challenge

12-Sep-2006
Richard Rogers' project for a massive extension of the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York is in a state of flux.
RIBA to bring huge Kahn show to Britain

11-Sep-2006
The RIBA is in talks with a major European design manufacturer to put together a massive Louis Kahn exhibition that will debut in the UK.
Urban Splash celebrates record profits

7-Sep-2006
Super-trendy developer Urban Splash has unveiled its best-ever financial results.
British and EU architects eye up Cuban opportunities

7-Sep-2006
Extraordinary talks are about to begin to open up the Cuban market to British and EU-based architects.
Dunster's replacement Siddell Gibson forced to revise Ashford Zed scheme

6-Sep-2006
Siddell Gibson, working for developer Zed Homes, has been forced to radically redesign a proposal for an 'energy-efficient' housing scheme in Ashford.
Palestine group in Venice Biennale protest

5-Sep-2006
London-based pressure group Architects and Planners for Justice and Palestine (APJP) has launched a petition against the Venice Architecture Biennale's sanctioning of the Israeli pavilion.
Ex-Rogers bigwig Goldschmied slams airport development

5-Sep-2006
Former RIBA president and ex-Richard Rogers partner Marco Goldschmied has called the development of specialist buildings, such as airports, 'unethical and immoral'.
Scottish heritage fears as mill faces wrecking ball

4-Sep-2006
Concerns have emerged from within the conservation community over the listing system in Scotland.
Trans-Atlantic registration deal on a knife-edge

4-Sep-2006
The future of a hugely important deal on the recognition of EU-trained architects in the USA is up in the air.
Fosters and Rogers set for joint Ground Zero revelation

1-Sep-2006
One of the most momentous occasions for British architecture of the early 21st century is set to take place next Thursday in New York.
Troubleshooter Capita Symonds parachuted in at Brum library

31-Aug-2006
Just weeks after steering Grimshaw's hugely troubled Bath Spa project to its completion, Capita Symonds has been appointed to another troubled project.
McColl happy with half-year results as SMC's financial growth continues

30-Aug-2006
The SMC Group has produced half-yearly figures that meet boss Stewart McColl's ambitions for the company's projected annual results.
Swanke Hayden Connell launches legal challenge for fees in High Court

25-Aug-2006
Swanke Hayden Connell has launched a legal battle for compensation in a dispute over fees.
Aukett takes on Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange

25-Aug-2006
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has won planning permission to radically rework one of Cardiff's most historic buildings.
Council acts ahead of possible further Bath Spa legal wrangles

25-Aug-2006
Bath council has set up a special group to deal with any further legal problems in the wake of the Bath Spa debacle.
De Botton helps ease Cambridge house through planning

23-Aug-2006
Alain De Botton has used his increasing influence in the world of architecture to help this one-off house in Cambridge win planning permission.
2006 Stirling Prize shortlist unveiled

23-Aug-2006
The shortlist for this year's six-strong Stirling Prize - sponsored by the AJ - takes in two Richard Rogers Partnership buildings.
Art gallery designer sought in Kent

17-Aug-2006
A new competition has been launched to design an upgrade of the Maidstone Museum and the Bentlif Art Gallery.
Trentham foresees trouble for ambitious Bermondsey scheme - images

17-Aug-2006
Michael Trentham Architects has lodged a planning application with the London Borough of Southwark for this striking development.
Chippo shunned again in Blighty

17-Aug-2006
David Chipperfield has spoken of his 'frustration and disappointment' after it emerged that the British Film Institute (BFI) is set to appoint another consultant to head up its search for a new home.
Key Prescott planning reform left in disarray

16-Aug-2006
One of the key reforms to the planning system proposed by the now-defunct ODPM has been left in disarray this week.
Plans for the next Petronas- in Plymouth - images

16-Aug-2006
A Plymouth architect has made the outrageous claim that a 24-storey tower proposed for the city will soon be compared to the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur and the Sears Tower in Chicago.
Kahn's Trenton Bath House saved

15-Aug-2006
The future of Louis Kahn's famous Trenton Bath House in New Jersey has been secured.
New incumbent grasps the poisoned ARB chalice

15-Aug-2006
The vacancy for possibly the most unappealing job in architecture has finally been filled.
Carey Jones sees off Egret West and Dyer to land Bradford scheme - images

15-Aug-2006
Carey Jones Architects has won the international designer and developer competition for Bradford's contentious Odeon site.
Who would live in a house like this?

9-Aug-2006
Rem Koolhaas' 2006 Serpentine Pavilion is on the market as a one-bedroom apartment on a major West London estate agent's website.
Alsop goes for London design director job 'to stop Burdett'

4-Aug-2006
Will Alsop's new boss Stewart McColl has thrown his weight behind Alsop's campaign to become the new design director for London.
Questions raised as Caruso revealed as member of Walsall jury

2-Aug-2006
One of the designers of Walsall's Wharf Bar was on the jury that apparently picked the Alsop masterplan that would see the acclaimed building demolished.
Mather completes Oxford hat-trick - images

31-Jul-2006
Rick Mather Architects has won its third commission this year for a scheme at an Oxford college.
Chippo chipper after yet another international gallery shortlisting

27-Jul-2006
David Chipperfield is the only Brit on the international shortlist to design a new art museum in Denver, Colorado.
CABE man in 'conflict of interest' claim

27-Jul-2006
A CABE staffer who is also a member of Hackney's planning committee is facing a 'conflict of interest' accusation after becoming involved in a massively contentious planning application.
Prasad wins RIBA presidential election - BNP's Phillips comes third

26-Jul-2006
Sunand Prasad has won the election to succeed Jack Pringle as the next president of the RIBA.
Design Museum plans to move in next to Tate Modern

26-Jul-2006
The Design Museum, currently based in Bermondsey, south London, is in early talks to move to a new home on a Bankside site adjacent to Tate Modern.
Office of Subversive Architects lands first 'Serpentine Pavilion of the north'

24-Jul-2006
A new arts centre in Liverpool has commissioned the international collective of young architects, the Office for Subversive Architecture, to design this temporary structure.
Housing competition launched in sustainable growth area

24-Jul-2006
The RIBA Competitions Office has revealed details of a new invited competition for housing in Bedfordshire.
OJEU notice imminent for London's 2012 Olympic stadium

13-Jul-2006
An OJEU notice for the long-anticipated contract to design and construct London's 2012 Olympic stadium will be issued by the end of this month.
'No leak' in Commonwealth Institute roof

13-Jul-2006
There is nothing significantly wrong with the roof of the under-threat Commonwealth Institute building in West London, the high-profile architect employed to bring an end to its leaking has claimed.
Cameron wins green light for turbine at his house at heated planning meeting

12-Jul-2006
Tory leader David Cameron's plan to kit out his west London house with a 2m-high wind turbine and solar panels has won planning permission.
Pringle plans overhaul of presidential process

12-Jul-2006
RIBA president Jack Pringle is calling for a reform the presidential process in a bid to give future incumbents more time unchallenged at the top of the institute.
Dyson and Wilkinson Eyre unite for design school - images

11-Jul-2006
The first designs of the new Dyson School of Design Innovation in Bath by Wilkinson Eyre Architects have been unveiled.
Under-threat Palladian villas granted reprieve

10-Jul-2006
The recent change in Italy's government has resulted in good news for the threatened villas in the Veneto region, London-based campaign organisation SAVE Europe's Heritage claims.
EH reveals 2006 Buildings at Risk with call for 'constructive conservation'

10-Jul-2006
Some 68 new buildings have been added to English Heritage's (EH's) Buildings At Risk register for 2006.
Llewelyn Davies Yeang faces big names in Calgary university shortlist

7-Jul-2006
Llewelyn Davies Yeang is the only UK practice to be shortlisted among a host of big international names in a contest to design two new buildings for the University of Calgary in Canada.
Finalists for PM's Better Public Building Award unveiled

7-Jul-2006
CABE has revealed the shortlist for the 2006 Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award.
AOC wins South Bank 'parliament' comp - image

7-Jul-2006
The rise and rise of young guns AOC is continuing apace with news that the practice has landed another significant competition win.
3XN secures cash boost for Liverpool museum plan

6-Jul-2006
Danish practice 3XN has won a much-needed boost for its Museum of Liverpool plans, with the project securing a £5 million grant from the European Union.
Richard Murphy sees off big Scottish names to win Aberdeen comp

6-Jul-2006
Richard Murphy Architects has seen off some of Scotland's best design talent to land an invited competition in Aberdeen.
De Botton turns theory into practice and becomes developer

6-Jul-2006
The king of pop philosophy Alain de Botton is set to test out his amateur architectural theories for real by building a residential development.
Building Schools for the Future takes a hammering from CABE-

4-Jul-2006
All Building Schools for the Future (BSF) design briefs must face a 'fundamental review as a matter of urgency', according to a CABE audit.
Early Stirling building wins further listing recognition - images

30-Jun-2006
One of James Stirling's earliest buildings has been upgraded from Grade II to Grade II*-listed status.
Scarborough throws £2 million at becoming 'one of the best seafronts in Europe' - images

30-Jun-2006
Scarborough Council has appointed LDA Design in a bid to improve the public realm around its harbour front.
CABE throws weight behind Lyall's Liverpool waterfront scheme - images

29-Jun-2006
CABE has come out in favour of this potentially controversial project in Liverpool by John Lyall.
Make's success continues with huge West End scheme

29-Jun-2006
Make is continuing its extraordinary rise with the appointment to one of the largest construction projects in London's West End in recent years.
Piercy Conner steels itself for Indian victory - image

29-Jun-2006
London-based Piercy Conner Architects has won the international Living Steel housing competition for a site in Kolkata, India.
RTPI survey reveals planners' horror over housing design standards

28-Jun-2006
The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has published details of a massive survey of the planning profession, that makes clear its despair at the design standard in housebuilding.
Concepts for South Bank 'parliament' go to public vote - images

28-Jun-2006
The Architecture Foundation and the London International Festival of Theatre have revealed these four shortlisted schemes for a temporary 'parliament' to be built on London's South Bank in 2008.
Non EU-admission appears to break the ARB's rules

28-Jun-2006
There is widespread confusion over whether an Australian-born architect has undermined a central tenet of the ARB's work.
International Warsaw comp abandoned after jurors walk out

27-Jun-2006
The hugely controversial competition to design the Warsaw Museum of Modern Art has been abandoned after several jurors resigned.
Windmills on the horizon as new law allows for major domestic turbine roll-out

27-Jun-2006
A significant piece of government legislation which will pave the way for a huge swathe of domestic wind turbines to be built is set to come into effect.
South Africa's Red Location museum lands inaugural Lubetkin Prize

26-Jun-2006
The Red Location Museum of the People's Struggle in South Africa, by Noero Wolff Architects, has won the RIBA's inaugural Lubetkin Prize.
Campaigners take battle against Phillips online

26-Jun-2006
A new organisation has been waging a cyber campaign to kill off Peter Phillips' bid for the RIBA presidency.
KPF's Smithfield plans called in

23-Jun-2006
KPF's hugely contentious plans for the west end of the Smithfield Meat Market complex are set to face a planning inquiry.
More planning applications lodged at Battersea

23-Jun-2006
The developers and architects preparing the long-awaited redevelopment of Battersea Power Station have lodged yet another planning application.
RIBA presidential hustings cancelled due to protest threat

22-Jun-2006
One of the few chances to see the three candidates running for the position of RIBA president in a public debate was suddenly called off due to the threat of protests.
Foster parachuted in to save Commonwealth Institute

21-Jun-2006
Foster and Partners could be on the cusp of rescuing the Commonwealth Institute building in London, which is threatened with demolition.
BDP chairman Nick Terry replaced

20-Jun-2006
Nick Terry has stepped down as the chairman of BDP, to be replaced by the boss of the southern region Tony McGuirk.
London's architecture and design quangos completely overhauled

20-Jun-2006
Ken Livingstone's architecture and urbanism unit is to be merged with the London Development Agency's (LDA's) design team.
Crowds flock to biennale sheep drive - image

19-Jun-2006
An estimated 10,000 people turned out on Saturday morning to see Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers drive a flock of 30 Herdwick Sheep across Norman Foster's Millennium Bridge in central London.
Animal rights extremists threaten Biennale sheep drive

16-Jun-2006
Animal rights activists are threatening the sheep drive across central London's Millennium Bridge, which will be held tomorrow (16 June), as the central event of the London Architecture Biennale (LAB).
SOM restarts work on Belgium NATO building

16-Jun-2006
SOM's London office has finally restarted design work on the long-postponed NATO headquarters building in Brussels, Belgium.
Phillips election win 'could cause RIBA strike'

16-Jun-2006
RIBA staffers are understood to be considering a mass resignation if BNP member Peter Phillips wins next month's presidential election, a source at the institute has told the AJ.
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.
RIBA presidential candidate admits BNP membership

15-Jun-2006
Peter Phillips, one of the three candidates running for the RIBA presidency, is a member of the British National Party (BNP), it has emerged.
Reformers set sights on ARB's exam system

14-Jun-2006
The ARB Reform Group looks set to target the board's Admissions Assessment Exam for entry to the profession.
Government report backs controversial design codes

13-Jun-2006
Design codes increase architectural standards and the speed of delivery in new housing developments, a key government report claims.
MP calls for competition for House of Commons 'redesign'

13-Jun-2006
The House of Commons has heard calls for an architectural competition to redesign the Commons Chamber.
Competition launched for tower on Tricorn site

12-Jun-2006
An open competition has been launched for an architect to design a hotel for the site of Owen Luder's now-demolished Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth.
Last-ditch bid to save Fortress House goes unanswered

9-Jun-2006
A rival bid to redevelop Fortress House, English Heritage's (EH's) former headquarters in Savile Row, has been greeted by a wall of silence, the AJ has learned.
Architect faces retrial over Legionnaires' deaths

7-Jun-2006
The retrial of Barrow Borough Council architect Gillian Beckingham is starting at Preston Crown Court.
Grimshaw dresses to impress in Milan - image

7-Jun-2006
Grimshaw has won an international competition to design an exhibition centre in Milan.
Judgement goes with Multiplex in major Wembley legal dispute

5-Jun-2006
A High Court judge has ruled in favour of Multiplex in a major legal battle between the Australian contractor and one of its subbies over a massive falling out during the building of Norman Foster and HOK Sport's Wembley Stadium.
Presidential campaign hots up with row over international membership

5-Jun-2006
RIBA presidential candidate Peter Phillips has reacted with fury to claims that he wants to bring an end to the institute's international membership.
Lyall has designs on key Liverpool waterside site

1-Jun-2006
John Lyall Architects has submitted this new scheme on a pivotal Liverpool site for planning permission. The £100 million proposed development will be on a plot immediately to the north of the Three Graces on the Mersey waterfront.
Festival of Britain kiosk faces the wrecking ball

31-May-2006
One of the last two remaining buildings in London from the Festival of Britain is set to get the chop at a planning meeting next Tuesday (6 June).
Redesign on the cards as costs soar for Grimshaw's New York transport scheme

31-May-2006
Grimshaw has admitted to cost problems on its vast Fulton Street transportation interchange in New York.
Viñoly clears final planning hurdle for 'golden banana'

31-May-2006
Rafael Viñoly's contentious plans for the 'golden banana' in Colchester have cleared their final planning hurdle.
Government U-turn clears way for shock Commonweath Institute demolition

26-May-2006
The government is preparing to push legislation through parliament that will see London's Grade II*-listed Commonwealth Institute demolished.
Chiswick office faces £700,000 High Court legal battle

26-May-2006
The two partners of west London-based architectural practice Hemingway Cumbo are facing a £700,000 negligence claim.
Fears of Swindon move quashed as EH reveals new Holborn base

24-May-2006
English Heritage (EH) has announced plans to move into a listed Alfred Waterhouse building in Holborn ( pictured).
HLM wins backing for 'judicial system under one roof' - images

23-May-2006
HLM Architects has won planning permission for its new £30 million Warwickshire Southern Justice Centre.
Chris Wilkinson makes it into Royal Academy

22-May-2006
Chris Wilkinson, founding partner of Wilkinson Eyre Architects, has been voted in to the Royal Academy.
Education to follow BCO lead

22-May-2006
Secret talks are under way to set up the educational equivalent of the British Council of Offices (BCO), the AJ has learned.
Site for 7 July bombings memorial settled but not procurement route

19-May-2006
The procurement route that will decide the design of the 7 July London bombings memorial remains unclear, although a site for the scheme has been selected.
Gehry set to grow Hove towers after CABE and EH mauling

19-May-2006
Frank Gehry's radical plans for a pair of towers on the Hove seafront are set to grow, not shrink, as a result of the redesign, the AJ has learned.
Auditors reveal SOM's £1m Paddington bonanza

19-May-2006
The NHS trusts behind the doomed Paddington Health Campus spent over £1 million on architectural fees with SOM winning planning for a 2002 masterplan that was never used, a National Audit Office report has revealed.
Spaniards see off massive competition to land Tsunami Memorial - image

18-May-2006
A group of Spanish architects has landed one of the world's most sought-after design competitions.
Ghost of Prescott looms large over Yvette Cooper announcement

18-May-2006
The first major announcement to come out of the new Department of Communities and Local Government appeared to be heavily influenced by former ODPM boss John Prescott.
Erskine's Ark set for internal overhaul

18-May-2006
Richmond-based practice DN-A has won an extraordinary commission - to totally transform the internal structure of Ralph Erskine's famous west London icon, The Arc.
Gummer unveils vision of a planning revolution

18-May-2006
Tory veteran John Gummer has outlined an astonishing raft of proposals that could transform planning if the Conservatives win the next election.
Seaside designer comes to UK with 5,000-home Scottish settlement

17-May-2006
The architect behind the contentious Seaside development in Florida, Andrés Duany, has been commissioned to design a new settlement in Scotland.
Year-out students land runner-up spot in international competition

17-May-2006
Two British year-out students have won second place in an international design competition.
A look at plans for the UK's first Supreme Court - images

16-May-2006
Feilden + Mawson , with Foster and Partners, has revealed these images of plans to transform London's Middlesex Guildhall into the UK's first Supreme Court.
'Learn the lessons from £60k competition,' says new minister Kelly

15-May-2006
The new minister in charge of housing, Ruth Kelly, has called on the construction industry to learn the lessons from the high-profile £60k house competition.
Robert Adam suffers major Classical PPS7 blow

15-May-2006
Robert Adam has suffered a major blow after the new government department replacing the ODPM announced that it was backing an inspector's report rejecting proposals for a new country house by the architect.
Government refuses to release Olympic finances report

12-May-2006
The DCMS has refused to reveal details of a top-secret report by consultant KPMG into the finances of the Olympic park and village.
Kelly accused of hypocrisy over nimbyism declaration

11-May-2006
The new Communities Minister Ruth Kelly was yesterday accused of 'breathtaking hypocrisy' after declaring war on 'nimbyism' - while opposing the building of more than 1,000 new homes in her own constituency.
Classicists and Traditionalists lined up for Queen Mother memorial

11-May-2006
A raft of Classicists, Traditionalists and conservation architects have been shortlisted to design the Queen Mother's memorial in Central London.
New housing minister Ruth Kelly declares war on nimbyism

10-May-2006
The new housing and communities minister Ruth Kelly has launched an extraordinary attack on people she says are too 'protective of their own space'.
EH reveals nuclear bunker to the world

10-May-2006
An extraordinary nuclear bunker in Yorkshire that has been refurbished by English Heritage (EH) is set to open to the public next week.
ARB retention fee 'could see huge hike'

9-May-2006
Veteran ARB critic Ian Salisbury has warned that the board's retention fee could rise sharply.
RIBA launches monumental opinion poll

8-May-2006
The RIBA has launched the largest-ever research programme into how architects feel about the institute.
Cabinet reshuffle may spell the end for Sustainable Communities Plan

8-May-2006
Countryside campaigners have predicted that the dismantling of John Prescott's super-department the ODPM will sound the death knell for the Sustainable Communities Plan.
World Trade Center memorial plans hit by spiralling costs - image

8-May-2006
The future of the World Trade Center Memorial in New York, jointly designed by a US firm that has recently agreed to join forces with the London-based Aedas group, has been thrown in to doubt due to cost issues.
Pathfinder under threat as Prescott is stripped of department

5-May-2006
The future of the government's hugely contentious Pathfinder initiative has been thrown into doubt after John Prescott lost his department, known as the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, in a Cabinet reshuffle.
A fair wind blows for McChesney with Blackpool shelter - images

5-May-2006
Ian McChesney has completed his first wind shelter in Blackpool, a design that won a competition in 2002.
Valerie Owen makes second bid for RIBA's top job

5-May-2006
Valerie Owen, who came second in the 2004 election for the RIBA presidency, has joined the growing band of architects vying to succeed Jack Pringle for the top post.
Scottish Parliament chamber to be back in business next week

5-May-2006
MSPs are set to return to the debating chamber of the Scottish parliament next week, seven days earlier than expected.
The AJ enjoys a double victory at publishing's most prestigious awards

4-May-2006
AJ editor Isabel Allen and art editor Sarah Douglas picked up two of the biggest awards in magazine publishing last night.
Scottish hospital receives design review hammering

3-May-2006
Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), the Scottish version of CABE, has attacked the redevelopment of a hospital in Aberdeenshire by MRT Architects.
Brian Godfrey threatens new tilt at RIBA presidency

3-May-2006
Veteran small practice campaigner Brian Godfrey has said he is considering standing for a third time for the RIBA presidency.
Scots clean up at AJ Small Projects award

2-May-2006
Paterson Architects has won this year's AJ Small Projects Award with a private house in East Lothian which the architects built themselves.
Lincoln gets the Prince Charles treatment - images

2-May-2006
The Prince of Wales Foundation's increasingly powerful role in masterplanning is set to greatly increase when the organisation reveals yet another mammoth urban design exercise.
Sunand Prasad to stand for RIBA presidency

28-Apr-2006
Sunand Prasad, founding partner of Penoyre and Prasad Architects, has announced that he is set to run for the RIBA presidency.
Future of the ARB hangs on battle for vice-chair position

28-Apr-2006
One of the most important battles that will decide the future of the ARB is set to be fought out over the forthcoming fortnight.
Row emerges over recruitment of new ARB boss

27-Apr-2006
There is a major internal dispute underway within the ARB over the recruitment of a new registrar, the AJ can reveal.
SMC profits soar by 280 per cent

27-Apr-2006
SMC Group, the business that took over Alsop Architects earlier this year, has revealed hugely successful results for the last 12 months.
FCB wins landmark consent for mammoth country house - image

27-Apr-2006
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects (FCB) has won planning permission for this new country house, the first development to receive the green light under the PPS7 planning exception.
Row emerges over 'flat hat' addition to Gough's Bankside building - image

26-Apr-2006
Piers Gough has objected to this extraordinary proposal for a new penthouse addition to his award-winning Bankside Lofts apartment building next to Tate Modern on the South Bank.
KPF wins planning for DIFA Mark II - image

26-Apr-2006
KPF has taken a major step towards winning planning permission for Bishopsgate Tower, the project formerly known as DIFA Tower.
McAslan goes for zero-carbon scheme in Brighton - image

25-Apr-2006
John McAslan + Partners has won a commission to design a £100 million zero-carbon city-centre regeneration scheme in Brighton.
Cambridge School of Architecture looks to the future with planning victory - images

25-Apr-2006
The University of Cambridge has won planning permission for this £3 million refurbishment and expansion scheme of its architecture department, designed by Freeland Rees Roberts Architects and Mole Architects.
Cartright Pickard reaches for the skies in Sheffield - image

24-Apr-2006
Cartwright Pickard Architects has revealed details of this 16-storey tower in Sheffield.
Alsop takes Tuscan hill town idea to Nottingham suburb

24-Apr-2006
Will Alsop is set to 'do a Barnsley' on a rundown suburb of Nottingham, the AJ has learned.
Foster sets doubts aside and agrees to sheep-herding stunt

21-Apr-2006
Despite growing rumours that he was set to pull out, Norman Foster has confirmed that he will herd a flock of 30 sheep across the Millennium Bridge to open this summer's London Architecture Biennale.
Make designs Hogmanay centrepiece for Edinburgh - images

21-Apr-2006
Make has drawn up these concept designs for a new arena in Edinburgh city centre, which will replace a famous bandstand in the heart of the city.
Coppergate clash to flare up again

20-Apr-2006
The never-ending battle over the future of one of the most sensitive sites in England is set to reignite.
Row over bid to ban Northern Ireland's 'bungalow blight'

20-Apr-2006
A bitter fight is under way in Northern Ireland over a proposed planning regulation that would ban almost all construction in the province's countryside.
Holyrood repair plans will differ from original Arup proposals

19-Apr-2006
The roof of the much-troubled Holyrood building in Edinburgh is to be patched up using a method that differs from the original Arup repair proposals, it has emerged.
Bath Spa problems 'worse than could have been imagined'

19-Apr-2006
A senior member of Bath Council has admitted that the list of construction and design defects on Grimshaw's disastrous Bath Spa project is 'more than could have been imagined'.
Elsie Owusu joins Feilden and Mawson in shock move

19-Apr-2006
One of the leading lights of the black British architectural scene has joined Feilden and Mawson Architects, it has emerged.
- as rural campaigners call for even more control

18-Apr-2006
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has demanded MPs sign a new Early Day Motion (EDM) calling for greater protection of the green belt.
Right-wing lobbyist demands more green-belt houses

18-Apr-2006
The right-wing think-tank the Adam Smith Institute has called for a radical overhaul of the planning system in the countryside.
Woods Bagot attempts echo of Frank Lloyd Wright in the Himalayas - image

13-Apr-2006
The London office of Woods Bagot has been commissioned to design this extraordinary project in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Yvette Cooper puts design statements into action

13-Apr-2006
The ODPM has left observers astonished after it suddenly confirmed the details of its plans for 'design statements' in the planning process.
SMC Alsop gets first taste of success at Orangery - images

13-Apr-2006
SMC Alsop, the firm created last month when Stuart McColl's SMC Group took over Alsop Design, has won planning permission for this extension to Wakefield's Grade II*-listed Orangery.
See the DCMS' letter of apology to Zaha after Olympic claims

13-Apr-2006
The AJ has obtained the letter of apology Zaha Hadid forced out of the DCMS after Tessa Jowell made unsubstantiated claims about the London 2012 Olympic Aquatics Centre project last year.
Architecture charity hopes to bloom in Romania

12-Apr-2006
The UK chapter of charity Architecture for Humanity (AfH) has revealed the details of its first international project.
Friends of the Earth launches into Northern Ireland planning debate

11-Apr-2006
Friends of the Earth (FoE) has launched a campaign in a bid to 'empower the people of Northern Ireland' by involving them in the province's planning system.
Yeang sees off international stars to bring home bacon for Llewelyn Davies Yeang - images

11-Apr-2006
Ken Yeang has won his first major competition since coming to London last summer to join forces with Llewelyn Davies.
Congestion Charge opponents use design as weapon against Livingstone

10-Apr-2006
Design has become the latest front in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's war to see off Ken Livingstone's plan to expand London's Congestion Charge.
Leading London school designs to go on show

10-Apr-2006
The Architecture Foundation is set to launch a new competition to select educational projects in the inner-London boroughs to feature in a new exhibition.
Farrells wins go-ahead for new Shoreditch tower - image

10-Apr-2006
Farrells has won planning permission for this new tower, called Eagle House, in Shoreditch, east London.
HKR goes for planning with east London tower - image

7-Apr-2006
Dublin and London-based HKR Architects has submitted this residential tower scheme in the East End of London for planning permission.
Crowds camp out in Salford to be first in line for latest Urban Splash effort

6-Apr-2006
Hundreds of Mancunians have camped overnight in a desperate bid to buy one of Urban Splash's upside-down terrace houses in Salford.
New plans for Margate's contentious Turner Contemporary revealed - images

6-Apr-2006
The details of the scheme that will replace Snøhetta and Spence's controversially dropped Turner Centre in Margate have been revealed.
Error-ridden Part L published

6-Apr-2006
The extraordinary fiasco surrounding the new Part L building regulations has reached a crescendo with a startling new revelation.
Acquitted PCC architect Ingrid Morris mired in legal trouble

5-Apr-2006
An architect acquitted in one of the most celebrated Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) cases is back in serious trouble with the courts, the AJ can reveal.
BDP reaches out to residents in Archway

5-Apr-2006
BDP has launched a bid to pacify militant locals opposing work the practice is carrying out in north London's Archway.
More grief for Wembley as design row heads for the courts

5-Apr-2006
Controversial design changes on the massively delayed Wembley stadium project are set to become the focal point of a bitter legal dispute, it has emerged.
Farnborough wind tunnels deal becomes clearer - images

4-Apr-2006
Further details of plans to save Farnborough's historic Grade I-listed wind tunnels have emerged.
McAdam and ex-Alsop partner Stormer to build new town outside Moscow - images

4-Apr-2006
London-based McAdam Architects has joined forces with former Alsop partner Jan Stormer to masterplan a 'totally self-sufficient new town' outside Moscow, the AJ can reveal.
Hackney embroiled in yet more development furore as Arup wins green light

3-Apr-2006
Arup Associates has won planning permission for a massively controversial project in east London.
Three firms share spoils in Irish comp - image

3-Apr-2006
Three practices were left surprised on Friday afternoon when they were all announced as the joint winners of a competition in the Irish city of Tipperary.
Scottish Parliament will be back to work by mid-May - Arup

31-Mar-2006
Arup has announced that it believes that it will be safe for MSPs to return to work in the Scottish Parliament building by mid-May, following an incident in which a beam slipped from the structure's roof.
RIAS on cusp of leaving historic headquarters

31-Mar-2006
The RIAS is on the verge of leaving its Edinburgh headquarters, it has emerged.
ODPM gives huge cash boost to online planning

31-Mar-2006
The government has revealed details of a major cash injection that will aim to speed up the process of bringing the planning system electronic.
Arup about to release Holyrood beam report

31-Mar-2006
The long-awaited report by Arup into the failure of the beam in the Scottish Parliament is expected this afternoon.
BPTW is on the way in Tipperary - image

30-Mar-2006
The BPTW Partnership has made it in to the final three in a major masterplanning competition in the Republic of Ireland.
Civic Trust unveils 2006 award winners - image

30-Mar-2006
This year's winners of the Civic Trust Awards have been announced at a ceremony at Lords cricket ground.
New bid to set up school of Classical architecture

30-Mar-2006
A fresh attempt to set up a school of Classical and traditional architecture is under way, the AJ can reveal.
John Pawson to make stage debut at Royal Ballet with first set design

29-Mar-2006
John Pawson is in talks to design a set for a high-profile Royal Ballet production in Covent Garden, central London, it has emerged.
Wife of Japanese earthquake-data scandal architect leaps to death

29-Mar-2006
The wife of the Japanese architect embroiled in the earthquake-data scandal has thrown herself to her death.
Cameron attacks government over failure to 'design-out crime'

29-Mar-2006
Conservative leader David Cameron has attacked John Prescott over the government's failure to 'design-out crime'.
Stratford-upon-Avon seeks new bridge to complement RSC

28-Mar-2006
A competition has been launched to find a designer of a new bridge in Stratford-upon-Avon alongside the Royal Shakespeare Company.
RIBA brings sense to Canterbury architecture school crisis

28-Mar-2006
The RIBA's education department has moved to bring an end to the brewing war between the two architecture schools in Canterbury.
Conservatives dramatically drop Nimby tradition

28-Mar-2006
David Cameron, the new Conservative Party leader, has launched a surprise attack on the culture of Nimbyism in Britain.
Prince slams 'depressing' Middle Eastern architecture

27-Mar-2006
The Prince of Wales has hit out at architectural development in Saudi Arabia and the entire Gulf region.
York's Coppergate row reignites following new planning brief

27-Mar-2006
The massive controversy surrounding the Coppergate site in York is set to reignite this week following the city council's decision to approve a new brief for the site.
Marks Barfield takes on turbines

27-Mar-2006
Marks Barfield is drawing up plans for an extraordinary 40m-tall urban wind turbine with trendy young engineering firm XCO2.
Livingstone backs Argent's vision for King's Cross

24-Mar-2006
The vast plans for the redevelopment of a massive swathe of the run-down King's Cross area of London have taken another step forward, with London Mayor Ken Livingstone giving Argent's huge proposals his seal of approval.
Alsop confirms deal to sell practice to SMC

24-Mar-2006
The SMC Group and Alsop Design have confirmed the major deal that will see Will Alsop's famous practice bought out.
Zaha to get inside Nouvel scheme - images

24-Mar-2006
Zaha Hadid has been commissioned to design this vast 'architectural experiment' to sit within the bowels of Jean Nouvel's Cartier Foundation building in Paris.
Budget details reveal good news for PFI design

23-Mar-2006
The government has further demonstrated its growing belief that the PFI procurement method must be reformed to integrate design at an early stage.
MacCormac set for dramatic return to BBC Broadcasting House

23-Mar-2006
Richard MacCormac has entered into secret high-level talks which could see him make a dramatic return to the BBC's huge Broadcasting House scheme, the AJ can reveal.
Cullinan to masterplan the National Forest

22-Mar-2006
Edward Cullinan Architects has won an extraordinary commission to masterplan the entire future development of the National Forest in the Midlands.
Early Brutalist building wins listing - image

22-Mar-2006
Culture Minister David Lammy has listed one of the earliest examples of British Brutalism.
Museum designer sought for historic Northern Irish town

21-Mar-2006
A competition has been launched to find a designer for a new museum in one of Northern Ireland's most important historic towns.
Government asks RIBA for planning reform advice

21-Mar-2006
ODPM minister Yvette Cooper has asked the RIBA to investigate potential reforms to the planning system, the AJ can reveal.
Warring Croydon Gateway schemes to go head-to-head at single inquiry

20-Mar-2006
The long-running battle between the two schemes competing for the hugely contentious Croydon Gateway site is set to culminate with a dramatic planning inquiry later this year, it has emerged.
SMC on verge of shock Alsop takeover

20-Mar-2006
The ever-growing SMC Group is in talks to take over Alsop Design, a move that would represent one of the most unexpected financial deals in the architectural world for several years.
TFL 'puts the brakes on King's Cross plans'

17-Mar-2006
Transport for London (TFL) has stalled the final approval of the massive King's Cross redevelopment, the AJ understands.
PFI reforms on the agenda following RIBA campaign

17-Mar-2006
The RIBA has won a major victory in its campaign to reform the controversial private finance initiative (PFI).
Aedas to merge with leading New York firm

16-Mar-2006
Aedas has revealed a deal that will see it merge with one of New York's largest practices to extend its growing global empire.
Feilden Clegg Bradley wins planning in Runnymede - image

14-Mar-2006
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won planning permission for Runnymede Borough Council's new civic offices in Surrey.
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson expansion plans revealed

14-Mar-2006
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's period of consolidation following last year's merger has come to a dramatic end, with news emerging at MIPIM of an aggressive expansion plan.
Reformers win dramatic mandate for change in ARB election

8-Mar-2006
The ARB Reform Group has won a crushing victory in its electoral campaign to gain seats on the board.
Jowell calls for constituency MPs to back architecture

2-Mar-2006
Embattled culture secretary Tessa Jowell has demanded that her fellow MPs promote architecture in their constituency.
Farrell becomes design guru for north Kent

2-Mar-2006
Terry Farrell has been appointed design champion for the Medway area of north Kent.
ARB ballot closes as Cullinan jumps on reform bandwagon

1-Mar-2006
The ballot boxes for the most contentious board elections in ARB's short history have closed.
HOK's huge Barts and Royal London Hospital plans on cusp of green light

1-Mar-2006
HOK's vast PFI proposals for the new Barts and the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, east London, seem to be on the verge of finally winning the green light from the government.
Southwark planners face complaint to Local Government Ombudsman

28-Feb-2006
A prominent South London-based architect is set to complain to the Local Government Ombudsman over the behaviour of Southwark planners.
Arup brings in Alsop to work on vast Chinese 'sustainable city'

28-Feb-2006
Engineer Arup has brought in Alsop Architects to work on one of the largest schemes in the world.
Camden planning chair embroiled in 'conflict of interest' row

27-Feb-2006
The new chair of planning in Camden has found herself in extremely hot water following the approval of a contentious tower in Euston by Farrells.
Grimshaw becomes latest big name to back ARB Reform Group

27-Feb-2006
Yet another big name has given his support to the ARB Reform Group, just days before the ballot closes in the most bitter electoral contest the board has ever experienced.
Not exactly fair to Schmidlin; leading facade firm goes belly up

24-Feb-2006
One of the world's leading facade manufacturers has called in the receivers, it has emerged.
Foster's mammoth Hong Kong plans teetering on the brink

23-Feb-2006
Major doubt has been cast over the future of Norman Foster's vast plans for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong.
Multiplex's Wembley losses hit £106 million- and rising

23-Feb-2006
The Australian contractor building Wembley has revealed the mammoth losses that have come as a direct consequence of the problems on the HOK Sport/Foster scheme.
Court battle provokes design copyright fears

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.
M3 wins planning for one-off house with no design changes demanded - images

22-Feb-2006
Clerkenwell-based M3 Architects has won planning permission for this one-off house in Sanderstead, Surrey.
Reid's Three Quays set to be unlocked - image

22-Feb-2006
One of the most contentious schemes in the City of London is set to clear a major hurdle on Tuesday.
Livingstone bid could cut planning appeals

21-Feb-2006
The number of planning appeals and inquiries on major applications could be set to dwindle dramatically if London Mayor Ken Livingstone's bid to increase his powers goes ahead.
Crisis looms over changes to new Part L

20-Feb-2006
Architects will have just three weeks to understand and implement the final version of Part L before it becomes law - a major problem exacerbated because it will actually be radically different to the published draft.
Pompidou reveals plans for Morphosis exhibition - images

20-Feb-2006
The Pompidou Centre has revealed the first images of its forthcoming exhibition of the work of US west coast practice Morphosis.
Architect in the House scheme could be dropped

17-Feb-2006
The RIBA is considering dropping the nationally renowned initiative Architect in the House, it has emerged.
Climate change 'threatens historic buildings'

17-Feb-2006
Climate change is threatening many of Britain's most important historic buildings, the National Trust claimed yesterday in a stark warning.
Prescott back contentious Merseyside Pathfinder demolition plans

16-Feb-2006
The government has given the green light to one of the most controversial residential demolition proposals of recent years.
Zaha wins Spanish comp - image

16-Feb-2006
Zaha Hadid has won yet another competition, this time for a scheme in Spain.
Architects finally win victory over Yellow Pages listings

16-Feb-2006
The publisher of the Yellow Pages has finally agreed to a deal that should bring to an end one of the architecture profession's longest-standing complaints.
RIAS boss in about-turn over ARB

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.
Design codes 'to become planning 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
Foster and Partners wins comp to design new quarter in St Petersburg

15-Feb-2006
Foster and Partners has won a major international competition to design a new cultural quarter for the historic city of St Petersburg, Russia
SMC makes nearly £2 million from fresh share offering

15-Feb-2006
SMC Group's mastery of city trading opportunities has once again been illustrated after the group raised nearly £2 million as part of a trading deal.
Viñoly's 'Golden Banana' finally gets go-ahead in Colchester

15-Feb-2006
Raphael Viñoly's plans for a visual arts gallery in Colchester have taken a massive leap forward with the problematic scheme finally winning planning permission.
Legionnaire's architect wins right of appeal

14-Feb-2006
A Cumbrian architect found guilty of serious health and safety offences over a horrendous outbreak of legionnaires' disease has won the right to appeal the decision.
Historic Hackney theatre demolition approved

14-Feb-2006
Hackney Council has approved the demolition of a historic theatre in the Dalston area of the London borough.
Ideas competition launched for Archway

13-Feb-2006
An ideas competition has been launched in a bid to counter work currently being undertaken by BDP in London's rundown Archway area.
Vast new plans revealed for Paddington - images

13-Feb-2006
A massive £700 million planning application has been lodged for one of the biggest new projects seen recently in the capital.
Consumer watchdog 'surprised and concerned' by the RIBA

10-Feb-2006
The RIBA's drive to force the government to reform the ARB has come under attack from the National Consumer Council (NCC).
Two young UK firms make it to final six for Canadian tower

10-Feb-2006
Two young British practices have made it on to the shortlist of a major international competition for a skyscraper to be built in the Canadian city of Mississauga.
Prescott accused of bias over Pathfinder inquiry

9-Feb-2006
A leading community group in Liverpool has accused Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott of bias in deciding the future of a massively controversial Pathfinder housing project.
Tories accept need for many more new homes to be built

9-Feb-2006
The Conservative Party has signalled an end to its stringent opposition to more new homes being built in the South East.
Promise that Bath Spa 'will open in April' comes despite glass dispute

8-Feb-2006
Capita Symonds, the design consultancy that has taken over the delivery of the contentious Bath Spa project from Grimshaw, has vowed that the scheme will hit its latest completion deadline of April this year.
Welsh Assembly ready for use at last - images

8-Feb-2006
Assembly Members are finally moving in to Richard Rogers' Welsh Assembly building in Cardiff.
Fobert follows in Adjaye's footsteps by winning Frieze commission

7-Feb-2006
Jamie Fobert will succeed David Adjaye this year as the designer of the 2006 Frieze Art Fair building in Regent's Park, London.
Prince Charles takes architectural crusade to countryside

7-Feb-2006
The Prince of Wales' crusade to reform architectural practice in the UK has taken another step forward.
LIFT health schemes come under fire

6-Feb-2006
A new research document has attacked the government's high-profile healthcare procurement system, LIFT.
Move to 'unionise' profession takes leap forward

6-Feb-2006
The possibility of architecture becoming unionised has moved forward, the AJ has learned.
SMC pays out over £4 million for two more acquisitions

3-Feb-2006
SMC Group's hungry expansion programme has taken another major step forward with the acquisition of two more practices.
ACA president calls for the ARB to be cut back

3-Feb-2006
The president of the Association of Consulting Architects has issued a thinly disguised call to arms on behalf of the ARB Reform Group.
Contentious ARB chair wins re-election

2-Feb-2006
The highly controversial chairman of the ARB has been re-elected to his post unopposed.
- before unveiling Olympic Exploratory

2-Feb-2006
The government has unveiled proposals to open a new Olympic centre based on the highly successful Hackney Building Exploratory.
Jowell raises the bar on healthcare with AJ100 Breakfast Club announcement-

2-Feb-2006
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has unveiled the latest bid to improve design quality in the public sector.
Farrells' plans for Lots Road finally win green light

1-Feb-2006
John Prescott has given the go-ahead to Terry Farrell's plans for the redevelopment of the famous Lots Road site in Chelsea.
Church authorities attacked over decline of Cardross Seminary

1-Feb-2006
The trust set up in a desperate bid to save Scotland's Grade A-listed Cardross Seminary has written an angry letter to the building's owner, the Archdiocese of Glasgow, over the structure's continuing decline.
Changes to 2012 Olympic Park revealed

31-Jan-2006
Olympic organisers have announced updated plans for the London 2012 Olympic Park, designed by Edaw, Allies and Morrison, Foreign Office Architects and HOK Sport.
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson enters black following 'rationalisation of operation'

30-Jan-2006
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has rationalised a large chunk of its offices, the practice has revealed.
Foster gets behind ARB reformers

30-Jan-2006
Norman Foster has become the latest big name to throw his weight behind the ARB Reform Group, the electoral alliance campaigning to pare back the registration organisation.
More architects embroiled in Japanese earthquake data scandal

27-Jan-2006
The controversy surrounding the Japanese architecture community has deepened.
War of words escalates over Pathfinder

27-Jan-2006
SAVE Britain's Heritage has issued an angry denial of the ODPM's response to its damning new report on the government's controversial Pathfinder programme.
Munkenbeck + Marshall wins planning for Jerwood Space Corten extension - images

26-Jan-2006
Munkenbeck + Marshall has won planning consent for this extension to the Jerwood Space in Bankside, south London.
Allies and Morrison to oversee Zaha at Architecture Foundation

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.
Allies and Morrison to oversee Zaha at Architecture Foundation

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.
Contentious Chiswick House plans win lottery cash

25-Jan-2006
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has thrown its weight - and, more importantly, its cash - behind the vastly controversial plans to renovate Chiswick House and Gardens in west London.
Pressure mounts on ARB as Rogers throws weight behind Reform Group

25-Jan-2006
The ARB Reform Group has signed up Richard Rogers, its highest-profile backer to date, as a supporter in the forthcoming election campaign.
Stars line up behind ARB Reform Group

24-Jan-2006
An astonishing list that includes some of the biggest names in British architecture is lining up in support of the ARB Reform Group.
'Classicism's Pritzker' dishes out £56,000 to latest winner

24-Jan-2006
The Classical architecture scene's answer to the Pritzker Prize has this year been handed to American architect Allan Greenberg.
AIDS ideas competition offers condoms to winners

24-Jan-2006
Archaos, the architecture student association, and charity Architecture Sans Frontieres UK have announced an ideas competition for an AIDS orphanage in South Africa.
Foster's Stirling shortlist school damned by inspectors

23-Jan-2006
Foster and Partners' Stirling-shortlisted Bexley Business Academy has come under heavy fire following a damning Ofsted inspectors' visit.
Higgs Young completes Europan scheme after 11 years

23-Jan-2006
London-based practice Higgs Young Architects has finally completed a housing project in the Netherlands, over a decade after winning the scheme as part of a Europan competition.
Thames Gateway failing, warns new report

20-Jan-2006
The Thames Gateway is in danger of failing by becoming bogged down irretrievably in a 'political, financial and planning minefield', a new report published yesterday has warned.
East Berlin Brutalist icon faces bulldozers

20-Jan-2006
One of the most significant Brutalist buildings in Europe is set to be demolished, following a decision in the German parliament.
Wanted: One new café for Deal pier

19-Jan-2006
An invited competition has been launched to design a new café for the end of the only pier built in Britain since the Second World War.
Grade II* rating to be axed

19-Jan-2006
English Heritage (EH) is on the verge of abolishing the Grade II* rating from the listing system, the AJ can exclusively reveal.
Ian Salisbury's war with the ARB finally comes to end

18-Jan-2006
A major, but top secret, legal dispute between the ARB and its long-term nemesis, Ian Salisbury, has finally been settled.
City approves demolition of 'word processor' Mondial House

18-Jan-2006
Fletcher Priest's plans to demolish one of Prince Charles' pet hates, Mondial House on the Thames, have won planning permission.
Spectacular new timber house planned for the Highlands - images

17-Jan-2006
Rural Design Architects, based on the Isle of Skye, has revealed a series of striking images for a new private house in the Scottish Highlands.
Planning row concludes with victory for Sandgate scheme - images

16-Jan-2006
A scheme at the centre of a major planning row in Kent has won permission from an ODPM planning inspector.
Plans to build tall in Jersey win CABE blessing

16-Jan-2006
CABE has come out largely in favour of controversial plans to build tall buildings in St Helier, the historic capital of Jersey.
Dream team wins just deserts at Olympic park

13-Jan-2006
The four-strong team that put together the masterplanning aspect of London's victorious 2012 Olympic bid has been re-appointed to steer the mammoth project to fruition.
Fosters faces design review flak in Scotland-

13-Jan-2006
Foster and Partners has come under heavy pressure from Scotland's design watchdog over its plans for this new arena in Glasgow.
Final seven line up for electoral revolution at ARB

12-Jan-2006
The list of ARB revolutionaries preparing a bid to take control of the organisation's board has been finalised.
Plans to grow Heron Tower set for approval

11-Jan-2006
KPF's plans to increase the height of its skyscraper proposals for Heron Tower are on the verge of winning planning approval.
CUBE makes comeback in new form

11-Jan-2006
CUBE, Manchester's architecture gallery, is set to re-open in a new form following the problems of last year, which saw its closure.
Nouvel's St Paul's scheme to win green light

11-Jan-2006
Jean Nouvel's One New Change scheme, proposed for a site that neighbours St Paul's Cathedral, looks set to win the green light from planners next week.
Professional insurance charge pair face conduct committee

10-Jan-2006
One of the most important cases ever to go before an ARB Professional Conduct Committee hearing is set to restart today.
Cost rises as plans for Zaha's Architecture Foundation building swell

9-Jan-2006
The Architecture Foundation (AF) has admitted that the budget for its new home, by Zaha Hadid, has increased dramatically.
EPR romps home in Galway - images

6-Jan-2006
London-based EPR Architects has won the race to design the new grandstand at Galway's Ballybrit Racecourse.
Demolition begins on Japanese earthquake scandal apartment building

6-Jan-2006
Demolition has begun on the apartment block at the heart of the Japanese architectural earthquake scandal.
Squires goes for planning in Vauxhall with two towers - images

5-Jan-2006
Squire and Partners has gone for planning with its designs for two tall towers in Vauxhall, south London.
SMC Group restructures to target education sector

5-Jan-2006
One of the most aggressive architectural practices in the UK has set its sights on the education market.
London architect sets off on Pakistan mission

22-Dec-2005
A London-based architect has set off on a trip with the aim of easing the problems currently besetting the region of Pakistan hit by an earthquake earlier this year.
Milton Keynes expansion plans progress

22-Dec-2005
The controversial plans to double the size of Milton Keynes took a dramatic step forward this week.
RHWL takes next step forward in Liverpool

21-Dec-2005
RHWL has submitted a planning application for the second phase of its St Paul's Square scheme in Liverpool.
RHWL takes next step forward in Liverpool - image

21-Dec-2005
RHWL has submitted a planning application for the second phase of its St Paul's Square scheme in Liverpool.
Massive global tsunami competition down to final five

20-Dec-2005
An astonishing 379 entries from 43 countries have been whittled down to a shortlist of five in the international competition to design a tsunami memorial in Thailand.
Massive global tsunami competition down to final five - images

20-Dec-2005
An astonishing 379 entries from 43 countries have been whittled down to a shortlist of five in the international competition to design a tsunami memorial in Thailand.
Pollard Thomas Edwards wins Pathfinder permission

20-Dec-2005
Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) has won permission for a major scheme in Liverpool that forms part of the government's hugely controversial Pathfinder initiative.
Pollard Thomas Edwards wins Pathfinder permission - images

20-Dec-2005
Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) has won permission for a major scheme in Liverpool that forms part of the government's hugely controversial Pathfinder initiative.
PRP wins planning for university scheme

19-Dec-2005
PRP has won planning permission for this large residential-led mixed-use scheme on the site of Middlesex University in Haringey, north London.
PRP wins planning for university scheme - image

19-Dec-2005
PRP has won planning permission for this large residential-led mixed-use scheme on the site of Middlesex University in Haringey, north London.
Rogers over-committed to design, think tank warns

16-Dec-2005
One of Labour's most influential think tanks has produced a document that criticises the conclusions of Richard Rogers' Urban Task Force.
Foster to build skyscraper at Ground Zero

16-Dec-2005
Foster and Partners has been unveiled by the New York authorities as the architect of a 65-storey tower on the massively controversial Ground Zero site.
RIBA bows to pressure and plans reforms for conservation register

15-Dec-2005
The RIBA is planning a raft of reforms to the controversial Accredited Architects in Building Conservation register, the AJ can reveal.
BAA picks big names to look at new Heathrow terminal

15-Dec-2005
BAA has drawn up a glittering shortlist to design its massive proposals for the Heathrow East Terminal.
Edinburgh defeated as BDP project for Livingston moves forward

14-Dec-2005
The Scottish Executive has given its blessing to a contentious BDP scheme in the town of Livingston.
Edinburgh defeated as BDP project for Livingston moves forward - image

14-Dec-2005
The Scottish Executive has given its blessing to a contentious BDP scheme in the town of Livingston.
Architects must change radically, new report warns

14-Dec-2005
A radical new report produced for the RIBA has called for a revolution in the profession.
Rab Bennetts becomes 'conscience of construction industry'

13-Dec-2005
Rab Bennetts has agreed to join a new construction industry committee that claims it will become the 'conscience of the industry' in the run up of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Architecture charity in earthquake relief effort

13-Dec-2005
International charity Architecture for Humanity (AfH) has launched a new competition in a bid to aid the earthquake relief effort in Kashmir.
Prescott defends Pathfinder as housing shortlist revealed

12-Dec-2005
John Prescott has moved to defend the massively controversial Pathfinder programme that will see thousands of homes demolished across the north of England.
Antoine Predock wins AIA Gold Medal

12-Dec-2005
New Mexico-based Antoine Predock has won the 2006 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
Georgian Group ups the ante in Chiswick House row

9-Dec-2005
The Georgian Group has revealed the full details of its opposition to English Heritage's (EH's) contentious plans for Chiswick House.
Cowan reveals new urban lingo

8-Dec-2005
The author of the Dictionary of Urbanism, Rob Cowan, has revealed fifty new additions to his ever-growing resource.
Charles Barclay wins mammoth Kielder competition

8-Dec-2005
Charles Barclay Architects has won the biggest architectural competition seen in Britain for a generation.
Charles Barclay wins mammoth Kielder competition - images

8-Dec-2005
Charles Barclay Architects has won the biggest architectural competition seen in Britain for a generation.
Trio picks up top AR Emerging Architecture prizes

7-Dec-2005
The Architectural Reviewhas revealed the winners of its 2005 Emerging Architecture Awards.
Jeremy Till to curate British Pavilion in Venice

7-Dec-2005
Jeremy Till, the Sheffield School of Architecture professor, is set to be unveiled as the curator of the British Pavilion at next year's Venice Architecture Biennale.
Brown ups housebuilding policy

6-Dec-2005
Gordon Brown yesterday responded to the Barker Review of Housing, upping the planned number of new homes to be built in the UK to 200,000.
Greens send Livingstone a breeze block to mark 'dodgy planning'

5-Dec-2005
London's Green Party has awarded the capital's mayor Ken Livingstone the top prize in its Dodgy Planning Awards.
DCMS backs listing of military buildings and airfields

5-Dec-2005
A series of historic military buildings around Britain has today been listed by DCMS minister David Lammy.
Charles humiliated at Poundbury

2-Dec-2005
Prince Charles' property organisation, the Duchy of Cornwall, was yesterday left humiliated by a planning inspector's decision to throw out an application to extend Poundbury.
Liverpool Bluecoats transformation begins

2-Dec-2005
Work has started on site to completely transform and save one of Liverpool's most famous historic buildings.
Liverpool Bluecoats transformation begins - images

2-Dec-2005
Work has started on site to completely transform and save one of Liverpool's most famous historic buildings.
Farrells walks at South Ken

1-Dec-2005
Farrells has walked away from one of the most contentious projects in London after committing 10 years to working on schemes for the site, the AJ can reveal.
Tebbit attacks Battle of Britain Memorial cost hikes

1-Dec-2005
Former Tory hardman Norman Tebbit has attacked the management of the construction of Donald Insall Associates' recently opened Battle of Britain Memorial in central London.
Alsop reveals extraordinary new Interbuild Architecture Pavilion

1-Dec-2005
Alsop Architects has revealed the first images of the AJ's Architecture Pavilion, which will make for a memorable landmark at next year's Interbuild exhibition.
Alsop reveals extraordinary new Interbuild Architecture Pavilion - images

1-Dec-2005
Alsop Architects has revealed the first images of the AJ's Architecture Pavilion, which will make for a memorable landmark at next year's Interbuild exhibition.
Livingstone bids to increase family homes in London's core

30-Nov-2005
Ken Livingstone has launched a bid to force up the number of family homes being built in the centre of the London.
London Architecture Biennale 2006 events unveiled

29-Nov-2005
More details have emerged of the plans for next summer's London Architecture Biennale.
Jon Thompson wins planning next to royal park

29-Nov-2005
Jon Thompson & Partners has won planning permission for this largely residential project in Teddington.
NAO comes out for prefab

28-Nov-2005
The highly-influential National Audit Office (NAO) has called for the wider-spread adoption of off-site construction.
Capita plans two architectural acquisitions 'by Christmas'

28-Nov-2005
Capita Percy Thomas is readying itself for a series of major architectural take-overs, the AJ has learnt.
Graeme Russell walks out of the RIBA

25-Nov-2005
One of the RIBA's highest-profile recruits in recent years has walked away from the institute less than three months after he joined.
Heritage lobby ups opposition to King's Cross redevelopment

24-Nov-2005
SAVE Britain's Heritage has hit out at the massive masterplan proposed for the railway lands around King's Cross.
Latest London planning battle emerges as EH slams DIFA Tower

24-Nov-2005
English Heritage (EH) has called for Kohn Pedersen Fox's (KPF's) massive proposals for the DIFA tower to be rejected by the Corporation of London.
EH claims built heritage will 'save' Thames Gateway

23-Nov-2005
English Heritage (EH) has demanded that the government respect the role that the historic built environment can play in the massive development plans proposed for the Thames Gateway.
Kinetic sees off big names in Birmingham's Warwick Bar

22-Nov-2005
Kinetic-AIU has won an international invited competition to design a masterplan for the Warwick Bar area of Birmingham.
Educational charity masterplan up for grabs

21-Nov-2005
The RIBA has announced the launch of a new masterplanning competition for an educational charity.
Japanese architect admits fiddling earthquake regs data

21-Nov-2005
A Japanese architect has sparked major controversy in the Far East by admitting to having faked data that related to proving his buildings were earthquake-sound.
Reid builds aircraft control tower in Newcastle

17-Nov-2005
Reid Architecture has revealed these plans for a new £8.2 million control tower at Newcastle Airport.
Women on the rise in profession, research shows

16-Nov-2005
The number of women entering the profession is rising steadily, research released by the ARB today has shown.
War breaks out over Liverpool Pathfinder

15-Nov-2005
Major controversy has been ignited this week in one of the government's first Pathfinder initiatives.
'We didn't usurp MacCormac at BBC' insists Sheppard Robson

7-Nov-2005
Sheppard Robson has insisted it was not approached to work on the redevelopment of the BBC's Broadcasting House until after MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) had been dropped.
Sheppard Robson takes over MacCormac's work at BBC

4-Nov-2005
Sheppard Robson has taken over the massively controversial BBC Broadcasting House scheme, less than two weeks after MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) was dumped following reports of a bust-up over design.
Prince's acolytes take up position in New Orleans

4-Nov-2005
The Prince's Foundation, the organisation set up to lobby for the Prince of Wales' traditional architectural views, is set to work on the reconstruction of hurricane-ravaged New Orleans.
RIBA hits back at ARB as hostilities snowball

3-Nov-2005
The RIBA has lost no time in hitting back at the ARB after its refusal to accept the institute's proposed reforms.
The AJ lands publishing's 'Stirling Prize'

3-Nov-2005
The AJ has scooped the most revered magazine-design award in Britain.
ARB rejects all reform options

2-Nov-2005
The ARB has rejected out of hand a raft or reforms proposed by the RIBA to change the way the board works.
Arup proves massive explosive potential of Guy Fawkes

1-Nov-2005
Arup has proved that Guy Fawkes would have killed everyone present in the House of Lords if he had managed to ignite his huge stash of gunpowder on November 5 1605, a television programme this evening will show.
Coppergate on verge of renewed public row

28-Oct-2005
The controversy surrounding York's hugely contentious Coppergate site looks set to flare up again at the beginning of the new year.
Frustrated MacCormac leaves BBC

27-Oct-2005
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) has sensationally left the BBC Broadcasting House project amid reports of a bust-up over design.
PFI faces fresh barrage of criticism

24-Oct-2005
The country's biggest trade union yesterday launched a fierce attack on the Private Finance Initiative.
Niall Phillips launches search for merger or sale

24-Oct-2005
One of the South West's most successful practices has secretly launched a bid to find a practice that will either buy the business or merge with the office.
Contentious Chartered Practice scheme gets off the ground

21-Oct-2005
The RIBA has launched its highly contentious Chartered Practice scheme.
Architects' fees continue spiralling rise

21-Oct-2005
Average architectural fees have risen substantially over the last five years, according to new research released today.
Feilden Clegg Bradley to build new Yorkshire home for nuns

17-Oct-2005
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has won planning permission for this brand new monastery proposed for the North York Moors.
Tory Gummer sets sights on ARB in Parliament

13-Oct-2005
Veteran Tory big-hitter John Gummer has this week taken the war on the ARB to the House of Commons.
DRDH makes it to final seven for Hamburg

10-Oct-2005
Up-and-coming London practice DRDH Architects has been shortlisted alongside six other young firms to design a residential scheme in Hamburg, Germany.
Spitalfields row reignites as Foster building opens

6-Oct-2005
The campaign group set up to defend Spitalfields Market has issued an angry statement to mark the opening of Norman Foster's extremely controversial office building on the site.
Architecture Foundation launches Clerkenwell table football cup

6-Oct-2005
The Architecture Foundation has announced that it is hosting a four-day table football tournament at The Yard, its gallery in Old Street.
Ritchie 'cast aside' in White City

6-Oct-2005
Ian Ritchie has been sidelined from the vast majority of the White City shopping centre development amid widespread concerns over the quality of the scheme's design, the AJ can exclusively reveal.
Basevi's home set for transformation

5-Oct-2005
The former London home of leading Georgian architect George Basevi is set to be refurbished by ESA Architecture.
Plans for a renewed Park Hill are unveiled

4-Oct-2005
Urban Splash has revealed details and images of its plans for Sheffield's famous Park Hill estate this morning.
Newport to get a facelift

3-Oct-2005
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has been appointed to take on a large swathe of rundown Newport, South Wales.
Six make it through to final round for rural housing

30-Sep-2005
Six firms have made it in to the final round of a competition to design a rural housing development in Suffolk.
Huge King's Cross masterplan moves forward

30-Sep-2005
The vast redevelopment of King's Cross in London has taken another substantial step forward.
Vast international competition expected as search for tsunami memorial gets underway

30-Sep-2005
The government of Thailand has launched an international competition to find a design for a memorial for the victims of the tsunami on Boxing Day 2004.
Corking ideas sought for The Art Box

29-Sep-2005
An ideas competition has been launched to find designs for a new mobile performance and exhibition centre in Cork.
Lambeth strikes back in row with mayor over housebuilding

29-Sep-2005
Lambeth council has reacted with fury after it was on the receiving end of a tongue-lashing from Ken Livingstone at the Labour Party Conference yesterday.
Rogers lands massive New York scheme

28-Sep-2005
The Richard Rogers Partnership has been picked to design the $1.4 billion expansion of the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York, it has emerged.
RIBA student hardship fund saved by last minute donation

28-Sep-2005
The only charity devoted solely to helping architectural students in financial hardship has been saved from going out of business by the end of the year.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins Westminster planning

27-Sep-2005
This new office block just off Tottenham Court Road in central London, by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, has won planning permission.
Tokyo duo see off Zaha to pick up Louvre II commission

27-Sep-2005
Japanese practice Sanaa has won the international competition to design a satellite museum for the Louvre, according to reports in France.
The young continue to lose respect for architects, research shows

23-Sep-2005
Young people are increasingly disrespectful of the position architects hold in society, new research shows.
Duchy of Cornwall 'failed to meet Prince's own consultation standards'

23-Sep-2005
Residents opposing plans for the extension of Prince Charles' Dorset model village at Poundbury have accused developers of failing to meet even basic standards of public consultation.
After lengthy delays, Bermondsey looks set to finally get green light

20-Sep-2005
Long-awaited plans to regenerate a swathe of Bermondsey in south-east London look set to finally get the go-ahead.
Southwark claims Elephant will not emit more gas

16-Sep-2005
Southwark council has claimed that the massive regeneration of Elephant and Castle will have no impact on the carbon emissions of the area.
Government sets out massive plans to slash carbon emissions

14-Sep-2005
New measures to make buildings more energy efficient will save one million tonnes of carbon per year by 2010, the government has claimed.
Use urban design to combat terrorism, says Ferguson

14-Sep-2005
Urban design must become a pivotal weapon in the government's battle to stamp out terrorism, former RIBA president George Ferguson has said.
Last chance for Europan nears

13-Sep-2005
CABE has issued a final call for entries for Europan 2005, the competition for young architects throughout the continent.
Three Scottish firms to join Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover

13-Sep-2005
Gareth Hoskins Architects, JM Architects and landscape firm Gross Max have jointly won a competition to design installations in Bellahouston Park, the home of Mackintosh's famous House for an Art Lover.
Final Europan deadline looms

16-Aug-2005
CABE has issued a final call for entries for Europan 8, the architectural competition for architects under 40.
Ancient ruins at Iraqi city assessed

16-Aug-2005
Experts have begun documenting the effect of the second Gulf War on the ruins of Hatra, one of the most important archaeological sites in Iraq.
RIAS looks to replace Plan of Works for domestic market

16-Aug-2005
The RIAS has drawn up a new 'standard form of appointment' for domestic schemes that will replace the RIBA Plan of Works in Scotland.
Donald Trump brands Freedom Tower 'crap'

19-May-2005
Billionaire Donald Trump has set his sights on ground zero in New York, declaring today that the proposed new Freedom Tower was 'crap' as he unveiled a rival design.
Radical new entrance for Waverley Station revealed

18-May-2005
Jefferson Sheard Architects has unveiled this dramatic new design for the famous 'Waverley Steps' entrance to Edinburgh's main rail station.
SMC set to go public

17-May-2005
The ever-growing architectural firm SMC is set to float on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market at the beginning of next month.
Construction starts on Gensler's Dubai Ritz

17-May-2005
Gensler has started on site with this new Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dubai's International Financial Centre.
Designs sought for Giant's Causeway project

13-May-2005
The government has launched an international architectural competition to find designs for a new visitor centre for the world famous Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
Piano in tune for second AJ100 top spot

12-May-2005
Renzo Piano has made it to number one two years in a row by picking up the 'most respected architect' spot in this year's AJ100 survey.
Eisenman's Berlin holocaust memorial finally opens

11-May-2005
The long-delayed national Holocaust memorial by Peter Eisenman finally opened in Germany yesterday.
New minister for communities gets to work

11-May-2005
The government's first cabinet-level minister for communities has made his opening statement in his new role.
Princesshay new look revealed

11-May-2005
Developers have released this latest image of a major mixed-use scheme in the Princesshay area of Exeter by Chapman Taylor, Wilkinson Eyre, Panter Hudspith and Livingstone Eyre Landscape Architects.
Scottish architects elect new president

10-May-2005
Members of the RIAS council have elected Douglas Read, a founding partner of Edinburgh-based Dignan Read Dewar Architects, as their new president.
New Liverpool Lime Street goes for planning

10-May-2005
Glen Howells Architects has submitted this proposal for the transformation of Liverpool's Lime Street railway station for planning.
Dutch biennale will assess future of water cities

10-May-2005
The organisers of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam have announced that the centrepiece will be an exhibition of more than 100 models of waterside towns.

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