Architects Journal
January 2005

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DLG takes on vast scheme in Leeds

DLG Architects has released this image of a £100 million plan to transform a significant site in the centre of Leeds.
£25,000 best Scottish building shortlist revealed

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has announced this year's shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, the prize formerly known as the Best Building in Scotland.
£60k house competition results unveiled

John Prescott's high-profile hopes for homes up and down the country costing £60,000 came a step closer yesterday.
£60k house will not meet building regs, Labour MP claims

A backbench Labour MP has slammed John Prescott's £60k House competition, claiming it shirks current building regulations on energy efficiency.
3W wins North Kent competition

London-based 3W has won a competition to design a new £3.3 million mixed-use scheme in Stone, north Kent.
5th Studio lands planning permission in Cambridge

Cambridge-based 5th Studio has won planning permission for the first building in Richard Rogers' vast £725 million masterplan for the station area of the East Anglia university town.
5th Studio lands planning permission in Cambridge - image

Cambridge-based 5th Studio has won planning permission for the first building in Richard Rogers' vast £725 million masterplan for the station area of the East Anglia university town.
60K House Competition a distraction from real house-building issues, claims RICS

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has claimed that the ODPM's 60K House Competition ignores the real issues blighting UK house building.
AA names final shortlist for chair

The Architectural Association (AA) has announced the final shortlist for its new chair, in the week that fears have been voiced over the 'unsafe' selection process.
AA voters go to the polls

Voting in the Architectural Association (AA) election for chairman will take place tomorrow (Thursday).
Accredited Conservation list faces fair trading probe

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has been asked to investigate the role of the Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC) register for anti-competitive practices.
Adjaye's bright idea for Whitechapel unveiled

The wraps are off David Adjaye's Whitechapel Idea Store in London's East End.
Aedas aims to advance standards with new student bursary

Aedas Architects has launched a new mentoring and bursary scheme, offering students a chance to work closely with the practice's Advanced Modelling Group.
Aedas invades Eastern Europe

Aedas is set to follow the trend of aggressive expansion into Eastern Europe by opening offices in both Warsaw and Moscow.
Aedas picks up massive Manchester schools project

Aedas has won a contract to deliver a £150 million contract to develop a series of schools for Manchester City Council.
Aedas plans for Leeds redevelopment

Aedas has submitted an outline planning application for the major redevelopment of a former industrial area in Leeds.
Aedas takes a gander in the Trossachs

Aedas Architects has nearly completed its new public art project at the gateway to the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.
Aedas versus Jarvis legal battle worth £176k

The writ Aedas issued against troubled construction giant Jarvis for unpaid pees two weeks ago is worth nearly £176,000, it has emerged.
AFL wins major planning permission in Liverpool

AFL Architects has released these new images to mark the planning approval of this residential scheme in Liverpool.
After lengthy delays, Bermondsey looks set to finally get green light

Long-awaited plans to regenerate a swathe of Bermondsey in south-east London look set to finally get the go-ahead.
Agency denies it has endangered Olympic scheme

The London Development Agency (LDA) has hit back at claims that it has jeopardised the future of the £4 billion Stratford City project in the heart of the London 2012 Olympic regeneration zone.
AHMM and Paul Davis take on new Saatchi Gallery

AHMM and Paul Davis & Partners have joined forces to work up designs for the Saatchi Gallery's new Chelsea home, the AJ can reveal.
AHMM hits back in Shelter row

The architect who designed an £850,000 refurbishment for the London offices of homeless charity Shelter has hit back at accusations of overspending.
AJ Plus is on a Christmas break

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers. The AJ Plus news service will return on 3 January.
AJ reporter wins young journalist award

AJ reporter Rob Sharp has won the International Building Press (IBP) Young Journalist of the Year award.
Alan Camp wins planning in Bermondsey after alternative scheme is dumped

South London-based practice Alan Camp Architects (ACA) has been given the go-ahead for this £6.5 million residential development in Bermondsey.
Alexandra Tower set for Liverpool

Work is about to start on Alexandra Tower, a new 26-storey residential skyscraper at Princes Dock in Liverpool.
'All is fine,' claims RMJM as staff walk

RMJM has attempted to play down the departure of chief executive Brian Stewart and six other senior staff in the wake of the £440 million Holyrood fiasco.
Allan Murray reveals plans to demolish Modern building

A much-maligned 1960s building in the heart of Edinburgh is to be flattened to make way for a new mixed-used scheme by Allan Murray Architects.
Allen Tod feathers its cap with RSPB centre

The RSPB is looking to secure funding for this new £250,000 Discovery Centre at its Old Moor reserve in the Dearne Valley, near Barnsley.
Allies & Morrison gets all-clear for Woolwich Arsenal

CABE's design review panel has welcomed Allies and Morrison's masterplan for the redevelopment of the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich.
Allies and Morrison comes dancing on South Bank

Allies and Morrison has revealed further details of its plans for the Rambert Dance Company's new headquarters on London's South Bank.
Allies and Morrison joins superstars on African shortlist

Some of the world's biggest architectural stars have been shortlisted in the competition to design the new campus for the African Institute of Science and Technology (AIST).
Allies, Rogers and Zaha make Canadian uni shortlist

Three of the UK's top architects have been shortlisted to create a landmark gateway and social hub for the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Vancouver campus.
Alsop and Hadid reveal plans for Edmonton Art Gallery

These are the first images of the shortlisted designs in the international competition to revamp and expand Edmonton Art Gallery (EAG) in Canada.
Alsop and Pelli join forces for Canary Wharf whopper

This image has been released of a colossal London scheme by superstar practices Alsop Architects and Cesar Pelli & Associates.
Alsop fulfils Canadian promise

Will Alsop's vow last year to break the Canadian market appears to have paid dividends this week with rumours of two significant project wins.
Alsop railway station gets green light

This £11.5 million Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station by Alsop Design at Stratford in east London has started on site.
Alsop reveals extraordinary new Interbuild Architecture Pavilion

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

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's New Islington takes further step forward

Urban Splash has pledged to provide homes as 'cheap as chips' at its high-profile regeneration schemes across Manchester.
Alsop's Tuscan hill town in tatters

The first significant phase of Will Alsop's controversial vision to remodel Barnsley along the lines of a Tuscan village is in tatters after its funder pulled the plug late last week.
Ancient ruins at Iraqi city assessed

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.
Anshen Dyer picks up Polish competition win

Anshen Dyer has won an international competition to design a new Institute of Social Communications and Business Management in Poland.
Antoine Predock wins AIA Gold Medal

New Mexico-based Antoine Predock has won the 2006 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.
ARB and RIBA continue to lock horns in reform row

The ongoing war of words between the ARB and the RIBA about whether the board should accept a regulatory shake-up has taken yet another twist.
ARB in surprise move to limit retention increase

The ARB has agreed to a below inflation rise in its retention fee for 2006.
ARB insurance rebels win latest battle

Two architects up in front of the ARB's Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) have forced the adjournment of their case.
ARB rejects all reform options

The ARB has rejected out of hand a raft or reforms proposed by the RIBA to change the way the board works.
Architect demands ARB apology

An architect cleared of seven charges of serious professional incompetence has spoken of his 'personal hell' as he battled to prove his innocence.
Architect dies falling through dream home

Northumbria Police has released details of a local architect who died after crashing through the roof of the dream home he was building.
Architect facing struck-off threat for non-payment of fine

An architect fined £2,000 in March 2003 has been told by the ARB's Professional Conduct Committee that he faces the possibility of being struck off after he failed to pay the fine.
Architect in court for legionnaires' deaths

An architect was so negligent in her failure to maintain an air-conditioning system that she caused the deaths of seven people from legionnaires' disease, a court heard on Tuesday (8 February).
Architect makes it on to go-carting podium

Architect James Burton of DLA Architecture fought off the construction industry's top go-carters to snatch third place in the final of the 2005 Schüco Karting Challenge.
Architect reprimanded by ARB in incompetence case

North London-based architect Senka Vranicki has been found guilty of two counts of serious professional incompetence by the ARB's Professional Conduct Committee.
Architects called on to mobilise behind Tsunami appeal

International charity Architecture for Humanity has launched a major appeal to raise funds to help the victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami.
Architects' fees continue spiralling rise

Average architectural fees have risen substantially over the last five years, according to new research released today.
Architects for Aid make Pakistan progress

This concept design for new, prefabricated animal shelters has been drawn up to help devastated communities in the earthquake-hit area of northern Pakistan.
Architects for Aid make Pakistan progress - images

This concept design for new, prefabricated animal shelters has been drawn up to help devastated communities in the earthquake-hit area of northern Pakistan.
Architects honoured with RIBA International Fellowships

Some of the world's greatest living architects are among the first recipients of the RIBA's new International Fellowships award.
Architects incensed by 'arbitrary' rule on new villages for Sri Lanka

The Architecture for Humanity charity has run into an unexpected row with government officials in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka.
Architect's killer jailed for life

The killer of London architect Bernard Hegarty (pictured), who was stabbed during his lunch hour, has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Architects line up for Elephant work

Some of the UK's best up-and-coming architectural talent has been picked to lead the design teams during the regeneration of London's Elephant and Castle.
Architects miss tax opportunity

Nearly 19,000 business in the surveying and architectural sectors aren't taking advantage of a scheme that is designed to help with their VAT, the government has claimed.
Architects must change radically, new report warns

A radical new report produced for the RIBA has called for a revolution in the profession.
Architects spurn calls for more Leeds family homes

Calls for more family homes in Leeds city centre have received a lukewarm reception from architects.
Architects wanted for project to keep students in Africa

A competition has been launched to find an architect to design a new campus for the African Institute of Science and Techology (AIST) in Abuja, Nigeria.
Architecture charity in earthquake relief effort

International charity Architecture for Humanity (AfH) has launched a new competition in a bid to aid the earthquake relief effort in Kashmir.
Architecture charity mobilises in wake of Katrina disaster

International charity Architecture for Humanity has launched a fundraising campaign in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Architecture charity to take on full scale of Katrina disaster

Architecture for Humanity, the international charity, has issued an update on its planned relief work, as the full scale of the Katrina Hurricane disaster becomes apparent.
Architecture for Humanity to the rescue in Grenada

International charity Architecture for Humanity has launched a rescue bid for some of the thousands of inhabitants on Grenada after they were left homeless by Hurricane Emily.
Architecture Foundation launches Clerkenwell table football cup

The Architecture Foundation has announced that it is hosting a four-day table football tournament at The Yard, its gallery in Old Street.
Architecture to face severe skills shortages by 2020

Architecture looks set to be catapulted into the heart of the skills shortage crisis, new research released today has claimed.
Architecture Week 2006 gets going with call for volunteers

The organisers of next year's Architecture Week are calling for those in the professsion to help the annual 'celebration of architecture' reach an even bigger audience.
Architecture's tsunami fundraising efforts beat all expectations

Architecture for Humanity's international campaign to raise funds for its tsunami campaign has raised more than five times its initial target.
Armed Forces Memorial competition winner announced

Architect Liam O'Connor has won the international competition to design a new Armed Forces Memorial at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire, it was announced yesterday.
Art Deco legend in Liverpool is saved

Liverpool's famous Littlewoods Art Deco building is to be saved from demolition.
Arup goes to the Caribbean for stadium job

Arup Associates has landed the job of designing a new national stadium for St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
Arup goes to the Caribbean for stadium job - images

Arup Associates has landed the job of designing a new national stadium for St Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean.
Arup parachuted in to Thames Gateway

Arup has been rushed into the massive Thames Gateway redevelopment area in north Kent to force developers to raise their design standards.
Arup proves massive explosive potential of Guy Fawkes

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.
Arup takes on massive Chinese 'eco city'

Arup has released this image after its appointment to design the 'eco city' at Dongtan, in Shanghai.
At last - good news for the Scottish Parliament

Enric Miralles' exceptionally controversial Scottish Parliament building has won its first architectural prize.
At last- Brunswick gets going

Developer Allied London Properties, teaming up with Patrick Hodgkinson and Levitt Bernstein Associates, will begin its £20 million reconfiguration of the Brunswick Centre in London's Bloomsbury this week.
Atkins gets nod in Newcastle for university campus

Atkins has been given the go-ahead today for this new city fringe campus in Manors, Newcastle.
Atkins plans three skyscrapers for Cardiff

Atkins has been appointed to mastermind the £200 million Bay Pointe residential scheme on Cardiff's waterfront.
Aukett and Gough in Sunderland face-off

A row has erupted between Piers Gough of CZWG and Michael Aukett over rival plans for a site in Sunderland.
Aukett Fitzroys wins big in Spain

Recently formed Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has been chosen to design the final phases of a new business park on the outskirts of the Spanish capital Madrid.
AukettFitzroyRobinson backs a winner at Sandown racecourse

The 32-year-old grandstand at Sandown Park racecourse, designed by the Fitzroy Robinson Partnership (now AukettFitzroyRobinson), has won the Concrete Society's Mature Structures Award.
Aukett's Croydon Gateway plans move forward

Croydon council is 'on the verge' of seizing land at Croydon Gateway in south London to take forward Michael Aukett Architects' much-maligned project there, the AJ has learned.
Austin-Smith Lord goes for three of a kind with latest Manchester regeneration

Austin-Smith Lord has applied for full planning permission for this 25,000m 2scheme in central Manchester.
Austin-Smith:Lord to help revitalise run-down Glasgow site

Austin-Smith:Lord has been given the green light for this £5.3 million residential scheme on a hillside site at Garnethill in Glasgow.
Average room sizes shrinking, report claims

Rooms in new British homes are getting smaller year-on-year, research published today has shown.
Avery misses out on Swiss Centre

Avery Associates has lost out to Jestico + Whiles on the redevelopment of Leicester Square's famous Swiss Centre.
BAA picks big names to look at new Heathrow terminal

BAA has drawn up a glittering shortlist to design its massive proposals for the Heathrow East Terminal.
Badly designed offices holding back economy, research shows

New research has revealed that poorly designed offices are severely damaging the UK's economy.
Balmond book from 2002 wins 2005 architecture book of the year

Cecil Balmond's Informalhas won the 2005 Banister Fletcher Prize for the best book of the year on architecture, despite being published in 2002.
Barbican roof-terrace plans trigger row

The Barbican could lose one of its 'most externally visible design features' if current plans to redevelop external roof terraces are approved by the Corporation of London, the AJ can reveal.
Barlett unit makes gender history

An undergraduate unit at the Bartlett has made history by being the first at the faculty to have more women signed up than men, it has emerged.
Barnsley takes first construction step towards Alsop's brave new world

Allen Tod Architecture has revealed details of the first scheme to start on site as part of Will Alsop's Barnsley masterplan, an £11 million revamp of the town's Grade II-listed Civic Hall.
Barnsley Tuscan plans taken off hold

The first significant phase of Will Alsop's controversial vision to remodel Barnsley along the lines of a Tuscan village is back on track, after a new funding partner was secured for the development.
Barrow architect faces retrial over legionnaires' deaths

The council architect accused of the manslaughter of seven people in Britain's worst outbreak of legionnaires' disease will face a retrial, Preston Crown Court heard today (Tuesday 26 April).
Basevi's home set for transformation

The former London home of leading Georgian architect George Basevi is set to be refurbished by ESA Architecture.
Bath in 'dumbing down' row

The South West's architecture community has joined together to condemn the dumbing down of the council's heritage team in Bath, an important World Heritage Site.
Bath Spa operator: 'I wish I'd never got involved'

The head of the Dutch operating company that will manage the controversial Bath Spa when it opens has revealed that he wishes that he had never got involved with the project.
Battersea demolition row rumbles on

The row surrounding Battersea Power Station's iconic chimney stacks has reignited, despite the chimneys' demolition being given the green light.
Battersea Power Station redevelopment plans are full steam ahead, insists owner

Parkview International has denied rumours that Battersea Power Station has been put up for sale or that Grimshaw's plans for the famous site are under threat.
Battersea Power Station rescue bid 'threatened' by retail study

The finances behind the Battersea Power Station redevelopment plans 'don't stack up', the architect charged with assessing the project has claimed.
Battersea stacks 'could have been saved'

Conservationists have claimed that Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys could have been saved from demolition if those charged with protecting them had acted earlier.
Battle commences over McAslan plans for Trellick redevelopment

John McAslan + Partners' plans for a £7.8 million refurbishment of Ernö Goldfinger's famous Trellick Tower have come under heavy fire.
Battle for ARB leadership heats up

Heated competition has broken out to replace Humphrey Lloyd as the next chairman of the ARB.
Battle looms over Bedfordshire's famous hangars

Huge opposition has gathered to proposals to build next to the famous Grade II*-listed airship hangars at RAF Cardington in Bedfordshire.
Battle of Poundbury heads to inquiry

A plan to build two high-density residential blocks in the Prince of Wales's model village at Poundbury are set to go in front of a three-day planning appeal starting today.
BDP picks up BCO 'best of the best' with Mailbox

BBC Birmingham's The Mailbox development has won the British Council for Offices' (BCO) highest accolade.
BDP to head-up Yorkshire PPP hospital plans

BDP is to spearhead the design of a £250 million Public Private Partnership (PPP) hospital programme that will upgrade chief healthcare facilities across mid-Yorkshire.
BDP to take Paradise south to Crawley

BDP has revealed details of a mammoth project for the wholesale transformation of Crawley in West Sussex.
BDP unveils 'green bridge' plan for London

BDP has revealed these first images of plans for a 'green bridge' in Tolworth, south-west London.
BDP wins record-breaking PFI project

BDP, working with Laing O'Rourke, has picked up the biggest ever healthcare Private Finance Initiative job outside the capital.
Beetham Tower is not dead, claims Southwark

Southwark Council has denied that Ian Simpson's Beetham Tower on Blackfriars Bridge will not be given the go-ahead.
Bennetts relieved as plans for Hackney are dropped

Plans by Bennetts Associates and Horden Cherry Lee for a controversial site in Hackney have been dropped.
Bennetts takes over where Egeraat left off in Stratford

Bennetts Associates has been appointed to design the £100 million transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's (RSC) Stratford home.
Bennetts takes to the stage for Royal Shakespeare Company refit

Bennetts Associates' plans for a £100 million overhaul of the Royal Shakespeare Company's Stratford home have taken a major step forward.
Bere reveals Thames north bank plans

Bere:architects, working with urban design group Burns + Nice, has unveiled these proposals for a key stretch of the north bank of the Thames.
Bere unveils compact eco-home

Bere Architects has revealed this image of a compact, new 'eco-space house' which is about to go on site in north London.
Best building in Scotland seeks entries

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has issued a call for entries for its annual architecture award, now known as the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture, Best Building in Scotland.
'Beware of New Orleans repeated in Thames Gateway'

The horrific events in New Orleans should sharpen the focus on the danger of flooding in the Thames Gateway, one of Ken Livingstone's chief advisors has warned.
BIAT granted Royal Charter

The British Institute of Architectural Technologists (BIAT) has been granted a Royal Charter by the Privy Council.
Big names come together for huge new Sheffield scheme

A raft of big-name architects have come together to design this vast new scheme for Sheffield.
Birmingham library plans revealed as Rogers officially dropped

Funding is now being sought for a replacement for Richard Rogers' 'notoriously expensive' Birmingham library scheme.
Birmingham regeneration competition launched

Birmingham City Council, together with property developer ISIS, has launched a huge invited competition to design a masterplan for the regeneration of a swathe of the city.
Bloxham heads up urban steering group

Urban Splash chief Tom Bloxham is to take the helm of a new steering group at Urban Task Force initiator IPPR's Centre for Cities, the AJ has learned.
Bookie loses out in Stirling bet

Rumours that the identity of the winner of this year's Stirling Prize was leaked before its announcement on Saturday night have been strongly denied by the RIBA.
Bookies set the odds on Stirling favourites

Bookmaker William Hill has made Foster and Partners' McLaren Technology Centre and the Brighton library, by Bennetts Associates and Lomax Cassidy & Edwards, joint favourites to scoop this year's RIBA Stirling Prize.
Bootle to look tall thanks to Liverpool landmark

A collaboration of two practices, Calder Peel Partnership and K&J Woodward, has revealed these plans for a new landmark in Liverpool.
Bradford tower blocks refitted in £20 million scheme

Halliday Clark has been given the £20 million task of revamping 13 tower blocks in Bradford city centre.
Bridge House set for Make over

Make has unveiled plans to redevelop Bridge House on the banks of the River Thames in central London.
Brighton rejects Wilkinson Eyre

Wilkinson Eyre's plans to redevelop a substantial chunk of Brighton's seafront have been knocked back by the city's planning committee.
Brighton stadium faces High Court battle

The seven-year battle to find a new home for Brighton & Hove Albion football club has taken another unexpected twist.
Bristol set to accept need for tall buildings

Bristol is expected to formally adopt a Tall Building Policy that will set out where in the city towers will be acceptable to planners.
Bristol tower conversion wins green light

Atkins Walters Webster has won the go ahead for the redevelopment of one of the most prominent sites in the centre of Bristol.
Brit success in Irish performing arts contest

Daniel Cordier has won a fiercely contested competition to design a £7.6 million home for the Irish World Performing Arts Village.
'Britain could burn like Paris' warns Urban Task Force member

A leading member of the reconvened Urban Task Force has warned that Britain's cities are on a 'knife-edge' that could lead to the rioting seen in France over recent weeks.
British Architectural Library buys Lutyens work

The British Architectural Library has acquired an important series of Edwin Lutyens' letters and a significant Lutyens model, both previously undiscovered.
British Council opens up in Tunis

This new facility in Tunisia for the British Council has officially opened its doors to the public after being under construction for 18 months.
British Council promotes UK with Egyptian building

These are the first images of the British Council's recently completed offices in Alexandria, Egypt.
British Library extension set to get going

The British Library has announced that Long and Kentish's £12.5million extension will start on site in August.
British victors lose out in Poland as disqualified Italian picks up job

Two British practices that jointly won a major international competition in Poland have been dropped and replaced with an entry that was originally kicked out of the contest.
Broadway Malyan and Rogers scoop engineering gongs

Schemes by Broadway Malyan and the Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) have scooped the structural engineering profession's top honours - the Structural Special Award.
Broadway Malyan fashions plan for Beijing retail park

Broadway Malyan has completed this outline proposal for a new 70,000m 2retail fashion park in Beijing.
Broadway Malyan picked for Irish harbour revamp

Broadway Malyan has been appointed as part of the team to redevelop Greystones harbour in County Wicklow, Ireland.
Broadway Malyan reveals new bridge

Broadway Malyan has unveiled the first images of a proposed new park and crossing within the London 2012 Olympic bid area.
Broadway Malyan scoops Bolton regeneration project

Broadway Malyan has beaten off a shortlist of some of Britain's hottest architectural talent to scoop a major regeneration project in Bolton.
Broadway Malyan takes on Venice

Broadway Malyan has been chosen to revamp the Valecenter shopping mall on the outskirts of Venice.
Broadway Malyan to build tall in Belfast

Broadway Malyan has revealed the first images of a new 26-storey skyscraper at Belfast's Donegall Quay.
Brown ups housebuilding policy

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.
'Build more homes', Tories told

One of Britain's most important business leaders has decried the lack of affordable housing in the South East at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.
Bunshaft's Modernist house faces the wrecking ball

John Pawson's plans to make over a Modernist gem in the US - once owned by disgraced 'domestic goddess' Martha Stewart - look set to be scuppered.
Burdett picked to head Venice Biennale

Leading urbanist Ricky Burdett has been chosen as the director of next year's Venice Architecture Biennale.
C20 complains of conservation area exclusion for Pimlico School

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has hit out at Westminster council plans to exclude Pimlico School from proposed conservation areas on all four sides.
C20 fights to save Cadbury-Brown school

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) is trying to get a London school designed by H T Cadbury-Brown spot-listed in a bid to save it from demolition.
C20 given statutory recognition

The government has put the Twentieth Century Society (C20) on a statutory footing, a move that dramatically increases its influence in the planning process.
C20 moves to save early Cullinan studio

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has proposed a very early Edward Cullinan building for listing.
C20 sets sights on dog-track victory

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has launched a fight to get Catford Greyhound Stadium's pre-war Tote board building listed in a bid to block demolition.
CABE backs design coding

CABE has thrown its weight behind deputy prime minister John Prescott's preference for design coding in the development of 'sustainable communities'.
CABE backs vast DIFA Tower plans

CABE has thrown its weight behind KPF's massive DIFA Tower, London's tallest proposed skyscraper, even though it was criticised by English Heritage (EH) for its impact on the capital's skyline.
CABE cautions over Clapham Park masterplan

CABE has warned Andrew Wright Associates that its Clapham Park regeneration masterplan faces a series of reviews and changes over its 10-year rollout.
CABE commends design champions

CABE has announced its latest Festive Five Awards to honour the champions of 'great design' during the last year.
CABE condemns new Northern homes

Research published by CABE has revealed that almost all new private housing in the North of England is not designed properly.
CABE design review pans first Pathfinder

CABE has added fuel to the fire consuming the government's much-maligned Pathfinder programme.
CABE gets behind Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' plans for South Bank

CABE's Design Review Committee has thrown its weight behind Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' proposals for a major new development, including a new tower, on London's South Bank.
CABE in fresh attack on PFI

CABE has claimed in a new report that the poor design quality of PFI buildings is causing public service delivery to suffer.
CABE in White City war of words

Constant changes to one of the biggest retail regeneration schemes in Europe have thrown the project into turmoil.
CABE influence stretches into disabled remit

CABE is set to grow yet again with the announcement that its remit will stretch this year to include the consideration of 'inclusive design' - the 'built environment needs' of disabled people.
CABE shows support for HOK's Royal London PFI

CABE has formally agreed to throw its weight behind HOK's highly controversial proposals for the Royal London PFI hospital in Whitechapel.
CABE slams The Howarth Litchfield Partnership in Sunderland

CABE has heavily criticised plans to regenerate a part of Sunderland's riverside.
Calatrava rises to the challenge in Chicago

This sensational image has been released of Santiago Calatrava's proposed addition to Chicago's skyline.
Calatrava to sample delights of Vegas

Santiago Calatrava is reported to be on the verge of taking his wannabe landmark, the famous Turning Torso building in Sweden, to Las Vegas.
Cambridge board votes to save architecture school

The University of Cambridge has made a last-minute decision to save its department of architecture.
Camden backs renovation of St Pancras hotel

At a meeting on Monday (28 March), Camden council's planning committee granted planning permission for the £150 million restoration and refurbishment of George Gilbert Scott's 1876 St Pancras Chambers in London.
Cameron Diaz joins celebrity stampede to architecture

Film goddess Cameron Diaz has become the latest Hollywood star to take a giant leap into the world of architecture.
Camp pioneers Elephant & Castle regeneration

Work has begun on this £18.5 million residential scheme by Alan Camp Architects - one of the first housing projects within the mammoth Elephant & Castle regeneration area in south London.
Campaign launched to award Cullinan Gold Medal

A campaign has been launched to lobby the RIBA to award Edward Cullinan the RIBA Gold Medal.
Campaign launched to save 'oustanding' baths

A popular 1930s swimming baths in Islington, on the edge of the City, is under threat of demolition, it has emerged this week.
Campaigners fail to save listed hall of residence

Demolition work has started on the Southside hall of residence in London, ending any hope that the Grade II-listed block could be saved.
Campaigners hit out over 'destruction' of classic Scottish cinemas

Some of Scotland's classic cinemas have been 'irrevocably' damaged because of inaction by Historic Scotland (HS), a leading preservation group has claimed.
Canterbury students win American charette

A group of architecture students from the University College for the Creative Arts in Canterbury - formerly the Kent Institute of Art and Design - has won this year's UK Student Design Charette.
Capita plans two architectural acquisitions 'by Christmas'

Capita Percy Thomas is readying itself for a series of major architectural take-overs, the AJ has learnt.
Cardross altar destroyed by vandals

St Peter's College in Cardross - considered by many to be the most important post-war building in Scotland - has been seriously vandalised.
Cardross is best of modern in Scotland

Gillespie Kidd and Coia's St Peter's Seminary in Cardross has topped a poll of Scotland's most influential post-war buildings.
Carey Jones and MAKE win bid to build tall in Leeds

Carey Jones and MAKE have cleared the first hurdle in their bid to build a 24-storey residential tower on the Leeds International Swimming Pool site.
Carey Jones wins approval for landmark office scheme

Carey Jones has been given the green light for this office development in the heart of Redhill, Surrey.
Carey Jones wins big in Brentford

Carey Jones has been given the green light for a massive mixed-use and affordable residential scheme in Brentford, which is set to become the largest of its kind in London.
Cash drought lands CUBE in crisis

Manchester's extremely successful CUBE architecture centre is in deep financial trouble. The popular centre looks certain to hand over its Stephen Hodder-designed gallery to Manchester City Council and severely rein in its outreach activities.
Cash injection kick starts Olympic investment

London has secured crucial cash to aid the ongoing architectural investment associated with the capital's 2012 Olympics.
Cash shortfall hits New Street redevelopment plans

John McAslan + Partners and Chapman Taylor's proposed £350 million revamp of Birmingham New Street Station is facing funding problems.
Causeway for concern

A major blunder by the organiser of one of the most popular competitions in recent years is threatening to turn the contest into a farce.
Cemetery remains sink plans for new Hackney school

The remains of Salvation Army founder William Booth have scuppered plans to build a four-storey Jewish boys school in north-east London.
Chaos hits British students providing tsunami aid in Sri Lanka

The tsunami relief work of a RIBA-backed building charity in Sri Lanka has been scuppered by intense local corruption and bureaucracy, it has emerged.
Charity dispatches architect to Kashmir

Recently formed charity Architects for Aid (A4A) has sent out its first aid-worker to an earthquake-hit area of northern Pakistan.
Charles Barclay wins mammoth Kielder competition

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

Charles Barclay Architects has won the biggest architectural competition seen in Britain for a generation.
Charles humiliated at Poundbury

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.
Charles wins American architecture prize

Prince Charles, the nemesis of the majority of Britain's architects, is to pick up an American prize praising his work in architecture.
Charter plan awakens RIBA row

The bitter dispute over the RIBA's proposed chartered practice scheme has been reignited after it emerged it could cost sole practitioners as much as £130 a year.
Chassay + Last reveals decorated development

Chassay + Last has unveiled its designs for the first 'wallpapered' building in London.
Chelsea Barracks up for sale

The Ministry of Defence's ongoing portfolio rationalisation continued apace yesterday - with the announcement of plans to sell off Chelsea Barracks.
Chetwood reveals new project for Lichfield

Chetwood Associates has won a competition to design a £80 million mixed-use development in Lichfield city centre.
Chichester church dispute rumbles on

Chichester council has added to the furore surrounding a Modernist's proposed church extension in Chichester.
Chinese gallery launches international competition

A Chinese gallery aiming to foster links with European architects has launched an international contest to mark the beginning of its exhibition programme.
Chipperfield picks up planning in Wakefield

David Chipperfield Architects has won planning permission for its Hepworth Gallery proposals in Wakefield.
Chipperfield wins yet again in US

David Chipperfield Architects has won an international competition to masterplan the Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.
Chippo and Stanton Williams shortlisted in Italy

Two major British practices have been shortlisted in a competition to create two galleries and a theatre for the historic town of Bassano in north-east Italy.
Chippo repeats stateside success

David Chipperfield Architects has been chosen by the Saint Louis Art Museum in Missouri to design its building expansion and renovation.
Christmas cheer for homeless as buses converted to temporary housing

London's homeless are to benefit over Christmas from new plans to convert old double-decker buses into temporary homes.
Church and pub rejected as Basingstoke scheme gets under way

Hamilton Associates Architects has released this visualisation of a £3 million cedar-clad residential scheme in Basingstoke.
City to grant planning for major SOM tower

The Corporation of London will recommend approval of SOM's Broadgate Tower at a pivotal meeting on Tuesday.
Cladding falls from Simpson's Beetham Tower

Roads had to be closed around Ian Simpson's nearly-completed Beetham Tower in Birmingham after five pieces of metal cladding fell from the 39-storey skyscraper last Thursday (24 November).
Clash of engineers sparks conflict over Imperial's Southside Halls

The Twentieth Century Society has carried out a dramatic volte-face over a Grade II-listed students' residence in London after two contradictory structural reports emerged.
Classicist faces heritage objections in Brum

One of the Prince of Wales' favourite architects - John Simpson - has been caught up in a row surrounding the redevelopment of Birmingham's historic Jewellery Quarter.
Clissold dispute finally ends

The seemingly endless row concerning the on-going closure of Hodder Associates' Clissold Leisure Centre in Hackney has finally been resolved.
Clissold scheduled to reopen at start of 2006

The London Borough of Hackney has committed itself to reopening Hodder Associates' extremely controversial Clissold Leisure Centre by February next year.
Coe promises work for young architects

Seb Coe has vowed that young architectural practices should 'definitely' have an opportunity to design buildings for the London Olympics in 2012.
Co-lab finally lands planning in Bloomsbury

Co-Lab Architects has won planning permission on appeal for this unusual mixed-use development in Bloomsbury.
Colchester MP warns of earthquake threat to Viñoly scheme

The MP for Colchester has bizarrely claimed that Rafael Viñoly's designs for a new visual arts gallery do not protect it against earthquakes.
Cole Thompson Anders wins suburban housing comp

Twickenham and Merseyside-based Cole Thompson Anders has won a competition for a small housing development for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.
Commons adds to CABE pressure

CABE has come under fire again this week following the publication of a parliamentary report into its activities that attacks much of its day-to-day work.
Competition for Venice biennale pavilion opened up for first time

The British Council has launched the search for a design team to draw up proposals for next year's British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture.
Competition launched for new library in Brum

An architectural competition has been launched to find a design for a new library in Birmingham.
Competition launched to create 'inspirational' Bolton housing

A new competition has been launched to find a designer to breathe new life into large parts of Bolton's social housing provision.
Competition launched to replace Bradford Odeon

A competition has been launched to find a designer for a new building to replace the much-loved Odeon cinema in Bradford.
Competition-winning West Midlands designs revealed

Sjölander da Cruz Architects has released the first image of its competition-winning designs for a market square pavilion in the West Midlands town of Atherstone.
Confusion leading to flooding risk, claims London Assembly

The London Assembly has voiced fears that the Thames Gateway could be at severe flooding risk due to confusion among the large number of planning authorities at work there.
Conran aims high in Sheffield

Conran & Partners has been given the go-ahead - at the second attempt - for this 32-storey residential tower in Sheffield city centre.
Conran launches into Wales

Conran & Partners has unveiled this image of its first significant foray into Wales.
Conran makes its point with new public art for Weston-super-Mare

Conran and Partners, in collaboration with artists Wolfgang and Heron, has won a commission to design this piece of public art in Weston-super-Mare.
Conran rejected in Sheffield

Sheffield's planners have given the cold shoulder to Conran and Partners' proposed 33-storey city centre skyscraper.
Conservation body fears wider impact of Crystal Palace destruction

A conservation organisation charged with protecting ancient buildings has piled into the row surrounding the demolition of a 20th-century sports centre.
Conservation group hits out at Jowell

The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) issued a stark warning to the government on the day prime minister Tony Blair announced the date of the forthcoming general election.
Conservation row heats up north of border

One of the founding fathers of accreditation for conservation architects in Scotland has called for radical reforms in the process's English equivalent.
Constructing Excellence and Be merge

Government-backed lobby group Constructing Excellence and the independent supply chain think tank Be (Collaborating for the Built Environment) have merged.
Construction starts on Gensler's Dubai Ritz

Gensler has started on site with this new Ritz-Carlton hotel in Dubai's International Financial Centre.
Construction union opens door to architects

Britain's biggest construction trade union has announced that it is to extend its membership to architects.
Consultancy role for architect at heart of Scottish Parliament controversy

One of the architects at the centre of the controversy about the soaring costs on the Scottish Parliament has returned to work on the project.
Contentious Chartered Practice scheme gets off the ground

The RIBA has launched its highly contentious Chartered Practice scheme.
Contentious York University expansion plans face public scrutiny

Deputy prime minister John Prescott has called in controversial plans to expand the University of York.
Contracting giant Mowlem bought out

One of the British construction industry's biggest names has been bought out, it was announced this morning.
Controversial Bali bombing memorial gets green light

These proposals for a new architect-designed memorial to commemorate the victims of the Bali bombings of 2002 have just been given the go-ahead, a week before the third anniversary of the atrocity.
Controversial cleaning plans for Grade I Garrick get go ahead

Heath and Safety concerns have forced English Heritage to accept that London's famous Grade I-listed Garrick Club should be cleaned.
Controversy as Nagan Johnson plans to bring rehab to south London

Nagan Johnson has won planning permission for this controversial drug and alcohol treatment centre in Brixton - London's drug capital.
Controversy as Nagan Johnson plans to bring rehab to south London - images

Nagan Johnson has won planning permission for this controversial drug and alcohol treatment centre in Brixton - London's drug capital.
Coppergate on verge of renewed public row

The controversy surrounding York's hugely contentious Coppergate site looks set to flare up again at the beginning of the new year.
Corking ideas sought for The Art Box

An ideas competition has been launched to find designs for a new mobile performance and exhibition centre in Cork.
Cottrell and Vermeulen turns the page on big names in Brum

London-based Cottrell and Vermeulen Architects has been chosen to design a new library and adult education centre in Birchfield, Birmingham.
Council boss becomes new sustainable communities guru

The head of Burnley Borough Council, Gill Taylor, has been appointed as the new chief executive of the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC).
Council boss trapped in newly opened Spinnaker Tower

A council boss was trapped for more than an hour in a lift 30m up the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth on the day it was officially opened.
Council chief blamed for 'scuppering' Liverpool redevelopment plans

Regeneration guru David Taylor has blamed Liverpool's floundering redevelopment plans on just one man - Liverpool City council's chief executive David Henshaw.
Countryside campaigners fume over sustainable communities

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has slammed the government's sustainable communities plan, claiming 'the reality is a long way from the rhetoric'.
Cowan reveals new urban lingo

The author of the Dictionary of Urbanism, Rob Cowan, has revealed fifty new additions to his ever-growing resource.
CPRE claims planning policy victory

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has claimed the government's new Planning Policy Statement 1 (PPS1), launched on Tuesday (1 February) at the Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester, represents a victory for the organisation.
Create local icons, new CABE chief demands

CABE chair John Sorrell has called on architects to create buildings that 'local communities feel have been designed and built for them'.
Crossrail Bill enters parliament

Alistair Darling, secretary of state for transport, has reaffirmed the government's commitment to London's massive Crossrail project.
Crossrail construction cost viability questioned

Two prominent figures have cast doubt on the funding for the controversial £10 billion Crossrail link in light of the announcement that the Olympics will be coming to London in 2012.
Crossrail could 'sink' Barbican

Some of London's most important buildings, including the Barbican, could collapse if Crossrail presses ahead with plans to use a controversial tunnelling system.
Crossrail move saves Barbican

Crossrail has made a dramatic U-turn over proposals for a major tunnel under the Barbican in a bid to save the 1960s towers from sinking.
Croydon approves major refurbishment and redevelopment scheme

Bryden Wood Associates has won planning permission for this 189-apartment scheme in Croydon town centre.
Crystal Palace faces renewed demolition threat

Demolition of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace is the London Development Agency's (LDA's) 'preferred option' according to a national conservation body.
CZWG wins go-ahead for massive Sunderland masterplan

CZWG has been backed by Sunderland City Council over this significant masterplan in Vaux, close to Sunderland.
D5 inflates vast roof for Heathrow

Heathrow Airport's bus and coach station has been given a pioneering new inflatable roof.
Damn density, say Conservatives

Shadow planning minister John Hayes has invited the wrath of the architecture community by saying that 'he doesn't give a damn about density' and demanding architects buck up their ideas.
Darling plans towering transformation in Sutton

Darling Associates has submitted this £36.8 million proposal for a pair of towers in the south London suburb of Sutton.
Dartford to get 'eco-friendly' sports arena

Alexander Sedgley has been given the go-ahead for a new 'eco-friendly' sports arena in Dartford, Kent. Clad in timber, both the clubhouse and terracing at the £6.5 million Princes Park Community Stadium will have flint walls and green roofs.
DCMS backs listing of military buildings and airfields

A series of historic military buildings around Britain has today been listed by DCMS minister David Lammy.
DCMS minds the bollards with Hoxton listing

These cast iron bollards in Hoxton, east London, must be among the smallest and most unusual structures to be listed this year.
De La Warr Pavilion reopens to the public

The revamped De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea will finally welcome the public back through its doors on Saturday (15 October).
De Metz to join Alsop in New Islington

De Metz Architects has been picked to design the next phase of social housing on Manchester's £200 million New Islington Millennium Community regeneration scheme.
Deal puts Stratford City back on track

A compromise has been reached between the London Development Agency (LDA) and the Stratford City Development Partnership (SCDP) over the 2012 Olympic Games site in east London.
DEGW picks up Newcastle business school job

DEGW has been chosen to design the new home for the University of Newcastle's business school.
Departing Ferguson pours cold water on 'architectural egos'

Outgoing RIBA president George Ferguson is to issue a rallying cry to architects to become more involved in the public arena.
Design codes pilot a 'fiasco'

One of the government's most determined attempts to persuade architects of the benefit of design codes has hit major problems.
Design review boss quits CABE

CABE's leadership looks set to remain unsettled well into the new year with the resignation of its design review boss, Peter Stewart.
Designer sought for Kent double-bridge

A competition has been launched to find a designer for two new bridges in Rochester, Kent.
Designs sought for Giant's Causeway project

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.
Detached houses revealed as 'most desirable'

New research released by CABE shows that the detached home is now England's favourite house type.
Details emerge of killer architect's professional life

Details of the professional life of millionaire architect Michael Morton, convicted of killing his estranged wife, have begun to emerge.
Devereux and LHC to merge

London architect Devereux and Devon practice Lacey Hickie Caley (LHC) have announced that they are to merge to form DevereuxLHC.
Diana fountain a 'balls-up', say MPs

MPs branded the fiasco surrounding Gustafson Porter's Diana Memorial Fountain a 'balls-up' yesterday evening, as officials admitted it went over budget by £2.2 million.
Diana fountain cost estimates 'ignored'

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) ignored initial cost estimates for the controversial Diana Fountain as it ran £2.2 million over budget, it has emerged.
Diana Memorial Fountain set to finally reopen

Gustafson Porter's Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain is to reopen this Friday (6 May) after 10 months of troubles and setbacks.
Dickon Robinson to lead Building Futures

Dickon Robinson has been appointed chair of the RIBA and CABE's joint Building Futures initiative.
Digital record to make demolition easier

The government could make winning listed-building consent easier if the applicant is prepared to model the scheme through virtual technology.
'Disastrous' Lancashire Pathfinder scheme slammed

Leading conservationists have labelled the Pathfinder demolition project in Darwen, east Lancashire, 'a public relations disaster' after continued complaints by residents.
Dixon Jones takes on Regent Palace Hotel

Dixon Jones Architects have replaced Allies and Morrison on the controversial scheme to convert the Regent Palace Hotel on London's Regents Street into a modern office development.
DLG on the waterfront for Huddersfield regeneration

DLG Architects has released this image after being appointed to masterplan a £200 million waterside regeneration project in Huddersfield.
DLG town centre plans slammed

CABE's design review panel has slammed DLG Architects' plans for Corby town centre.
Donald Trump brands Freedom Tower 'crap'

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.
Donat collection heads to Portland Place

The British Architectural Library Photographs Collection at Portland Place, London, has taken the archive of architectural photographer John Donat, who died last year, under its wing.
Double delight for Grimshaw

Grimshaw is celebrating a double whammy of high-profile competition wins after scooping a brace of prizes in London and New York.
DRDH makes it to final seven for Hamburg

Up-and-coming London practice DRDH Architects has been shortlisted alongside six other young firms to design a residential scheme in Hamburg, Germany.
dRMM wins Next Generation Award

Up-and-coming practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM) has won the Architecture Foundation and Pipers' Next Generation Award.
Drought of housebuilding architects endangers government plans

A severe shortage of architects in the housebuilding industry could undermine the government's ambitious plans for the construction of new homes, a new report has claimed.
Duchy of Cornwall 'failed to meet Prince's own consultation standards'

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.
Dutch biennale will assess future of water cities

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.
Eco-architect Yeang set for shock switch

Superstar international eco-architect Ken Yeang is to amaze the architectural world by becoming a full time director at major commercial player Llewelyn Davies.
Economists point to slow down in 2006 for architects

The architecture profession is unlikely to enjoy a bumper 2006 if the latest property market predictions are to be trusted.
EDAW in shock merger

International giant EDAW, whose London office had a key masterplanning role in the 2012 London Olympic bid, has merged with global design behemoth AECOM.
Eden Project named UK's most popular Modern building

Grimshaw's Eden Project in Cornwall has been named as the UK's favourite Modern building, according to a nationwide poll.
Edinburgh architecture hit by tsunami

It has emerged that two of the British victims of the Asian tsunami were members of Edinburgh's architectural community.
Edinburgh defeated as BDP project for Livingston moves forward

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

The Scottish Executive has given its blessing to a contentious BDP scheme in the town of Livingston.
Edinburgh Old Town gets new street

Allan Murray Architects (AMA) has unveiled these images of plans to build the first new street in Edinburgh's Old Town since the 19th century.
Edinburgh regeneration team comes together

Broadway Malyan's £200 million revitalisation of Edinburgh's Princes Street took a major step forward yesterday with the announcement of a key regeneration partner.
Edinburgh warned to learn heritage lessons

A stark warning has been issued to Edinburgh's development community - take heed of the city's heritage or face dire consequences.
Educational charity masterplan up for grabs

The RIBA has announced the launch of a new masterplanning competition for an educational charity.
EH claims built heritage will 'save' Thames Gateway

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.
EH dishes out more grant cash

English Heritage (EH) and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) yesterday (Tuesday 1 March) announced a package of grants worth £17.5 million for repairs to Grade I and II*-listed religious buildings across England.
EH gives surprise support to Nouvel's St Paul's project

English Heritage (EH) has thrown its weight behind Jean Nouvel's contentious scheme for a site adjacent to St Paul's Cathedral.
EH kicks up stink over Haworth Tompkins Suffolk scheme

English Heritage has raised concerns over Haworth Tompkins' proposals to convert part of the Snape Maltings site in Suffolk.
EH London boss jumps ship to HOK

HOK International has beefed up its conservation team by poaching former English Heritage (EH) director Paul Velluet.
EH readies for battle over Chiswick House

English Heritage (EH) has hit back at attacks on its plans for the 'regeneration' of Chiswick House in west London, one of Britain's most important buildings.
EH sets sights on road signs in Yorkshire

English Heritage has launched a campaign to save a series of historic road signs in the Yorkshire countryside.
EH slammed as Potter's Field gets the go-ahead

John Prescott has backed Ian Ritchie's controversial development at the Potter's Field site next to Tower Bridge, ignoring the recommendations of English Heritage (EH).
EH takes over listing

On the day it takes control of the listing system, English Heritage (EH) has vowed to make the process 'quicker, simpler and more transparent'.
EH threatens legal action against 'two jags' as Potter's Field row hots up

English Heritage (EH) is on the verge of mounting a legal challenge against the secretary of state over an inflammatory planning inspector's report made public this week.
Eisenman's Berlin holocaust memorial finally opens

The long-delayed national Holocaust memorial by Peter Eisenman finally opened in Germany yesterday.
End of an era as RIBA prepares to shut Tyneside branch

The RIBA has decided to close its Newcastle office, adding to growing fears about the institute's commitment to the regions.
'Enhanced' National Gallery entrance nears completion

Dixon Jones' new 'portico' entrance for the National Gallery will open at the end of September, it has been announced.
EPR plans sweetener for Peruvian Wharf

EPR Architects has submitted this revised application for the massive Peruvian Wharf scheme in London.
Evidence mounts in financial favour of green design

A new study, commissioned by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has found that there is a clear link between the market value of a property and its environmental friendliness.
Expert fears Bishopsgate Tower will ruin Royal Park views

An experienced architectural consultant to the Royal Parks has raised fears about the impact of KPF's new Bishopsgate Tower on key views across the capital.
Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton win comp to take on Antarctic

Faber Maunsell and Hugh Broughton Architects have beaten some of the top names in British architecture with this competition-winning design for the new Antarctic Research Station.
Fairhursts reveals four Salford giants

The Fairhursts Design Group has submitted plans for this four-skyscraper scheme in the heart of Salford Quays, Greater Manchester.
Farrell aims to make its mark on Old Street

Terry Farrell and Partners has released this image of a new landmark building for London's Old Street.
Farrell does the locomotion

Sir Terry Farrell has a bizarre honour to add to his collection - the name of this locomotive (pictured).
Farrell in Thames Gateway 'ghetto' warning

Terry Farrell is to criticise the brownfield developments in the Thames Gateway that will coincide with the 2012 Olympics in front of a national television audience this evening.
Farrell to revamp Royal Institution interior

Terry Farrell and Partners has unveiled these previously unseen images of a new £20 million interior for the Royal Institution (RI) in London.
Farrells forced into rethink on new Murdoch scheme

Farrells has been forced to amend designs for a tower intended to rehouse Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper empire, it has emerged.
Farrells walks at South Ken

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.
Fears for heritage lottery funding escalate

Fears are growing that the London 2012 Olympic Games could slash the amount of money heritage projects receive from National Lottery coffers.
Fears of Liverpool 'bomb site' as scheme delivery concerns grow

Liverpool's business community has cast doubt on whether this £130 million Princes Dock development in Liverpool by Scott Brownrigg can be finished on time.
Fears over Crossrail delays

MPs have attacked delays to the Crossrail Bill's movement through parliament during transport questions in the House of Commons.
'Fears' over industry tsunami aid

The minister for construction, Nigel Griffiths, has 'expressed fears' about the industry's response to the Boxing Day tsunami.
Feilden Clegg Bradley to build new Yorkshire home for nuns

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has won planning permission for this brand new monastery proposed for the North York Moors.
Ferguson scoops fund-raising gong

RIBA president George Ferguson has picked up a prize for his fund-raising activities for the Architects Benevolent Society (ABS).
Final Europan deadline looms

CABE has issued a final call for entries for Europan 8, the architectural competition for architects under 40.
Finalists named in competition to develop threatened Bradford cinema

Bradford Centre Regeneration has announced the three finalists in the competition to redevelop the city's controversial Odeon cinema site.
Finally! The future is rosy for Royal London

Ken Livingstone has thrown his weight behind HOK's redesigns for the highly contentious Royal London Hospital.
Fire wreaks havoc at Grade I-listed castle

Allerton Castle, one of the most important Gothic Revival stately homes in Britain, has been gutted by fire.
Fire-ravaged Allerton Castle rebuild begins

The rebuilding of Allerton Castle has begun just two weeks after the North Yorkshire Grade I-listed stately home was ravaged by fire.
First 'hospital-to-housing' scheme revealed

A former hospital in Basingstoke will become the first site to be developed for housing as part of the government's initiative to build 15,000 new homes on redundant NHS land.
First image revealed of new bridge for Castleford

McDowell and Benedetti has revealed the first image of its new footbridge over the River Aire - hailed as 'the most spectacular' scheme in Channel 4's urban makeover series the Castleford Project.
First orders as EH becomes publican

English Heritage is moving into the licensed industry after buying its first ever pub, the Abbey Inn in North Yorkshire.
First orders called for 'Ribar'

Azman Architects' new RIBA bar is due to open to the public next Thursday (1 September).
First phase of Richard Rogers' massive Wembley vision takes off

PRP Architects has submitted a planning application for this 'first element' of Richard Rogers' pivotal masterplan for the immediate area surrounding Wembley Stadium.
First Rogers ditched, now Birmingham looks to Foster

Birmingham City Council has launched a research exercise into the library work of Norman Foster, weeks after binning a scheme by his arch-rival Richard Rogers.
First scheme launches for Project Orange

Project Orange has started on site in Sheffield with this scheme, the practice's first new- build project.
First tranche of massive Milton Keynes growth wins planning

The first hefty planning application for the government's planned expansion of Milton Keynes has won the green light.
Five aces line up to work on massive Vegas casino complex

A host of high-profile international architects has been assembled to design a new $5 billion (£2.8 billion) project on the Las Vegas Strip.
Flagship offices admit exposure as concrete cancer fears spread

Buildings in Bristol by Fitzroy Robinson and Stride Treglown have been revealed as the tip of the iceberg, as the scourge of concrete cancer creeps across south-west England.
Fletcher Priest takes to the silver screen

Fletcher Priest has got the go-ahead to refurbish the last remaining newsreel cinema still operating in Britain.
Flood fears hit South East housing plans

One-third of new homes earmarked for the South East could be at risk from flooding unless designs are modified, the insurance industry has warned.
Flush with success: miniature loo is London's best building

A tiny lavatory extension by Henning Stummel Architects has won RIBA London's Building of the Year Award 2005.
Fobert to take on Tate St Ives

Jamie Fobert Architects has been selected for the next stage of the development of Tate St Ives in Cornwall.
Foggo wins planning in Cannon Street

Foggo Associates has been given the go-ahead to transform London's Cannon Street Station.
Foreign Office reveals what's in store for Leicester

Foreign Office Architects (FOA) has been picked to design a new 22,000m 2flagship department store for John Lewis in Leicester.
Former AJ editor among New Year's honours

Former AJ editor, Leslie Stephen Fairweather, and civic architect John Victor Thorp were among the sprinkling of industry professionals honoured in the Queen's New Year's list.
Former Desert Rat will face down bulldozers to save bus garage

A former Desert Rat has vowed to take on the richest man in Britain in a bid to save the much-loved Modernist bus garage in Preston.
Former Kingston School of Architecture head Dennis Berry dies

Dennis Berry, the head of Kingston School of Architecture between 1966 and 1987, has died aged 83.
Foster and Partners and Feilden + Mawson to take on Supreme Court

The Department of Constitutional Affairs has announced that Feilden + Mawson together with Foster and Partners will be redeveloping London's Middlesex Guildhall into the UK's first Supreme Court.
Foster completes landmark Spitalfields building

Foster and Partners has completed its Bishops Square office building which overlooks Spitalfields Market, in east London.
Foster finally starts on site at Edinburgh Infirmary

Work has at last started on Foster and Partners' controversial £400 million Royal Infirmary redevelopment in Edinburgh.
Foster gets go-ahead for Canadian tower

Foster and Partners has been given the green light for this 35-storey mixed-use tower in the heart of Vancouver's historic quarter.
Foster gets going in Boston

Site work has commenced on Foster and Partners' masterplan for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Foster goes to Calgary

Foster and Partners has been chosen to design a new, high-rise corporate headquarters in Calgary, Canada.
Foster joins Darcey Bussell in Chinese expedition

Norman Foster has arrived in China as part of the Prime Minister's trade mission to the country.
Foster replaces KPF on City skyscraper

Foster and Partners has been working with Hammerson on a new 30-40 storey tower as part of a huge development on the fringe of the City of London, the developer has revealed.
Foster to build skyscraper at Ground Zero

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.
Foster to follow Rogers down Pompidou path?

Rumours are rife that Norman Foster has been asked to design a new museum for the Centre Pompidou and the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation in Hong Kong.
Foster to smash turbine record in Manchester

Foster and Partners has designed this £4.3 million piece of history - an 80m-tall wind turbine that will power a stadium and 2,000 homes.
Foster tops out Hearst in New York

Foster and Partners' 46-storey Hearst Tower in New York was topped out last weekend.
Fosters joins Manchester regeneration

Foster and Partners has released this image of the latest phase in the ongoing regeneration of Manchester's former legal district.
Foster's police memorial unveiled

The Queen has unveiled a new national police memorial by Foster and Partners on The Mall in London.
Foster's Smithsonian plans back from dead

Foster and Partner's plans to build a glass canopy over the courtyard at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington have been resurrected just months after a government move to kill off the scheme.
Four fit the bill for RIBA bar brief

The RIBA has shortlisted Acq Architects, Azman Architects, Blauel Architects and Universal Design Studio to create a new café bar - dubbed the Ribar - at its Grade II London headquarters.
Four more £60k house competition winners revealed

Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has unveiled the latest wave of winners in his high-profile £60k house competition.
Framework for planning London's future out for consultation

Guidance on how London's boroughs should carry out policies outlined in the London Plan has been put out for consultation.
Frederick Gibberd's Heathrow terminal faces demolition

Frederick Gibberd's Terminal 2 building faces demolition in a plan to transform Heathrow Airport in time for the 2012 London Olympics.
Fresh row hits Camden chairman

Camden's embattled planning chairman, Brian Woodrow, has become entangled in yet more controversy following his decision to reject a new children's charity building in Holborn, central London.
Fresh tower revealed for Liverpool

Falconer Chester has submitted these proposals, which include a 22-storey tower, for the Sefton area of Liverpool city centre.
Fresh tower revealed for Liverpool - images

Falconer Chester has submitted these proposals, which include a 22-storey tower, for the Sefton area of Liverpool city centre.
Fretton makes Copenhagen planning application

Tony Fretton Architects has gone for planning with this proposal for a housing and commercial building in Copenhagen.
Fretton unveils Stroud art space plans

Tony Fretton Architects has released these images to coincide with the start of a £1 million refurbishment programme to create a new art space in Gloucestershire.
Friends of the Earth slams PPS 6

Friends of the Earth has attacked a government push to revive town centres, insisting it won't weaken the domination of aggressive large-scale retailers.
Frozen funds leave EH in the cold

English Heritage (EH) bosses are set to cut the architects it employs by 25 per cent in a desperate bid to save cash, the AJ can reveal.
Frustrated MacCormac leaves BBC

MacCormac Jamieson Prichard (MJP) has sensationally left the BBC Broadcasting House project amid reports of a bust-up over design.
Fuksas reveals 'transformation' of Salford

Massimiliano Fuksas has unveiled his vision for Salford - proposals which could transform the world's first industrial city into 'the most beautiful part of Greater Manchester'.
Full horror of Bath Spa debacle revealed

Multi-disciplinary firm Capita Symonds has revealed the full extent of problems affecting the controversial Bath Spa scheme (pictured).
Fund cap sparks Manchester fury

Key projects in Manchester's regeneration are facing disaster because the government has blocked a vital tramlink extension planned to serve the city's flagship projects.
Furore over proposed Modern addition to Chichester Church

A Chichester Modernist with two high-profile backers has lashed out after English Heritage mauled his proposals for a church extension.
Fury at council as listed National Sports Centre falls into disrepair

The organisations responsible for maintaining the Grade II*-listed National Sports Centre, at Crystal Palace in south-east London, have been accused of allowing the building to fall into disrepair, despite receiving a vast amount of money for its upkeep.
Future of BDP's plans for national football centre cast into doubt

The FA has suggested that the death knell has been sounded for a BDP-designed national football centre in Burton-on-Trent.
Future of National Sports Centre unclear as Crystal Palace Park plans revealed

The London Development Agency (LDA) is set to unveil a series of proposals for the renovation of south London's famous Crystal Palace Park.
Futuristic Barnsley plans take fresh step forward

Jefferson Sheard Architects has revealed these images of Barnsley's new transport interchange.
Galloway drops Crossrail bombshell

Controversial MP George Galloway has slated the Crossrail project, claiming work on the rail link could have the same effect on London's East End as 'a major bombing raid'.
Gareth Hoskins picks up biggest ever Scottish lottery grant

Gareth Hoskins' plans for a complete overhaul of the Royal Museum in Edinburgh has won Scotland's biggest ever lottery grant.
Gateway Bridge may be heading for troubled waters, says Rogers

Richard Rogers has highlighted potential problems on one of the capital's most important infrastructure projects.
Gehry joins local architects in promising New Orleans aid

World-famous architect Frank Gehry has vowed to help rebuild America's hurricane-battered Gulf Coast.
Gehry turns his hand to jewellery

Frank Gehry has been asked to create a new jewellery collection for world-famous sparkler specialist Tiffany.
Gehry wins only 'guarded welcome' from CABE

CABE's Design Review Committee has expressed mixed feelings over the controversial Frank Gehry-designed King Alfred development in Hove.
Gehry's latest efforts for Hove unveiled

This image of the final design of Frank Gehry's £290 million mixed-use King Alfred development in Hove has been released.
Gensler reveals Dubai hotel plans

Gensler's London office has released these images of a massive new luxury hotel in Dubai.
Georgian Group ups the ante in Chiswick House row

The Georgian Group has revealed the full details of its opposition to English Heritage's (EH's) contentious plans for Chiswick House.
Germany calling for Assael Architecture

Assael Architecture is the only British practice to have been shortlisted in an international competition to redevelop a former military base in Germany.
Gherkin plaza reopens as panel mechanism blamed

A faulty opening mechanism on 'an operable window' was to blame for a panel of glass falling from the 28th storey of Norman Foster's Swiss Re building (AJ 28.4.05).
Gillette Corner to become hotel

Bannister Fletcher's landmark art deco building on Gillette Corner in west London looks set to be transformed into a hotel, after plans by Brentford Football Club to take control of the site fell through.
GMW shortlisted for take-off in China

London-based practice GMW Architects has been shortlisted in the competition to design the new terminal at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, China.
GMW to design new Foreign Office building

GMW Architects has released this proposal for a new base for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), close to Milton Keynes.
Gordon Brown looks to Poundbury

Chancellor Gordon Brown boosted the rising profile of the Prince's Foundation's new urbanism agenda by visiting the model village of Poundbury earlier this week.
Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop enter the dragon in Cardiff

Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects have released these images of design proposals for a new road and pedestrian bridge in Cardiff Bay.
Government accused of failing to deliver on its commitment to new public buildings

A leading construction body, backed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), has accused the government of failing to deliver the number of new hospitals, schools and housing it has previously promised.
Government announces planning reforms

The government is in the process of unveiling an overhaul of the planning system to accommodate its huge residential development proposals.
Government bids to end repeat applications

Local authorities have been given new powers to stop architects using repeat planning applications to 'wear down opposition' to controversial schemes.
Government held to account over Diana fountain

MPs are set to quiz government mandarins on the debacle surrounding Gustafson Porter's hugely contentious Diana Memorial Fountain.
Government in war of words to save our heritage

The government has launched a consultation to find out which pieces of British heritage the public would like to save in the event of war.
Government moves to back CABE

CABE received some much-needed good news this week when the ODPM issued a statement refuting a Commons select committee report that damned the design watchdog.
Government reveals more reforms for listing system

The government has revealed plans to radically transform the criteria used to decide whether or not a building should be listed.
Government sets £200m aside for housing in South East

A large chunk of government funding has been earmarked to support the development of new housing across the south-east of England, it was announced yesterday.
Government sets out massive plans to slash carbon emissions

New measures to make buildings more energy efficient will save one million tonnes of carbon per year by 2010, the government has claimed.
Government warned over dormitory town threat

The government's 'blinkered' housing policy is leading to unsustainable 'communities of commuters' because it is not providing enough sites for businesses, claims the Country Land and Business Association (CLA).
Graeme Russell walks out of the RIBA

One of the RIBA's highest-profile recruits in recent years has walked away from the institute less than three months after he joined.
Grant windfall sees reed bridge move a step closer

LDA Design's plans for a new landmark bridge - made of reeds - in the east of England have today taken a major step forward.
Green light for City projects

These two major projects in the City of London were given the green light by the Corporation of London on Tuesday.
Greenhill Jenner completes Hackney hospice

Greenhill Jenner has officially unveiled its new £9.6 million extension to St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney, east London.
Greens attack Livingstone over Olympic parking

London's Green Party has produced evidence that it claims could save parts of Hackney Marshes from being concreted over as part of the plans for the 2012 Olympics.
Greens compile secret dossier on Livingstone

The Green Party is drawing up a dossier of 'dubious' developments that it believes will prove Ken Livingstone has 'systematically by-passed' his own planning rules for London's canals and rivers.
Greens repeat Thames attack on Ken

The Green Party has admonished London mayor Ken Livingstone for not considering the potential of development site Commerce Road in Brentford for waterborne freight use.
Greens send Livingstone a breeze block to mark 'dodgy planning'

London's Green Party has awarded the capital's mayor Ken Livingstone the top prize in its Dodgy Planning Awards.
Greenside inquiry result 'saves' listing system

The planning inquiry into a council decision to grant consent for the demolition of Connell, Ward and Lucas' Grade II-listed Greenside house has found against the local authority.
'Greenwich Peninsula is on track,' vows government

The government has vowed that the Farrell's-masterplanned regeneration of the Greenwich Peninsula will prove to be a major success.
Grimshaw and RRP down to last two for vast New York project

Both Grimshaw and the Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) have been shortlisted in the competition to design a $1.4 billion extension to the Jacob K Javits Convention Center in New York.
Grimshaw plans massive aquatic Eden

Grimshaw has announced plans to design the world's biggest aquarium, a £250 million scheme that will dwarf the Eden Project.
Grimshaw unveils mega-turbine plans

Grimshaw has unveiled proposals for a massive offshore wind turbine that would be taller than the London Eye.
Grimshaw's Minerva Tower 'will be built'

Property developer Minerva has hit back at reports that it has shelved plans for its Grimshaw-designed tower in the City of London.
Hadid denies rumours of return to Iraq for national museum design

Zaha Hadid has attempted to quash widespread rumours that she is on the verge of making an unexpected return to her homeland to design a new national museum in Baghdad.
Hadid Hoxton scheme may win race

A small scheme in east London is again looking like the frontrunner in the race to become Zaha Hadid's first built project in the UK.
Halliday Clark reveals City Academy plans

Halliday Clark Architects has revealed the first image of a new £5 million sports and teaching facility for a City Academy in Middlesbrough.
Halpern unveils hat-trick of towers for Docklands

Halpern Architects has been given the green light for this 437-apartment scheme in London's Docklands.
Hamilton reveals residential skyscraper for Elephant

Hamilton Associates has submitted proposals for a £100 million energy-efficient tower in London's Elephant & Castle for planning.
Hamilton reveals residential skyscraper for Elephant - images

Hamilton Associates has submitted proposals for a £100 million energy-efficient tower in London's Elephant & Castle for planning.
Hawkins-Brown starts on site with new Bournemouth library

Work has just started on this competition-winning library scheme by Hawkins-Brown in Boscombe, on the edge of Bournemouth.
Health and safety charge architect will not face further punishment

An architect who was fined £500 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs following a health and safety prosecution, yesterday escaped any further punishment from the ARB Professional Conduct Committee (PCC).
Health bosses 'exaggerated value of Procure 21 jobs by up to £3bn'

Government health bosses could have exaggerated the value of work to be won through the much-hyped Procure 21 by up to £3 billion, the AJ has learned.
Heatherwick reveals plans for first British building

Thomas Heatherwick has submitted plans for this seafront café on Littlehampton's East Beach promenade - the designer's first building on British shores.
Hemingway has his eye on home-town Morecambe

Designer Wayne Hemingway is working up proposals for a key site in his home town of Morecambe with one of the country's leading architects.
Heritage boss speaks out over 'threat' to Edinburgh

The head of Edinburgh World Heritage is set to speak out over the impending dangers threatening the world heritage status of the Scottish capital.
Heritage lobby ups opposition to King's Cross redevelopment

SAVE Britain's Heritage has hit out at the massive masterplan proposed for the railway lands around King's Cross.
Heritage Lottery Fund comes to rescue of Strawberry Hill

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has come to the rescue of the Grade I-listed Strawberry Hill - the most influential building of the Gothic Revival period.
Heritage Lottery Fund in surprise Chippo gallery U-turn

David Chipperfield Architects' new art gallery scheme in Wakefield has been handed a major boost after the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) announced it would now be giving £4.9 million towards the project.
Heron revised in shock bid to grow scheme

KPF has released these images of revised designs for Heron Tower in the City of London which will make the building 20 metres taller.
Heron Tower sets start on site

Heron International has revealed its plans to start building KPF's £350 million tower at 110 Bishopsgate at the beginning of next year.
Heron Tower will damage historic church, warns clergyman

The rector of a Grade II-listed church in the City of London has claimed that KPF's Heron Tower will severely damage the church's historic foundations.
Herzog & de Meuron returns to Tate Modern

Herzog & de Meuron is set to make a return to its hugely successful Tate Modern in the summer.
'High-density housing is more expensive'

Building homes at high density is, in fact, more expensive than traditional low-density housing, the London Housing Federation has warned.
Historic Italian villas threatened by motorway

In a devastating blow to campaigners' efforts to protect Vicenza's Palladian villas, the Italian Supreme Court has backed plans to build a motorway just yards from the historic, rural masterpieces.
Historic Scotland hits back in cinemas row

Historic Scotland (HS) has hit back at claims that it has wholly failed to defend several significant cinemas north of the border.
HLF to help fund Whitechapel Gallery extension

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has agreed to give £3.26 million towards a new extension for the Whitechapel Gallery in east London.
HOK unveils 'shimmering' Dublin stadium plan

These are the first images of HOK Sport's new Lansdowne Road Stadium in Dublin - an update of one of the world's best known sports grounds.
Holder Mathias enjoys park life

Holder Mathias Architects has released this image of a proposed new Center Parcs site in Bedfordshire - the holiday company's fifth park scheme in this country.
Hollick moves to defend position in London Eye rent row

Fresh fuel will today be added to the ongoing row raging about the rent of the Millennium Wheel site.
Holyrood completion will take until autumn

Officials at Enric Miralles' Holyrood building have revealed that the controversial parliament will not be totally completed until this autumn - one year after its official opening.
Hopkins heads to Yale

Hopkins Architects has been picked by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to design a new £9 million faculty building for the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Hopkins heads to Yale

Hopkins Architects has been picked by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to design a new £14.3 million faculty building for the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Hopkins homes in on gateway to regeneration in Hastings

Hopkins Architects has won planning permission for this £72 million transformation of a derelict goods yard to form a new gateway to the centre of Hastings.
Horden Cherry Lee boxes clever with compact student homes

These images have been released of a new 'box flat' which could solve London's student accommodation problems.
Hot favourite Alsop left amazed as former Gehry man wins in Edmonton

The Edmonton Art Gallery has left the Canadian architectural community gobsmacked by announcing a Los Angeles-based architect as winner of its international competition - and not the widely tipped Will Alsop.
Hotel by world's architectural big names opens in Madrid

One of the most fascinating architectural hotels in the world has open its doors in Madrid.
Housing Corporation boss blames architects for bad prefab

A Housing Corporation chief has said architects are causing a wave of badly designed pre-fabricated schemes.
Housing firms chosen to lead Elephant and Castle renaissance

Southwark council's attempts to regenerate London's Elephant and Castle took a major step forward this morning with the selection of two key consortia to take on the project.
Howells set for success while Simpson faces more disappointment in Liverpool

Two pivotal schemes - one by Ian Simpson and the other by Glen Howells Architects - are to be considered by Liverpool planners within the next week.
Hudson to build £1 million Tottenham workspace

Hudson Architects has been chosen to design a new facility for small businesses in Tottenham, north London.
Huge King's Cross masterplan moves forward

The vast redevelopment of King's Cross in London has taken another substantial step forward.
Ibstock Downland winners revealed

The winners of the Ibstock Downland Prize for Architects 2005 were announced yesterday.
'Iconic' Renault at risk

Norman Foster's distinctive Renault Centre in Swindon has come under a fresh threat, the AJ can reveal.
Ikea reveals plans to take on housing market with 'Ikea-home'

Ikea has unveiled images of the generic housing design it believes will take off all around the UK.
Illuminating ideas sought for new show

The New London Architecture (NLA) centre is on the hunt for architects with bright ideas about how to light up the capital's buildings.
'Important' fifties office set for demolition

Kohn Pedersen Fox has been given the green light for a replacement for one of London's most 'unique and interesting' office buildings.
'Important' fifties office set for demolition - image

Kohn Pedersen Fox has been given the green light for a replacement for one of London's most 'unique and interesting' office buildings.
Inquest records Feilden death as 'tragic accident'

The inquest into the sudden death of Richard Feilden has confirmed that the cause of death was 'accidental'.
Insall designs new roofline for Liverpool's Grace

The Port of Liverpool Building, one of the city's famous Three Graces, looks set to be given a new roofline as part of a £20 million scheme to revitalise the Grade II*-listed landmark.
Institutes sign historic agreement

The RIBA and the Landscape Institute have signed a historic agreement to forge closer links between the two organisations.
International steel competition deadline looms

This is this last chance for UK architects to enter an international competition which aims to provide them with the chance to demonstrate their ability to tackle world housing problems.
Isokon defects trigger residents' fury

Shoddy workmanship is ruining the recently renovated Isokon flats in Belsize Park, north London, according to angry residents.
Italians protest at invasion of foreign 'starchitects'

A group of Italy's most prominent architects have criticised the 'foreign invasion' of 'international archistars' in a damning letter to the Italian government, published in the national newspaper, Corriere Della Sera.
It's showtime as Foster reveals major performance centre for Glasgow

These are the first images of Foster and Partners' proposed 12,500-seat performance venue in Glasgow.
IWA wins U-turn from council for Darwen project

Clitheroe-based IWA Architects has finally been given the go-ahead for this 18-flat apartment scheme in Darwen, Lancashire.
Japanese architect admits fiddling earthquake regs data

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.
Jeremy Till to curate British Pavilion in Venice

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.
Jestico + Whiles wins planning for new academy

Jestico + Whiles has been given the green light for this new academy in the heart of the 1960s Abbey Wood estate in south-east London.
Johnson plans housing 'furnace' in Shropshire

These are the first images of a new £5 million housing development in Telford, Shropshire, by the Johnson Design Partnership.
Johnson plans housing 'furnace' in Shropshire - images

These are the first images of a new £5 million housing development in Telford, Shropshire, by the Johnson Design Partnership.
Johnson rises again in New York

Work has started on Philip Johnson's last residential building - almost 10 months after the American legend's death
Jon Thompson wins planning next to royal park

Jon Thompson & Partners has won planning permission for this largely residential project in Teddington.
JRF design call for suburban future

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has launched a competition to design and build the next generation of 'inspiring' and affordable suburban homes.
Jubilee Library lands Prime Minister's Award as warm up to Stirling

The Stirling Prize-nominated Jubilee Library by Bennetts Associates with Lomax Cassidy & Edwards has won the 2005 Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award.
Jury in architect's legionnaires' case fails to reach verdict

The jury trying the council architect accused of the manslaughter of seven people who died in Britain's worst outbreak of legionnaires' disease was discharged today after failing to reach verdicts.
Jury out in architect's legionnaires' trial

The jury trying a council architect charged with the manslaughter of seven people who died in Britain's worst outbreak of legionnaires' disease has retired to consider its verdict.
Ken casts doubt over Wembley cup final for 2006

London mayor Ken Livingstone has added further doubts to the claim that Foster and Partners and HOK Sports' Wembley Stadium will be ready in time for next year's FA Cup Final.
Ken gets behind London convention centre plan

London mayor Ken Livingstone has thrown his political weight behind plans for a new £250m convention centre in the capital.
Ken grows his green building credentials

Ken Livingstone has published draft guidance in an effort to ensure that future developments in London meet the highest standards of sustainable design and construction.
Ken recruits former Prince's Foundation boss

The former chief architectural adviser to the Prince of Wales, David Lunts, has joined the Greater London Authority (GLA) as executive director for policy and partnerships.
Kent school to merge

The Kent Institute of Art and Design (KIAD) and the Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College have agreed to merge, creating a new arts college from Monday 1 August.
Kielder observatory 'unachievable' because of tiny budget

One of the most popular competitions in recent years may be fundamentally flawed due to cash concerns, it has emerged.
Kinetic sees off big names in Birmingham's Warwick Bar

Kinetic-AIU has won an international invited competition to design a masterplan for the Warwick Bar area of Birmingham.
Kingston 'microflat' scheme goes before planners

This environmentally friendly mixed-use scheme by Paul Davis & Partners will be submitted for planning tomorrow.
Kiss of death for Alsop's Shanghai observation tower

Will Alsop's plans for a massive viewing platform in Shanghai - known as the 'Shanghai Kiss' - have been killed off.
KPF cuts back contentious Smithfield proposals

KPF has released this image of a drastically pared-back proposal for London's Smithfield market in the wake of a pivotal listing decision.
KPF Smithfield demolition scheme 'to get green light'

A senior source at the Corporation of London has revealed that it is likely to approve the highly controversial demolition of part of Smithfield General Market in early January 2006.
KSS goes for planning in Kent

KSS Design Group has submitted plans for this 3,400m 2college in Kent.
Kuhne scheme for Jersey beset by problems

Confusion is reigning over a hugely contentious scheme by Eric Kuhne for a vast plot on Jersey's waterfront.
Labour continues Brum library row with vow to bring back Rogers

Labour councillors at Birmingham City Council have proposed bringing back Richard Rogers Partnership's (RRP's) plans for its controversial Birmingham Eastside Library.
Lambeth strikes back in row with mayor over housebuilding

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.
Land and architects found for Rome's Holocaust Museum

Rome City Council has announced that it has bought a plot of land that will become the site of Italy's long-awaited Holocaust Museum.
Large mixed-use scheme picks up planning in Westminster

This nine-storey building by Clerkenwell-based Tate + Hindle Design has won approval from Westminster council.
Last chance for artist-architects show entries

The Association of Consultant Architects has issued a final call for entries for its Vision 05 scheme, the exhibition of work by architect-artists.
Last chance for Europan nears

CABE has issued a final call for entries for Europan 2005, the competition for young architects throughout the continent.
Last hurdle leaped for Vauxhall tower

The very last hurdle for Broadway Malyan's controversial Vauxhall Tower was cleared yesterday.
Latest London Eye legal battle ends with victory to South Bank

The latest round in the legal battle between Marks Barfield's London Eye and the South Bank Centre (SBC) over rent for the iconic wheel has been won by the cultural quango.
Latest London planning battle emerges as EH slams DIFA Tower

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.
Latitude wins Atlantic College comp

Latitude Architects has won a competition to design new residential accommodation for students studying at Atlantic College, South Glamorgan, Wales.
LDS has Milan project in store

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) has scooped a high-profile commission to revamp part of the historic La Rinascente department store in the heart of Milan, Italy.
LDY denies it has been cast out in Bath

Llewelyn Davies Yeang (LDY) has hit back at rumours it has been ousted from the Bath Western Riverside scheme.
Lee Boyd must keep brave heart after Wallace scheme is slammed

Lee Boyd Architects' second attempt to tackle a project in one of Scotland's most important tourism hotspots has come in for criticism from the country's leading design watchdog.
Leeds spat over CZWG project

A national regeneration body has cut off its financial support for a local heritage authority in light of the latter's objections to a major scheme by CZWG and Carey Jones.
'Legal dispute will not effect Shard of Glass,' vow developers

Two key stakeholders in the Shard of Glass, planned for London Bridge, have hit back at rumours that an ongoing legal dispute will threaten the future of the project.
Leicester Square refit plan unveiled

Westminster City Council has released this image by design consultants Gillespies of what a revamped Leicester Square could look like.
Level Seven reveals towering Brum landmark

West Midlands-based Level Seven Architects have released these plans for a new landmark tower in Birmingham.
Levitt Bernstein back at drawing board in Bristol

Bristol City Council has sent Levitt Bernstein back to the drawing board over the redevelopment of an arts facility in Bristol, after the project's budget was cut by half.
Levitt Bernstein back at drawing board in Bristol - image

Bristol City Council has sent Levitt Bernstein back to the drawing board over the redevelopment of an arts facility in Bristol, after the project's budget was cut by half.
Levitt Bernstein makes tight fit for UCL

Levitt Bernstein has won planning permission for this new hall of residence for University College, London.
Lib Dems demand homes on stilts

The Liberal Democrats have called for new homes and businesses in the Thames Gateway to be built on stilts 'like in Zanzibar' to prevent flood damage.
Lib Dems up the election design debate

The RIBA has issued a fairly warm welcome to the Liberal Democrats' election manifesto, published yesterday (14 April).
Libeskind to join hurricane refugee relief effort

Daniel Libeskind looks set to become one of the first architects to tackle the problem of housing the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Library left trailing in online Stirling poll

The Brighton library, the bookies' joint favourite to win this year's RIBA Stirling Prize, has been shunned by the public in an online poll.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands looks tall on South Bank

Coin Street Community Builders (CSCB) has revealed these new proposals by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands for a major new development on London's South Bank.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins Westminster planning

This new office block just off Tottenham Court Road in central London, by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, has won planning permission.
Lifshutz Davidson Sandilands goes portable in Southwark

This new 'portable' advice centre designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has just opened its doors to the public.
Lipton demands a Bilbao-style icon for Thames Gateway

The former chairman of CABE has called on 'strong leadership' for the regeneration of the Thames Gateway and iconic architecture to spearhead investment in the region.
Listed Coventry sports centre faces demolition

A pivotal post-war structure in Coventry is in grave danger of demolition due to council modernisation plans, it has emerged.
Listed Reigate park set for new pavilion

Reigate and Banstead Borough Council has invited expressions of interest for an invited competition to design a new park pavilion for Priory Park.
Listing chance for Smithsons

Five buildings constructed in the 1960s and 1970s are being considered for listed building status, heritage minister Andrew McIntosh said today.
Liverpool Bluecoats transformation begins

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

Work has started on site to completely transform and save one of Liverpool's most famous historic buildings.
Liverpool Cathedral café revealed

This is the latest image of Brock Carmichael's proposed visitor centre for Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral - Giles Gilbert Scott's Merseyside masterpiece.
Liverpool in crushing landmark row

Liverpool planners are under fire for supporting a waterfront brick-crushing plant while recommending refusal for landmark projects.
Liverpool renaissance chief steps down

Charlie Parker, the man who was charged with masterminding the renaissance of Liverpool, has resigned.
Liverpool skyscraper scheme faces the chop

A key Liverpool skyscraper scheme by Falconer Chester looks set to be refused planning permission next week, sounding the death knell for more tall buildings around the city's Lime Street Station.
Liverpool tower shrinks to satisfy planners

Falconer Chester has radically scaled-back its plans for a £50 million skyscraper on Liverpool's Lime Street.
Liverpool's Fourth Grace gets go-ahead

The replacement for Will Alsop's doomed Fourth Grace project in Liverpool has been given the go-ahead despite protests from a key world heritage organisation.
Livingstone bids to increase family homes in London's core

Ken Livingstone has launched a bid to force up the number of family homes being built in the centre of the London.
Livingstone demands 31,500 new London houses each year

London mayor Ken Livingstone has said he wants more than 31,500 new homes built in the capital every year - an increase of 8,500 on previous targets.
Livingstone in Royal Ballet U-turn

London mayor Ken Livingstone has undertaken a U-turn over plans to redevelop the Royal Ballet School in Surrey's Richmond Park.
Livingstone orders TfL and LDA to deliver for 2012 Olympics

London mayor Ken Livingstone has ordered Transport for London (TfL) and the London Development Agency (LDA) to 'do everything necessary' to prepare the city for the Olympic Games in 2012.
Livingstone to fund Nimbys

London Mayor Ken Livingstone could fund local objections to major infrastructure projects in the wake of the public inquiry into Marks Barfield's Thames Gateway Bridge, it has emerged.
Livingstone to unveil sweeping new planning powers

The capital's mayor Ken Livingstone could be given the power to approve planning applications refused by the London boroughs in which they lie, the AJ can reveal.
Livingstone will fail carbon test

The mayor of London will not come close to hitting his key 2010 target for zero-carbon developments in the capital, the AJ has learned.
Livingstone's design team to 'transform' Victoria Embankment

London mayor Ken Livingstone has commissioned a report into how best to improve London's historic Victoria Embankment.
Llewelyn Davies and Yeang join forces in Essex

Llewelyn Davies has teamed up with internationally renowned architect Ken Yeang to work on the new Essex Design Initiative.
Llewelyn Davies takes to the air in Mongolia

Llewelyn Davies has been chosen to design a new £40 million domestic airport in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia.
Llewelyn Davies thinks big in Belfast

Llewelyn Davies has unveiled its masterplan for the new Brokerstown Village, a 2,000-home development on the outskirts of Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Llewelyn Davies to overhaul Great Ormond Street

Llewelyn Davies has been appointed to revamp the world-famous Great Ormond St Hospital for Children, in London.
Llewelyn Davies Yeang ditched in Dubai

Llewelyn Davies Yeang (LDY) has been dropped as lead architect from one of the largest transportation projects in the world.
Lloyd Wright's Ennis-Brown house on brink of earthquake rescue

Frank Lloyd Wright's earthquake-threatened Ennis-Brown house in Hollywood is set to be saved.
Lloyd's of London changes hands

The Richard Rogers Partnership's iconic Lloyd's of London building has once again changed hands.
Local authorities set to meet e-targets

The government has announced that local authority planning departments in England will meet the target to be 100 per cent 'e-enabled' by the end of this year.
Local practice sees off big names in Oxford competition

Berman Guedes Stretton has seen off a raft of big names to win the design competition for a new lecture theatre at The Queen's College, Oxford.
London architect sets off on Pakistan mission

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.
London Architecture Biennale 2006 events unveiled

More details have emerged of the plans for next summer's London Architecture Biennale.
London Bridge development moves on

Renzo Piano has unveiled his 'Son of Shard' - a redevelopment of 1.2ha next to the site of his controversial proposed 72-storey skyscraper in London Bridge.
London office to smash skyscraper height record

A British practice is set to amaze the international architectural community by unveiling plans for the world's tallest building, the AJ can exclusively reveal.
London's Canada Water set for transformation

This 16ha masterplan for Canada Water by Toronto-based masterplanner Urban Strategies has been given the go-ahead.
Long & Kentish wins cash for London Jewish Museum

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has pledged over £4 million to help create a 'world-class' Jewish Museum in London.
Long & Kentish wins cash for London Jewish Museum - image

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has pledged over £4 million to help create a 'world-class' Jewish Museum in London.
Lottery grant sees McChesney poised for Preston park life

McChesney Architects' competition-winning pavilion for Avenham Park in Preston looks set to get the green light thanks to a huge grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
m2r comes close in Germany

London-based practice m2r architecture has narrowly missed out on winning a competition to design a major scheme in Chemnitz, Germany.
Make and Carey Jones reveal plans for Wandsworth tower

The first images have been unveiled of the result of a collaboration between Ken Shuttleworth's practice Make and Carey Jones.
Make eyes up healthcare market

High-profile new London practice Make is preparing to launch itself into the healthcare market.
Make goes ape in the trees

Make Architects and Expedition Engineering have produced these plans for a 600m-long walkway in a Norfolk forest.
MAKE tower for Leeds revealed

MAKE and Carey Jones have released this first image of a £160 million proposal for a 24-storey residential tower in Leeds.
Malaysians propose massive masterplan for tsunami city

The Malaysian government has claimed that architects and planners from the Far Eastern country could draw up a masterplan for the tsunami-battered Indonesian city of Banda Aceh in less than three months.
Manchester's shopping giant set to grow

Leach Rhodes Walker and Chapman Taylor have unveiled these £70 million plans to extend the Trafford Centre in Manchester.
Manser washes his hands of Modernist extension

An influential British Modernist has refused to back campaigners who are objecting to an overhaul of one of his buildings.
Marble Arch 'on the move' in McAslan transformation

McAslan + Partners is on the verge of making a planning application for one of the most extraordinary pieces of urban design to happen in the capital for years.
Mark Barfield designs landmark spire

Marks Barfield has gone back to the drawing board to design a 150m spire capped with an observation tower.
Markcrow penthouse gets green light

Martin Markcrow Architects has received planning permission for this penthouse apartment above a four-storey building in Wandsworth High Street, London.
Markland Klaschka to face planning committee with Redbridge scheme

Up-and-coming practice Markland Klaschka hopes to get the go-ahead for this four storey, £1.5million apartment block, which will overlook London's North Circular.
Marks Barfield designs landmark spire

Marks Barfield has gone back to the drawing board to design a 150m spire capped with an observation tower.
Masons get going in Guildford

Work has now started on plans to redevelop the Weybourne House Masonic Lodge in Guildford.
Massive global tsunami competition down to final five

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

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 investment in primary school building stock unveiled in Budget

Gordon Brown has delivered his pre-election budget this afternoon, unveiling two features likely to please Britain's architectural community.
Massive public backing for Crystal Palace demolition

The proposed replacement of the National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace has received overwhelming public support, a public consultation has found.
Massive Scottish planning reforms revealed

The most comprehensive reform ever of Scotland's planning system has been announced.
Mather wins planning in Eastbourne

Rick Mather Architects' proposal for a landmark gallery and cultural centre in Eastbourne's cultural quarter has won the thumbs-up from town planners.
Mayor's 100 squares picks up major boost

London mayor Ken Livingstone has unveiled the next 10 projects to be given funding as part of his 100 Public Spaces programme.
McAslan goes Stateside for art gallery redesign

John McAslan + Partners has been appointed to design this overhaul for an art gallery in Iowa.
McAslan in effort to save Pimlico School

John McAslan has rushed to the defence of John Bancroft's under-threat Pimlico School, joining a long line of campaigners who have attempted to save it.
McAslan to transform Mount Pleasant

Royal Mail has appointed John McAslan + Partners to work up plans for its historic sorting-office site at Mount Pleasant, north London, it has emerged.
McAslan wins planning on Clyde

John McAslan and Partners has won planning permission for this major mixed-use project on the banks of the River Clyde.
McChesney wins Preston pavilion comp

Ian McChesney, working in conjunction with landscape architect Fenella Griffin, has won the competition to design the new Avenham Park Pavilion in Preston, Lancashire.
McDowell + Benedetti builds bridge for Castleford regeneration

This £4.8 million pedestrian bridge by McDowell + Benedetti in Castleford has been given the green light by local planners.
McDowell + Benedetti builds bridge for Castleford regeneration - image

This £4.8 million pedestrian bridge by McDowell + Benedetti in Castleford has been given the green light by local planners.
McLaughlin fights off competition for Castleford flagship

Niall McLaughlin Architects has won the competition to design a structure for the Castleford Forum in West Yorkshire.
Mies' Illinois classic unveiled in all its crowning glory

This $3.6 million renovation of Mies van der Rohe's classic 1956 Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) by Chicago-based Kruek & Sexton is to be unveiled tomorrow (25 August).
Miesian house considered for listing

The government is considering listing the Courtyard House - a 1970s steel-framed Modernist gem in Poole, designed by Richard Horden.
Milton Keynes expansion plans progress

The controversial plans to double the size of Milton Keynes took a dramatic step forward this week.
Modernist kitchen first goes on display at the V&A

The Victoria and Albert Museum is to showcase the world's first fitted kitchen as part of an exhibition entitled 'Modernism: Designing a New World'.
Modernist master in nationality mix-up

Harry Seidler, who led the early Modernist movement in Australia, has had his Australian citizenship reinstated after a bizarre mix-up by the country's immigration department.
Modernist south London church threatened

A 'bold and innovative' landmark Peckham church is to be demolished after a dramatic U-turn by Southwark Council, it has emerged.
Modernist south London church threatened - image

A 'bold and innovative' landmark Peckham church is to be demolished after a dramatic U-turn by Southwark Council, it has emerged.
More opposition to Thames Gateway Bridge appears

Friends of the Earth (FoE) has become the latest group to voice its opposition to the controversial new Thames Gateway bridge proposals.
Morley builds Leaside training site fit for Olympics

Work on this £13.5 million athletics training venue at Pickett's Lock in north London by David Morley Architects has started on site.
Morley in mill overhaul

The AJ can reveal this image of David Morley Architects' redesigned proposals for Lister Mills in Manningham, Bradford.
Mowlem dumped but Grimshaw stays on Bath Spa

The 20-month deadlock between Bath and North East Somerset Council and contractor Mowlem over the Bath Spa debacle has been brought to an end.
Mowlem hits back over Bath Spa

Construction firm Mowlem has hit back at Bath and North East Somerset Council's decision to drop it from work on the controversial Bath Spa project.
Moxon in the driving seat for Notting Hill refurb

Moxon Architects has released these interior shots of a £250,000 refurbishment for a Notting Hill-based automotive designer.
Moxon to chopper in new Scottish bridge

Moxon Architects has unveiled this design for a footbridge over the River Tanar, in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland.
MP in green belt scam warning

A Liberal Democrat MP has spoken out in the House of Commons over what he termed 'unethical pressure' being placed on local authorities to develop on green-belt land.
Multiplex aims to crack residential market with huge Woods Bagot tower

Australian practice Woods Bagot has lodged a planning application with Kensington and Chelsea council for this residential tower on the Cromwell Road.
Multiplex insists Wembley 'will be on time' as losses mount

Wembley stadium contractor Multiplex warned today that it faces a further increase in losses on the flagship project.
Munkenbeck + Marshall gets green light for affordable Isleworth flats

Munkenbeck + Marshall Architects has been given the go-ahead to transform the former Wang Computers building in Isleworth into affordable homes.
NAO comes out for prefab

The highly-influential National Audit Office (NAO) has called for the wider-spread adoption of off-site construction.
National Film Theatre expansion to start

Buchanan Associates' proposed revamp of the British Film Institute's (BFI's) National Film Theatre on London's South Bank will start on site next month.
National Film Theatre expansion to start - image

Buchanan Associates' proposed revamp of the British Film Institute's (BFI's) National Film Theatre on London's South Bank will start on site next month.
NBBJ primed for UK healthcare push

American giant NBBJ is to launch a major offensive to grab a share of the UK's burgeoning healthcare market.
Neu reveals Olympic ambition

Neu Architects has revealed this first image of its new £30 million residential scheme on the banks of the River Lee in east London.
New approach to building in flood-prone areas revealed

Kiran Curtis Architects has revealed these images of a new masterplan tackling the problem of building in a flood-prone area of Kent.
New coal sculpture planned in Barnsley

LDA Design and Glasgow-based artist Kenny Hunter have produced this vision for a new commemorative garden in Barnsley.
New Elephant project gets going

Work has started on Architype's new £3.5 million multi-purpose arts and media training centre on Southwark Bridge Road, London.
New Foster bridge opens in Sweden

Foster and Partners' new Arsta Bridge in Stockholm opened to the public on Tuesday.
New Liverpool Lime Street goes for planning

Glen Howells Architects has submitted this proposal for the transformation of Liverpool's Lime Street railway station for planning.
New London Architecture to make second attempt at opening

The opening of the New London Architecture exhibition, which was postponed three weeks ago because of the first wave of terrorist attacks, will take place this evening.
New Martha Schwartz green opens in Yorkshire

These are the first images of the new village green designed by Martha Schwartz at New Fryston, West Yorkshire.
New minister for communities gets to work

The government's first cabinet-level minister for communities has made his opening statement in his new role.
New Orleans' architecture emerges unscathed

The two most architecturally significant areas of hurricane-stricken New Orleans are set to reopen within a fortnight.
New Orleans becomes 101st site on World Monuments Fund's 100 list

The World Monuments Fund has announced that it has added the Gulf Coast area and New Orleans as the 101st site on its list of 100 most endangered sites.
New Pathfinder plans unveiled

This image by Proctor and Matthews of one of the first tranches of the government's contentious Pathfinder programme has been revealed.
New PII products for RIBA members

The RIBA Insurance Agency, a division of insurance broker the Heath Lambert Group, has relaunched its professional indemnity insurance (PII) deal with the RIBA.
New planning gain system is born

Developer Gallagher Estates has been awarded planning consent for 1,400 homes at Broughton Gate on the east of Milton Keynes, an agreement that sees the birth of a new form of planning gain.
New school revealed for Cumbria

Manchester-based practice A-Cube Architects has released this image of a new building for Kendal College in Cumbria - part of a £7 million overhaul of the existing campus.
New skyscraper plans for Dublin unveiled

Dublin-based Scott Tallon Walker has released these visualisations of a proposed 100m tower in the Irish capital.
New Soane boss to be unveiled

The National Trust's head curator Tim Knox is set to be unveiled as the new curator of Sir John Soane's Museum in London.
New tower planned for Drogheda

Douglas Wallace Architects has submitted a planning application for a Eu300 million mixed-use scheme on the south bank of the River Boyne in Drogheda, Republic of Ireland.
Newport to get a facelift

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects has been appointed to take on a large swathe of rundown Newport, South Wales.
Niall Phillips launches search for merger or sale

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.
Nightingale and Ash merge with sights set on education market

Nightingale Associates, ranked sixth in the 2004 AJ100, is to merge with education specialist Ash Design Consultants.
North East hit by 'dire shortage of architects'

An architectural brain drain is starving the North East of design talent, it has emerged this week.
Northern Ireland planning 'worse then British Rail'

Angry MPs from Northern Ireland have panned the province's planning system in a heated outburst in the House of Commons.
Northern Irish PFI police scheme costs rocket

The value of one of Northern Ireland's highest-profile PFI schemes has suddenly shot up by over £50 million.
NTA and Atelier 16 join forces

NTA Projects has merged with north-London-based firm Atelier 16 to form a new architectural practice.
Obituary: Herbert Fitzroy Robinson, 1914-2005

Herbert Fitzroy Robinson, who has died at the age of 91, was the founder of one of the country's largest and most successful commercial practices.
Obituary: James Ingo Freed 1930-2005

IM Pei's long-term architectural partner James Ingo Freed has died from Parkinson's disease aged 75.
ODPM acts on planning crisis

The ODPM has announced a raft of measures designed to ease the chronic backlog at the Planning Inspectorate.
ODPM throws cash support at 'nimby aid'

Deputy prime minister John Prescott has agreed to hand over £3.8 million of funding to support Planning Aid, the organisation that dishes out free planning advice to members of the public.
O'Hara to build in Camden after planning saga

Robert O'Hara Architects has finally been given the go-ahead for a £12 million mixed-use scheme in Camden after a two-year wrangle with planners.
Oldest functioning door in Britain discovered

The oldest door in Britain has been identified and dated for the first time at Westminster Abbey.
Olympic construction timetable revealed

Organisers of the London 2012 Olympics have been handed a 'master schedule' to guide development in the run-up to the Games.
Olympic planners accused of abusing system

Fears are growing that the authorities charged with delivering London's 2012 Olympic Games are abusing the planning and Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) systems.
Olympic preparations start in east London

The team behind the London 2012 Olympic Games has cleared the first hurdle as the city prepares to host the multibillion-pound sporting bonanza.
Open House moves to a new home

London Open House director Victoria Thornton has said the charity will be moving out of its offices in Kentish Town to larger premises by the beginning of June.
Oxford squares up for Bonn comp

Oxford City Council has invited entries for a competition to redesign Bonn Square in the city's centre.
Padstow set for new lifeboat house

Poynton Bradbury Wynter Cole is set to start on site with this design for a new Padstow Lifeboat House in Cornwall.
Paris' Grand Palais completes vast renovation

After 12 years of renovation work, the Grand Palais in Paris, a turn-of-the-century steel-framed marvel, will reopen its doors next month.
Park Hill in 'Demolition' fears

Park Hill in Sheffield will come under the high-profile scrutiny of the increasingly controversial Channel Four television series Demolition, to be screened later this year.
Parliament nomination 'bad' for profession

A row over whether the Scottish Parliament should be on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist has emerged ahead of the high-profile awards ceremony on Saturday.
Part L delay leads to fears of unsustainable schemes

A delay in the introduction of building legislation Part L has raised fears that developers will rush through non-compliant smaller schemes.
Pascall + Watson only Brit on Abu Dhabi shortlist

Pascall + Watson Architects has been shortlisted in an invited design competition for a new terminal at Abu Dhabi International Airport.
Patel Taylor thrown off bridge

The design quality of a massive new bridge and walkway in South Wales by Patel Taylor is under threat amid claims it has become yet another example of 'trophy architecture'.
Paul Archer shrinks scheme to skip planning

Paul Archer Design has released this model shot of a modern extension to a private house in London's plush St John's Wood.
Paxton's Crystal Palace set to rise again

The 1851 Crystal Palace Great Exhibition building could be rebuilt in Sydenham's Crystal Palace Park, if a south-east London architect gets his way.
Peabody reveals BedZed grass may no longer be greener

A lead research manager at the Peabody Trust has slammed key elements of Bill Dunster's award-winning BedZed eco-development.
Pei Wiltshire folly documents gifted to RIBA

The owners of an almost unknown folly by IM Pei in the Wiltshire countryside have contributed a series of drawings and models of the scheme to the RIBA Drawings and Archive Collection.
Peter Clegg to lead design push in South West

Feilden Clegg Bradley senior partner Peter Clegg is to head up a newly formed design review panel in the South West, it has emerged.
PFI cash granted to library and sport schemes

The government has rolled out a £130 million package of PFI funding to support library and sport development projects across the country.
PFI faces fresh barrage of criticism

The country's biggest trade union yesterday launched a fierce attack on the Private Finance Initiative.
Philip Johnson dies aged 98

Philip Johnson, the man described by many as the father of modern American architecture, has died aged 98.
Piano in tune for second AJ100 top spot

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.
Piano reveals New York museum plans

Renzo Piano descended on London yesterday to unveil these expansion proposals for New York's Morgan Library.
Pictures released in bid to save sea fort

These visualisations of Guy Maunsell's Red Sand Fort in the Thames Estuary have been released to coincide with a fundraising event to save the Second World War relics.
Pimlico School finally faces wrecking ball

Westminster City Council has paved the way for the demolition of John Bancroft's famous Modernist Pimlico School.
Planning forgery allegations reach court

A Glasgow-based architectural technologist faces five charges of fraud for allegedly forging planning permissions.
Planning granted for new Blackfriars community centre

Shepheard Epstein Hunter (SEH) has revealed the first pictures of a new community centre for Blackfriars Settlement, a charitable foundation based in south London.
Planning Inspectorate regains control of appeals process

The enormous backlog in determining planning appeals has been reined in to relatively normal levels, the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) has claimed.
Planning to increase focus on natural heritage, government claims

The government has released details of Planning Policy Statement 9, claiming the document will force the planning system to put renewed emphasis on Britain's natural heritage.
Plans for a renewed Park Hill are unveiled

Urban Splash has revealed details and images of its plans for Sheffield's famous Park Hill estate this morning.
Plans for Liverpool's Anglican cathedral pick up funding boost

More than £1 million of European funding has been awarded to build a new visitor centre at Giles Gilbert Scott's Neo-Gothic masterpiece, Liverpool's Anglican cathedral.
Poll reveals massive environmental failings of construction

Some 86 per cent of firms working in the construction industry do not see the environment as an important issue, according to details of a new survey published today.
Pollard Thomas Edwards goes for planning with apartments and school scheme

Pollard Thomas Edwards architects is to seek planning permission for this mixed-use residential and primary school project in west London.
Pollard Thomas Edwards wins Pathfinder permission

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

Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) has won permission for a major scheme in Liverpool that forms part of the government's hugely controversial Pathfinder initiative.
Portsmouth's Spinnaker albatross finally ready to open

The over-budget and heavily delayed Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth will be officially unveiled tomorrow (18 October) - almost six years after it was scheduled to open.
Poundbury residents 'face prejudice'

Residents of the Prince of Wales' model village of Poundbury face prejudice because of where they live, a clergyman wrote in a local paper at the weekend.
Powell and Moya's Oxford quad wins listing

Powell and Moya's Blue Boar Quad at Christ Church, Oxford University, has won Grade II-listed status.
Powell Dobson's Newport Wetlands winner

A Cardiff-based practice has beaten-off competition from 40 other European practices with these designs for an environmental education centre in Newport.
Powerful parliamentary committee to scrutinise Diana fountain

The House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will today launch its investigation into the widespread failings of Gustafson Porter's Diana memorial fountain.
PPS1 unleashed at sustainable summit

The government launched its Planning Policy Statement 1 (PPS1) at the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester yesterday (Tuesday 1 February), putting a new stronger emphasis on 'good design'.
Practices welcome Labour poll win

Labour's narrow election victory has been welcomed by a number of London's larger architectural practices.
PRC comes to rescue of Norman Shaw's Banstead hospital

The derelict Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Surrey, designed by Victorian master Richard Norman Shaw, is to be saved from the scrapheap.
Predicted MAK legal costs mount

A legal battle between the now-defunct MAK Architects and developer Winterdome is expected to cost at least £120,000, the AJ can reveal.
Prescott adds detail to house-building bonanza

Deputy prime minister John Prescott has announced a five-year action plan to ease the housing shortage and help more people onto the property ladder.
Prescott backs housing scheme near to Cardington hangars

A major housing scheme proposed for a site adjacent to the famous Cardington airship hangars in Bedfordshire has won its planning appeal.
Prescott defends Pathfinder as housing shortlist revealed

John Prescott has moved to defend the massively controversial Pathfinder programme that will see thousands of homes demolished across the north of England.
Prescott reveals 60K housing challenge shortlist

John Prescott today announced those shortlisted for the final stage of the high-profile 60K 'design for manufacture' housing competition.
Preservation work on Lloyd Wright landmark gets under way

Plans for the $27million restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Guggenheim Museum in New York have moved up a gear.
President's medals winners get private crit from Ito

International superstar Toyo Ito is to give a private crit to the three winners of this year's RIBA President's Medals.
Pressure on Japanese architects intensifies as earthquake data scandal deepens

Japanese police yesterday searched offices and homes at more than 100 locations in the country in connection with an architectural scandal that has left dozens of homes and hotels vulnerable to earthquakes.
Preston's Modernist bus garage faces last call

The future of Preston Bus Garage, the much-loved Modernist behemoth in Lancashire, has taken yet another turn for the worse.
Prince Charles makes more demands on architects

The Prince of Wales has again called on the architectural profession to develop a more 'human-scale' element in developing Britain's towns and cities.
Prince Charles starts architecture members' club

The Prince's Foundation is setting up a members' club offering enthusiasts of the royal approach to architecture the opportunity to 'meet like-minded souls' at lectures and visits.
Prince in public health plea

The Prince of Wales will today demand that more is done to improve public health through a better public health system.
Prince's acolytes take up position in New Orleans

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.
Princesshay new look revealed

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.
Problems and opposition dog Maze stadium plans

Serious opposition appears to be growing to plans for the redevelopment of the world-famous Maze Prison site in Northern Ireland.
Proctor and Matthews join Lubetkin at London Zoo

Proctor and Matthews Architects has submitted plans for a new gorilla enclosure at London Zoo.
Property chiefs hit out over Thames Gateway development tax

The British Property Federation has attacked plans proposed for a new tax on development proposed last year in the Treasury's Barker Report.
Property firm snaps up Manchester practice

Leach Rhodes Walker (LRW), one of the largest practices in Manchester, has been bought by Erinaceous Group.
Proposed Milton Keynes landmark revealed

David Coles Architects has released this image of a new 40-storey spiralling tower planned for Milton Keynes.
Protection of Function set to come under scrutiny

One of the leading proponents of 'Protection of Function' is set to stand to become a member of the ARB board.
PRP meets Prescott's £60k new-build challenge

An exemplar £60,000 house by PRP Architects has been unveiled at the Delivering Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester this week.
PRP wins planning for university scheme

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

PRP has won planning permission for this large residential-led mixed-use scheme on the site of Middlesex University in Haringey, north London.
Pub Design Awards get underway

CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale, has issued a call for entries for the Pub Design Awards as part of National Pubs Week.
Purcell Miller Tritton completes second Stowe House stage

Purcell Miller Tritton has just completed the £8.26 million second phase of restoration of 18th century Stowe House in Buckinghamshire, which was on the 2002 World Monuments Fund list of the 100 most endangered sites worldwide.
Querkraft wins latest Urban Splash commission

Award-winning Austrian practice Querkraft has won the Wharfingers Cottage competition - the first part of Urban Splash's 7ha Walsall Waterfront development.
RA gets verbal on design value

The Royal Academy of Arts' RA Forum is to attempt to explain the meaning of the well-used phrase 'the value of good design' at a forthcoming debate.
Rab Bennetts becomes 'conscience of construction industry'

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.
Race is on for MoMA architecture role

The race to take up one of the most coveted positions in world architecture is set to start this week.
Race is on to save historic signal box

A battle has begun to try to save one of the last remaining 19th-century signal boxes in the North West of England.
Radical new entrance for Waverley Station revealed

Jefferson Sheard Architects has unveiled this dramatic new design for the famous 'Waverley Steps' entrance to Edinburgh's main rail station.
Radical Section 106 replacement wins backing

The Milton Keynes Partnership Committee has thrown its weight behind proposals for a £18,000 roof tax on all new residential schemes around the city.
Radical Thames overhaul proposed

m2r architecture is in discussions with Mayor of London Ken Livingstone about a scheme to open up the north bank of the Thames in time for the 2012 Olympic Games.
Ramsden Barrett sets foot in south with Tread acquisition

Leeds-based Ramsden Barrett Architects has unveiled expansion plans into the south of England after announcing that it has taken over Clerkenwell's Tread Architecture.
Red Box wins planning in Gateshead

Newcastle-based Red Box Design Group has won detailed planning permission for a new £36 million campus for Gateshead College.
Redevelopment of Manchester's famous Maine Road stadium revealed

Leach Rhodes Walker has submitted plans to redevelop Maine Road, the former home of Manchester City Football Club.
Reid Architecture architect confirmed lost in King's Cross bomb

Reid Architecture has described Lee Harris, the architect who died following the London terrorist attacks, as an 'inspiring and talented designer'.
Reid builds aircraft control tower in Newcastle

Reid Architecture has revealed these plans for a new £8.2 million control tower at Newcastle Airport.
Reid business centre gets go-ahead

Reid Architecture has been given the thumbs up for a small business centre on the Alba Campus in Livingston, West Lothian.
REID in Birmingham competition success

REID Architecture has been chosen to design a new office headquarters building in Birmingham following a competition victory.
Reid reveals airport plans for Antigua

Reid Architecture has unveiled these images of proposals to transform Antigua's airport to cope with an anticipated influx of cricket fans in two years' time.
Reid reveals proposals for Enfield

Work has now started on the new PalaceXchange project in Enfield town centre, a £60 million mixed-use development designed by Reid Architecture.
Rem banks on success in the City

Rem Koolhaas has started work on designs for a new headquarters building for NM Rothschild investment bank in the City of London.
Rem lands massive Mies Euro-prize

Rem Koolhaas' practice OMA has scooped this year's 50,000 euro Mies van der Rohe Award - one of the most prestigious prizes in European architecture.
Replacement for Rogers' Brum library 'dead in the water' after funding snub

Controversial plans to redevelop Birmingham Library have attracted further heavy criticism after the scheme failed to win crucial funding.
Report reignites Birmingham library row

A new report has slammed Birmingham City Council's approach to proposals for a split-site library in the city that would replace designs by Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP).
Report warns that current building stock will fail global warming test

Leading experts have warned of the danger of soaring costs in buildings not designed to cope with climate change in a new report published today.
Residents sets out case in Poundbury appeal

Opponents to the Prince of Wales' planned extension to his Poundbury village yesterday set out their case at a planning appeal in Dorchester.
RH to house Cambridge students

RH Partnership has released these images of new student accommodation at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
RHWL takes next step forward in Liverpool

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

RHWL has submitted a planning application for the second phase of its St Paul's Square scheme in Liverpool.
RIAS boss set to take over at Scottish CABE

The chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) is set to leave his current job to take over the reins at the new Scottish equivalent of CABE.
RIAS looks to replace Plan of Works for domestic market

The RIAS has drawn up a new 'standard form of appointment' for domestic schemes that will replace the RIBA Plan of Works in Scotland.
RIBA aims to resolve AABC crisis

The RIBA will devote key parts of its practice committee meeting on Thursday (25 August) to the current crisis facing the Register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC).
RIBA bows to pressure and plans reforms for conservation register

The RIBA is planning a raft of reforms to the controversial Accredited Architects in Building Conservation register, the AJ can reveal.
RIBA calls for 2005 awards entries

The RIBA has issued a call for entries for the 2005 RIBA Awards.
RIBA enters alliance over climate change

Three construction industry figureheads have thrown their weight behind a global push to tackle climate change problems.
RIBA gets to work in tsunami aftermath

The RIBA has established a working party to coordinate the response from the architectural community to the tsunami disaster.
RIBA hits back at ARB as hostilities snowball

The RIBA has lost no time in hitting back at the ARB after its refusal to accept the institute's proposed reforms.
RIBA image library to go online

One of the country's most exciting collections of architectural images is to become widely available.
RIBA launches comp for new sculpture

A competition has been launched this week to find an artwork design to mark the entrance to a new hospital by HLM and Avanti Architects.
RIBA launches consultation on PFI revolution

The RIBA has launched what it is calling the 'first comprehensive review of PFI since the procurement initiative began nearly 15 years ago'.
RIBA moves on conservation register problems

The RIBA has set up a working group in an effort to head off the growing controversy regarding the AABC, the institute's register of conservation architects.
RIBA ready with Gold Medal for Otto

The RIBA will formally award the German architect and engineer Frei Otto the Royal Gold Medal at the institute's Portland Place headquarters this evening.
RIBA special prizes shortlists unveiled

The shortlists for the RIBA special prizes, winners of which will be announced at this year's Stirling awards dinner on 15 October in Edinburgh, have now been announced.
RIBA student hardship fund saved by last minute donation

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.
RIBA to hold Cambridge show

The RIBA is to hold an exhibition about the Cambridge School of Architecture in a bid to illustrate the historic success of the troubled school.
RIBA ups anti-ARB battle

The RIBA has triggered further heated debate with the ARB by stating in a practice bulletin last week that the institute cannot support the board's stance on Professional Indemnity Insurance (PII).
'RIBA will compete with MoMA'

The newly appointed head of programmes for the RIBA Trust, Graeme Russell, has admitted the search is on for a 'major' new exhibition space.
RIBA wins race to take on former CUBE boss

The RIBA Trust has pulled off a significant coup in its attempts to become one of Britain's most significant arts organisations.
Ribar shortlist on display

An exhibition of all four finalists in the competition to design the RIBA's new café-bar will go on display next week.
Richard Feilden dies aged 54

Richard Feilden, a founding partner in Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects and one of the profession's leading figureheads, has died suddenly following a domestic accident at the age of 54.
Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects wins Elmswell comp

East London-based practice Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects (RHM) has seen off hot competition to win a high-profile social housing contest in Suffolk.
Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects wins Elmswell comp - image

East London-based practice Riches Hawley Mikhail Architects (RHM) has seen off hot competition to win a high-profile social housing contest in Suffolk.
Rick Mather chosen for Liverpool Design Academy

Liverpool John Moores University has selected Rick Mather Architects to design its new £21 million Design Academy.
RICS wades into Pathfinder dispute

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has stepped into the row over the government's controversial Pathfinder housing renewal schemes.
Risks of repeated Paddington Health Campus debacle grow

The bosses of St Mary's Hospital, who led the controversial failed Paddington Health Campus (PHC) plan, have started working on a new scheme before addressing an explosive independent review into their previous effort.
Ritchie and Cook team up at the RA

Ian Ritchie and Peter Cook have been appointed joint professors of architecture by the Royal Academy of Arts (RA) in a bid to fortify the institute's international reputation.
Ritchie 'cast aside' in White City

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.
RMJM picks up Glasgow education scheme- image

A multidisciplinary RMJM team has been appointed by North Glasgow College to design a new £20 million facility in the Springburn area of the city.
RMJM takes on Indian convention centre

RMJM has been asked to design India's new international convention and exhibition centre on a 41ha site in Kolkata (Calcutta).
RMJM to break Indian height records

RMJM has revealed the first image of its new World Bengal Tower proposals in Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
RMJM wins firm footing for controversial artist's studio

RMJM has been given the green light to transform a 19th-century bathhouse into a new studio space and gallery for controversial Scottish artist Peter Howson.
Robinson launches business move to achieve Chinese first

Yorkshire-based practice the Robinson Design Group (RDG) has set up the first architectural joint venture between a British and a Chinese company.
Rochdale developers in surprise asbestos apology

The developers behind controversial plans to build 650 new homes on the site of a former asbestos factory in Greater Manchester, have apologised for failing to admit they had found traces of the deadly substance there.
Rogers 'abused power' to delay Chelsea plans

Britain's most famous neo-classical architect has accused Richard Rogers of abusing his cosy relationship with New Labour to delay a controversial hospital project.
Rogers lands massive New York scheme

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.
Rogers over-committed to design, think tank warns

One of Labour's most influential think tanks has produced a document that criticises the conclusions of Richard Rogers' Urban Task Force.
Rogers takes on huge Cambridge project

The Richard Rogers Partnership has been asked to design more than half of a £725 million regeneration scheme in south-east Cambridge.
Rogers takes on massive east London scheme

Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has won a prestigious role in a huge regeneration scheme in London's Docklands.
Rogers wins approval for Maggie in London

The Richard Rogers Partnership's Maggie's Centre has this week picked up planning permission.
Rogers wins Thom Mayne backing for Sydney Harbour regeneration

Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has beaten a raft of international practices to make it onto the five-strong shortlist for a £400 million regeneration project in Australia.
Rome to remove its cobbles in bid to save built heritage

Officials in Rome have admitted that they are being forced to dig up the city's historic cobbled streets in an effort to protect the vast number of historic monuments and buildings.
Row over Battersea stacks heats up

Campaigners vying to save Battersea Power Station's iconic chimneys have produced a technical assessment that casts doubt over the developer's assertion that the stacks must be demolished.
Row reignited over Commonwealth Institute

The Twentieth Century Society has hit back in a strongly-worded war being waged over the Grade II*-listed Commonwealth Institute.
Royal Parks expert in call to save views

Royal Parks consultant Hal Moggridge has warned against the insidious effects of current draft planning guidance, which he claims will affect key views across the capital.
Royals go green in Windsor

The queen is set to 'go green' with the news that Windsor Castle will be partially powered by hydroelectricity from 2006.
RRP reaches for the sky in Korea

The Richard Rogers Partnership has been appointed to design Seoul's tallest towers.
RTKL design mammoth Moscow 'gateway'

Designs by the London office of RTKL for a massive new mixed-use development in Moscow are set to start on site.
RTKL on the ball for first super casino

Glasgow Rangers Football Club looks set to build the UK's first super casino after winning planning permission for a massive entertainment and gambling complex in the Govan area of the city.
Ruddle Wilkinson attempts to create first eco-school

Work is about to begin on the new Howe Dell primary school in Hatfield, Hertfordshire - hailed as the country's first 'eco-school.'
Ruddle Wilkinson attempts to create first eco-school - image

Work is about to begin on the new Howe Dell primary school in Hatfield, Hertfordshire - hailed as the country's first 'eco-school.'
Ruddle Wilkinson wins planning in Marlborough

Ruddle Wilkinson has been given the thumbs up for a new £4.8 million cinema and theatre complex in the historic Wiltshire market town of Marlborough.
Rural heritage in crisis, warns EH

According to a new report by English Heritage nearly one in 10 listed working farm buildings are in a severe state of disrepair.
Russian water park collapse architect charged

Criminal charges have been brought against the chief architect of the Transvaal water park in Moscow following the devastating roof collapse in February last year.
S&P wins Corby pool competition

S&P Architects, the practice working with Zaha Hadid on the 2012 London Olympic Aquatic Centre, has won a competition to design Corby's new swimming pool.
Saatchi row moves to High Court

The dispute between the Saatchi Gallery and the landlord of its RHWL-designed space in London's County Hall has moved to the High Court.
Salford flats face demolition after council acts over 35cm discrepancy

A £1.5 million luxury apartment block by Bury-based William J Holt Architects could be bulldozed - because it is less than half a metre too tall.
Salford park redesign competition launched

The Landscape Institute and Salford council have launched a two-stage competition to redesign the city's Chimney Pot Park.
Salisbury in shock ARB resignation

ARB rebel Ian Salisbury left colleagues astonished last Wednesday (9 February) by suddenly resigning his membership of the board.
Salisbury threatened by expulsion as hearing aims to end ARB battle

The ongoing war between the ARB and its rebel Ian Salisbury is set to come to a explosive climax next week at a secret board meeting, the AJ can reveal.
Scarborough 'to compete with great seafronts of Europe'

Major plans to transform Scarborough's historic Harbourside area into 'one of Europe's leading seafronts' have been revealed for the first time.
Scheme for chocolate model village unwrapped

These are the first pictures of the proposed revamp of the Bournville Estate model village in Birmingham - the home of Cadbury's chocolate.
School in tatters as head defects

Canterbury School of Architecture has been left in disarray this week following news that the head of school, Don Gray, has left. Students have had crisis meetings after it emerged that Gray was joining the neighbouring University of Kent to set up a new school.
Schuco Karting Challenge 2005

The third annual Schuco Go-Karting challenge got the green light at the Streatham Kart Raceway this week. 41 drivers competed in the first heat from such companies as Galliard Homes Ltd, Anshen Dyer, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, to name but a few.
Schuco Karting Challenge 2005

The third annual Schuco Go-Karting challenge got the green light at the Streatham Kart Raceway this week. 41 drivers competed in the first heat from such companies as Galliard Homes Ltd, Anshen Dyer, Wilkinson Eyre Architects, to name but a few.
Scotland's CABE is born

Scotland's answer to CABE will be formally launched at a special meeting today (Monday 11 April) at Glasgow's Lighthouse architecture centre.
Scott Brownrigg wins planning in Somerset

Scott Brownrigg has been given the thumbs-up for a new mixed-use development at Portishead Quays in north Somerset.
Scott Wilson to masterplan sweet vision for Bournville

Scott Wilson's Landscape and Urban Design arm has been picked to prepare a new landscape masterplan for the home of British chocolate, the Bournville Estate in Birmingham.
Scottish architect faces 12 months behind bars after fraud conviction

A Scottish architect was yesterday sent to prison for 12 months after he pleaded guilty to a fraud charge after stealing £60,000 from an elderly woman's estate.
Scottish architects elect new president

Members of the RIAS council have elected Douglas Read, a founding partner of Edinburgh-based Dignan Read Dewar Architects, as their new president.
Scottish firm plans to build big

An up-and-coming Scottish practice is working up plans for Scotland's tallest tower within Gensler's £1.6 billion masterplan for Glasgow.
Scottish Parliament faces television 'demolition'

Enric Miralles and RMJM's Stirling-shortlisted Scottish Parliament could be targeted for demolition by an imminent television programme, after a poll found it was one of Britain's most hated buildings.
Scottish Parliament scoops £25,000 Best Building in Scotland prize

Enric Miralles and RMJM's hugely contentious Scottish Parliament building has walked off with this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for Architecture.
Scottish Parliament wins Stirling

Enric Miralles and RMJM's Scottish Parliament has won this year's 10th RIBA Stirling Prize in association with the AJ.
Scottish policy greeted with approval

The introduction of a Scottish government architecture policy - a first for Britain - has been greeted with resounding approval from the architecture profession.
SEH goes to the top of the class with school extension

Shepheard Epstein Hunter has released the first images of its proposed extension to Paddington Green Primary School in west London.
Senior Olympic delivery team completed as English Partnerships boss appointed

The former head of the company which built projects for the 2000 Sydney Olympics was today put in charge of building venues and facilities for the London 2012 Games.
Senior RMJM staffer defects to Aedas

The RMJM architect who headed the team working on the Scottish Parliament Building has been poached to become boss of a new Edinburgh office for Aedas, it has emerged.
Serpentine gives first glimpse of pavilion

The Serpentine Gallery has revealed the first image of this year's summer pavilion by Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Serpentine pavilion goes to Koolhaas

Dutch superstar Rem Koolhaas has been picked to design next year's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
Seven form breakaway group in race for Saltire

Studio KAP Architects and Malcolm Fraser Architects are just two of the front-runners competing for one of the most prestigious housing awards in Scottish architecture, it has emerged.
Shepheard Epstein Hunter to join Spence at Liverpool uni

Shepheard Epstein Hunter (SEH) has won planning permission for a major new library at the University of Liverpool.
Shepheard Epstein Hunter wins planning with school scheme

Shepheard Epstein Hunter (SEH) has been given the go-ahead for this scheme in central London to combine an inner-city primary school with new student housing.
Sheppard Robson gets vet for animal magic

Sheppard Robson has been given the green light for a new £9.6 million veterinary building for the University of Liverpool.
Sheppard Robson sows seeds for horticulture school

Sheppard Robson has produced this conceptual design for a horticultural school in Battersea Park, London.
Sheppard Robson starts on site with Madrid flats

Work on a new high-density affordable housing scheme designed by Sheppard Robson has begun on site in an area south of Madrid.
Sheppard Robson takes over MacCormac's work at BBC

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.
Sheppard Robson wins consent in Holborn

Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for this central London office.
Sheppard Robson wins planning for Manchester University

Sheppard Robson has been given the go-ahead for this £25 million building to house the University of Manchester's astronomy, mathematics, physics and photon science departments.
Shorne Wood visitor centre gets green light

The Lee Evans Partnership has been given the go-ahead for a new £1.6 million visitor centre in Shorne Wood Country Park near Gravesend in Kent.
Shortlist revealed for Worcester campus comp

The University of Worcester has unveiled the shortlist in the competition to create its new city-centre campus.
Sidell Gibson wins planning in Westminster in sea of listed buildings

This residential scheme by Sidell Gibson Architects - in the heart of historic Westminster - was given the go-ahead by planners late last Thursday.
Sikh temple for Gravesend takes shape

This is the first image of how Calford Seaden's massive Sikh temple in Gravesend will look once construction has finished in 2008.
Silvestrin renovates Parasol gallery

The first images of a major gallery renovation designed by John Pawson's former partner Claudio Silvestrin have been revealed today.
Simpson to build tall in the north again with new skyscraper plan

Ian Simpson Architects could radically alter the Leeds skyline if these impressive £200 million proposals win council backing later in the year.
Simpson turned down for the second time on Merseyside

Ian Simpson's Brunswick Quay has been rejected for a second time by Liverpool City Council following another controversial decision by the city's planners.
Simpson's London tower picks up guarded CABE backing

CABE has praised Ian Simpson's Beetham Tower design, stating that the 68-storey tower would be a 'bold addition to the London skyline', after its design review process.
Six make it through to final round for rural housing

Six firms have made it in to the final round of a competition to design a rural housing development in Suffolk.
Six vie to transform Bolton's housing stock

The shortlist has been announced for a pivotal council-run project to revitalise Bolton's housing estates.
Sloane Square plans get public backing

Locals have thrown their weight behind Stanton Williams Architects' plans to transform Sloane Square in London.
SMC grows again after yet another takeover

The SMC Group juggernaut has continued to bear down on the architectural profession by its announcement that it has agreed to acquire DTR:UK.
SMC on the acquisition trail as profits leap

The newly floated SMC Group, one of the very few listed architects, has announced a bumper set of results.
SMC set to go public

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.
SMC's aggressive growth strategy pays dividends

The aggressive expansion of SMC group has continued apace this month, it has emerged.
Soane house future in turmoil

The future of John Soane's Pell Wall Hall - his last country estate - is in crisis, it has emerged.
SOM builds big on the Isle of Dogs

SOM has released this image after gaining planning permission for a major mixed-use redevelopment on the Isle of Dogs.
Sorrell pans Farrells' plans for Gateway park

The chair of CABE has slammed Farrells' plans for a national park in the heart of the Thames Gateway.
Southend casino goes in for planning

Atkins Architects has submitted this £70 million mixed-use scheme for planning permission.
Southwark claims Elephant will not emit more gas

Southwark council has claimed that the massive regeneration of Elephant and Castle will have no impact on the carbon emissions of the area.
Southwark denies it will hold architectural 'beauty contest'

Southwark council has trounced rumours it is planning to host a 'beauty contest' of architects to mastermind the regeneration of Elephant and Castle in south London.
Southwark exhibits Elephant and Castle plans

Southwark council has today (Wednesday 9 March) released new images of the Elephant and Castle development framework at MIPIM - the international property and regeneration convention currently taking place in Cannes, France.
Southwark planners hit by £9m legal action

A south London borough council, having been accused of racism, is now being sued for £9 million, it has emerged.
Space-age tent can stand the heat

London and Munich-based practice Architecture and Vision has unveiled this prototype for a one-man tent capable of withstanding extreme desert temperatures.
Spence archive to go on show

Plans to put Basil Spence's extensive archive on public display have got the green light thanks to a £1 million cash injection by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Spence trumps Gehry in Sunderland

Frank Gehry has missed out on designing a new bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland, ending more than a year of speculation about his role on the project.
Spitalfields row reignites as Foster building opens

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.
Springford springs in to action

Work has started on this 2,800m 2mixed-use development by Ian Springford Architects on the edge of Edinburgh's New Town.
Squatters threaten Paul Davis plans

Construction on this £2.3 million project by Paul Davis & Partners has been unexpectedly delayed - due to the inhabitancy of a renegade band of squatters.
Squire picks up silver in Mexico

Squire and Partners has finished joint second in an international competition for this new library in Guadalajara, Mexico.
St Mary's looks for architect to oversee fresh start in Paddington

The latest chapter in the long-running saga of the planned redevelopment of the Paddington Health Campus appears to be getting under way.
St Paul's chapterhouse to be rebuilt

The Corporation of London is to build a replica of a medieval cloister and chapterhouse alongside St Paul's Cathedral.
St Paul's School reveals impressive shortlist

St Paul's School, one of Britain's most famous public schools, has unveiled a glittering longlist for the competition to find a scheme for the first phase of its rebuilding.
Stanhope versus Croydon war reignites with fresh blow for Foster

Designs for the highly controversial Croydon Gateway by Foster and Partners and FaulknerBrowns - once heavily praised by CABE - have been slammed by Croydon Council.
Stanton Williams reveals new Sloane Square

Stanton Williams has revealed the first pictures of its proposals to transform Sloane Square, one of London's most famous public spaces.
'Stately homes threatened by skills drought'

Many of Britain's most important historic buildings are under threat from the critical shortage of workers in traditional trades, a report issued today has warned.
Stellar practices get on their bikes for Olympic velodrome

Some of the country's most famous practices are going for gold in their hopes to design the new velodrome facility for the 2012 Olympics in Stratford, the AJ has learnt.
Stellar shortlist revealed for fresh attempt at Waterloo tower

Four of Britain's top practices are vying to design a new skyscraper for London's Waterloo, it has emerged.
Stephen Taylor shortlisted in France

Stephen Taylor Architects has made it onto the final shortlist in an international competition for the design of a nursery school and day-care centre in France.
Stirling 2005 shortlist revealed

The AJ can today reveal the six schemes that have made it on to the shortlist for the RIBA Stirling Prize 2005, in association with the Architects' Journal.
Stock Woolstencroft and S333 win Whitechapel planning

Stock Woolstencroft, in collaboration with Amsterdam-based S333, has won detailed planning consent for this £34 million regeneration project in London's Whitechapel.
Stock Woolstencroft thinks outside the box in Canning Town

Stock Woolstencroft has released these images of a £6.9 million housing scheme that will form part of the renaissance of Canning Town in east London.
Stonehenge Visitor Centre in the balance as traffic costs spiral

The future of Denton Corker Marshall's proposed Stonehenge Visitor Centre looks increasingly bleak after the government announced it is to investigate the spiralling costs of the project's traffic plans.
Stonehenge Visitor Centre plans thrown out

Denton Corker Marshall's proposed Stonehenge Visitor Centre has been dealt a second hammer blow in less than a week.
Studio Bednarski to bridge Seine after Paris win

London-based practice Studio Bednarski has won an international competition to design a new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the River Seine in Paris.
Studio E 'green island' concept faces the wrecking ball

BUJ Architects has been given the initial go-ahead to demolish a 1970s Brutalist office block on London's South Bank and replace it with a 913-bedroom hotel.
Sturgis wants to get to work on office

Sturgis Associates has submitted a planning application to overhaul an office block in Charlotte Street, central London.
Suburbs suffering neglect, claims quango

The South East England Regional Assembly has attacked the failure of the government to provide support for suburbs.
Suffolk housing competition launched

The RIBA Competitions Office has launched an invited competition for rural social housing in East Anglia.
Supporters hit back at EH over Liverpool tower

The backers behind Woods Bagot's 38-storey skyscraper scheme in central Liverpool have lashed out at English Heritage (EH) for persuading the council to turn its back on the project.
Sustainable Communities plan goes pan-European

A team of European ministers is set to descend on Bristol to discuss ideas for a new European-wide policy on sustainable communities.
Sustainable tower plans ditched in favour of Travelodge

These designs by RHWL for a 'sustainable' tower in Southwark have been dropped by its developer to make way for a new Travelodge.
Tall buildings expert questions mile-high Dubai tower plan

A UK-based world expert on tall buildings has attempted to put the brakes on the hype surrounding plans to build a mile-high skyscraper in Dubai.
Tallest Croydon building wins consent

Devereux has just won consent for Croydon's 'tallest tower' as plans for Croydon Gateway continue to flounder, it has emerged.
TCPA wants development answers

The Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) launched an inquiry into regional development priorities on Friday (4 February).
Tebbit attacks Battle of Britain Memorial cost hikes

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.
Television show to smash demolition myth

A television documentary to be aired next week will blow the lid on plans to demolish swathes of housing across northern England, the AJ can reveal.
Terry picks up massive Classicist prize

The AJ understands that Quinlan Terry has won the £100,000 Richard H. Driehaus Prize, one of the most valuable awards in international architecture.
Thames Gateway corporation unveils senior team

The newly created London Thames Gateway Development Corporation - the organisation formed by the government to deliver sustainable communities in the Lower Lea Valley - has announced its first executive appointments.
Thames Gateway design gurus set to disband after clash of the titans

The elite group of architects brought together to improve design standards in the Thames Gateway is unlikely to meet again, the AJ has learned.
The AJ lands publishing's 'Stirling Prize'

The AJ has scooped the most revered magazine-design award in Britain.
The AJ Team are now on holiday

The daily news service will resume on January 3rd
The news review of 2005

With more dramatic ups and downs than the Big One at Blackpool, 2005 has certainly been a dramatic year on the British architectural scene. Ed Dorrell takes a retrospective glance back over the last 12 months
'The profession loves us', counters the ARB

The ARB has attempted to prove its worth by releasing figures which claim to show architects believe in the board's regulatory safeguards.
The Skylon's the limit: return of South Bank icon put on hold

Plans to resurrect Powell and Moya's much-loved Skylon on London's South Bank have hit the buffers.
The young continue to lose respect for architects, research shows

Young people are increasingly disrespectful of the position architects hold in society, new research shows.
Three major UK firms lose out in Canada

Two North American practices have seen off three of Britain's best-known offices in a high-profile competition in Vancouver.
Three practices pick up massive Scottish PFI schools scheme

Capita Percy Thomas, Aedas and 3D Architects, working as part of a bid team called InspirED, has won the contract to design one of the biggest ever batches of PFI schools worth £290 million.
Three Scottish firms to join Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover

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.
Toffs kill off family plans in Belgravia

The 'highest concentration of peers in London' has comprehensively rounded on architectural and landscape plans to make Belgrave Square more appealing to local families.
Tokyo duo see off Zaha to pick up Louvre II commission

Japanese practice Sanaa has won the international competition to design a satellite museum for the Louvre, according to reports in France.
Tories receive cool welcome from RIBA

The RIBA has issued a guarded welcome to the Conservative Party's election manifesto, published yesterday.
Tory Gummer sets sights on ARB in Parliament

Veteran Tory big-hitter John Gummer has this week taken the war on the ARB to the House of Commons.
Tory shadow feels election heat

Prominent members of the architecture profession have expressed a vote of 'no confidence' in shadow planning and housing minister John Hayes.
Towering thumbs-up for Potters' Field

The Planning Inquiry report into Ian Ritchie Architects’ highly contentious scheme for the Potters’ Field site next to Tower Bridge has recommended approval, the AJ has learnt.
Toyo Ito wins RIBA Royal Gold Medal

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has sensationally scooped the RIBA Royal Gold Medal - one of architecture's most highly prized honours.
TP Bennett to convert Grade II-listed college into flats

TP Bennett has been given the green light to convert a Grade II-listed 1890s college building in south London into more than 200 flats.
TP Bennett to convert Grade II-listed college into flats - images

TP Bennett has been given the green light to convert a Grade II-listed 1890s college building in south London into more than 200 flats.
TP Bennett wins planning for Gilbert Scott work in City of London

TP Bennett Architects has released this previously unseen image of plans to overhaul the Guildhall complex for the Corporation of London.
TP Bennett wins Wandsworth planning

TP Bennett Architects has been given the go-ahead for this six-storey residential development on the banks of the River Thames, in Wandsworth, south-west London.
Trio picks up top AR Emerging Architecture prizes

The Architectural Reviewhas revealed the winners of its 2005 Emerging Architecture Awards.
Trio win hi-tech science park prize

Studio Egret West, Hawkins-Brown and Grant Associates have won a competition to design the second phase of a major science park in Nottingham.
Trouble hits second Gustafson Porter water feature

Another water feature designed by the design team behind Hyde Park's contentious Diana Memorial Fountain has run into trouble.
Troubled Portsmouth tower fails to lift off

Yet more controversy has befallen the hugely troubled Spinnaker Tower construction project in Portsmouth.
Tsunami rebuild 'slower than expected'

Aid agencies have conceded that the speed and quality of reconstruction in post-tsunami Sri Lanka is far lower than expected - despite ample funds.
Two Brits make it into last five for major Euro-prize

The shortlist for one of the biggest prizes in European architecture has been unveiled.
UEA needs 'urgent' cash boost to save Lasdun's iconic ziggurats

The University of East Anglia (UEA) is facing a massive shortfall in the cash it needs to save Denys Lasdun's iconic ziggurats, the AJ can reveal.
UK architectural standards under attack

The Civic Trust has attacked the quality of architecture currently being built in the UK.
Under-fire Farrell institution plan to be approved

Terry Farrell's plan to revamp one of the world's historic seats of scientific learning is set to be approved tomorrow after a six-year saga - despite a heritage organisation's deep reservations.
Union North comes down to London for Boundary Estate scheme

Liverpool-based practice Union North has been given the go-ahead for this scheme in the heart of east London's historic Boundary Estate.
'Unusual' 1970s market building listed

Huddersfield's 'highly unusual' Queensgate Market Hall has been listed, a move which could save the 1970s building from demolition as part of a planned regeneration of the area.
Uphill battle for Serpentine

The Serpentine Gallery has postponed ambitious plans to build a 23m-high mountain over its pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London.
Urban Salon wins housing contest

Urban Salon has won the high-profile competition to design an affordable housing scheme in Bermondsey Square, south London.
Urban Splash seeks seaside special for Morecambe

Urban Splash has launched a competition to find an architect to mastermind the regeneration of Morecambe's Central Promenade.
Urban Task Force II reveals fresh report

The Urban Task Force has reconvened to deliver a package of recommendations to central government with the publication of its eagerly awaited new report
Urbanists warn of 'vacuous' sustainability jargon

Leading European urbanists have claimed that 'vague and vacuous jargon' is hindering the promotion of sustainability.
Use urban design to combat terrorism, says Ferguson

Urban design must become a pivotal weapon in the government's battle to stamp out terrorism, former RIBA president George Ferguson has said.
Vacancies add to fees fear

Fears that the introduction of university top-up fees will slash the number of architecture students have not been eased in the aftermath of this year's A level results.
Vast international competition expected as search for tsunami memorial gets underway

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.
Vauxhall faces towers row

The consequences of John Prescott's decision to overrule a planning inspector and back plans for Broadway Malyan's Vauxhall Tower are now emerging, the AJ can reveal.
Viñoly's 'Golden Banana' eases away from the brink

Rafael Viñoly's controversial plans for a visual art gallery in Colchester have narrowly escaped being put to the public vote - a poll that observers were sure it would lose.
Virgin approaches Featherstone for Heathrow rendezvous

Featherstone Associates has released these images of concept design proposals for a new £10 million building at London's Heathrow airport.
Virgin approaches Featherstone for Heathrow rendezvous - images

Featherstone Associates has released these images of concept design proposals for a new £10 million building at London's Heathrow airport.
Wales goes green

Some 85 per cent of Welsh people want the government to set new standards for green homes.
Wandsworth set to approve Battersea stacks demolition

Wandsworth council will recommend that Giles Gilbert Scott's iconic Battersea Power Station chimneys be demolished at a crucial council meeting this evening.
War breaks out between planners and countryside campaigners

The Royal Town Planning Institute has hit back with fury at the Campaign to Protect Rural England's (CPRE) recent 'sensationalist' campaigning.
War breaks out over Liverpool Pathfinder

Major controversy has been ignited this week in one of the government's first Pathfinder initiatives.
Warnings re-emerge over Crossrail threat to historic buildings

Serious concerns over the affect that the London Crossrail construction project could have on the capital's heritage have re-emerged this week.
'Wasteful' BBC slammed by MPs

The BBC has come under fire from MPs for wasting taxpayers' money during the construction of its new facilities at White City, West London.
'We didn't usurp MacCormac at BBC' insists Sheppard Robson

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.
Wembley Stadium 'on schedule' for big kick-off

The firm building HOK Sport and Foster and Partners' Wembley Stadium has claimed that fears the project will not be ready in time to stage the FA Cup final in May have been allayed.
West End Green row flares up again

A huge planning battle between Michael Squire and Chetwood Associates for one of London's largest development sites has reignited following a controversial decision by the ODPM.
Wilkinson Eyre hopes for Brighton Marina win

Wilkinson Eyre's masterplan for Brighton Marina has won the backing of local authority planning officers ahead of a crucial decision about its future this week.
Wilkinson Eyre wins planning for new bridge

Wilkinson Eyre Architects has been given planning permission for a new £600,000 footbridge over the Ribble and Calder rivers.
William Hill quaking at possible Holyrood win

Bookmaker William Hill admits it could take a massive hit if the Scottish Parliament building walks away with this year's RIBA Stirling Prize.
Wills HQ redesign set to make a Splash

Regional architect Acanthus Ferguson Mann and developer Urban Splash are to transform the redundant Wills factory office headquarters in Imperial Park, Hartcliffe Way, Bristol.
Wimbledon stadium site redevelopment kicks off

The former south London home of Wimbledon FC (who are now the Milton Keynes-based MK Dons) is finally set to be redeveloped following four years of wrangling over the controversial site.
Women on the rise in profession, research shows

The number of women entering the profession is rising steadily, research released by the ARB today has shown.
Woods Bagot aims high in Manchester

Woods Bagot's London office has submitted plans for this massive skyscraper in Manchester.
Woods Bagot Liverpool tower mauled by EH

English Heritage (EH) has slammed plans to build a 38-storey tower behind Liverpool's Central Station.
Woods Bagot looks tall in Liverpool

Australian commercial big hitter Woods Bagot has unveiled these images of a massive new 56,000m 2mixed-use skyscaper destined for central Liverpool.
Work starts on school with five-star standards

Work has started on GWK's £23 million St Edmund Campion Roman Catholic school in Gateshead.
Yet more Modernist homes fall to demolition ball

The 1960s dream of a Modernist answer to problems in social housing took another blow yesterday when Sheffield City Council completed the demolition of the massive Norfolk Park estate.
York proposes planning response to on-going Coppergate ambitions

Lessons learnt from Chapman Taylor Architects' doomed Coppergate scheme in York (AJ 02.10.03) have been incorporated into new planning guidelines for the city's historic Castle Piccadilly area.
Yorkshire council makes pioneering green buildings pledge

Kirklees council in West Yorkshire has unveiled a pioneering new policy which will see almost a third of energy in new public buildings come from renewable sources.
Zaha finds silver lining in art show

Zaha Hadid will be exhibiting her Silver Paintings for the first time in the UK at Kenny Schachter's ROVE gallery in London.
Zaha forced back to drawing board as Olympic pool costs spiral

Zaha Hadid has been told to completely rethink her plans for London's 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre after the proposed scheme came in at almost double the original £75 million budget.
Zaha insists her Olympic future is safe

Zaha Hadid has hit back at speculation about her future on the London 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre project.
Zaha remains unfazed despite Guggenheim and Maxxi rumours

Zaha Hadid has attempted to set the record straight about two of her largest and most important projects, amid mounting speculation over their imminent demise.
Zaha table fetches £170,000 at auction

A table design by Zaha Hadid has been sold for a staggering £170,000 at auction in America.
Zaha to build Spanish bridge

Pritzker-prize winner Zaha Hadid has been chosen to design the new Bridge Pavilion for the Zaragoza Expo in 2008.
Zaha walks into Olympic brouhaha with Cypriot flag row

Zaha Hadid has instigated yet another Olympic coup by becoming the first architect to start an international dispute ahead of London's 2012 games.
Zaha wins again, this time in Cyprus

Zaha Hadid has won a competition to redesign and landscape Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.

Architects JournalJanuary 2005

Architects Journal
January 2005