Architects Journal
Merlin Fulcher
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First peek at Rogers' emerging British Museum extension
30-Apr-2013
These are the first shots of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSH+P) £135 million extension to the British Museum which is currently under construction -
Work starts on Heneghan Peng’s Giant’s Causeway visitor centre
2-Feb-2011
Construction has finally started on Heneghan Peng’s £18.5 million scheme for the redevelopment of the visitor’s facilities at Giant’s Causeway -
Bid to block controversial Hampton Court scheme rejected
1-Feb-2011
A bid to block plans for a new hotel and other development close to Hampton Court Palace, designed by Allies and Morrison and Quinlan & Francis Terry, has been rejected by the High Court -
Bennetts bags planning for £30million Marble Arch House
6-Jan-2011
Bennetts Associates has won planning permission for a landmark 10,000 m² mixed-use scheme on Edgware Road, west London -
Farrells' Docklands Skylines Village rejected
5-Jan-2011
Terry Farrell’s plans for a 806-home mixed-use redevelopment of the Skylines Village commercial estate in East London has been refused by Tower Hamlets -
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands lands council backing for O2 hotel scheme
2-Nov-2010
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has won Greenwich Council’s backing for this four-star hotel next to the O2 arena in east London -
Rogers bags Guys’ cancer centre job
17-Sep-2010
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has triumphed in a high-profile competition to design a £90 million cancer centre at Guy’s Hospital in central London -
Rogers’ British Museum extension lands £25m boost
13-Sep-2010
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partner’s (RSHP) British Museum extension project has landed a massive £25 million cash donation -
Refused: Make's underground home for Gary Neville
25-Jun-2010
Bolton Council has kicked out Make Architects petal-shaped, underground country house for Manchester United footballer Gary Neville -
Pickles approves Allies and Morrison’s £4.5bn Cricklewood scheme
21-Jun-2010
Communites secretary Eric Pickles has given full backing to Allies and Morrison’s contentious Brent Cross and Cricklewood scheme -
Rogers wins Toronto contest
8-Jun-2010
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has triumphed in an international design competition to rebuild the North Building at St Lawrence Market in Toronto, Canada -
Design contest launched for controversial Aberdeen city square
24-May-2010
A controversial decision to launch an international design competition for the Ian Woods-backed £140 million city square scheme in Aberdeen has spelt the end for Brisac Gonzalez’s Peacock Visual Arts Centre -
Green light for Open Architecture’s art deco Southend hotel
19-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Open Architecture has won planning for this 3,870m² hotel in Southend-on-Sea in Essex -
Edinburgh City Council investigated over Caltongate
19-Apr-2010
The European Commission is investigating whether Edinburgh City Council broke procurement rules on its controversial Caltongate development -
Who's next? No nominations for RIBA president, so far
16-Apr-2010
The RIBA has yet to receive a formal nomination from any candidates in the race to become the next president of the institution -
Archigram opens 'massive' archive to all
16-Apr-2010
Archigram is about to unveil a huge free archive featuring masses of material by the legendary 1960s architecture group -
Wallinger's lands planning for huge white horse
16-Apr-2010
Artist Mark Wallinger has bagged planning for his enormous white horse statue, which stands 33 times larger than life size at Ebbsfleet, Kent -
Paradise Park living wall to be replanted
16-Apr-2010
Islington Council is set to replant its failed £100,000 living wall at the DSDHA-designed Paradise Park Children’s Centre (pictured), signalling renewed faith in the innovative cladding system -
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 15.04.10
15-Apr-2010
A new indoor swimming pool for Dartmouth and three masterplans for Thames Valley Housing - the insider’s guide to what’s hot this week -
Art & Work Awards open to international entries
15-Apr-2010
The International Art & Work Awards 2010, which celebrate the union of corporate art and architecture, are open to international entries -
Marco Polo House faces demolition threat
15-Apr-2010
Scott Brownrigg is planning to demolish Ian Pollard’s landmark, post-modern 1980s Marco Polo House and replace it with luxury flats -
Trust launches £2.5m Dartmouth Indoor pool competition
15-Apr-2010
The DDIP Trust is searching for architects to design a new leisure facility and indoor swimming pool at Dartmouth in Devon -
CABE demands 'elegance' from KPF’s One Crown Place
13-Apr-2010
The government’s design watchdog has criticised the ‘over-articulated’ elevations on KPF’s One Crown Place scheme and called on the designers to make it more elegant -
English Heritage supports Viñoly’s Battersea Power Station plans
12-Apr-2010
Rafael Viñoly’s redevelopment of Battersea Power Station has landed the crucial backing of English Heritage -
AJ exclusive: Architects complete East London Line stations
10-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] TfL has unveiled images of JSA Opus’s Shoreditch High Street station and Weston Williamson’s Hoxton station on the new East London Line -
New design contest launched for insect hotels in London
9-Apr-2010
Developer British Land and The City of London are searching for architects to design a series of ‘five star’ biodiversity hotels for insects -
Morrell champions retrofit over eco-towns
8-Apr-2010
The government’s construction tsar has hit out at current proposals for eco-towns and feed-in-tariffs – though he insists he supports the programmes in principle -
Architects dismiss Olympic sculpture
8-Apr-2010
Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s 2012 Olympics monument has received a cool response from architects, with Ken Shuttleworth describing it as ‘[the] Wembley arch after a design review with King Kong’ -
Populous completes World Cup stadium
8-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Populous’ £200 million stadium in Johannesburg – the venue for the opening and closing matches of this summer’s World Cup – has been completed -
Green light for Pardey's Hurst House
8-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] John Pardey Architects has bagged planning permission for this L-shaped, four-bedroom house in Buckinghamshire -
Self-taught graduate aims for chartership
8-Apr-2010
A Scottish graduate could become the UK’s first ever self-taught chartered architect if he wins key backing from the educational establishment later this month -
Architects sought for Stoke Town masterplan
7-Apr-2010
Stoke on Trent is seeking architects to masterplan the regeneration of Stoke Town including the development of a 4ha historic pottery site -
Kapoor’s Orbit grounds hopes for Skylon
6-Apr-2010
Anish Kapoor’s ‘Orbit’ monument has officially killed off plans to re-build the 1951 Skylon on the Olympic site -
Green light for AHMM’s Olympic Village academy
1-Apr-2010
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has landed crucial government backing for its Chobham academy scheme at the 2012 Olympic village -
PLP replaces HOK on Camden superlab exterior
1-Apr-2010
PLP has been appointed to re-design the exterior of HOK’s £520 million UKCMRI research lab, following opposition to the scheme by planning officers -
AJ exclusive: Kapoor unveils towering Olympic monument for London
31-Mar-2010
Anish Kapoor and engineer Cecil Balmond have unveiled a 115m-tall monumental structure, which is set to dominate the 2012 Olympic skyline -
Huge cash boost for Wilkinson Eyre’s Titanic museum
31-Mar-2010
Wilkinson Eyre has won £4.5 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for its Titanic museum scheme at Southampton -
Archial set to acquire new firms
30-Mar-2010
Archial Group chief executive Chris Littlemore has told the AJ that the giant is looking to expand despite a 20 per cent slump in profits -
SANAA wins 2010 Pritzker Prize
29-Mar-2010
Japanese firm SANAA has landed the Pritzker Prize, joining the exclusive ranks of architects recognised by the ‘Nobel Prize’ of architecture -
Irish big hitter Murray Ó'Laoire goes bust
29-Mar-2010
Murray Ó’Laoire Architects (MÓLA) has plunged into liquidation, blaming a lack of work and a raft of unpaid bills -
CABE: waste and power plant designs are a ‘sea of mediocrity’
25-Mar-2010
Heatherwick Studio’s £150 million BEI-Teesside power station, which received planning approval this week, stands out in a ‘sea of mediocrity’, says CABE -
Welsh sustainability centre CAT faces huge cash shortfall
25-Mar-2010
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales is appealing for more than half a million pounds to fix ‘awful’ work by the project contractor -
Masdar on hold as Fosters re-plans
25-Mar-2010
Foster + Partners’ Masdar City is being re-designed following a high-level ‘development strategy review’ of the huge £15 billion zero-carbon development in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) -
Architects combine with Jewson on ‘design-and-deliver’ homes
25-Mar-2010
A network of energy-conscious architects is being planned to ‘design and deliver’ flat-pack homes across the country -
Open House shifts to Open City
24-Mar-2010
Architectural education organisation Open House is changing its name to Open City -
Nightingales put up for sale
24-Mar-2010
Healthcare expert Nightingale Associates could be sold by parent company Tribal following a widescale review of operations -
Jean Nouvel to design 2010 Serpentine Pavilion
23-Mar-2010
[FIRST LOOK] Jean Nouvel was today (23 March) confirmed as designer for this year’s summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery, London -
Sky Gardens tower lands planning despite CABE concern
22-Mar-2010
Careyjones’ Sky Gardens tower has won planning approval despite failing to impress design reviewers at CABE -
Nick Willson bags planning for Kent house
20-Mar-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Nick Willson Architects has won planning permission for this four-bedroom private house in Tunbridge, Kent -
RIBA launches Hereford Buttermarket competition
19-Mar-2010
The RIBA this week launched a new design competition to regenerate the historic Hereford Buttermarket -
Welsh sprinklers bill roars through Commons
19-Mar-2010
A proposed law to make sprinklers mandatory in all new homes in Wales this week won backing from the House of Commons -
3DReid completes Oxford Street scheme
18-Mar-2010
[FIRST LOOK] 3DReid has completed this five-storey, 2,690m² office and retail scheme, two doors from Future Systems’ 2007 glass-fronted shop on London’s Oxford Street -
Foster replaced on project to design new Routemaster bus
18-Mar-2010
Foster + Partners has been dropped from London mayor Boris Johnson’s project to design a new Routemaster bus for the capital -
Architect unemployment continues to fall
17-Mar-2010
The latest data shows the number of architects claiming benefits has fallen for the sixth month in a row -
Eric Parry and Wilkinson Eyre take top prizes in Civic Trust Awards 2010
17-Mar-2010
The winners of the Civic Trust Awards 2010 have been unveiled, with top awards going to Eric Parry Architects for its transformation of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and to Wilkinson Eyre for its Paradise Street Pedestrian Bridge -
Olympic Park Legacy Company bags ownership of LDA Olympic Park Land
16-Mar-2010
[EXCLUSIVE IMAGES] London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced the official transfer of London development Agency owned Olympic Park land to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) -
Housing quango appoints new head of design
16-Mar-2010
Jane Briginshaw, architect and former design director at Partnerships for Schools, has been appointed head of design and sustainability at the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) -
Brave New City London - see the future in film
15-Mar-2010
Panellists including Paul Morrell, Peter Guthrie and Martin Powell will use video clips to paint their vision for future sustainable development at ISSUES’ flagship panel event Brave New City London -
Contest to 'make safe' Scottish Parliament launched
15-Mar-2010
A search has begun for an architect to design security upgrades to Enric Miralles and RMJM’s Stirling Prize-winning Scottish Parliament at Holyrood -
Bennetts unveils new public space at City Road basin
12-Mar-2010
Bennetts Associates has completed this £5 million public space scheme in Islington, London -
Strata integrates wind turbines in 'world first'
12-Mar-2010
Hamiltons’ 148m-tall Strata tower at Elephant & Castle will have its huge 9m blades fitted next week, making it the first building in the world with integrated wind turbines according to its developer -
Farrell on London: ‘The big problem is getting some cohesion’
11-Mar-2010
In his first interview since becoming design advisor to mayor Boris Johnson, Terry Farrell talks to Merlin Fulcher about gaps in London’s planning, localism and the death of the Thames Estuary Airport -
Retrofit scheme set for seven million homes challenges architects
11-Mar-2010
The government’s latest drive to make existing UK homes energy-efficient should create years of work for architects – if they seize the opportunities -
Farrell draws up plans to make Euston a ‘super-station’
11-Mar-2010
Terry Farrell is drawing up a blueprint to redevelop Euston Station as a London ‘super-station’, as part of the proposed High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link to Birmingham -
AJ100 breakfast: Land Securities poised to ‘restart’ in the City
10-Mar-2010
The development director of Land Securities’ London portfolio Colette O’Shea told the AJ100 Breakfast Club this morning the company would re-launch activity in the City soon -
£4m design competition launched for WWII spy base
8-Mar-2010
Bletchley Park is hunting for architects to revamp a series of brick and wooden huts at the historic code breaking museum in Buckinghamshire -
Science Museum to launch £25m design competition
6-Mar-2010
The Science Museum in London is about to launch a search for architects to revamp two of its major permanent collections -
Farrell unveils tallest tower by UK architect
5-Mar-2010
Terry Farrell + Partners has revealed the latest image of KingKey Tower, the tallest skyscraper in the world designed by a UK architect -
BREEAM Awards - 16 of the best sustainable designs rewarded
4-Mar-2010
Holder Mathias, Stride Treglown, Chetwoods and White Design all bagged top marks in the 2010 BREEAM Awards last night (3 March) -
Greenshoots? Gradual decline in projects shelved
4-Mar-2010
The amount of construction projects being put on hold is markedly down on this time last year, according to industry monitor Glenigan -
Light at the end of the tunnel for West 8’s Jubilee Gardens
4-Mar-2010
West 8’s plans to redevelop Jubilee Gardens on the South Bank in London are finally set to make it off the drawing board after almost five years of delays -
'Radical' design change at ASDA
3-Mar-2010
In-house architects at the UK’s second-largest supermarket operator ASDA have submitted substantially revised plans for a superstore in Ware – a move billed as ‘major change’ in the company’s design ethos -
New home eco-upgrade loans please RIBA
3-Mar-2010
The Royal Institute of British Architects has welcomed a government announcement to provide ‘affordable’ loans for 7 million homes to have eco-upgrades by 2020 -
New museum in Chatham unveiled by van Heyningen and Haward
2-Mar-2010
London-based practice van Heyningen and Haward has revealed these images of its transformation of a Grade II*-listed, former Royal Navy workshop in the Chatham Historic Dockyard -
Giant dragon to tower over Wales
2-Mar-2010
An art dealer is hoping to build a giant Welsh dragon statue in a bid to raise money for a cancer charity -
Chilean building codes save lives in earthquake
1-Mar-2010
Chile will not be as badly affected as Haiti, despite being hit by a substantially larger earthquake, a British architectural aid charity has claimed -
3DReid unveils 'rotating' classroom pod
1-Mar-2010
3DReid has launched a rotating outdoor classroom concept with tree house designer Blue Forest -
Alsop’s Palestra building pioneers hydrogen fuel cells
26-Feb-2010
The UK’s largest indoor hydrogen fuel cell has been installed at Will Alsop’s Palestra building in Southwark, London -
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins wins AJ Small Project Award
26-Feb-2010
The winners of the AJ Small Projects Award have been announced with top prize going to Haworth Tompkins for Dovecote Studio -
Irish ad ‘discriminates’ against unqualified architects
26-Feb-2010
Regulators have banned an Irish advertising campaign aimed at encouraging the use of qualified architects -
New Covent Garden unveils latest redevelopment plans
25-Feb-2010
[FIRST LOOK] Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects have revealed new images of the 23ha mixed-use redevelopment of New Covent Garden, South London -
Profession ‘sceptical’ over Tory proposals for planning changes
25-Feb-2010
Architects have expressed concern over the Conservative Party’s new planning policy, launched this week, which pledges to allow local people to drive planning decisions if the party gains power at the next election -
Nine Elms: Regeneration in Central London
25-Feb-2010
As the US Embassy plans its move to Nine Elms, Merlin Fulcher looks at the extensive regeneration planned for this underdeveloped area of London -
Heatherwick sows seeds for Shanghai pavilion
25-Feb-2010
This is Thomas Heatherwick’s £25 million British Pavilion for the 2010 Shanghai Expo, dubbed the ‘Seed Cathedral’, which will complete on site in two months’ time -
Margaret Hodge lists Abbey Road Studios
24-Feb-2010
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has given Abbey Road Studios a Grade-II listing in the wake of a public outcry against plans to sell it off -
CABE adds weight to Battersea Scheme
24-Feb-2010
CABE is backing Treasury Holding’s £5.5 billion proposals for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station -
Heron Tower tops City heights
22-Feb-2010
Heron Tower has finally cleared Tower 42 to become the tallest structure in The City -
Studio Egret West unveils Stratford 'Shoal'
19-Feb-2010
Studio Egret West has designed this £3 million ‘swaying’ sculpture close to the Olympic Park in Stratford town centre -
Murphy slams ‘nervous’ Scots
19-Feb-2010
Edinburgh-based Richard Murphy has slammed Scottish architects for being too timid in bidding for major contests in the country -
Cameron Webster wins Loch Ness harbour design
19-Feb-2010
Cameron Webster Architects has beaten Gareth Hoskins, ANTA Architecture and McKenzie Strickland Associates in the contest to design a new harbour at Loch Ness -
Architects' optimism still falling says RIBA
18-Feb-2010
The RIBA’s latest Future Trends survey results suggest practices are becoming increasingly pessimistic -
Rural Design completes larch-clad holiday home on the Isle of Skye
18-Feb-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Local architect Rural Design has completed this all-seasons holiday house in the village of Fiskavaig, Isle of Skye -
RMJM’s Cumbria campus plans shelved
12-Feb-2010
RMJM’s scheme for a new University of Cumbria campus in Carlisle has been shelved just two months after the practice landed the prize project -
Trading figures: Hopkins beats the crunch
11-Feb-2010
Hopkins Architects have defied the downturn and netted profits of just under £3 million in the last financial year -
Retrofit projects could secure 30 years of work for architects
11-Feb-2010
The huge task of retrofitting UK buildings could offer three decades of work for architects, and overshadow new-builds by 2050 -
Have your say: help choose the best buildings in London in the last 50 years
10-Feb-2010
The Architecture Club has launched a competition to celebrate 50 years of London’s architecture by inviting the profession to help pick the most significant structures built in the capital since 1960 -
Penoyre & Prasad lands Welwyn Garden City hospital
10-Feb-2010
Penoyre & Prasad are to design the new general hospital at Welwyn Garden City, with work due to start on the project next year -
LSC debacle: colleges to receive partial refunds
10-Feb-2010
Colleges faced with crippling financial problems as a result of abandoned building work are to be compensated by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) -
Faulty lift foils Burj Khalifa again
10-Feb-2010
Visitors to the Burj Khalifa were trapped between floors again after a lift broke down for the second time inside the world’s tallest tower which only opened a month ago -
Low carbon programme closes early
10-Feb-2010
The first stage of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) has been closed a month earlier than expected following the announcement of the Feed-in Tariff scheme -
Job agency Adrem resurrected
10-Feb-2010
Architectural recruitment agency Adrem has been ‘reborn’ just days after slipping into administration -
Conservative 'backtrack on localism'
9-Feb-2010
The Tories have been accused of ‘back-pedalling’ on localism following their newly unveiled schools policy -
3DReid bags approval for five schools on Western Isles
9-Feb-2010
3DReid has secured planning permission to build five schools for the Western Isles Schools Project in Scotland -
Drop in construction industry insolvencies
8-Feb-2010
The number of insolvencies in the construction industry dropped slightly in the final quarter of 2009 -
CABE ‘unconvinced’ but Chocolate Works wins go-ahead
8-Feb-2010
Turley Associates £165 million redevelopment of the former Terry’s Chocolate site in York has bagged planning consent despite CABE’s objections -
Gasworks Cottage by Chris Dyson Architects
6-Feb-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Chris Dyson Architects has been granted planning permission for a contemporary house and annex at Gasworks Cottage in Gloucestershire -
FOA's New Street Station scheme gets green light
5-Feb-2010
Councillors in Birmingham have given the thumbs-up to Foreign Office Architect (FOA)’s £600 million redevelopment of the city’s main railway station -
Architects unveiled for £1bn BSF contract
4-Feb-2010
Nicholas Hare Architects, Bryant Harvey Partnership and Haverstock Associates have been revealed as the architects on the Skanksa-led preferred bid for Essex’s £1 billion BSF programme -
Squire & Partners' Art’otel bags approval
4-Feb-2010
Squire & Partners’ contentious 18-storey Art’otel scheme in Shoreditch won planning permission from Hackney Council last night (4 February), despite local opposition -
Two thirds of Irish architects made redundant in past two years
4-Feb-2010
Almost two thirds of architects and architectural technicians in Ireland have been made redundant in the past two years, according to a recent survey. -
Work begins on Malawi school by AKT
3-Feb-2010
[FIRST LOOK] This scheme for a girls’ school in Malawi, backed by pop star Madonna, has started on site -
Greenshoots? UK construction shows growth signs
3-Feb-2010
New signs of stability in the UK construction industry have emerged after figures for January 2010 revealed the sector shrank at its slowest rate in 23 months -
Hoskins scoops 'super sensitive' Edinburgh hotel scheme
3-Feb-2010
Gareth Hoskins has won the competition to redevelop one of Edinburgh’s most sensitive landmarks, the historic Royal High School on Calton Hill -
RIBA urges members to get political
2-Feb-2010
The RIBA has called on its members to engage local politicians to influence national policy making prior to the election -
Farrell unveils future of Kent
1-Feb-2010
Terry Farrell has released details of a 20-year plan to bring new homes and a lower Thames crossing to Kent -
Existing schools pose biggest obstacle to carbon targets
1-Feb-2010
The chair of the zero carbon task force Robin Nicholson has told the AJ achieving energy efficiency in new build schools is not enough -
Guy’s tower overhaul designs revealed
29-Jan-2010
[FIRST LOOK] These are the first images of Arup and Penoyre & Prasad’s proposed overhaul of Guy’s tower at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London -
Charles takes up new post with heritage body
28-Jan-2010
Prince Charles has been appointed patron of the Historic Towns Forum (HTF), six months after walking out as a patron of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) -
Construction tsar forecasts end for 1960s blocks
28-Jan-2010
The government’s chief construction adviser believes that many buildings built in the 1960s and ’70s will have to be torn down to meet carbon targets. -
LDA holds Royal Docks eco-town talks
28-Jan-2010
The London Development Agency (LDA) is understood to be in talks with Newham Council and the Greater London Authority (GLA) about multi-billion-pound plans to turn the Royal Docks into a huge, waterside eco-town -
Simpson draws up loggia-free designs for Kensington Palace
27-Jan-2010
Royal Historic Palaces (RHP) has asked John Simpson to rework controversial plans for a £12 million revamp of Kensington Palace -
RMJM and Stephen Lawrence Trust to send young hopefuls to Hong Kong
27-Jan-2010
RMJM and the Stephen Lawrence Trust in association with the AJ have again launched Architecture for Everyone to widen accessibility into the profession -
Construction job market will remain bleak until 2011
27-Jan-2010
A ‘severe’ contraction that will hit thousands of construction jobs means the industry will only see a slow return to growth over the next few years, according to a new report -
Holocaust Memorial at Guidhall by CSM students
27-Jan-2010
Central Saint Martins students have designed a memorial to mark the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 65 years ago today -
Olympics site to become huge parkland post Games
27-Jan-2010
The 2012 Olympic site will become a public park when the games finish, according to plans unveiled this week -
Contract litigation set to increase
26-Jan-2010
Clients and developers wanting to save cash from building contracts could send the number of legal disputes over unfinished or late projects rocketing, law firms have warned -
Accordia developer Cherry dies
26-Jan-2010
Alan Cherry, the developer behind the Stirling Prize-winning Accordia housing scheme, has died aged 76 -
Cold snap saps £1.2bn of heat
25-Jan-2010
The UK’s homes and offices leaked an extra £1.2 billion worth of heat during the last two weeks of cold weather, compared with a normal winter, it has been estimated. -
New drama centre for BBC Cardiff by FAT
25-Jan-2010
[FIRST LOOK] FAT has submitted plans for a new BBC drama centre at Cardiff Bay, which could proceed on site within months if given the go-ahead by planners -
Decent Homes upgrade scheme 'late and expensive'
25-Jan-2010
A government programme to upgrade poor social housing will take eight years longer than planned and cost almost twice as much as initially suggested, the Whitehall spending watchdog has said -
Optimism dropping says RIBA, as NHBC declares worst ever year for new starts
22-Jan-2010
The RIBA’s Future Trends Survey has seen a return to falling optimism in the industry with fewer practices hopeful for increased workloads -
Architects respond to Haiti call
21-Jan-2010
Almost 200 architects have pledged to help UK-based architectural aid charity Article 25 rebuild Haiti following last week’s massive earthquake, which is reported to have killed up to 200,000 people -
University lift off for Space Group in Durham
20-Jan-2010
Newcastle-based architects the Space Group has won the go-ahead for this new £35 million humanities centre at Durham University -
Downturn fuels urban divide
18-Jan-2010
The recession is widening the gap between the poor and rich regions of the UK, according to a report published today -
RMJM hires 'Fred the Shred'
17-Jan-2010
Architecture giant RMJM has hired disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin to work as senior advisor on international business -
RIBA's Harry Rich calls for new award for buildings that last
15-Jan-2010
Newly-arrived RIBA head Harry Rich is pushing for a new award to be given to buildings that remain successful several years after completion -
Terry Farrell to bring 'High Line Park' to Bishopsgate Goods Yard
14-Jan-2010
The Mayor of London has launched a vision for the re-development of the Bishopsgate Goods Yard in Shoreditch, which could see up to 2,000 new homes built on the site -
Terry takes on Wimpey over Roman site
14-Jan-2010
Francis Terry is backing plans to take the fate of a site containing Britain’s largest Roman building remains out of the hands of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey. -
Brighton O plagues Brighton Eye
13-Jan-2010
Marks Barfield, architects of the proposed 150m-high i360 ‘Brighton Eye’ viewing platform, have failed in an initial attempt to block a 60m spoke-less Ferris wheel being built nextdoor -
Article 25 calls on architects to aid survivors of Haiti Earthquake
13-Jan-2010
Architectural aid relief charity Article 25 has called on architects to help with the relief effort in Haiti following the massive earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation last night (12 January) -
Cameron hits out at Government over £13bn military college
11-Jan-2010
The leader of the opposition has attacked the government for its reluctance to make a final decision until after the election on the proposed MoD St Athan Defence Technical College (DTC) in South Wales -
CZWG's Arsenal student tower goes for planning
8-Jan-2010
CZWG and Muf Architecture/Art have revealed the first images of their proposed regeneration of a site close to the home of Arsenal football club -
Recession sends Engle's Macclesfield scheme back to drawing board
8-Jan-2010
Cheshire East Council and developer Wilson Bowden have scrapped their original £200 million masterplan for the redevelopment of Macclesfield Town Centre -
New Cambridge funds to push EDAW development
6-Jan-2010
EDAW’s masterplan for north-west Cambridge is one of two schemes that could benefit from Cambridge University’s decision to raise new funds -
Belfast looks to open door to more skyscrapers
6-Jan-2010
Northern Ireland’s capital city could become a haven for skyscrapers if a new policy gets approval -
Atkins-led consortium lands final crossrail station
5-Jan-2010
Crossrail have awarded the last of their train station design contracts to a consortium of Atkins, Arup and Allies & Morrison -
Rogers' British Museum proposals approved at second attempt
18-Dec-2009
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) revised plans for a £135 million extension behind the British Museum were approved by Camden Council last night (17.12.09) -
Architect unemployment drops again
16-Dec-2009
The number of unemployed architects has fallen for the third month in a row, with levels now close to where they stood in April (2009) -
Mixed-use project, Upper Clapton Road, London by Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects
9-Dec-2009
[FIRST LOOK] Stephen Davy Peter Smith’s has revealed the first images of this part-new build, part-conversion of an industrial building at Upper Clapton Road, Hackney -
Existing stock could save planet says top developer
9-Dec-2009
Development Securities director Julian Barwick today turned the tables on the sustainability debate by highlighting the potential role of the existing building stock -
New records set at BFL awards
4-Dec-2009
Record breaking high scores were awarded to two winning schemes at this week’s Building for Life (BFL) awards -
Tesco’s Liverpool proposal rejected whilst Bromley-by-Bow site goes for planning
4-Dec-2009
ColladoCollins’ massive regeneration scheme for a Tesco store at Bromley-by-Bow, London, was this week submitted to Tower Hamlets planning officials -
RIBA survey: workloads rising but confidence still fragile
19-Nov-2009
More practices are expecting increased workloads in the coming months, according to the RIBA’s Future Trends Survey for October -
Projects galore: Huge cash injection for England’s youth centres
19-Nov-2009
Work is still out there for a series of new small- to medium-sized youth centres under the government’s Myplace programme, the nation’s largest investment in under 20s -
Network Rail announce £3.25bn station improvements
12-Nov-2009
Network Rail today announced a £3.25 billion investment programme for UK train stations and a pioneering survey of passenger opinion -
Architect unemployment continues to fall
12-Nov-2009
The number of unemployed architects has fallen for the second month in a row, with the dole queue levels now back to where they stood in May (2009) -
CABE to to design review proposed eco-towns
10-Nov-2009
The government’s design watchdog will give specialist advice to local authorities working on four new eco-towns, it was announced today -
Architects feel the loss of RIBA fee survey chart
6-Nov-2009
Britain’s leading architects have railed against RIBA’s decision to abandoned fee survey graphs from the official publication A Client’s Guide to Engaging an Architect, with David Chipperfield describing it as a ‘policy against quality’ -
New CABE guidance as number of design review panels balloons
5-Nov-2009
The government’s design watchdog CABE today launched a new guide to ensure high standards across the UK’s growing pool of design review panels -
Levitt Bernstein unveils affordable housing in Brent
4-Nov-2009
[FIRST LOOK] Levitt Bernstein has completed these homes for the Brent Housing Partnership as part of south Kilburn’s re-generation -
HCA announce £207 million Kickstart funding for 91 projects
3-Nov-2009
The government has announced the first round of Kickstart funding for 91 housing schemes stalled by the recession -
Plans roll on for 200m-tall tourist trap for Birmingham
26-Oct-2009
Extraordinary plans for a 200m-high vertical theme park in Birmingham will be submitted to planning experts next spring, according to developer VTP Global -
Rise in home build applications
23-Oct-2009
The number of applications to build new homes was up four per cent this summer compared to last year, according to the National House Building Council (NHBC) -
Government listing decision paves way for Make's Battersea towers
22-Oct-2009
National Grid’s plans to redevelop a ‘landmark’ gasholder in Battersea could proceed following a decision by DCMS to grant the site immunity from listing -
T. S. Eliot's Margate shelter listed
16-Oct-2009
The seaside shelter where T. S. Eliot wrote part of The Waste Land has been given listed status -
Unexpected drop in architects on the dole
16-Oct-2009
The number of unemployed architects has fallen for the first time in 16 months – another signal the recession could have bottomed out -
RIBA to introduce ‘Student Plus’ membership
14-Oct-2009
The RIBA announced last week it wants to introduce a new paid-for category of membership for students -
Women hit worse than men in recession, says Reed
9-Oct-2009
The number of woman architects has dramatically fallen as a result of the recession, according to shocking statistics unveiled by RIBA this week -
Bennetts' New Street Square green wall lives on
9-Oct-2009
Teething issues with a wall of plants (pictured) at Bennetts Associates’ New Street Square office complex in central London have been addressed, says director Rab Bennetts -
Columbus Tower approved: London Mayor overides council with new 'call in' power
8-Oct-2009
The 63-storey Columbus Tower by Mark Weintraub Architecture & Design has been given the green light by London Mayor Boris Johnson -
Foster's new routemaster not big enough - say RAC and Labour
2-Oct-2009
Plans to scrap bendy buses and introduce new routemasters - to be designed by Foster + Partners and Aston Martin - have come under fire from the Labour party -
Vaizey: We will keep CABE but ARB must go
30-Sep-2009
Ed Vaizey, the shadow minister for culture, has claimed he would save CABE from a Tory ‘bonfire of the quangos’ but again promised to kill off the Architects’ Registration Board (ARB). -
Oaklands College goes ahead despite LSC 'debacle'
28-Sep-2009
A St. Albans school hit by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding ‘debacle’ says it will push ahead on its own and raise funds for a £100 million new build by Bond Bryan -
The Paradise Park fallout: Are living walls worth it?
18-Sep-2009
The death of London’s first living wall has led to questions about their viability – and sustainability. Merlin Fulcher investigates -
Number of unemployed architects rises for 16th month in a row
17-Sep-2009
The number of out-of-work architects has soared to 2,055 – equating to seven per cent of all registered architects in the UK -
Conservatives vow to ditch housing targets and shift 'power to the people'
1-Sep-2009
The government’s approach to house building should be scrapped and replaced with a system that promotes projects led at street-level, according to Conservative Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps -
Battersea backers deny debts will sink Viñoly scheme
28-Aug-2009
The owner of Battersea Power Station, Real Estate Opportunities (REO), has played down fears that a £1.6 billion group debt could scupper the south London project -
Simpson's palace plans approved - but 'twee' loggia blocked
27-Aug-2009
Plans by John Simpson & Partners’ to build a ‘twee’ loggia as part of the £12 million redesign of Kensington Palace Gardens have been vetoed by the local planning committee -
BIG beat Hadid and Foster
26-Aug-2009
Architects BIG beat Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster in an open competition to design Kazakhstan’s new National Library, in Astana -
'City as Gymnasium' at CUBE, Manchester
24-Aug-2009
Manchester’s CUBE gallery takes urban exercise to a new level. -
‘Closed Forever’ at Auto Italia, featuring Basil Spence on film
24-Aug-2009
‘Closed Forever’ at Auto Italia – 1 Glengal Road, Peckham – is generated from this image of a derelict Irish cinema by William Hamilton -
Architecture for Everyone - the wannabe architects return
20-Aug-2009
RMJM sent six budding architects to study at Harvard this summer: The AJ catches up with them and discusses what they learned across the pond -
Glass plummets from Old Broad Street tower
20-Aug-2009
A road had to be closed in central London yesterday (19 August) when a 4m-wide pane of glass fell from GMW and Grimshaw’s new office refurbishment - 125 Old Broad Street -
AJ solves political crisis: MPs' second home design competition winners
19-Aug-2009
From a luxury cruise liner to a nuclear bunker, an Architects’ Journal competition to design ‘state-owned, temptation-free’ housing for MPs attracted a large number of curious proposals -
Architects for Crossrail stations named
14-Aug-2009
The full list of architects that will design the new central London Crossrail stations has been announced -
Unemployment balloons again – 2,000 architects now on the dole
13-Aug-2009
The number of jobless architects is back on the rise according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures -
PPS 15: Fears over 'loose' new historic planning policy
12-Aug-2009
Industry experts fear that a proposed new planning policy for the historic environment leaves too much open for interpretation -
Lutyens' New Delhi could be declared World Heritage Site
3-Aug-2009
The Lutyens Trust and the Indian National Trust have joined forces to have New Delhi, whose masterplan was designed by Edwin Lutyens in 1915, named a World Heritage Site -
Erskine’s Ark welcomes first tenant in a decade
31-Jul-2009
Ralph Erskine’s ‘dark and wind-swept’ Ark office building in Hammersmith is to have its first tenant in almost ten years -
Chipperfield scoops Geffrye extension contest
27-Jul-2009
David Chipperfield Architects will masterplan a 2,500 sq m extension to the Geffrye Museum in East London -
Make land Brighton seafront bonanza
27-Jul-2009
Make Architects will lead the redevelopment of the conference centre site on Brighton seafront, Brighton & Hove Council will announce later today (27 Monday) -
Architecture closed to the poor, claims report
23-Jul-2009
The architecture profession excludes those from low-income backgrounds, a report has found -
EXYZT’s flour mill for London
23-Jul-2009
Paris-based multi-disciplinary practice EXYZT has constructed a 16m-high temporary windmill in Dalston, East London -
Unemployment continues to rise among UK architects
16-Jul-2009
The number of jobless architects is continuing to rise - but at a much slower rate -
Contest launched for controversial Heathrow third runway masterplan
15-Jul-2009
The search has begun for a design team to mastermind the highly contentious expansion of Heathrow Airport -
First Look: 23 Savile Row by Eric Parry
10-Jul-2009
First images of Eric Parry’s new office building in Mayfair -
Rogers to build banking headquarters in Mexico City
9-Jul-2009
The BBVA Bancomer Tower will be built by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in collaboration with Legorreta + Legoretta, announced the Spanish banking group -
RIBA - and Parliament - celebrate 175th anniversaries
9-Jul-2009
Sunand Prasad and Ruth Reed join parlimentarians and schoolchildren at an exhibition in Westminster Hall -
'The Big Bang transformed London offices; the Credit Crunch will too'
9-Jul-2009
Full transcript of speech by Paul Burgess, a director of British Land, delivered at the AJ100 Breakfast Club, Claridges, London 8 July 2009 -
In pictures: Architectural Review summer party
3-Jul-2009
The Architectural Review celebrated its successful redesign with a summer party at the Molteni & C flagship store on Shaftesbury Avenue, London -
Saved: Civic Trust awards ride again
2-Jul-2009
The prestigious Civic Trust awards have been rescued following the collapse of the 52-year-old Civic Trust in April -
First look: AA summer pavilion
2-Jul-2009
This year’s Architectural Association (AA) summer pavilion in Bedford Square, London, is unveiled tomorrow (3 July). -
Heritage Protection Bill left out - again
1-Jul-2009
The government has dropped a bill designed to streamline heritage protection in England and Wales
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