Architects Journal
Richard Vaughan

Darling plan won’t halt industry crisis

27-Nov-2008
The government’s £3 billion public spending plan will do little to prevent the largest percentage fall in construction output since the 1990s, a leading industry body has warned.
Architects campaign against Gehry museum

26-Nov-2008
Petition aims to stop museum on site of ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem
Darling brings forward £3bn in public spending

24-Nov-2008
Chancellor’s pre-Budget speech sees construction industry given major boost
Five things to do today: 24 November

21-Nov-2008
Hellish debt - Damien Hirst B&B - pioneering landscaper - season art - 10 ugly buildings
Spence's Wear Bridge backed by council

21-Nov-2008
After three years, Sunderland Council says it will support Spence's Wear Bridge
Competition launched to design new wildflower centre

19-Nov-2008
RIBA and wildflower charity seek designers for 'architecturally striking' centre
Cameron Diaz, the architect – video

19-Nov-2008
Cameron Diaz joins Architecture for Humanity's Cameron Sinclair for US show
Make and Martha Schwartz join Spurs stadium team

18-Nov-2008
Two architects join KSS to develop 60,000-seat stadium for north London football club.
Boris Johnson names full design advisory panel

17-Nov-2008
Prasad and Rogers joined by Argent's Roger Madelin and EH's Joyce Bridges
Five thing to do today: 17 November

17-Nov-2008
Barry Sykes – Oval Offices – David Pompa – Gemma Detti – self-portraits
Conran in 'spot the difference' row

14-Nov-2008
Planning permission refusal could leave Sheffield tower half finished
Arts centre under threat in Aberdeen

13-Nov-2008
Brisac Gonzalez proposals not part of tycoon’s ‘vision’
Welsh public-art demolition branded 'unnecessary'

12-Nov-2008
C20 blasts Welsh heritage bodies for demolition of post-war art
British firms barred from US Embassy competition

12-Nov-2008
US government admits 'foreign' firms will not be eligible to design the new embassy in London
£3.5bn primary schools programme outlined

12-Nov-2008
Multi-billion-pound primary schools rebuild programme will be huge boost for construction industry
Conservation society seeks scholars

12-Nov-2008
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings searches for next year's scholars
CABE pulls UK out of Europan 10

10-Nov-2008
No suitable sites for UK's Europan 10 bid, says design watchdog
John McAslan to draw up new Smithfield plans

10-Nov-2008
McAslan takes up where KPF left off in bid to develop Smithfield Market site
Two firms share UK architecture's biggest prize

10-Nov-2008
Elder and Cannon Architects and Bennetts Associates share the spoils at Doolan Prize
St Paul's restoration is honoured

6-Nov-2008
Purcell Miller Tritton's work on St Paul's Cathedral has been recognised at the Georgian Group Architectural Awards
The clients to see you through the recession

6-Nov-2008
As the UK slides into a recession, this week the European Union’s executive arm warned that Britain will be one of the hardest hit of its member states during 2009.
Rogers wins New York tower contest

5-Nov-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has won a competition to design a 42-storey skyscraper in Manhattan, New York.
Copenhagen chooses Steven Holl's 'Handshake'

5-Nov-2008
Steven Holl Architects selected to build harbour gateway for Danish capital
Government 'retreats' on eco-town plans

5-Nov-2008
The government has ‘retreated’ on many of its original eco-town aspirations according to Brian Waters, chair of the Eco-towns Delivery Consortium.
Foster's U2 Tower shelved

3-Nov-2008
Foster + Partners’ proposed 120m-tall tower in Dublin’s docklands, for Irish supergroup U2, has been shelved, becoming the most significant symbol of Ireland’s slide into recession.
Sheppard Robson submits Waingels College plans

31-Oct-2008
Sheppard Robson has submitted a planning application for the £29 million Waingels College in Woodley, Wokingham.
AF and First Base launch public realm competition

30-Oct-2008
The Architecture Foundation and developer First Base have launched a contest to design a piece of public realm in Elephant and Castle, south London.
Safety fears close Evelina atrium

29-Oct-2008
The atrium of Hopkins’ award-winning Evelina Children’s Hospital in Southwark, London, was closed off this month after a ‘loose’ bolt fell from the roof.
In pictures: Zaha Hadid's Tokyo store designs

28-Oct-2008
Zaha Hadid Architects reveals concept designs for the flagship Neil Barrett store in Tokyo
Grafton Architects wins world's best building award

27-Oct-2008
Grafton Architects’ Universita Luigi Bocconi building in Milan, Italy, was named as the first World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival on Friday.
Video: Norman Foster at the World Architecture Festival

24-Oct-2008
Richard Vaughan speaks to Norman Foster about the festival and how architecture might fare in the global downturn
2012 Athletes' Village: more cutbacks

23-Oct-2008
Penoyre & Prasad Architects’ proposed health centre for the London 2012 Olympics Athletes’ Village has been shelved.
Lukewarm welcome for government's spending plan

22-Oct-2008
The architecture profession has tentatively welcomed government proposals to spend its way out of the impending recession.
Moxon submits Preston office scheme

22-Oct-2008
Moxon Architects has submitted this 4,000m2 office building in Preston, Lancashire, for planning.
Foster's Crossrail station fails to convince CABE

20-Oct-2008
CABE is ‘unconvinced’ by Foster + Partners’ designs for the new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf, London, according to the latest design review.
John McAslan submits central London scheme

20-Oct-2008
John McAslan + Partners and developer Land Securities have today submitted a planning application for the practice's Wellington House development in Victoria, London.
Stanton Williams begins reduced Salisbury scheme

17-Oct-2008
Stanton Williams has started work on its significantly reduced redevelopment of the 18th-century Bourne Hill building in Salisbury.
James Dyson: 'Planning is a blight on progress'

16-Oct-2008
The vacuum-cleaner magnate and engineer talks to Richard Vaughan about his axed Bath academy and why he’s appalled by the UK’s planning system
ODA admits raiding Olympic contingency fund

15-Oct-2008
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has admitted raiding £95 million of the London 2012 Games’ £2.2 billion contingency fund to start work on the Athletes' Village.
HOK unveils vast Bahrain masterplan

15-Oct-2008
HOK has released these images of its 60ha masterplan for Water Garden City in Bahrain.
UK-GBC releases new guidance on carbon emissions

14-Oct-2008
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) handed a report to government yesterday outlining recommendations to lower CO2 emissions and increase ‘green collar’ jobs.
Listen to the Stirling Prize winners' acceptance speeches – video

13-Oct-2008
Listen to the full acceptance speeches from this year's Stirling Prize winners: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects, Maccreanor Lavington Architects and landscape architect Grant Associates.
Stirling Prize revellers give their thoughts on the winners

13-Oct-2008
The AJ had exclusive access to the good and the great of the architecture community at this year's Stirling Prize awards ceremony. This is what some of them thought of this year's winner: Accordia by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington Architects.
The Stirling Prize winners talk to the AJ

12-Oct-2008
This year’s RIBA Stirling Prize was given to a housing project for the first time in the award's history. The three winning architects – Keith Bradley of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks of Alison Brooks Architects and Richard Lavington of Maccreanor Lavington – give their first interviews exclusively to the AJ.
Accordia wins the Stirling Prize

12-Oct-2008
Accordia, the housing project in Cambridge designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS), Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington Architects, has won this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize in association with The Architects’ Journal.
BDP wins Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award

9-Oct-2008
The Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital in Brighton, East Sussex, designed by BDP, has won the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award this year.
Terry Farrell criticises government's Thames Gateway plans

9-Oct-2008
Terry Farrell has warned the governing bodies in control of the Thames Gateway that their method of regenerating the region is ‘wrong’.
James Dyson's Bath academy scrapped

9-Oct-2008
Engineer and inventor James Dyson’s plans for a new academy in Bath have been scrapped after the government decided to pull its funding.
Foster + Partners reveals Saint-Étienne arts venue

8-Oct-2008
The AJ can reveal the first pictures of Foster + Partners’ new theatre and arts venue in Saint-Étienne, southern France, which opened on Monday (6 October).
Latest Athletes' Village designs revealed

8-Oct-2008
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and Lend Lease have released the latest designs of the Athletes' Village today (8 October).
Margaret Hodge replaced by Barbara Follett as architecture minister

6-Oct-2008
Margaret Hodge has left her role as architecture minister due to her husband’s ill-health.
Woods Bagot draws up 1km-tall tower for Dubai

6-Oct-2008
Dubai developer Nakheel has unveiled this image of a 1km-tall tower designed by Woods Bagot Architects.
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris' Westminster Academy named as favourite to win Stirling

6-Oct-2008
Bookkeeper William Hill has placed Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ (AHMM's) Westminster Academy in London as this year’s favourite to win the RIBA Stirling Prize.
Margaret Beckett returns to cabinet as housing minister

3-Oct-2008
Labour veteran Margaret Beckett has taken over from Caroline Flint as housing minister as part of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s latest cabinet reshuffle.
Maccreanor Lavington submits Canning Town proposals

3-Oct-2008
Maccreanor Lavington has submitted a planning application for the first phase of the regeneration of Canning Town and Custom House in East London.
New architecture-school figureheads talk to the AJ

1-Oct-2008
Three new architecture-school figureheads talk about CAD monkeys, the credit crunch, and why they’re not in London.
General consensus says upturn is three years away

1-Oct-2008
It’s probably a very good time to be going to architecture school. If you were 18 now and starting your undergraduate degree, you will probably be facing three great years of being taught by very good architects (who suddenly have the time to teach), and the prospect of emerging just as the downturn ends.
Construction Products Association predicts three-year decline for construction industry

1-Oct-2008
The construction industry should brace itself for a three-year decline in output of at least 7 per cent over the next three years. And there will be no return to growth until 2011 at the earliest, according to a report released today (2 October).
FaulknerBrowns' Olympic canoe and kayak centre wins planning

1-Oct-2008
FaulknerBrowns Architects’ White Water Canoe Centre in Hertfordshire, which will be used for the London 2012 Olympic Games, has been granted planning permission.
Norman Foster and Daniel Libeskind battle to extend Monaco into the sea

1-Oct-2008
Norman Foster and Daniel Libeskind have come out as frontrunners in the battle to design an artificial extension to Monaco.
Dust extractor revealed as culprit in Cutty Sark blaze

30-Sep-2008
The fire that ripped through the Cutty Sark last May was started by electrical equipment being left on over the weekend.
Scottish government to review design watchdog

30-Sep-2008
The Scottish government has announced it will carry out a review of the country’s design watchdog, Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS).
Tumbling tourists add to Santiago Calatrava's Venice bridge woes

29-Sep-2008
First it was long delays, angry heritage campaigners, and locals disgruntled over poor disabled access. But now injured tourists have heaped scorn on Santiago Calatrava’s new bridge in Venice.
English Heritage and Westminster Council to challenge Doon Street approval

29-Sep-2008
English Heritage (EH) and Westminster City Council have today (29 September) announced that they will be mounting a legal challenge against Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower.
Wilkinson Eyre and Horden Cherry Lee submit mixed-use Temple scheme

26-Sep-2008
Wilkinson Eyre and Horden Cherry Lee have submitted this mixed-use project next to Temple Station in central London for planning.
RIBA to open three new international chapters

26-Sep-2008
The RIBA has announced that it will be opening three new international chapters in Singapore, the Gulf region and Hong Kong.
Ireland becomes first EU member to fall into recession

26-Sep-2008
The Republic of Ireland has officially fallen into a recession, according to data released yesterday, making it the first Eurozone member to topple following the US sub-prime loan crisis.
Prue Chiles to head up Sheffield architecture school

25-Sep-2008
The University of Sheffield has appointed Prue Chiles as its new director of architecture.
ARB's fee hike 'outrageous', says Reform Group

25-Sep-2008
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has pushed through an above-inflation rise in its annual retention fee.
Pelli Clarke Pelli and Land Securities submit Victoria scheme

24-Sep-2008
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and Land Securities have submitted a planning application for this 12-storey development in Victoria, central London.
Chapman Taylor's Bath shopping centre is hit by fire

24-Sep-2008
A fire has ripped through Chapman Taylor Architects’ unfinished £360 million Southgate shopping centre in Bath.
Ian Simpson named on preferred bidding consortium for Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

24-Sep-2008
A design team, led by Ian Simpson Architects, has been unveiled as part of a preferred bidding consortium to deliver the 2014 Commonwealth Games Village in Glasgow.
Lee/Fitzgerald to rework Gillespie Kidd and Coia's Wadham bookstore

23-Sep-2008
Lee/Fitzgerald Architects has won a competition to refurbish and adapt Gillespie Kidd and Coia’s Grade II-listed music bookshop in Wadham College, Oxford University.
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects scoops major international design award

22-Sep-2008
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects has won the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design International Architecture Award for its Hazelwood School in Glasgow.
Government's three million new homes target 'not enough'

22-Sep-2008
The government’s target to build three million new homes by 2020 will not be enough to meet demand, a new report claims.
Irish graduate architects face job famine

22-Sep-2008
The president of the RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) has warned Ireland’s young graduate architects that they face a job famine because of the property downturn.
KPF and Land Securities submit new Victoria planning application

19-Sep-2008
KPF Associates and Land Securities have submitted a new planning application to transform central London's Victoria today (19 September).
Over a third of RIBA competition-winning schemes are unbuilt

19-Sep-2008
A study carried out by the AJ into RIBA competitions in 2005, 2006 and 2007 has revealed that winning an RIBA contest does not necessarily mean the practice will get to build the work.
Credit crunch 'complicates' BSF finance deals

18-Sep-2008
The credit crunch has made the financial deals behind the government’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme more ‘complicated’, according to a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) specialist.
City of London blocks Allies and Morrison but backs Eric Parry

17-Sep-2008
Allies and Morrison Architects has been sent back to the drawing board by a City of London planning committee over a proposed nine-storey mixed-use building in Bank.
Peter Zumthor named as architecture's Praemium Imperiale Laureate

16-Sep-2008
Peter Zumthor has been named as 20th Praemium Imperiale Laureate for architecture by the Japan Art Association today (16 September).
Foster + Partners' Northampton business academy opens

16-Sep-2008
Foster + Partners’ Corby Business Academy in Northampton has opened for the new school year.
Herzog & de Meuron unveils 'stacked' tower in Manhattan

16-Sep-2008
Herzog & de Meuron Architects has revealed these designs for its startling new 57-storey residential tower in New York.
UK-GBC recruits Code for Sustainable Buildings task group

15-Sep-2008
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has announced the panel of experts that will help to shape a Code for Sustainable Buildings.
Capita Architecture finishes home for BBC's Welsh orchestra

15-Sep-2008
Capita Architecture has completed the new home of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in Cardiff.
Stirling-shortlisted Alison Brooks teams up with volume housebuilder

12-Sep-2008
Stirling Prize-shortlisted Alison Brooks Architects has teamed up with volume housebuilder Linden Homes for a new project in Essex.
Spence Associates' 'iconic' Wear Bridge comes face to face with 'basic' rival

12-Sep-2008
The rival to Spence Associates and Techniker’s New Wear Bridge has been unveiled and the public is being asked which one it prefers.
Spence Associates' Wear Bridge comes face to face with 'basic' rival

12-Sep-2008
The rival to Spence Associates and Techniker’s New Wear Bridge has been unveiled and the public is being asked which one it prefers.
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris labels school extension 'a bastardised copy'

11-Sep-2008
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) and Essex County Council have clashed amid claims that the council ordered another architect to copy AHMM’s designs (see the full document here).
Florian Beigel wins competition to design Korean city

11-Sep-2008
Florian Beigel and Philip Christou’s Architecture Research Unit (ARU) at London Metropolitan University has won the competition to design a new city on the south-west coast of South Korea.
10 facts about the Big Bang machine

10-Sep-2008
The Cern Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world’s biggest, most powerful particle accelerator, potentially giving scientists clues about the origin of the universe. Here are 10 facts about one of the world’s most important pieces of architecture.
Hurricane Ike rips into Havana's World Heritage Site

10-Sep-2008
Hurricane Ike has battered historic buildings in parts of Old Havana, a World Heritage Site in Cuba’s capital.
SMC bounces back into the black

10-Sep-2008
The SMC Group’s ‘restructuring’ has seen the UK’s second largest practice bounce back into the black, according to its six-month interim results to June 2008.
Peel Holdings threatens to pull out of £10 billion Broadway Malyan Merseyside schemes

9-Sep-2008
Peel Holdings, one of the UK’s largest developers, has threatened to pull the plug on its proposed £10 billion Liverpool and Wirral Waters scheme if the two projects are called in.
Call for designs to improve London's cycle spaces

8-Sep-2008
The Cycle to Cannes charity and the London Cycling Campaign are asking architects, planners and designers to draw up ideas to improve cycle space in London.
Richard Rogers' Chelsea Barracks project must address local fears

5-Sep-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ (AHMM) controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme ‘needs to address local residents' concerns’, according to Westminster City Council.
Richard Rogers' Chelsea Barracks scheme must address local fears

5-Sep-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ (AHMM) controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme ‘needs to address local residents' concerns’, according to Westminster City Council.
HLM designs a Barking tower

4-Sep-2008
HLM Architects has designed this 27-storey building near Barking station, East London.
Newly revealed Spence Associates' Wear Bridge may never be built

4-Sep-2008
This leaked image shows Spence Associates’ never-before-seen New Wear Bridge – a design Sunderland Council has been trying to keep under wraps for the last three years.
Studio BAAD's Hebden Bridge scheme triggers death threats

4-Sep-2008
Hebden Bridge-based Studio BAAD has become the victim of a hate and intimidation campaign after submitting revised plans for a mixed-use development in the West Yorkshire town.
Nigel Hugill steps down as chair of Lend Lease Europe

3-Sep-2008
Nigel Hugill has resigned as chairman of Lend Lease Europe.
RIBA Special Awards shortlists unveiled

3-Sep-2008
The RIBA has unveiled the shortlists for all its special awards, which will be awarded at the Stirling Prize ceremony in Liverpool on 11 October. The shortlists are presented in full below.
Housing projects of all sizes vie for Manser Medal

3-Sep-2008
This year’s Manser Medal shortlist, sponsored by the Rooflight Company, takes a different approach from previous years.
Studio Egret West completes Nottingham Science Park

3-Sep-2008
This is Studio Egret West’s Nottingham Science Park, completed earlier in the summer.
Gordon Brown launches £1 billion social housing scheme

2-Sep-2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is set to launch a £1 billion plan to build more affordable homes and acquire more social housing.
HOK Sport splits from HOK

1-Sep-2008
HOK Sport, the practice behind Arsenal FC's Emirates Stadium and London's 2012 Olympic Stadium, is to break away from its parent group HOK.
Liverpool FC yet to sign lease for HKS Architects' new stadium

1-Sep-2008
More misery has been heaped on HKS Architects’ plans for a new Liverpool Football Club stadium on Stanley Park.
Pagans enlist Gods in protest against Bernard Tschumi's New Acropolis Museum

1-Sep-2008
Greek pagans were out in force in Athens yesterday as part of a protest against Bernard Tschumi Architects’ £94 million New Acropolis Museum.
Credit crunch hits HKS' Liverpool FC stadium

29-Aug-2008
Liverpool Football Club’s new £350 million stadium, designed by HKS Architects, will be delayed ‘in the short term’ due to ‘global market conditions’.
RMJM wins outline planning permission to transform Leith Docks

29-Aug-2008
Edinburgh City Council has given outline planning permission to RMJM’s vast Leith Docks development framework, that will transform the city’s waterfront.
Three Olympic venues could be dropped

28-Aug-2008
Three 2012 Olympic Games venues could be ditched after the government ordered accountancy firm KPMG to carry out a ‘top-level’ review as to whether they give ‘value for money’.
Derek Walker Modernist church may be sold off

28-Aug-2008
The future of the last surviving Modernist church designed by Milton Keynes masterplanner Derek Walker, is hanging in the balance, the AJ has learned.
Kevin McCloud interviewed: HAB, the Stirling Prize and Castleford

28-Aug-2008
My encounter with Kevin McCloud starts at a private members’ club off central London’s Tottenham Court Road. The TV presenter is bring filmed by Channel 4 in the thick of a design meeting for his development company HAB’s housing development in Swindon.
Niall McLaughlin designs watery square for Gloucester - slideshow

28-Aug-2008
This is Niall McLaughlin Architects’ competition-winning King’s Square scheme for Gloucester.
Georgia crisis throws UK firms' work into limbo

28-Aug-2008
A host of projects led by UK architects in Georgia have been thrown into serious doubt following the brutal conflict between the former Soviet state and Russia.
Lauren Laverne quits Stirling Prize jury

28-Aug-2008
Lauren Laverne, face of the BBC’s The Culture Show, has pulled out from judging this year’s Stirling Prize.
Santiago Calatrava's Venice bridge denied grand opening

27-Aug-2008
Santiago Calatrava’s new bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice has been denied an unveiling ceremony.
Planners to report on housing design quality

27-Aug-2008
Local authorities across England must now use the Building for Life criteria to assess housing design quality, under new government guidelines.
Four architects make Waterloo Square concept design shortlist

27-Aug-2008
Four practices have been shortlisted to draw up concept designs for a new ‘city square’ in Waterloo, south London.
CABE report reveals lingering concerns over HOK's Olympic Stadium

26-Aug-2008
CABE has continuing concerns over certain aspects of the design of HOK Sport’s 2012 Olympic Stadium, according to a design review released today.
English Heritage on the hunt for Stonehenge architect – again

22-Aug-2008
English Heritage (EH) has once again put the call out for an architect to design a new visitor centre at Stonehenge.
Murphy Philipps and Tom Dixon plan members' club for Centre Point

22-Aug-2008
A new members' club is to be built at the top of Richard Seifert’s Centre Point building in the heart of London’s West End.
Council gives thumbs-up to Keith Williams' Marlowe Theatre refurb

21-Aug-2008
Canterbury City Council has given the go-ahead to Keith Williams Architects’ planned £24 million revamp of the 1930s Marlowe Theatre.
English Heritage may challenge Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Doon Street tower approval

21-Aug-2008
English Heritage (EH) has refused to rule out appealing against Communities Secretary Hazel Blears’ decision to approve Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower on London's South Bank.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins green light for Doon Street tower

20-Aug-2008
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has given the green light to Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ 43-storey Doon Street tower on London’s South Bank.
Sarah Ichioka is new director of the Architecture Foundation

19-Aug-2008
The Architecture Foundation (AF) has appointed Sarah Ichioka as its new director.
Make unveils 2012 Olympics Handball Arena

19-Aug-2008
The first images of Make Architects' 2012 London Olympic Games Handball Arena have been revealed.
Date set for Everton stadium plans public inquiry

19-Aug-2008
The date for the public inquiry into a proposed new stadium for Everton Football Club in Kirkby, just outside Liverpool, has been set for November.
RMJM unveils Barnet College campus plans

18-Aug-2008
RMJM Architects has revealed these images of its planned new campus for Barnet College in north London.
Foster and Chipperfield go head-to-head in Baltimore

18-Aug-2008
David Chipperfield Architects and Foster + Partners are the sole British practices among a stellar list of architects battling to win a ‘signature’ building in Baltimore, USA.
Ten facts about Mecanoo principal Francine Houben

15-Aug-2008
The low-down on the winner of the Birmingham Central Library competition.
Birmingham's Brutalist library to be demolished

15-Aug-2008
As Dutch practice Mecanoo designs a new Birmingham Central Library, Richard Vaughan looks at whether its predecessor will be missed.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios completes Derby art centre

15-Aug-2008
This is the Quad, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ (FCBS’) new centre for art and film in Derby.
Naish Waddington scheme rises from the ashes in Jersey

15-Aug-2008
Jersey-based Naish Waddington Architects has submitted this ambitious residential scheme in St Helier, Jersey, for planning.
Richard Rogers' City of London 'cheesegrater' is put on hold

14-Aug-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ 225m-tall Leadenhall building in the City of London, nicknamed the 'cheesegrater', is being shelved.
Job opportunities for Part 2 graduates start to dry up

14-Aug-2008
The economic downturn has made a dramatic dent in the architectural job market, with some recruitment consultants reporting a drop in vacancies for Part 2 graduates by almost a fifth.
Footballer Steven Gerrard's vast gym has its own postcode

13-Aug-2008
Liverpool and England football star Steven Gerrard (pictured) has built a gym in his back garden so large it has a different postcode from his house.
Ryder and HKS part company after seven years

13-Aug-2008
RyderHKS International has split after a seven-year joint venture to pursue ‘individual growth’, it has been announced.
Atkins and Grimshaw to create Barking transport masterplan

12-Aug-2008
Atkins and Grimshaw Architects are to work together to draw up a masterplan for a new transport hub in Barking town centre, East London.
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects shortlisted in Luxembourg

11-Aug-2008
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects is the sole UK practice to make the eight-strong shortlist for a new university building in Luxembourg.
UK-GBC aims to cut carbon from existing housing stock

11-Aug-2008
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) is undertaking a major study with the aim of reducing carbon emissions in the existing housing stock.
Dexter Moren brings bling to Paddington

8-Aug-2008
This is Dexter Moren Architects’ new gold-effect hotel in Paddington Central, west London.
Conservation groups celebrate after Smithfield buildings are saved

8-Aug-2008
Heritage bodies are hailing their success following Communities Secretary Hazel Blears’ decision to block KPF and Thornfield’s plans to demolish the 19th-century Smithfield General Market in central London (AJ online 07.08.08).
Dyson may withdraw funding for Wilkinson Eyre's Bath academy

8-Aug-2008
Inventor James Dyson has threatened to pull the plug on his plans for a £56 million academy in Bath, designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.
Smithfield Market buildings are saved as Hazel Blears blocks KPF scheme…

7-Aug-2008
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has blocked KPF's controversial proposals to demolish Smithfield General Market in central London and replace it with a £200 million office building.
Locals come out against PRP's East London tower

6-Aug-2008
PRP Architects’ proposed £75 million redevelopment of Queens Market in East London is at the centre of a bitter battle between local residents and the Mayor’s office.
Section 106 agreements deliver £4 billion-worth of infrastructure a year, study shows

6-Aug-2008
A study by the University of Sheffield has revealed that private developers fund a total of £4 billion-worth of local capital infrastructure a year in England through Section 106 agreements.
Delays to Foster + Partners' U2 Tower as negotiations extended

4-Aug-2008
Plans for the Foster + Partners-designed U2 Tower in Dublin have been thrown into doubt after the negotiations had to be extended.
Zaha unveils seven Singapore towers

1-Aug-2008
Zaha Hadid Architects’ has revealed these designs for Singapore’s largest residential development.
JP Morgan relocation scuppers KPF City scheme

1-Aug-2008
Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) Architects’ proposal for the UK’s largest office building has been dropped after JP Morgan announced it would be relocating its headquarters to Canary Wharf.
Carmody Groarke unveils designs for London bombings memorial

1-Aug-2008
Carmody Groarke has revealed its designs for the permanent memorial to the 52 people killed in the London bombings on 7 July 2005.
Croydon Gateway stadium plans kiboshed

31-Jul-2008
Communities Sectary Hazel Blears (pictured) has ruled out the possibility of a 12,500-seat arena being built on Croydon Gateway site in south London.
Nightingale to force its way on to £1.6bn framework

31-Jul-2008
Nightingale Associates is planning to exploit a loophole in an attempt to get on to the lucrative Learning and Skills Council (LSC) Framework, after it failed the first time round.
Developer claims Gehry could return to troubled King Alfred scheme

30-Jul-2008
Karis, the developer behind the King Alfred scheme in Hove, has claimed that Frank Gehry could be tempted back on to the project.
Another blow for King Alfred scheme as financial backer pulls out

29-Jul-2008
The future of Karis’ King Alfred development in Hove is lying in tatters after Dutch bank ING pulled out of the scheme.
Design for London to be absorbed into the London Development Agency

29-Jul-2008
Design for London (DfL) is to lose its name and brand identity and become fully integrated into the London Development Agency (LDA).
BSF delays are damaging British industry, says CBI

28-Jul-2008
Delays to the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme are ‘inflicting’ both short- and long-term damage to the economy, a Confederation of British Industry report has warned.
Rogers unveils New York skyscraper

28-Jul-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has revealed its design for a new skyscraper in central Manhattan.
Council asks Foster to redesign Bishop's Place

25-Jul-2008
Hackney Council has requested that Foster + Partners redesigns a significant part of its £500 million Bishop's Place scheme on the fringe of the City of London.
The Regenerators #5: Clive Dutton

18-Jul-2008
Birmingham City Council’s Clive Dutton tells Richard Vaughan he wants ‘England’s second city’ to rival New York and Amsterdam.
Housing Association cash may be used to build Athletes' Village

17-Jul-2008
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) could be forced to ask for government money originally earmarked for London’s Housing Associations to fund the 2012 Athletes’ Village development.
Boris to make Milton's senior adviser role 'legal'…

15-Jul-2008
Mayor of London Boris Johnson (pictured) has bowed to pressure from opposition London Assembly members by making Simon Milton his Deputy Mayor for Policy and Planning.
Select committee advises caution over eco-towns

11-Jul-2008
A parliamentary select committee has warned the government to look the UK’s ailing post-war New Towns before pressing ahead with its eco-towns programme.
Blears paves the way for the government's first eco-town

9-Jul-2008
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has given the green light to the first of the government’s hugely controversial eco-towns.
Boris outlines changes to the London Plan

9-Jul-2008
Mayor of London Boris Johnson (pictured) has released a report detailing his forthcoming changes to the London Plan.
Practices showcase their sustainable work in 'Green Sky Thinking' event

8-Jul-2008
Eight up-and-coming practices will take part in an Open House event sponsored by Atkins for the London Festival of Architecture called Green Sky Thinking to showcase their work and highlight the importance of sustainable design.
Glenn Howells and McDowell + Benedetti scoop JCB masterplan

7-Jul-2008
Glenn Howells Architects and McDowell + Benedetti are to develop the masterplan for the redevelopment of JCB’s Heavy Products site in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
Libeskind tower creates 'a sense of impotence', says Berlusconi

7-Jul-2008
Never one to tip-toe around controversy, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has incensed architect Daniel Libeskind, claiming his work is 'not manly enough'.
Libeskind's work 'In need of Viagra', says Berlusconi

7-Jul-2008
Never one to tip-toe around controversy, the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has this time incensed international architect Daniel Libeskind, claiming his work is ‘in need of Viagra’.
pH+ Architects' Tudor-inspired scheme goes in for planning

4-Jul-2008
pH+ Architects has submitted this mixed-use development in Hoxton, East London, for planning.
Lubetkin's Finsbury Health Centre put up for sale

4-Jul-2008
Berthold Lubetkin’s Grade I-listed Finsbury Health Centre in north London faces an ‘uncertain future’ after being put up for sale.
See photos from the AJ/Argent King's Cross Charrette

3-Jul-2008
Architecture’s latest batch of up-and-coming talent descended on King’s Cross for this year’s AJ King’s Cross Charrette yesterday.
Lubetkin Prize-winner Gianni Botsford talks to the AJ

3-Jul-2008
Gianni Botsford tells Richard Vaughan about having his father as the client for his award-winning house in Costa Rica.
EPR Architects to turn Lutyens' Midland Bank HQ into a hotel

2-Jul-2008
The City of London has given the green light to EPR Architects’ plans to transform the Edwin Lutyens-designed former Midland Bank headquarters.
Chipperfield bags first French win

1-Jul-2008
David Chipperfield Architects has bagged its first competition win in France with a new gateway building in Paris for one of Europe’s leading business schools.
World Trade Center redevelopment is running over a year late

1-Jul-2008
The redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, which includes schemes by Norman Foster and Richard Rogers, is at least 14 months behind schedule, a new report has said.
Eco-towns have popular support, government claims

30-Jun-2008
Five times as many people support the development of eco-towns than oppose them, a new government survey claims.
Gianni Botsford wins Lubetkin Prize

30-Jun-2008
London- and Italy-based Gianni Botsford Architects has been named as this year’s Lubetkin Prize winner for Casa Kike, a one-off house in Cahuita, Costa Rica.
Boris adviser will not answer to GLA Code of Ethics

27-Jun-2008
The Mayor of London’s chief planning adviser will not be bound by the Greater London Authority (GLA) Code of Ethics, it has been revealed.
Richard Murphy's Edinburgh Haymarket scheme wins go-ahead

27-Jun-2008
Edinburgh City Council has given the green light to Richard Murphy Architects’ Haymarket development.
Rafael Vinoly speaks exclusively to the AJ about Battersea power station

26-Jun-2008
Rafael Vinoly speaks exclusively to Richard Vaughan about taking on one of the most controversial projects in London - the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station
Government renewables strategy 'gets serious' on fossil fuel dependency

26-Jun-2008
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has claimed the government’s national renewable energy strategy, released yesterday (26 June), is ‘the moment Gordon Brown got serious’ on renewables.
Littlemore takes the reins at SMC

25-Jun-2008
The SMC Group has named Chris Littlemore as its new chief executive following what he describes as a ‘difficult time’ for the business.
Duke takes on Candy brothers over Rogers' Chelsea Barracks designs

25-Jun-2008
The Duke of Westminster, Britain’s wealthiest property tycoon, has attacked the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed Chelsea Barracks.
Building Schools for the Future 'benefitting' from credit crunch, says Byles

23-Jun-2008
The government's £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme is benefitting from the current economic downturn, according to the man charged with delivering the ambitious scheme.
Richard Rogers to help Mayor Boris realise his vision for London

20-Jun-2008
London Mayor Boris Johnson has revealed that he will be working with Richard Rogers.
HCA boss Bob Kerslake puts design at the forefront of the agenda

19-Jun-2008
Design will be central to the new Homes and Communities Agency (HCA), according to the super-quango’s new head Bob Kerslake.
Scottish architects fear reduced design roles

19-Jun-2008
Architects have attacked the Scottish government’s shake-up of the planning system, claiming it is reducing architects to the role of ‘technical advisers’.
London Olympics Athletes' Village funding fears voiced

18-Jun-2008
The Mayor of London’s Olympic advisers have raised fears over the funding for the Athletes' Village.
Cutty Sark scheme lifts off

17-Jun-2008
Grimshaw and Youmeheshe’s Cutty Sark conservation project took a major step forward today as the ship was removed from its dry dock.
Richard Rogers honoured in Queen's Birthday list

16-Jun-2008
Richard Rogers has been made a Companion of Honour in the Queen’s Birthday List.
AOC's Lift goes on the move

13-Jun-2008
This is AOC’s portable performance space, The Lift.
Housing design champion Lord Howarth talks Pugin and planning

13-Jun-2008
Richard Vaughan talks to House of Lords housing design champion Lord Howarth
MI5 asks architects to keep plans secret

12-Jun-2008
MI5 has called on architects and planners to withhold information from the public to stop it falling into the hands of those with ‘hostile intent’.
EPR to design Croydon Council HQ

10-Jun-2008
Croydon Council has appointed EPR Architects to design its new headquarters, as part of a £450 million masterplan for the southern part of the town centre.
Firms to compete for Warwick student homes

9-Jun-2008
Six firms will battle it out to design 400 new student residences for the University of Warwick.
Architects face extinction, says UK-GBC head

6-Jun-2008
The head of the UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has warned that architects could be ‘facing extinction’ unless dramatic changes are made in the industry to combat climate change.
Liverpool and Everton ground-sharing option steps up a gear

6-Jun-2008
Plans for a shared stadium between Liverpool and Everton football clubs have taken a significant step forward after Liverpool’s American owners agreed to meet the North West Development Agency (NWDA) about the proposals.
Aedas school slammed by star-studded design review panel

3-Jun-2008
A new £73 million school commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) has come under fire from its own recently formed design review panel.
HKR designs hotel for Southampton docks

3-Jun-2008
HKR Architects has revealed these designs for a new 224-bedroom hotel in Southampton’s former Princess Alexandra Dock.
British practices make it on to Russian steel-house shortlist

2-Jun-2008
Three British practices have made the 12-strong shortlist which will submit concept designs for sustainable steel-framed housing in Cherepovets, Russia.
Gehry reveals new designs for Ground Zero tower

2-Jun-2008
Frank Gehry has unveiled his latest designs for the 76-storey Beekman Tower near Ground Zero in Manhattan, New York City.
Chipperfield shortlisted in the Hague

30-May-2008
David Chipperfield Architects is the sole British firm to be selected to compete for the design of the new International Criminal Court in the Hague.
New urbanist Duany joins the BRE

29-May-2008
American architect Andrés Duany, the man responsible for new urbanist town Seaside in Florida, featured in hit movie The Truman Show, has joined forces with the Building Research Establishment (BRE).
Urban Splash wins planning for Tutti Frutti homes

28-May-2008
Urban Splash has won planning permission for the first phase of its Tutti Frutti residential development on the New Islington site in Manchester.
CABE teams up with Partnerships for Schools

28-May-2008
CABE and Partnerships for Schools (PfS) – the government agency that will deliver the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme – have joined forces.
Urban Splash wins planning for Tutti Frutti homes

28-May-2008
Urban Splash has won planning permission for the first phase of its Tutti Frutti residential development on the New Islington site in Manchester.
Frank Gehry cuts back New York tower amid financial downturn

27-May-2008
Frank Gehry has been forced to scale back his designs for the centrepiece to the controversial Atlantic Yards scheme in Brooklyn, New York City.
Squire and Partners replaces Ian Ritchie at Potters Fields

23-May-2008
Southwark Council has named Squire and Partners as the new architect to draw up proposals for the Potters Fields site on London’s South Bank.
Scotland proposes alternative to PFI

22-May-2008
The Scottish government has outlined its proposed alternative to PFI as a procurement method for major infrastructure projects, including schools and hospitals.
Sparks fly over Boris' coterie of deputy mayors

21-May-2008
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has claimed that his recently appointed deputy mayor, Ian Clements, will make crucial ‘executive’ decisions on planning.
Review launched into Local Education Partnerships

21-May-2008
Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has launched another review, this time looking into Local Education Partnerships (LEPs) – public-private partnerships formed to deliver the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
Firms appointed to Athletes' Village design team

21-May-2008
Caruso St John, de Rijke Marsh Morgan and Eric Parry Architects have been confirmed on the design team for the London 2012 Olympics Athletes' Village.
Government recruits chief planner

20-May-2008
The government has appointed Steve Quartermain to its new role of chief planner.
Wind farms languish in planning despite government promises

19-May-2008
More than 200 proposed wind farms are still awaiting planning approval, it has been revealed, despite the government's promise to fast-track such schemes.
Barratt opens Green House

16-May-2008
Housing minister Caroline Flint officially opened the first zero-carbon home by a mainstream housebuilder yesterday (15 May).
CABE still 'not confident' over Olympic bridges

15-May-2008
CABE has blasted the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for a second time over the quality of the Olympic Park’s bridges.
The Regenerators #1: Tom Russell

15-May-2008
The London Development Agency group director for Olympic legacy promises Richard Vaughan that he will ‘capture the best in design’.
The Regenerators #2: Michael Lyons

15-May-2008
Michael Lyons, chairman of the English Cities Fund, talks to Richard Vaughan about ‘changing the nature of places’.
Parliament Square revamp could be scrapped

14-May-2008
The redevelopment of one of the country’s most important public spaces, Parliament Square in central London, has been delayed by at least five months and could even be scrapped.
Boris adviser faces 'rules breach' row

14-May-2008
Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s senior planning adviser Simon Milton (pictured) has been accused of breaching local government employment rules.
OMA's White City designs unveiled

14-May-2008
These are the never-before-seen designs of White City, west London, worked up by Rem Koolhaas’ practice Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
Blaze hits newly reopened Bluecoat Gallery

13-May-2008
A fire has ripped through Liverpool’s Bluecoat Art Gallery just two months after it reopened following Dutch firm BIQ Architecten’s £12.5 million revamp.
UK Green Building Council redefines zero-carbon housing

12-May-2008
The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has put forward a new definition of zero-carbon housing which will factor in the use of off-site renewables.
Sheppard Robson's Trocadero revamp to go ahead

9-May-2008
Westminster City Council has finally given the green light to Sheppard Robson’s plans for the redevelopment of the London Trocadero in Piccadilly.
Boris wields axe at LDA and launches 'transparency' probe

8-May-2008
A week into his new role as London Mayor, Boris Johnson has today sacked two London Development Authority (LDA) bosses and announced the launch of a 'forensic audit' into both the LDA and the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Government announces BSF procurement reforms

6-May-2008
The government has approved changes to the procurement process of the £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme that it claims could slash bid costs by up to 30 per cent.
Hamiltons plans 35-storey Birmingham tower

30-Apr-2008
Hamiltons Architects has submitted a planning application for this 35-storey tower to Birmingham City Council.
CABE raises fears over new Everton stadium

30-Apr-2008
CABE has raised concerns over the quality of Everton Football Club’s proposed new stadium in Kirkby, Knowsley.
Commons committee slams Zaha's 'expensive' and 'overdesigned' Olympic Aquatics Centre

30-Apr-2008
A House of Commons select committee has blasted Zaha Hadid’s 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre as being ‘over-designed’, and accused London Olympic organisers of being ‘willing to spend money like water’.
Stanton Williams win Eton Manor site

29-Apr-2008
Stanton Williams Architects has bagged the contract to design the Eton Manor site to the north of the Olympic Park.
Mayor halts Stock Woolstencroft Stratford scheme

28-Apr-2008
The Mayor of London’s office has blocked three buildings designed by Stock Woolstencroft for Stratford, East London.
Tempelhof rescue fails to take flight

28-Apr-2008
A bid to save Berlin's Tempelhof Airport, described by Norman Foster as the ‘mother of all modern airports’, has failed.
Krier attacks 'idiot' architects

25-Apr-2008
Léon Krier, the architect behind Prince Charles’ experimental Poundbury village in Dorset, has slammed contemporary architects, labelling them ‘idiots’ who build ‘absurd shapes’.
Bristol community convinces council but now needs to get developers on board

25-Apr-2008
After more than seven years of pushing, a Bristol community group has finally forced the city council to look into redeveloping what they believe is the most important site in city. But they shouldn’t celebrate too soon.
Major housebuilder Persimmon freezes all new projects amid credit crunch

24-Apr-2008
One of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, Persimmon, has put all new projects on hold due to the tightening of the mortgage market.
Chipperfield's City scheme refused planning

23-Apr-2008
A City of London planning committee has rejected David Chipperfield Architects' proposal for an office block a stone's throw from Christopher Wren's Monument.
Planners come out against Chipperfield's City of London office block

21-Apr-2008
David Chipperfield Architects’ proposal for an office block a stone’s throw from the Monument in the City of London has been recommended for refusal.
Dubai gets in a spin with 80-storey rotating tower

18-Apr-2008
Work has started on the world’s first spinning skyscraper in, you guessed it, Dubai.
Big practices battle for Lord's job

17-Apr-2008
Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has drawn up a stellar shortlist of architects to design the masterplan for the 200 million redevelopment of Lord’s Cricket Ground in north-west London.
Caruso St John to design Frieze Art Fair gallery

16-Apr-2008
Caruso St John Architects has been unveiled as the designer for this year’s Frieze Art Fair gallery.
FOA and Allies and Morrison to overhaul Euston station

15-Apr-2008
Foreign Office Architects (FOA) and Allies and Morrison will work together on the £1 billion regeneration of Euston Station in London.
Architects sought for Crossrail framework panel

15-Apr-2008
Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) is calling for architects to join one of its consultant framework panels for the design of all Crossrail stations.
Foster and Chipperfield named on DfL framework panel

14-Apr-2008
Foster + Partners, David Chipperfield Architects and Caruso St John are among the 42 practices to be shortlisted for the Design for London (DfL) framework panel.
It's a slippery slope for Zaha, who follows Guggenheim win with a giant slide

11-Apr-2008
Zaha Hadid will create a giant slide for a major new exhibition in Gloucestershire called the Artists’ Playground.
Fears voiced over future BSF design quality

11-Apr-2008
Concern is growing that the public-private partnership that delivers BSF schools will encourage speed of construction over quality design.
Government plans changes to BSF programme

10-Apr-2008
The government is planning a complete overhaul of its selection criteria for the next waves of its £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
Developer threatens Liverpool scheme move

8-Apr-2008
North-West property giant Peel Holdings has warned Liverpool City Council that it could move its £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters scheme across the River Mersey to Wirral.
Architects design vertical farms

7-Apr-2008
Chicken farms on the 12th floor of a residential block? Fields of corn on the 47th storey of a Toronto skyscraper? Welcome to the world of vertical farming.
Grimshaw's New York transport hub ditched

2-Apr-2008
Grimshaw Architects’ proposals for the vast Fulton Street transport hub project in Lower Manhattan, New York, have been scrapped due to soaring construction costs, the AJ can reveal.
Heatherwick's B of the Bang loses more spikes

2-Apr-2008
Manchester City Council has had to remove nearly a dozen more spikes from Heatherwick Studio’s B of the Bang sculpture in Manchester.
Rogers unveils revised Cambridge masterplan

1-Apr-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has submitted its revised masterplan for the regeneration of a vast site in Cambridge.
Chapman Taylor shopping centre hit by vandals

31-Mar-2008
Vandals have targeted Chapman Taylor's recently completed Grand Arcade shopping centre in Cambridge.
Architectural stars battle it out in Birmingham Library competition

27-Mar-2008
A stellar shortlist of seven firms has been announced to battle it out to design the new Birmingham Library.
Rogers calls for greater 'clout' for architects

27-Mar-2008
Architects should be placed at the heart of all government decision-making when it comes to the built environment – that was the message from Richard Rogers yesterday (27 March) during the first architecture debate to be held at the House of Lords for four years.
Ken Yeang plans food-producing building

26-Mar-2008
Green building guru Ken Yeang, of Llewellyn Davies Yeang, is working up plans to design a food-producing building.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designs gorilla house

26-Mar-2008
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) has revealed these designs for a gorilla house and tropical fruit-bat enclosure for the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey.
… And ODA responds to 'grave concerns' about bridges

26-Mar-2008
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has pledged that despite CABE’s concerns, the design of the Olympic Park’s bridges will be of ‘high quality’.
Another week, another Foster scheme

25-Mar-2008
Foster + Partners has revealed these designs for a new performance square next to its Winspear Opera House (pictured bottom) in Dallas, Texas.
Jestico + Whiles reveals Greenwich housing

25-Mar-2008
Jestico + Whiles has unveiled these designs for a substantial housing project on the Greenwich Peninsula, south London.
Ulster firms cry foul at contest clique

20-Mar-2008
A group of Northern Ireland’s heavyweight commercial practices has called on the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) to scrap part of its competition design criteria as they believe a ‘select list’ is winning all the work.
Lords to debate architecture

19-Mar-2008
The House of Lords will hold a debate on architecture for the first time in four years.
Tate slide comes to office building

19-Mar-2008
A new office block in Sheffield has become the first building in the UK to permanently install a giant slide for visitors and employees to use.
Foster renovates Alpine hotel

19-Mar-2008
Foster + Partners has just completed its renovation and extension to the Dolder Grand Hotel, perched above Lake Zurich in the Swiss Alps.
CABE calls for 'radical changes' to meet 2019 zero-carbon target

18-Mar-2008
CABE says ‘radical changes’ are needed if the government is to hit its ambitious target of all new non-domestic buildings to be zero-carbon by 2019.
DRLTEN pavilion set to open

17-Mar-2008
This is the first glimpse of the nearly completed pavilion designed by the Architectural Association's Design Research Laboratory (DRL) (AJ 21.02.08).
Chris Wilkinson: Council is desperate to kill off Dyson scheme

14-Mar-2008
Wilkinson Eyre's Chris Wilkinson has given Bath and North East Somerset Council’s (BathNES) planning committee both barrels after his practice's Dyson academy scheme was recommended for refusal.
Property orgy submerges Cannes again

14-Mar-2008
Sun, champagne and Russian oligarchs were the flavour of Cannes as the international property fest took over the city again this week.
EPC deadline 'flexible', not delayed, says government

14-Mar-2008
The government has denied there will be any delay to the introduction of Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), as reported today.
Aedas unveils twin towers for Abu Dhabi

11-Mar-2008
Aedas has unveiled these competition-winning designs for the Abu Dhabi Investment Council Headquarters.
Doon Street will cause 'irreparable harm', hears inquiry

10-Mar-2008
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower in Lambeth, south London, will cause ‘irreparable harm’ to London’s skyline if it is given the go ahead, a planning inquiry heard on Friday (7 March).
Zaha hit by surprise profits slump

6-Mar-2008
Zaha Hadid Architects' profits have dropped by 16 per cent.
Government's 2016 zero-carbon homes target 'too unrealistic'

6-Mar-2008
Architects, housing developers and engineers have branded the government’s aim for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 as ‘high risk’ and ‘unrealistic’.
Make to submit Croydon towers for planning

5-Mar-2008
Make Architects has unveiled its latest designs for a set of crystalline towers making up part of the vast regeneration of Croydon, south London.
RIBA seeks talent for new scholarships

4-Mar-2008
The search is on for students, graduates and academics to apply for two new scholarships worth £10,000 each for up to 12 months.
Jestico + Whiles bags a brace of BSF schemes

3-Mar-2008
Jestico + Whiles is to refurbish two schools under the London Borough of Hackney’s £167 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) contract.
Have you built a Better Public Building?

29-Feb-2008
CABE is looking for entries from architects and public sector clients for the 2008 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.
Will Tropicana help Weston-super-Mare's renaissance, or is it just a carbuncle on the coast?

29-Feb-2008
Weston-super-Mare is on the up. The North Somerset seaside town is now attracting the likes of Urban Splash and even Foster + Partners to help with its regeneration. But, according to locals, one development has crashed the party.
Government refuses to set zero-carbon targets for non-domestic buildings

27-Feb-2008
Housing minister Caroline Flint refused to set a zero-carbon target for non-domestic buildings at sustainability conference Ecobuild today (27 February).
This is Anfield… no, Goodison… no, hang on, Anfison?

26-Feb-2008
An architect and lifelong Everton football fan has drawn up these 'interesting' designs to try to answer the ultimate question – can Liverpool and Everton share a stadium?
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson takes over from Duggan Morris at Chelsea Harbour

25-Feb-2008
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Architects (AFR) has replaced Duggan Morris Architects on a scheme in the major regeneration of Chelsea Harbour.
CABE launches a broadside at KKA's Liverpool floating homes

21-Feb-2008
CABE has delivered a crushing blow to KKA Architects’ plans for floating homes in Liverpool’s Princes Dock.
Architects come out in support of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Doon Street tower

21-Feb-2008
A host of leading architects has come out in support of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ (LDS’) Doon Street tower for London’s South Bank.
Meet the no-frills 'man kitchen'

20-Feb-2008
What’s the difference between a man’s kitchen and a woman’s kitchen? Only a man would buy a kitchen designed by a high-performance car manufacturer.
Architect John McAslan reveals plans to power the Olympics

19-Feb-2008
John McAslan and Partners has unveiled its drawings for the Olympic Park Energy Centre
McAslan reveals his plans to power the Olympics

19-Feb-2008
John McAslan and Partners has unveiled its latest designs for the Olympic Park Energy Centre.
McAslan reveals his plans to power the Olympics

19-Feb-2008
John McAslan and Partners has unveiled its latest designs for the Olympic Park Energy Centre.
Elephant and Castle regeneration project finds a new leader

18-Feb-2008
Jon Abbott will take on the role of Elephant and Castle project director at Southwark Council in south London.
Welcome to the (zero-carbon) Good Life

15-Feb-2008
HTA Architects and Barratt Homes have given the world a glimpse into the future by revealing computer-generated images of the UK’s first zero-carbon community.
Final rejection for Sheppard Robson's mega-church

15-Feb-2008
Sheppard Robson Architects’ proposals for a £70 million ‘mega-church’ in east London are lying in tatters after it was refused planning at a final planning committee last night (14 February).
Chippo opens big braun Hamburg Hotel

14-Feb-2008
David Chipperfield Architects’ Empire Riverside Hotel in Hamburg opened today.
Green Paper leak reveals plans for national film centre

13-Feb-2008
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is planning to build a £200 million national film centre on London’s South Bank.
Studio E bags school architect prize

13-Feb-2008
Studio E Architects has been named as Best School Architect at the British Council for School Environments (BCSE) industry awards dinner.
Eric Kuhne to design Kuwaiti city

12-Feb-2008
Eric Kuhne Associates is to design a $77 billion (£40 billion) new city in the Gulf emirate of Kuwait.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands hopes for green light at Doon Street

12-Feb-2008
Lifschutz Davidson Sandiland Architects has said it hopes to highlight the need for ‘great’ new buildings in London ahead of the public inquiry into its Doon Street tower project today (12 February).
Birmingham New Street station wins £400m government pledge

12-Feb-2008
The government has pledged £400 million to transform Birmingham New Street station, it was announced today.
AA graduates unveil Fibrous Room

11-Feb-2008
These images show the latest stage of a collaborative project undertaken by graduates from the Architectural Association (AA) in London ( click here to see large images ).
Soane Museum head attacks public statues

11-Feb-2008
The director of the Sir John Soane Museum in London has launched a startling attack on the sculptures and memorials sprouting up around the UK.
Developer objects to LRW's Liverpool tower

8-Feb-2008
North West property giant Peel Holdings has lodged an objection against LRW Architects’ proposed 54-storey tower on Liverpool’s docklands (pictured).
Leading architects lobby Welsh politicians in bid to save Newport school

7-Feb-2008
A host of British architecture’s biggest names have written to the Welsh Assembly in opposition to the proposed demolition of Evans and Shalev Architects’ Newport High School in Wales.
Grimshaw leaves EP framework panel

7-Feb-2008
Grimshaw Architects has pulled out of English Partnerships’ (EP’s) framework agreement, claiming it placed the practice at an ‘unacceptable’ level of commercial risk.
Grimshaw's art collections centre misses out on funding

6-Feb-2008
Grimshaw Architects’ proposals to build a National Art Collections Centre in Southwark, south London, have been dented after failing to secure lottery funding.
Sheppard Robson bags west London redevelopment

5-Feb-2008
Sheppard Robson Architects has won the competition to redevelop the western end of King Street in Hammersmith, west London.
Mobile learning centre competition launched

4-Feb-2008
A competition has been launched to find concept designs for a new ‘interactive mobile facility’ that will stimulate ‘creative engagement, learning and participation’.
Protesters come out against Warwickshire eco-town

4-Feb-2008
More than 300 protesters demonstrated in Warwickshire yesterday in opposition to proposals to build a 6,000 home ‘eco-town’ in the area.
Historic Scotland to consider RMJM's BHS building for listing

1-Feb-2008
Scottish government heritage agency Historic Scotland is considering putting forward RMJM’s 1960s BHS store on Princes Street, Edinburgh, for listing.
Prince Charles blasts contemporary architecture

31-Jan-2008
Prince Charles has launched an attack on contemporary architecture at a Prince’s Foundation conference at St James’ Palace.
Alan Camp wins planning for south London affordable homes

30-Jan-2008
Alan Camp Architects (ACA) has secured planning for this £13 million housing development in Southwark, south London, to provide 75 new affordable homes.
Olympics site could host school after the Games have finished

30-Jan-2008
The government has revealed it is looking into plans to establish a school on the Olympic Stadium site after the 2012 Games.
Studio E set to build Hackney Academy

29-Jan-2008
Studio E Architects has won planning for this Academy in Hackney, east London.
Sheppard Robson mega-church rejected as police called to council meeting

28-Jan-2008
East London's Havering Council has rejected Sheppard Robson’s plans for a ‘mega-church’ in a planning meeting that resulted in the police being called.
Fife ploughs on with housing plans despite local uproar

28-Jan-2008
Fife Council is refusing to abandon plans to build more than 30,000 new houses in the region, despite outrage from local residents, national heritage watchdogs and environmental bodies.
SMC Group appoints new managing director

25-Jan-2008
The SMC Group has announced the appointment of Chris Littlemore to the board as managing diretctor.
HKS to be reselected for Liverpool stadium

25-Jan-2008
Liverpool Football Club is again expected to announce HKS as architect for its new 70,000-seat stadium.
Foreign Office wins Toulouse aerodrome scheme

25-Jan-2008
Foreign Office Architects has won a competition to transform the former Montaudran Aerodrome in Toulouse into the 600 million euro (£445 million) centrepiece of France’s Aerospace Valley.
Andy Burnham becomes Culture Secretary

24-Jan-2008
Andy Burnham has replaced James Purnell as Culture Secretary in the reshuffle following Peter Hain’s resignation yesterday (24 January).
KCAP, EDAW and Allies and Morrison among Olympic legacy masterplan team

24-Jan-2008
The London Development Agency (LDA) has selected a consortium including KCAP, EDAW and Allies and Morrison to design the Olympic legacy masterplan.
Livingstone pledges funds for East London Green Grid

23-Jan-2008
The East London Green Grids (ELGG) programme has taken a major step forward with Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, pledging £600,000 to the initiative as part of his ‘green’ budget.
Woods Bagot wins green light in Cayman Islands

22-Jan-2008
Woods Bagot Architects has secured planning for the new headquarters of global offshore law firm Walkers in the Cayman Islands.
Search launched for Birmingham Library architect

22-Jan-2008
The hunt is officially on to find an architect to replace John Madin’s Central Library in Birmingham.
Stock Woolstencroft wins green light for tower despite CABE reservations

21-Jan-2008
Stock Woolstencroft has won planning permission for this 43-storey skyscraper next to East London's Olympic Park despite CABE criticising the scheme twice last year.
Film - I Am Legend

18-Jan-2008
Want to make a hit film? Just wreak havoc on your nearest city, says Richard Vaughan.
Date set for Doon Street public inquiry

18-Jan-2008
The date for the public inquiry into Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street development on London's South Bank has been set for Tuesday 12 February.
Farrell may be forced out of design tsar role

18-Jan-2008
Terry Farrell’s role as Edinburgh’s design tsar may not be continued when city councillors meet to decide on his future in April.
Swiss practice joins Parliament Square project

17-Jan-2008
Zurich-based practice Vogt Landscape Architects has joined the team delivering the £18 million Parliament Square redevelopment in London.
Zaha wins US museum competition

16-Jan-2008
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a new museum for Michigan State University.
Studio Egret West unveils sailing school

16-Jan-2008
Studio Egret West has revealed this design for a new £10 million hotel and sailing school in West Kirby, Wirral.
Profits treble at Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

15-Jan-2008
Newly released figures show that Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's profits soared by 200 per cent in 2007, rising £1.6 million to £2.4 million before tax.
Two arrested in protest against RMJM's Gazprom tower

15-Jan-2008
Two Russian activists have been arrested after protesting against the RMJM Architects’ proposed 394m-tall Okhta Tower in St Petersburg.
Government 'fails to meet its own environmental standards'

15-Jan-2008
Only 9 per cent of all new government buildings meet the government's own environmental standards, the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee has found.
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson profits jump by 200 per cent

15-Jan-2008
Newly released figures show that Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's profits soared up by 200 per cent in 2007, up from £1.6 million in 2006 to £2.4 million before tax.
Burns Museum may miss Scotland's Homecoming celebrations

14-Jan-2008
A new £6 million Robert Burns museum in Alloway, Scotland, will not be ready in time for the country’s Year of the Homecoming in 2009.
RMJM's St Petersburg tower receives boost from UNESCO

11-Jan-2008
RMJM's 394m-tall Okhta Tower in St Petersburg has received a significant boost after an informal meeting with the director of UNESCO.
Housing provision clash looms in West Midlands

11-Jan-2008
The West Midlands Regional Assembly is likely to cross swords with the government over housing provision in the area.
Benoy unveils plans for Liverpool shopping centre

11-Jan-2008
Benoy Architects has revealed its plans for the redevelopment and extension to Liverpool’s St John’s shopping centre.
Burns + Nice reveals plans for Leicester Square

10-Jan-2008
Urban designer Burns + Nice has unveiled its proposals for the revamp of central London’s world-famous Leicester Square.
Wrecking ball looms over 'Welsh Pimlico'

10-Jan-2008
The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has made a last-gasp attempt to save Wales’ answer to Pimlico School, the Evans and Shalev Architects-designed Newport High School.
Duggan Morris secures planning for south London scheme

9-Jan-2008
Duggan Morris Architects has won the green light for this mixed-use scheme in Catford, south London.
Allan Murray quashes Caltongate rumours

9-Jan-2008
Allan Murray Architects has rubbished reports that an integral part of its £300 million Caltongate masterplan in Edinburgh has been scrapped.
Designer sought for new-look Birmingham New Street Station

8-Jan-2008
A competition has been launched to find concept designs for a new external facade and atrium space for Birmingham New Street Station.
RHWL sees steady rise in profits

8-Jan-2008
RHWL Architects has reported a steady growth in business, with a £1.4 million pre-tax profit, £400,000 up on last year.
Koolhaas to design latest Maggie's Centre

7-Jan-2008
Rem Koolhaas will be the latest internationally-renowned architect to design a Maggie’s Centre.
Notorious army base to become eco-town

7-Jan-2008
The infamous army barracks, Deepcut in Surrey, could be sold and redeveloped as an eco-town.
Heritage groups claim threat to Lutyens' Delhi

4-Jan-2008
Conservation groups in Delhi, India, are fighting to preserve Edwin Lutyens’ New Delhi after the city released its draft for a new urban plan.
Gustafson Porter's Diana Memorial 'is sinking'

3-Jan-2008
The spectre of the Princess Diana memorial fountain in west London's Hyde Park is back to haunt landscape architect Gustafson Porter, with reports of it being an ‘engineering disaster’.
Fifteen-year-old design prodigy secures sponsorship

3-Jan-2008
A 15-year-old GCSE student is working with Salford-based regeneration company Urban Vision, after showing an ‘amazing’ natural talent during a week-long work placement.
Everton FC submits stadium designs for planning

3-Jan-2008
Everton Football Club submitted its proposals for a new stadium in Kirkby, north Liverpool, to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council yesterday.
Glenn Howells submits new Liverpool station designs

2-Jan-2008
Glenn Howells Architects has revealed its revised plans for Liverpool’s Lime Street Station Gateway project – without the original tower, which was scrapped over costs earlier this year.
Sorrell knighted in 2008 New Year's honours list

2-Jan-2008
John Sorrell, chair of CABE and head of the Sorrell Foundation, has been handed a knighthood in the New Year’s honours list.
ARB reprimands Preston architect

21-Dec-2007
Architect Mark Heyes of Heyes & Co in Preston has been found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct at an ARB conduct committee meeting on the 11 December.
Rick Mather given go-ahead on two Oxford Uni schemes

21-Dec-2007
Rick Mather Architects has been granted planning permission for two projects in Oxford University.
Council calls for government to reject eco-town plan

20-Dec-2007
Winchester Council has written a letter to the government calling for it to reject a developer’s bid to build a 12,500-home eco-town near the Winchester city.
Make's 'tree' chopped in Big Lottery loss

20-Dec-2007
Make Architects’ Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre in Nottinghamshire has officially been dropped after missing out on vital Big Lottery funding last Wednesday (12 December).
Interview - Peter Bishop reflects on his first year at Design for London

20-Dec-2007
Design for London (DfL) has elbowed its way to influence in the first year of its existence, using guerilla tactics to become what is effectively the most influential city architects office in the country. Richard Vaughan spoke to director Peter Bishop about the first 12 months.
Green grid to roll out across London

20-Dec-2007
Design for London’s (DfL) green grid strategy (AJ 13.12.07) will be used in other parts of London, director Peter Bishop has said.
Kerslake named as first HCA boss

19-Dec-2007
Communities and Local Government has named Bob Kerslake as the first chief executive of the new Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
HOK reveals latest Maze prison stadium plans

18-Dec-2007
HOK Sport has revealed the latest images of its new ‘multi-sport’ stadium on the Maze prison site in Northern Ireland.
HOK reveals latest Maze prison stadium plans

18-Dec-2007
HOK Sport has revealed its latest images of its new ‘multi-sport’ stadium on the Maze prison site in Northern Ireland.
Liverpool FC's stadium delayed

18-Dec-2007
Liverpool Football Club’s plans for a new stadium have been delayed by a year due to spiralling costs.
A+DS criticises Aedas' Haymarket scheme

17-Dec-2007
Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) has criticised Aedas Architects’ proposals for Edinburgh’s Haymarket Station for ‘lacking ambition’.
RMJM begins defence of St Petersburg tower

17-Dec-2007
RMJM has released new images detailing the potential impact of its new 394m-tall Okhta Tower in Russia’s picturesque St Petersburg.
HTA bags UK's first eco-village

14-Dec-2007
HTA Architects has won a competition to design the UK’s first net-zero-carbon ‘eco-village’ in Bristol.
JCB launches masterplan comp

13-Dec-2007
One of the world’s largest construction equipment manufacturers, JCB, has launched a design competition to redevelop one of its sites.
John McAslan in Oxford Street tram plan

13-Dec-2007
John McAslan + Partners is working as lead architect on the feasibility study to introduce trams along London’s Oxford Street.
Van Heyningen and Haward's Welsh valley school opens

13-Dec-2007
Van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ (VHHA) Ysgol Ifor Bach school in Caerphilly, South Wales, has opened.
John McAslan in Oxford Street tram plan

13-Dec-2007
John McAslan + Partners is working as lead architect on the feasibility study to introduce trams along London’s Oxford Street.
Connect2 project bags £50 million Lottery prize

12-Dec-2007
The winner of the much-anticipated Big Lottery Fund's £50 million People's Choice prize is charity Sustrans' Connect2 – a UK-wide project to create new cycling and walking routes across the country.
FCBS unveils 'jewel-like' project for Manchester uni

12-Dec-2007
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) has won a competition to design a £65 million project for Manchester Metropolitan University.
Ken Shuttleworth receives honorary doctorate

12-Dec-2007
Make’s Ken Shuttleworth was handed an honorary Doctor of Letters at the University of Westminster yesterday.
Two Brits shortlisted for Vienna bank contest

12-Dec-2007
Tony Fretton Architects and Caruso St John are the only Brits to be shortlisted for the Erste Bank headquarters competition in Vienna, Austria.
Foster unveils new city for Middle East

11-Dec-2007
Foster + Partners has unveiled yet another scheme in the Middle East with these plans for a new city in Oman.
Connect2 is bookies' favourite for Big Lottery cash

10-Dec-2007
As voting closes for the Big Lottery Fund’s £50 million People’s Choice, William Hill has put charity Sustrans' Connect2 scheme as frontrunner.
Leeds to build new social housing

10-Dec-2007
Leeds Council has outlined plans to start building social housing for the first time in 30 years.
Bob Reid bows out of Milton Keynes Partnership

6-Dec-2007
Bob Reid has stepped down as chairman of Milton Keynes Partnership, the subsidiary of English Partnerships.
CABE 'unconvinced' by Allies and Morrison's Three Sisters scheme

6-Dec-2007
CABE has stated it remains ‘unconvinced’ by Allies and Morrison's redesigned Three Sisters scheme in Waterloo, London.
'No subsidy' blow for zero-carbon housing targets

6-Dec-2007
The government’s target for all new houses to be net zero-carbon by 2016 – equal to the Code for Sustainable Homes’ Level 6 requirements – has been severely dented after developers learned they would not be eligible for ‘green subsidies’.
Scottish government calls in Trump golf resort

5-Dec-2007
Billionaire tycoon Donald Trump’s £1 billion golf resort has been thrown a life-line after the scheme was called in by Scottish Parliament.
HOK reveals plans for former Gillette HQ

4-Dec-2007
HOK has revealed proposals to transform the former European headquarters of shaving giant Gillette into a luxury hotel in west London.
KPF's London Victoria Transport Interchange to face planning committee

4-Dec-2007
Kohn Pedersen Fox’s (KPF's) London Victoria Transport Interchange masterplan will be hauled in front of a Westminster Council planning committee on Thursday (6 December).
Henning Larsen and Martha Schwartz on the road to Damascus

4-Dec-2007
Henning Larsen Architects (HLA) and Martha Schwartz Partners have revealed these images for a children’s discovery centre in the Syrian capital of Damascus.
2012 Olympics fencing arena could be binned

3-Dec-2007
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has confirmed it is conducting a review on all temporary venues for the London 2012 Olympics, which could see the fencing arena being scrapped.
FCBS' Western Riverside wins thumbs up from council despite conservation fears

30-Nov-2007
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ (FCBS) controversial Western Riverside scheme in Bath has been minded for approval by a council planning committee.
Review - Book - CMK

30-Nov-2007
CMK-makers pat themselves on the back in this ‘original’ story, says Richard Vaughan The Story of the Original CMK. Edited by Marion Hill. Living Archive, 2007. 144pp. £20.00
A+DS launches annual review

30-Nov-2007
Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) launched its annual review today and called for an ‘end to second-rate developments’.
Intensifying Milton Keynes

29-Nov-2007
A number of new projects seek to bring density to Milton Keynes, creating new zones of development in Modernism’s Garden City. Richard Vaughan investigates
CABE warns of Thames Gateway 'wasteland'

29-Nov-2007
The Thames Gateway is in danger of becoming a ‘wasteland of badly-designed housing and public spaces’ CABE has said.
Yvette Cooper unveils eco-quarter plans for Thames Gateway

28-Nov-2007
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has set out her vision for the Thames Gateway over the next three years, calling for it to become the country’s first ‘eco-region’.
Falconer Chester Hall to build next to Liverpool Philharmonic

27-Nov-2007
Falconer Chester Hall Architects has submitted this mixed-use project in Liverpool for planning.
ODA launches green Games guide

26-Nov-2007
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) unveiled a sustainability plan yesterday, to ensure the London 2012 Games are the ‘greenest Olympics in modern history’.
A+DS raises Haymarket concerns for third time

26-Nov-2007
Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) has refused to back Richard Murphy Architects’ (RMA) Haymarket development in Edinburgh for the third time.
Brown to promise planning reform

26-Nov-2007
Prime minister Gordon Brown will today set out his proposals to eliminate lengthy planning inquiries to speed up the delivery of major infrastructure schemes.
Donald Trump's £1 billion golf resort clears first hurdle

23-Nov-2007
American billionaire Donald Trump’s plans for a £1 billion golf resort in Aberdeenshire have been given an initial thumbs up by the council.
Foster's dominance grows in Russia with new cultural quarter

23-Nov-2007
Foster + Partners has revealed its proposals for a new cultural quarter for the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow, Russia.
Plymouth University arts building sparks student protest

22-Nov-2007
Arts students at Plymouth University’s new Roland Levinsky building, by Henning Larsen Architects (HLA) and BDP, have protested against the design of the building.
Boris outlines his London housing agenda

22-Nov-2007
Boris Johnson called for less ‘drab and featureless’ housing blocks and slammed the London Plan’s affordable housing targets in his first policy speech as London mayoral candidate yesterday.
Scott Brownrigg's Bodleian Library depository in doubt

21-Nov-2007
Scott Brownrigg’s £29 million Bodleian Library book depository project is lying in tatters after it was given a second refusal by Oxford city councillors.
Mayor looks at new policies for London Plan

20-Nov-2007
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone will put forward policies that halt development on back gardens and protect family homes in his next review of the London Plan.
Final three unveiled for west London regeneration scheme

20-Nov-2007
Wilkinson Eyre, Sheppard Robson and Barton Willmore have unveiled their designs for the regeneration of King Street in west London.
Pinewood Studios moves into housebuilding

19-Nov-2007
Pinewood Shepperton, the legendary British film studios, is planning a vast £200 million expansion which will provide more than 2,000 new homes in Buckinghamshire.
Government launches new green homes advice centre

19-Nov-2007
The government has launched a ‘one-stop shop’ service today to help people make their homes greener.
Wilkinson Eyre nets 2012 Olympics Basketball Arena

16-Nov-2007
Wilkinson Eyre Architects and KSS Design Group have seen off a host of big names to design the Basketball Arena for the 2012 London Olympic Games.
Rogers and Schwartz team up on east London masterplan

16-Nov-2007
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Martha Schwartz Partners today unveiled their proposals for a new quarter of east London called Wood Wharf.
Government publishes new Housing and Regeneration Bill

16-Nov-2007
The government published its new Housing and Regeneration Bill today, which will facilitate the prime minister’s housing targets.
Thames Gateway regeneration at risk of 'calamity'

15-Nov-2007
The Thames Gateway regeneration project is running the risk of becoming ‘another public spending calamity’ according to a key parliamentary committee.
Winners unveiled in battle for Living Landmarks cash

15-Nov-2007
Living Landmarks – The Big Lottery initiative which funds cultural schemes under £50 million – has announced itsthree winners, with projects in Cornwall, Scotland and Northern Ireland landing more than £70 million in lottery cash.
Western Riverside scheme 'could cost Bath its World Heritage status'

15-Nov-2007
Bath will risk its World Heritage status if it approves Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ (FCBS) Western Riverside project (pictured), an international heritage watchdog has warned.
New-look St Pancras opens its doors to Europe

14-Nov-2007
Arup's £800 million refurbishment and redevelopment of St Pancras Station in King's Cross, London, has opened its doors to the public.
AOC LIFT theatre to tour Thames Gateway

14-Nov-2007
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation (LTGDC) has surfaced as one of the major sponsors behind The Lift, a portable theatre.
Government investigates academies scheme

13-Nov-2007
The government has revealed that it is to review its academies programme amid concerns that the scheme is failing the most disadvantaged pupils.
TP Bennett bags north London BSF schemes

13-Nov-2007
TP Bennett Architects has won the contract to design five secondary schools under the London Borough of Haringey’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
Living Landmarks rejection leads to cost cuts for Eastside Park

8-Nov-2007
The Big Lottery’s Living Landmarks competition has had its first casualty, after a Birmingham councillor admitted Patel Taylor Architects’ Eastside City Park will have to be redesigned and the cost cut by a third.
Grimshaw's Waterloo International to stand empty

8-Nov-2007
Grimshaw Architects’ iconic international terminal at Waterloo Station will be unused for more than a year, Network Rail has admitted.
Kingston Council rejects Paul Brookes development

7-Nov-2007
Kingston Council has thrown out plans for a mixed-use development, which included a 150-room hotel, designed by Paul Brookes Architects (PBA).
Queen's Speech reveals Brown's focus on energy and housing

6-Nov-2007
Prime minister Gordon Brown has placed housing, energy and planning at the centre of his ‘long-term plans’ in his first Queen’s Speech today.
Queen's Speech puts housing at top of Brown's agenda

6-Nov-2007
Prime minister Gordon Brown has placed housing, energy and planning at the centre of his ‘long-term plans’ for the new parliament
Spurs could turn to Make in quest to expand stadium

6-Nov-2007
Make Architects could be called on to help Tottenham Hotspur FC extend their White Hart Lane home
Blears to have final say on new Liverpool stadium

6-Nov-2007
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears is to have the final say on Liverpool FC's plans for a new stadium today (6 November).
Leading architects slam Glasgow's riverside redevelopment

5-Nov-2007
Two of Scotland’s leading Modernist architects have blasted the redevelopment of Glasgow’s riverside, claiming the site is being ‘raped’ by developers.
Brighton Eye falls behind schedule

5-Nov-2007
Technical issues have forced Marks Barfield Architects to delay the opening of its Brighton Eye project by nearly a year.
Ideas sought for Waterloo ‘city square’

2-Nov-2007
A call for concept ideas has been launched to develop the Mayor of London’s vision for Waterloo
Northern Ireland’s controversial PPS 14 to be redrafted – but not for six months

2-Nov-2007
A controversial planning policy in Northern Ireland will remain for another six months
...While unveiling his Abu Dhabi scheme in Kazakhstan

2-Nov-2007
Foster + Partners has twinned Kazakhstan with Abu Dhabi with its latest mixed-use development in Kazakhstan
HOK reveals vision for Boddingtons Brewery site

1-Nov-2007
More than 480 new homes and a 20-storey tower planned for central Manchester site
HOK reveals future of Boddingtons Brewery site

1-Nov-2007
More than 480 new homes and a 20-storey tower are to be built on the central Manchester site
Adjaye completes Denver art museum

1-Nov-2007
Adjaye/Associates has finished the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver, its first public building in the US
Confusion at 2012 Athletes' Village

1-Nov-2007
Shortlisted practices call for more guidance over future of Olympic scheme
Milton Keynes Council hits back over CABE review

1-Nov-2007
Local authority retaliates after its plans to demolish FaulknerBrowns’ Bletchley Leisure Centre are dismissed
EH to fund its own traineeships

31-Oct-2007
Engish Heritage is to set up graduate training schemes to develop the skills needed to preserve the historic environment
Edinburgh locals get first look at RTKL designs

31-Oct-2007
RTKL has put these images of a masterplan in Leith Docklands out for public consultation
Developers see share prices tumble amid housing market gloom

30-Oct-2007
Three leading developers have seen their values drop as fears of a housing market slow-down grow
Calatrava wades into row over flooded Valencia opera house

29-Oct-2007
Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava is embroiled in a bitter row with city officials after his opera house flooded.
Herzog & de Meuron's Portsmouth stadium moves

29-Oct-2007
The site of Herzog & de Meuron's £600 million Portsmouth FC stadium has been changed due to concerns from the Royal Navy.
Fears over property market crash accelerate

26-Oct-2007
As commerical property transactions begin to fail, the chance of a crash in the market is looking more likely.
International Birmingham library competition plans dropped

26-Oct-2007
City council makes a U-turn and scraps plans for worldwide competition due to fast-tracked project developement.
English Heritage cash boost an 'insult' says Adam

25-Oct-2007
The government pledges a £7 million funding hike to English Heritage, but architects tell the AJ the 'below inflation' increase is not enough
Heatherwick sued over B of the Bang

25-Oct-2007
Designer Heatherwick faces High Court action over iconic Manchester artwork.
Green outcry over government’s energy targets U-turn

24-Oct-2007
Sustainability experts have launched a stinging attack on the Prime Minister
‘No more cuts to Zaha’s Aquatic Centre’ says ODA chief

24-Oct-2007
The chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has put his reputation on the line by pledging not to scale back Zaha Hadid’s troubled Aquatic Centre
Ian Simpson wins thumbs up for Manchester retail village

24-Oct-2007
Ian Simpson Architects has been given the green light for this retail village
Labour to ‘effectively abolish’ renewable energy targets

23-Oct-2007
Labour ministers are planning a dramatic U-turn on the country’s renewable energy targets
Gillespies reveals regeneration plan for Shropshire town

23-Oct-2007
Landscape architect and urban designer Gillespies has unveiled these images of its £250 million regeneration scheme
Birmingham’s Edwardian baths face closure after £30 million repairs estimate

23-Oct-2007
One of England’s most endangered Edwardian buildings, Birmingham’s Moseley Road Baths, is likely to be shut down
Beetham Tower in legal row

22-Oct-2007
Ian Simpson’s Beetham Tower in Manchester is at the centre of a fresh row
Avebury International to go zero-carbon in Kent

22-Oct-2007
Avebury International has won a contract to design and build 19 zero-carbon affordable apartments in Kent
English Heritage receives cash boost

19-Oct-2007
The government has pledged to hand over £7 million to English Heritage
Malcolm Fraser gets behind Edinburgh high school

19-Oct-2007
Edinburgh-based architect Malcolm Fraser has put forward proposals to help secure the future of his daughter’s high school
SMC Group's talks with third-party investor break down

18-Oct-2007
Talks between SMC Group and an unnamed third-party investor have broken down
HOK to masterplan United Arab Emirates' smallest state

17-Oct-2007
HOK has been selected to design the masterplan for Ajman
Livingstone’s Living Roofs policy wins thumbs up from inspectors

17-Oct-2007
The Mayor of London’s new Living Roofs and Walls policy took another step towards being incorporated into the London Plan this week after it was endorsed by inspectors
RIBA calls for design to be ‘entrenched’ into housing policy

16-Oct-2007
The RIBA has called for the government to ‘entrench design’ into its housing policy after the period for responses to the Housing Green Paper came to a close yesterday
Gaunt Francis begins work on zero-carbon home

16-Oct-2007
Work has started this week on Gaunt Francis Architects’ version of a Code Level 6 net zero-carbon house.
Rumours of BSF suspension are quashed

15-Oct-2007
The agency charged with delivering the government’s ambitious Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme has rubbished claims that the initiative has been halted
Gensler reveals ‘diamond-shaped’ tower for Middle East

15-Oct-2007
Gensler has unveiled images of its new ‘diamond-shaped’ skyscraper in Abu Dhabi
Queen unveils Liam O’Connor’s new armed forces memorial

12-Oct-2007
The Queen officially unveiled the new national Armed Forces Memorial today, designed by Liam O’Connor
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson halts SMC Group merger talks

12-Oct-2007
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson (AFR) has called off all talks with SMC Group over a potential merger
Client hits back over Foster writ

11-Oct-2007
An Egyptian client of Foster + Partners has accused the practice of purposefully avoiding mediation after it emerged that Foster is suing the client for £2.3 million
Lone fisherman stands in the way of Trump’s £1 billion golf resort scheme

10-Oct-2007
New York billionaire Donald Trump’s plan for ‘the world’s greatest golf course’ in Scotland has found the rough yet again
Government considers developers’ alternative to PGS

10-Oct-2007
The proposed planning gain supplement (PGS) looks to be dead and buried
Lone fisherman stands in the way of Trump’s £1 billion golf resort scheme

10-Oct-2007
New York billionaire Donald Trump’s plan for ‘the world’s greatest golf course’ in Scotland has found the rough yet again
Ted Cullinan awarded Royal Gold Medal

9-Oct-2007
Edward ‘Ted’ Cullinan has been awarded one of architecture’s most prestigious prizes
Spirits still high after CABE refuses backing for Liverpool FC’s new stadium

9-Oct-2007
RyderHKS and Liverpool Football Club have allayed fears that the club’s new stadium might be delayed after CABE refused to back the planning application
Zaha pushes the boat out with plans to transform Spanish peninsula into an island

9-Oct-2007
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed its latest audacious project
Good news for Zaha as work on Transport Museum looks set to begin

8-Oct-2007
Work on Zaha Hadid's troubled Transport Museum project in Glasgow will start in weeks
Jestico + Whiles/Avanti consortium wins Hackney Building Schools for the Future contract

8-Oct-2007
Jestico + Whiles Architects and Avanti Architects have won the London Borough of Hackney’s £167 million Building Schools for the Future (BSF) contract
Architect sought for West Midlands community hub

8-Oct-2007
The search is on for an architect-led team to design a new £2 million community library in Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands
Next year’s London Festival of Architecture boasts wide range of events

8-Oct-2007
The programme for the London Festival of Architecture has been officially unveiled
Duggan Morris builds house on Frobisher Studio site

8-Oct-2007
Work has started on this three-bedroom private house by Duggan Morris Architects, in Watford, north London
English Partnerships launches zero-carbon comp

8-Oct-2007
English Partnerships has launched a competition in Peterborough
Full steam ahead for Kuhne on Belfast’s Titanic Quarter

8-Oct-2007
Northern Ireland’s Planning Service has given the green light to Eric Kuhne Associates’ phase-two masterplan of Belfast’s vast £3 billion docklands regeneration
Revised Code for Sustainable Homes focuses on zero-carbon drive

8-Oct-2007
The Department for Communities and Local Government has published a revised version of the Code for Sustainable Homes
US firm Perkins + Will starts on its Paddington scheme

8-Oct-2007
US firm Perkins + Will Architects has started work on its Merchant Square scheme
CABE refuses to support Liverpool FC’s stadium bid

8-Oct-2007
CABE has refused to back Liverpool Football Club’s planning application for its new stadium scheme
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PLANNING REFORM PROMISES WORK

24-May-2007
AGENDA
SHAPERO'S EXTENSION CATCHES THE LIGHT

24-May-2007
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MEGA CHURCH TO DWARF ST PAUL'S

17-May-2007
NEWS
RIBA LONDON FLOATS BOAT PLAN

10-May-2007
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A NEW ARENA FOR HERZOG & DE MEURON

26-Apr-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
EIGHT SHORTLISTED FOR 2012 OLYMPIC VELOPARK

26-Apr-2007
NEWS
WILKINSON EYRE PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS

19-Apr-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
ZERO-CARBON DESIGNS ON NOTTINGHAM

19-Apr-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
CONTEST FOR NEW LONDON SQUARE

12-Apr-2007
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LAURIE BAKER 1917 - 2007

12-Apr-2007
OBITUARY
CURTAIN UP FOR CYPRUS CULTURAL CENTRE

5-Apr-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
GORST LOSES BORAT COURT BATTLE

5-Apr-2007
NEWS
FOSTER LOSES TO HAWKINS\BROWN

15-Mar-2007
NEWS
FOSTER REVEALS MOSCOW MASTERPLAN

15-Mar-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
ZAHA FLOATS PROPOSAL FOR RUSSIAN VILLA

15-Mar-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
ANOTHER HODDER POOL FLOUNDERS

8-Mar-2007
AGENDA
STURGIS TO UPDATE SEIFERT'S CITY TOWER

8-Mar-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
BOOK

22-Feb-2007
REVIEW
ODA'WASTING GREEN OPPORTUNITY'

22-Feb-2007
AGENDA
ARTISTIC LICENCE AT THE AF

15-Feb-2007
AGENDA
HKR TO LIGHT UP SOUTH MANCHESTER

15-Feb-2007
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OLYMPIC PLANS STEP UP A GEAR

8-Feb-2007
AGENDA
THE POST-OLYMPIC CHAMPION

1-Feb-2007
AGENDA
DRAMA AT NATIONAL THEATRE

25-Jan-2007
NEWS
RMJM DISMISSES CABE CRITIQUE

25-Jan-2007
AGENDA
RUDOLPH LEGACY UNDER THREAT

18-Jan-2007
AGENDA
'MANHATTAN' BROUGHT TO CANARY WHARF

11-Jan-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
GOLD STANDARD FOR HOMELESS

21-Dec-2006
AGENDA
DSDHA SHAPES PARLIAMENT SQUARE

14-Dec-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
GORST HARKS BACK TO GOLDEN AGE

7-Dec-2006
BREAKING NEWS DAILY - AGENDA
TRINITY INSPIRES MCLAUGHLIN'S NEW CHURCH

7-Dec-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
DLG PINS ITS HOPES ON APPEALING RIVER SCHEME

23-Nov-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
ORMS BEGINS ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENT

23-Nov-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
AILING MODERN ICON ON THE MEND

16-Nov-2006
NEWS
UNIVERSITY BUILDING SAVES CHURCH EXTERIOR

9-Nov-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
HERITAGE AS A STATUS SYMBOL

2-Nov-2006
AGENDA
BATTERSEA'S COMPLETE CONFUSION

26-Oct-2006
AGENDA
ALLIES AND MORRISON IN PANEL GAME

19-Oct-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
BLOCK GETS INSIDE V&A MUSEUM

19-Oct-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Tate Modern extension planning timetable questioned - images

13-Oct-2006
Herzog and de Meuron's Tate Modern extension will 'find it difficult' to achieve planning by the target of Spring 2007, according to a planning insider.
Featherstone wins Maggie's centre comp

12-Oct-2006
Featherstone Associates has won a Maggie's Cancer Centre competition, after wowing the panel of high-profile judges with its 'theoretical pitch'.
Zaha was two weeks from losing Aquatics Centre

12-Oct-2006
Zaha Hadid came just two short weeks away from losing one of the biggest contracts in the 2012 London Olympics - the Aquatics Centre.
ZAHA FACED 'TWO-WEEK' THREAT

12-Oct-2006
NEWS
Satellite gets on the road to River Cottage - images

10-Oct-2006
Satellite Architects has won planning permission for this farm project, which will act as the new 'headquarters' for the hit Channel 4 River Cottage programmes, featuring chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Boffins claim 'revolution' as they bring sunlight inside

9-Oct-2006
Scientists in Austria claim to have discovered a revolutionary solar technology that captures sunlight and channels it into buildings to light interiors.
Foster to revamp major German gallery - image

9-Oct-2006
Foster and Partners has unveiled this image of its latest project to expand, restore and renovate Munich's art gallery.
Gehry's Brighton 'tin-can towers' win fresh support from council

6-Oct-2006
Frank Gehry's controversial King Alfred scheme in Brighton has been given a significant boost, after gaining pre-planning approval from the council.
Competition launched for youth centre redesign

5-Oct-2006
A competition was launched this week to redesign the New Horizon Youth Centre in King's Cross, London.
'Civil war' threat over RIBA spending overhaul

5-Oct-2006
A review of fundraising at the RIBA could result in 'civil war' according to one council member attending an RIBA council meeting yesterday.
THE MANAGING DIRECTOR

5-Oct-2006
AGENDA
Scottish designer struck off ARB register

4-Oct-2006
A Scottish architect has been struck off the ARB register because his business partner carried out design work despite having no architectural training.
Government defends demolition plans for Victorian schools in face of unrest

3-Oct-2006
The Government is backing its controversial Building Schools for the Future programme, despite growing unrest over the demolition of 'beautiful Victorian buildings'.
'Final hurdle' set to be cleared as King's Cross S106 deal agreed - image

3-Oct-2006
Council chiefs and developers in charge of the massive King's Cross regeneration have finally thrashed out a deal on all Section 106 agreements in the scheme.
Bloc wins V & A's battle of the 40 under 40 young guns - images

2-Oct-2006
London's Bloc Architects has won a competition to design a new gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum, seeing off stiff competition from some of Britain's finest young practices.
Trent Bridge calls for new west stand designs

29-Sep-2006
A search has been launched for an architect to design a new stand and office block at the world-famous Trent Bridge cricket ground.
CABE slams MAKE's Cube scheme for Birmingham

29-Sep-2006
MAKE Architects' Cube project in Birmingham has come under heavy fire from CABE, which claims a major part of the scheme is 'claustrophobic' and 'uncomfortable'.
Southampton practice embroiled in negligence claim

28-Sep-2006
Southampton-based architect Richard Ludlow-Fisher has avoided what could have been a £200,000 legal battle after deciding to settle out of court this morning.
IRISH SCHEME IS GM + AD'S INTERNATIONAL DEBUT

28-Sep-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Youmeheshe wins major boost for Cutty Sark scheme

27-Sep-2006
Youmeheshe Architects' Cutty Sark scheme has secured more than £11 million in lottery money, adding to the practice's growing reputation.
Confusion over role of small practices in Olympic work

27-Sep-2006
Two of the masterplanners behind the 2012 Olympics have sent out mixed messages over whether smaller architectural firms will be involved in the massive project.
Finsbury Town Hall architect admits project late and over budget - image

26-Sep-2006
The long-awaited renaissance of London's Finsbury Town Hall will be late and over budget, the architect behind the scheme has admitted.
Associated Architects lodges planning application for new Bristol courts scheme - image

25-Sep-2006
Associated Architects has submitted these plans for a new Bristol civil courts complex, located near the city centre.
MPs to thrash out regeneration cash issues

22-Sep-2006
A new MPs' talking shop will investigate different ways of harnessing local-authority and private-sector cash for infrastructure needed to regenerate urban areas.
London man fined in protection of title case

21-Sep-2006
The ARB has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely advertised his company as an architect's practice.
SHEPPARD ROBSON ADDS TO NASH

21-Sep-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Fatboy Slim steps into seafront building row

20-Sep-2006
Alan Phillips Associates has had a scheme in Brighton thwarted by international superstar DJ Fatboy Slim - for a second time.
Conflict of interest claim rejected as Fourth Grace saga lumbers on

19-Sep-2006
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rubbished claims by campaigners that 3XN's Fourth Grace building in Liverpool is at the centre of 'a conflict of interest'.
Designers battle it out in 'key' north London bridge competition

18-Sep-2006
British Waterways has launched a competition to design a new pedestrian bridge over the River Lee Navigation in Tottenham, north London.
CRISIS AT ARCHITECTURE ACADEMY

14-Sep-2006
The future of the UK's first and only city academy to specialise in the built environment and architecture has been cast into doubt after its main sponsor withdrew its funding.
Classicists 'frustrated' by modern-day contracts

8-Sep-2006
Classicist architects Liam O'Connor and John Simpson have joined the bandwagon to openly criticise design-and-build contracts.
LAST LAUGH FOR FOSTER LOMAS

7-Sep-2006
Foster Lomas Architects has finally won planning permission for this residential development, following a lengthy appeal.
McAslan's twin towers help Brum reach for the skies - images

6-Sep-2006
John McAslan and Partners has revealed this concept design of the south side of its Birmingham New Street Station project.
Foster's Peace Pyramid completed - images

4-Sep-2006
Foster and Partners' ambitious Palace of Peace and Acoord has been completed in Astana, Kazakhstan.
AFL's new Anfield throws off problems and 'will almost certainly' kick-off

4-Sep-2006
AFL Architects' new Anfield Stadium will be going ahead, Liverpool Football Club has confirmed, with construction hoped to begin by early 2007.
Ian Simpson in bitter row over Manchester tower - images

1-Sep-2006
Ian Simpson Architects is caught in a bitter dispute between local residents and developers over the design of one of its schemes in Manchester.
ODA to launch velodrome comp

31-Aug-2006
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) will respond to heavy criticism of its procurement strategy for London 2012 venues by announcing a design competition for the velodrome.
ARCHITECT'S 'DRUGS TUNNEL' REVEALED

31-Aug-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
ODA TO LAUNCH VELODROME COMP

31-Aug-2006
NEWS
Red faces expected at BDP as Edinburgh hold-up is denied

30-Aug-2006
Heavyweight practice BDP has denied that its Edinburgh city council headquarters project will be delayed - despite admissions of a hold-up from both contractors and councillors.
Scottish design watchdog pans Roy Mitchell's restoration project

30-Aug-2006
Scotland's major design watchdog has slated Roy Mitchell Design's restoration and development plan for Dunmore Park House, claiming it to be 'detrimental' to the building.
President Pringle nails his changes to the door

29-Aug-2006
RIBA president Jack Pringle has submitted his ideas on how to improve the Building Regulations as part of the review currently being undertaken by the Government.
Drinkwater wins permission for 'spectacular' Manchester extension - images

23-Aug-2006
Richard Drinkwater Architects has won planning permission to refurbish and extend this Grade II-listed former cotton warehouse in Salford, on the outskirts of Manchester.
Six-strong shortlist for Scunthorpe revealed - images

21-Aug-2006
A shortlist of six architects and landscape architects has been drawn up for the RIBA's Sports Academy: Reinvigorating Scunthorpe Central Park competition.
Falconer Chester Hall's skyscraper plans dashed

21-Aug-2006
Falconer Chester Hall's skyscraper plans in Liverpool have been scrapped by the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) claiming the design was 'fatally flawed'.
Stratford upon Avon bridge shortlist revealed - images

18-Aug-2006
A shortlist of five has been announced for RIBA's River Avon footbridge competition, containing some very recognisable faces.
CABE orders Chetwood to rethink and redesign in Lichfield

18-Aug-2006
Chetwood Associates' proposed scheme for Lichfield city centre has been criticised by design watchdog CABE, which has told the architect to downsize and rethink its project.
AFTER THE CAMERAS HAVE GONE

17-Aug-2006
AGENDA
MKA wins planning for PPS7 country house in Kent - images

16-Aug-2006
MKA Architects has won planning permission for this country house to be built into a Kent hillside.
Hopkins takes on huge Dubai masterplan - image

15-Aug-2006
Hopkins Architects has been chosen to develop a vast swathe of the audacious £2.3 billion Dubai masterplan, enhancing the city's World Trade Centre complex and the surrounding area.
Government asks: 'What do you think of King Ken's new planning powers?'

11-Aug-2006
The Government launched a consultation yesterday on its decision to extend the mayor of London's powers, a proposal which was greeted with vehement opposition.
RMJM builds big in Liverpool - image

10-Aug-2006
RMJM Architects has released this image of its Princes Dock scheme for what is now being dubbed Liverpool's 'mini-Manhattan'.
Peter Hain sets extraordinary renewables target for Northern Irish construction

9-Aug-2006
Northern Ireland's Secretary of State has set an ambitious target to make renewable energy compulsory in all new builds, starting in 2008.
New courthouse planned for Westminster

8-Aug-2006
Her Majesty's Court Service (HMCS) is looking for architects to design a scheme that will provide a single home for three existing courthouses.
Blackpool's mini-Burj scheme slammed by CABE

7-Aug-2006
Gensler's plans to build a tower in Blackpool based on the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai have been panned by CABE.
YOUNG PRACTICE SCAPE TO BUILD 'SENSITIVE' HOUSE

3-Aug-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Gensler misses out as major Birmingham regeneration project collapses

2-Aug-2006
Gensler Architects was left reeling this week after its clients pulled out of a £100 million regeneration scheme at the eleventh hour.
Clifton Architects' plans for new Sea Life Centre dropped after animal rights campaign

31-Jul-2006
Clifton Architects' plans to build an extension to Brighton's Sea Life Centre have been temporarily scrapped amid opposition from animal rights groups.
Stay of execution for Crossrail-threatened building

31-Jul-2006
One of the many historic London buildings threatened with demolition under the new Crossrail plans could be saved from the wrecking ball.
Fresh problems hit AFL's plans for New Anfield

31-Jul-2006
AFL Architects' plans to build Liverpool Football Club's new stadium are under threat due to a lack of financial backing.
Architect wanted for one of Wales's 'most prestigious' design projects

28-Jul-2006
Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is inviting proposals for one of Wales' 'most prestigious' design projects in the next few years.
CAMBRIDGE LEADS REVOLUTION

27-Jul-2006
NEWS
Broadway Malyan tweaks huge Fourth Grace project - image

26-Jul-2006
Broadway Malyan has amended its vast Mann Island project on Liverpool's waterfront Fourth Grace site following lengthy design consultations.
Criminal architect struck off

26-Jul-2006
A Scottish architect has been struck off the Register of Architects after being found guilty of theft in August last year.
Competition for redeveloped RCA building

21-Jul-2006
A competition has been launched to find designs for a key new Royal College of Art building
Marks Barfield tower could save Brighton's West Pier

21-Jul-2006
Marks Barfield's 150m observation tower could rescue what is left of Brighton's derelict West Pier
Alison Brooks reveals competition winner

20-Jul-2006
Alison Brooks Architects (ABA) has unveiled these images of its competition-winning performing arts centre in Folkestone, Kent
KEN'S CORONATION DIVIDES CAPITAL

20-Jul-2006
AGENDA
First view of Azhar's Elephant and Castle project

19-Jul-2006
Azhar Architects has drawn up this concept for a new 'energy centre' in Elephant and Castle.
40 under 40 architect angrily refutes terror group link

19-Jul-2006
Ali Mangera of Mangera Yvars Architects has blasted the London Evening Standard following a report linking his Islamic centre scheme with terror group al Qaeda.
Architect behind King's Cross development remains secret

18-Jul-2006
This is the first glimpse of the new £400 million King's Cross station, but Network Rail is keeping the details of the architect behind the project under wraps.
Hutchinson's charity heads to Kabul

18-Jul-2006
Architects for Aid, Max Hutchinson's charity, will be heading to Afghanistan to train local architects and students to renovate and redevelop a 'mud' city.
Row over Feilden Clegg Bradley housing scheme for Bath

17-Jul-2006
Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects is facing serious trouble over its planned residential project in Bath, following a formal complaint lodged by the Bath Preservation Trust (BPT)
TAHA SCHEME TO BREAK THE ICE

13-Jul-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
Row grows over 'most complete Modern building in Huddersfield'

12-Jul-2006
Battle looks set to commence between conservation group Huddersfield Gem and little-known practice Ssharc Architects over a former Co-op building
Surely not? Could Bath Spa finally be about to open-

11-Jul-2006
At long, long last the much-maligned and perennially late Bath Spa is finally expected to open its doors to the public on 7 August.
Falkirk plans get severe A&DS treatment

11-Jul-2006
Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) has hit out at a scheme by Fouin and Bell Architects to redevelop Stenhousemuir's town centre in Falkirk, Scotland.

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