Architects Journal
Roz Bulleid
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In pictures: Popularchitecture’s West London terrace
6-Mar-2009
Popularchitecture’s ‘New Terrace’ in West London has been approved by planners and will be built later this year -
RIBA slams Killian Pretty response
6-Mar-2009
The government’s response to the Killian Pretty Review of the planning system is ‘disappointing’ and will delay crucial reforms, the RIBA has told the AJ -
Boost for academies creates job goldmine
6-Mar-2009
The government is to spend another £4 billion on new academies across England and plans to introduce design standards to ensure consistent quality -
In pictures: Marks Barfield’s Lincoln ‘Think Tank’
6-Mar-2009
Lincoln’s iridescent Marks Barfield Architects-designed ‘Think Tank’ has been completed -
Planning permission for final Arsenal development
5-Mar-2009
Planners have approved the final section of CZWG’s redevelopment scheme around the Emirates Stadium in North London – despite criticisms from CABE -
In pictures: A slip-road flyover transformed
5-Mar-2009
Plans by Saville Jones Architects for a youth centre slotted into empty spaces under a London flyover have won government funding -
PFI bail-out gets luke-warm reception
4-Mar-2009
The Treasury’s promise to prop up struggling PFI projects won a luke-warm reception from the RIBA, which would rather see direct government investment -
RIBA calls for research awards entries
4-Mar-2009
The RIBA is calling for entrants to its annual research competition -
Sutton ‘Life Centre’ approved
4-Mar-2009
Curl La Tourelle Architects has won permission for the ‘Life Centre’ it designed for the London Borough of Sutton -
Make’s Forth Ports scheme criticised again
3-Mar-2009
Architecture + Design Scotland (A+DS) is still unhappy with Make’s proposals for a dock-side office block in Edinburgh, despite modifications to the design -
In pictures: Alison Brooks’ Quarterhouse Centre in Folkestone
27-Feb-2009
Folkestone’s new Quarterhouse Performing Arts and Business Centre, designed by the Stirling Prize-winning Alison Brooks Architects (ABA), which will open next week -
Land Securities plays waiting game on Crossrail levy
27-Feb-2009
Land Securities will wait for Boris Johnson’s new Crossrail levy to become mandatory before coughing up for the Rafael Viñoly-designed ‘walkie talkie’ tower it plans to build in London’s Fenchurch Street -
First look: Chipperfield’s Neues Museum
27-Feb-2009
Here are the first pictures of the finished Neues Museum in Berlin, newly restored by David Chipperfield Architects and Julian Harrap Architects -
Soar bridge winner announced
26-Feb-2009
Paris-based Explorations Architecture has won the RIBA competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge over the River Soar in Leicester -
Video: Álvaro Siza awarded RIBA Gold Medal
26-Feb-2009
The Queen has presented Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza with the RIBA Royal Gold Medal – the profession’s highest accolade in the UK -
Rafael Viñoly’s Battersea chimney dropped
26-Feb-2009
Rafael Viñoly’s plans for a 250m-tall glass chimney over Battersea Power Station appear to have been dropped by its developer -
Sverre Fehn (1924-2009)
26-Feb-2009
Sverre Fehn, the celebrated Norwegian architect and 1997 Pritzker Prize winner, died in Oslo on 23 February at the age of 84 -
RICS reports sharp fall in member confidence
26-Feb-2009
The building sector’s collapse quickened towards the end of last year, according to a survey of chartered surveyors -
Olympic parklands approved despite CABE criticism
25-Feb-2009
Designs for the new parklands surrounding the Olympic complex at Stratford in London have been approved by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) despite concerns from CABE -
Heatherwick to landscape redesigned Chelsea Barracks
25-Feb-2009
Thomas Heatherwick will landscape the new Chelsea Barracks complex, which has had a substantial overhaul in response to local concerns -
Norwegian architect Sverre Fehn dies
25-Feb-2009
Leading Norwegian architect and Pritzker Prize-winner Sverre Fehn died yesterday aged 84 -
ARB ‘reprimands’ Quinlan Terry
24-Feb-2009
Quinlan Terry escaped serious punishment at an Architects Registration Board conduct hearing earlier today (24 February) despite admitting responsibility for the destruction of two Grade II-listed buildings -
First look: New Teeside wildlife centre
24-Feb-2009
The AJ can reveal an exclusive image of the £2.1 million visitor centre at the Saltholme wildlife reserve in Teesside -
David Adjaye pays tribute to Max Bond
24-Feb-2009
David Adjaye has honoured the illustrious African-American architect Max Bond, who died on 18 February -
Manchester Light House finished
24-Feb-2009
Conran & Partners have completed their Light House tower in Manchester -
Campaign group calls for huge house-building programme
24-Feb-2009
A new pressure group is urging the government to help the struggling construction sector by building 100,000 new social homes over the next two years -
Eco-estate offers supported home builds
23-Feb-2009
A Cotswold eco-estate is offering buyers the chance to design their own homes -
Boris asks developers for Crossrail cash
23-Feb-2009
London mayor Boris Johnson is demanding a total of £2.67 million in Crossrail contributions from the developers of Rafael Viñoly’s ‘walkie talkie’ tower and David Chipperfield’s Seal House project near London Bridge -
First look: Capita’s clay office building
23-Feb-2009
Capita Architecture has completed this unusual clay and aluminium-clad office block for a schools examination board in Cardiff -
Blears calls for inquiry into Wandsworth housing scheme
23-Feb-2009
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has launched an inquiry into a series of residential towers planned for the site of the former Ram Brewery in Wandsworth, South London, a week after she called in a similar scheme in West London -
Make's Scottish office reincarnated as 7N Architects
20-Feb-2009
Former employees of the Edinburgh office closed by Make late last year have formed their own practice -
Luxembourg tram competition picks two winners
20-Feb-2009
UK practice Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) has won joint first place in a competition to design a tramway for Luxembourg’s capital. -
In pictures: North Glasgow College
20-Feb-2009
RMJM’s striking North Glasgow College will be opened today -
Liverpool flood warnings ignored
19-Feb-2009
Liverpool’s new ferry terminal, designed by Northern Irish practice Hamilton Architects, may be at risk of flooding after planners ignored warnings about the high-risk site, it has emerged. -
First look: Leeds Rose Bowl takes shape
19-Feb-2009
The AJ can reveal the first pictures of Leeds Metropolitan University’s new £50-million business and law school, which is just weeks away from completion. -
Call for Entries: Welsh architecture exhibition and prizes
19-Feb-2009
Architects are invited to submit any buildings recently completed in Wales for an exhibition at the National Eisteddfod in August. -
In pictures: Imperial War North landscaping shortlist
18-Feb-2009
The Imperial War Museum North has released images of the five designs shortlisted for the exterior spaces surrounding the Daniel Libeskind-designed Manchester landmark -
The sawn-up sauna
18-Feb-2009
Astragal is sorry to hear Cambridge’s Wysing Arts Centre will miss out on a Lubetkin-inspired sauna after contractors accidentally cut it up -
Architecture school applications rise
18-Feb-2009
The economic downturn is not deterring prospective students from applying to architecture courses, the latest university figures have shown -
David Chipperfield wins Regent Street hotel contract
18-Feb-2009
David Chipperfield has been appointed to convert a major chunk of London’s Regent Street into a five-star hotel -
In pictures: The newly restored London Monument
18-Feb-2009
The monument commemorating the 1666 Great Fire of London reopened to the public on 16 February after a £4.5-million restoration -
Foster’s Casablanca project underway
18-Feb-2009
Work has started on a Foster + Partners waterfront complex in Casablanca, the firm’s first project in Morocco -
Riga masterplan unveiled
18-Feb-2009
Fletcher Priest Architects has released the first glimpses of its masterplan for Latvian capital Riga. -
Road-side Weston Williamson project approved
18-Feb-2009
Planners have approved Weston Williamson’s plans for a 14-unit housing project on a difficult site in West London -
Big Brother, Obama and 15 architects…
17-Feb-2009
The Stirling Prize-winning Accordia housing project will share the limelight with logos for Big Brother and Barack Obama, a wooden radio and Italian Vogue in the finals of the Brit Insurance Design Awards -
Energy-saving refurb planned for all UK homes
13-Feb-2009
Green campaigners have welcomed plans to give every UK home a green refit by 2030 – but the source of funding remains undecided -
Metaphor scoops Turkish museum job
29-Jan-2009
London-based practice Metaphor has been commissioned to masterplan the exhibition spaces for a new museum quarter in Istanbul, Turkey -
First Barking designs submitted
27-Jan-2009
Proposals for the first 4,000 homes at Barking Riverside have been submitted for planning approval -
Sainsbury’s £100m King’s Cross office approved
27-Jan-2009
Allies and Morrison’s new office block for supermarket giants Sainsbury's at King’s Cross Central has been approved -
Gibraltar scheme sails into territorial dispute
26-Jan-2009
A Spanish MP has reportedly accused the developers of a former Foster + Partners marina complex in Gibraltar of stealing Spain’s territory -
Boris issues first planning veto
26-Jan-2009
London Mayor Boris Johnson has overruled a decision by Westminster City Council on a mixed-use scheme by Rolfe Judd
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