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Zaha Hadid hits out at 'rude' 2012 bosses

18 May 12

Architect of the Aquatics Centre complains she has not been invited to the Olympics
Hackney moots ‘timber-first’ planning policy

17 May 12

Council may support use of wood, where feasible, as ‘primary construction material’
60% of architects have no business plan

17 May 12

RIBA report highlights lack of forward planning by most architecture practices
Boris seeks consultants for London design panel

16 May 12

Consultants sought for design and urbanism procurement panel
Stephen Hodder to be next RIBA president

16 May 12

Chairman of Hodder + Partners takes role unopposed
British housing slammed as "cramped and poorly planned"

16 May 12

RIBA and Ipsos MORI report into public attitudes highlights dissatisfaction with space
Aecom and NBS join forces to launch new BIM service

15 May 12

New firm NBS Schumann Smith will add cost and carbon data to BIM models offered to architects
Dream job for Arup in Seoul

11 May 12

Engineering services firm plays centrol role in South Korean commercial development
RIBA to include BIM in Plan of Work

10 May 12

The RIBA Plan of Work is set to be overhauled for the first time in 50 years to include BIM processes.
Imperial War Museum proposals approved

10 May 12

£35m expansion and regeneration scheme wins council’s backing
Serpentine pavilion designs revealed

8 May 12

Designs by architect Herzog & de Meuron and artist Ai Weiwei unveiled
Broadgate owners apply for certificate of immunity from listing

8 May 12

British Land and Blackstone risk new heritage battle while unveiling new public realm plans for City complex
Selfridges confirms Shard architect role on revamp

4 May 12

Renzo Piano’s appointment to store extension will set the luxury retailer’s agenda for the ‘next century’
Chelsea submits bid for Battersea Power Station

4 May 12

Clubs hopes to develop a 60,000 seat stadium on iconic site as well as homes, shops and offices
Killby & Gayford collapse halts work on centre for black history

4 May 12

Work on £6.5m history and culture centre in Brixton forced to stop after contractor goes into administration
Lord Rogers interview: 'Being old is alright, you know'

3 May 12

Lord Rogers is fast approaching 80 but that doesn’t stop him having ambitions to expand into the Middle East, attacking Boris Johnson’s record as London mayor or taking pleasure in a few glasses of red wine, as Emily Wright found out
Exclusive: Shard architect primed for flagship Selfridges scheme

3 May 12

Renzo Piano set to embark on third high profile London project with major Oxford Street store extension
One World Trade Center tops New York

2 May 12

Construction of the £1.8bn One World Trade Center surpasses the Empire State Building
Lord Rogers says 'time has come' to bid in Middle East

2 May 12

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners chairman says practice looking for work in Middle East for first time
BIG Vancouver vision

1 May 12

Architect Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has unveiled plans for a 490-foot-tall tower in downtown Vancouver
AFR to design landmark Reading scheme

1 May 12

Architect appointed to 400,000 sq ft PRUPIM project
Lord Rogers slams Boris Johnson ahead of election

1 May 12

Chairman of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners claims Conservative mayoral candidate unable to make decisions
Birmingham backs £30m Grand plan

1 May 12

Berman Guedes Stretton hotel regeneration gets green light
Gleeds to work on Serpentine Pavilion job

30 Apr 12

Firm will act as QS on London gallery’s latest summer venue
Richard Rogers welcomes new planning policy

27 Apr 12

Architect and Labour peer uses Alan Cherry memorial lecture to laud changes to the NPPF
Foster's Datong museum under construction

27 Apr 12

China’s ‘museum of the 21st century’ will represent the country in 2013 Basel Art
AFR appoints two bosses to turn around UK business

27 April 2012

Architect promotes studio directors to joint UK managing directors to turn around domestic practice
RMJM parts company with PR advisor

25 Apr 12

Troubled architect is “no longer working” with The Big Partnership
Designs unveiled for Centre Point

24 Apr 12

Drawings detail plans for London landmark’s future
Astudio collects architectural accolade

20 Apr 12

Building Award makes for practice’s perfect night
Green light for Derwent and Crossrail's West End theatre

20 Apr 12

Council grants planning permission for first new theatre in West End for over 30 years
Ken Livingstone backs RIBA manifesto for London

20 Apr 12

Labour candidate for mayor joins Greens and Lib Dems in pledging support for RIBA’s call for good design
Vision for the next 100 years

20 April 2012

University sets sights on ripe old age for green enterprise centre
Arena plan for Battersea Power Station

19 Apr 12

Architect Allies & Morrison offers ‘practical’ proposals for London landmark
Former RIBA president to run for Bristol mayor

19 Apr 12

Architect George Ferguson is first candidate to emerge ahead of referendum
Another RMJM departure as top New York architect resigns

18 Apr 12

US principal and Hillier veteran Steve Gifford the fourth to quit in a matter of days
RIBA exhibitions to celebrate 2012 Olympic construction

18 Apr 12

Olympic stadium, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome among key venues celebrated
Three more senior staff quit RMJM

17 Apr 12

Embattled architect loses figures including group financial director John Douglas
Helping the Bamboo Village grow

16 Apr 12

Visitors to this year’s Ecobuild team up with Ken Shuttleworth
Ken Shuttleworth on the Bamboo Village

13 Apr 12

Architect tells how Building writer inspired Lego project
Whatever happened to RMJM?

13 April 2012

Disastrous cash flow, unpaid staff, an exodus of talent and now under investigation by the Pensions Regulator, even RMJM’s chief executive is appalled by the scars the last few years have left. Will Hurst looks at what went wrong
No manslaughter charge over 'wind tunnel' death

11 Apr 12

CPS advises against prosecuting architect for Leeds tower fatality
London & China drive growth at Make

10 Apr 12

Architect looks east as income from Asia more than trebles
Design Council boss steps down

10 Apr 12

Design Council chief executive David Kester to stand down after nine years - move comes a year after merger with Cabe
RMJM faces official inquiry into pension payments

05 April 2012

Pensions Regulator launches probe into alleged withholding of contributions
The 2012 consultants' salary survey: The measure of things

05 April 2012

The Building/Hays Construction salary survey shows that infrastructure work has provided one of the few escapes in another sobering year for consultants, but the adoption of BIM technology is hitting technical experts hard. Building reports
Austin-Smith Lord woes revealed

29 Mar 12

Beleaguered practice will recoup just over a third of Abu Dhabi debt
Tesco unveils first London housing scheme

28 Mar 12

North East London project built by McClarens and designed by Collado Collins
NPPF: Design review given formal planning status

27 Mar 12

Final planning framework says councils should have regard to Design Review verdicts on plans
RIBA slams listed building VAT plans

27 Mar 12

Government proposal to abolish VAT relief on listed building alterations comes under fire
Crossrail gets green light for Moorgate plans

27 Mar 12

Corporation of London approves retail and commercial development
RMJM New York urges staff to turn up for work

27 Mar 12

Email calls on managers to “convince” unpaid employees to continue working
Maidstone museum reopens

26 Mar 12

Museum reopens after £3m refurbishment
Thumbs up for new Thameside hotel

23 Mar 12

City of London approves Queen Hithe Hotel for shadow of St Paul’s
RMJM Hong Kong hit with £100k staff claim

22 Mar 12

Workers ask for unpaid wages, expenses, and other missing payments
Architects put off by cost of public procurement

22 Mar 12

RIBA research finds almost two-thirds shun process
Farrells land Ally Pally conservation job

21 Mar 12

Architect chosen to come up with ‘imaginative and practical design concepts’ for historic north London landmark
Shuttleworth slams Shard as 'unsustainable'

21 Mar 12

Architect Ken Shuttleworth has labelled the Shard an unsustainable “greenhouse”
Poor planning and design contributed to riots, report finds

20 Mar 12

Leading architect Irena Baumann says regeneration of city centres has created a visable wealth gap
Shenzhen high-rise scheme set to move forward

19 Mar 12

Architect wins approval for 18-tower Galaxy Yabao project in China
Make wins Crown Estate project in West End

19 Mar 12

Architect commissioned to work on £400m St James’s Market
A sight to sea: McAslan's Earls Court scheme approved

16 March 2012

First phase of eight-block Seagrave Road development now set for 2013 start
Morrell: No government u-turn on green agenda

16 March 2012

Paul Morrell says, despite appearances, government not abandoning commitment to sustainability
Southwark housing scheme completes

15 Mar 12

Metaphorm-designed block will house residents of soon-to-be-demolished Heygate Estate
Cabe calls for revisions to landmark Nine Elms plans

15 Mar 12

Watchdog criticises proposals for Vauxhall Square and New Covent Garden Market
Green-light for Cartwright Pickard development

14 Mar 12

Former school site on edge of South Downs is centre for £5.5m development
Imperial College plans 'need more work'

14 Mar 12

Design Council Cabe review issues ‘could try harder’ verdict on White City campus plan
Cabe commends Foster + Partners' Bloomberg HQ

13 Mar 12

Design Council Cabe supports ‘sensitive response’ to ‘challenging site’
Olympic bosses question marketing restrictions on 2012 firms

9 Mar 12

ODA chief exec Dennis Hone and legacy bosses reportedly at loggerheads with Olympics minister at Mipim
Broadway Malyan unveils designs for Turkish skyscraper cluster

9 Mar 12

Architect exhibits major mixed-use scheme at Mipim
Foster + Partners unveils designs for Marseille port revamp

8 Mar 12

Architect unveils designs for historic port at Mipim
Cabe backs Atkins’ standardised school design

8 Mar 12

Design review verdict offers boost to controversial standardisation agenda
Foster & Partners' twin towers set to be built in Paris

7 Mar 12

Landmark Hermitage Plaza project granted ‘Permis de Construie’
Design watchdog warns over 'bargain basement' schools

7 Mar 12

Design Council Cabe’s director criticises government moves to relax space and sustainability standards
Careyjones Chapmantolcher closes northern offices

6 Mar 12

Both Leeds and Manchester offices will close leaving 31 jobs redundant
Huge Nine Elms scheme wins planning

6 Mar 12

Royal Mail developed project, designed by Allies & Morrison, will create 1,870 homes
Mipim mega schemes unveiled

6 Mar 12

Mipim showcases architectural schemes for entire cities and urban neighbourhoods
Cornerstone moves forward with eco-village plan

5 Mar 12

Tim Byles’ new firm agree deals with Plymouth council for zero-carbon village scheme
Conran to design £60m Lambeth school redevelopment

5 Mar 12

Architect Conran + Partners named for project to convert Lilian Baylis School and develop 220 homes
Aberdeen backs £140m garden plan

2 Mar 12

City residents vote in favour of controversial plans to redevelop Union Terrace Gardens
New orders fall 14% in 2011

2 Mar 12

ONS data for fourth quarter of 2011 adds up to bad year for builders
Redeveloping Bart's and Royal London hospitals

02 March 2012

It was tempting to hang a ‘do not resuscitate’ sign on two dingy, barely accessible London hospitals, but Skanska’s redevelopment of the sites has made them functional again - which should perk up medical staff and patients alike
Dev Secs agrees deal to unlock stalled London scheme

1 Mar 12

Sheppard Robson to downsize project on Edgware Rd following deal with supermarket Morrisons
United House appointed for £28m Southwark scheme

1 Mar 12

Contractor chosen by Notting Hill Housing to build PCKO’s Grange Walk project
RMJM hit by another departure

1 Mar 12

Principal landscape architect Kristin Taylor latest to leave the firm, as salary payments delayed again
Plans for Olympic park museum unveiled

28 Feb 12

Museum at the heart of Olympic Park expected to include displays on the construction of the site
Design Council names new London home

28 Feb 12

Innovation charity set for move to Stirling Prize-shortlisted Angel Building
Durkan completes £5.3m Southwark housing scheme

28 Feb 12

Project designed by Metaphorm contains 40 units and is one of borough’s Heygate Estate replacement projects
Cabe considers selling procurement advice

23 Feb 12

Design Council Cabe considers offering advice as paid service
Damien Hirst plans north Devon eco-scheme

20 Feb 12

Richest artist in the world appoints MRJ Rundell & Associates for scheme to build hundreds of landmark eco-homes
Making a splash: Baca Architects' amphibious home

20 Feb 12

The two-storey house will float when the dock beneath it fills with water during floods
ABK shuts British office after 50 years in practice

17 February 2012

Architect famous for provoking Prince Charles’ carbuncle gibe ‘never recovered’
Berkeley Group appoints Rogers for South Bank tower

17 February 2012

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners will design 22-storey tower, in Berkeley’s latest foray into riverside London property
New consultant Rise bags Serpentine pavilion job

17 February 2012

First high-profile contract for firm set up by former Mace figures and architect Gareth Stapleton
Green light for huge Abu Dhabi island scheme

14 Feb 12

Masterplan by architect Broadway Malyan for 680ha Yas Island waterfront community approved by planners
Tony Burton takes policy job at Design Council

14 Feb 12

Former Urban Task Force member gets role on key design body
Designs for Sundance building unveiled

14 Feb 12

Architects BIG and Architectural Nexus win Kimball commission
Tate St Ives architect chosen

9 Feb 12

Jamie Fobert Architects has won the competition to design a new extension of the Tate gallery’s outpost in St Ives, Cornwall
Design Council slams Liverpool Waters plan

8 Feb 12

Design review criticises lack of principles and coherence in masterplan
'Birds Nest' creators to design Serpentine pavilion

7 Feb 12

Architect Herzog + de Meuron and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei to design this year’s Serpentine Gallery pavilion
BIM adoption rocketing, survey finds

6 Feb 12

NBS industry survey shows almost a third of professionals now using BIM
Profits soar at Foster + Partners

3 Feb 12

Architect sees profit rise from £1.6m to £10.9m with most work stemming from Far East
Berkeley and DSDHA housing scheme approved

3 Feb 12

Luxury £60m residential scheme in Westminster is architect’s biggest ever project
Prince calls on engineers to embrace nature

2 Feb 12

Prince of Wales gives first speech to the ICE
OPLC to procure £95m Olympic stadium rebuild

2 Feb 12

Legacy company will ask interested contractors to pre-qualify ‘before Easter’
RMJM voices regret for salary delays

1 Feb 12

Move by firm follows criticism by former design director Paul Stallan
Sheppard Robson's £750m Fitzrovia development at risk

30 Jan 12

Dispute between developer and council over level of affordable housing on ‘Noho Square’ site puts plan at risk
Prince of Wales rebrands his built environment charity

27 Jan 12

Heir to the throne visits London’s Waterloo to launch the Prince’s Foundation for Building Community
RMJM hit by £50k court claim as more staff leave

26 Jan 12

Cash-strapped firm facing creditor’s action as three more top brass depart the practice
BDP scoops planning for Stevenage revamp

25 Jan 12

£250m town centre scheme gets the green light
Government must invest in design, Conran argues

24 Jan 12

Habitat and Design Museum founder says design can invigorate ailing economy
Design Museum unveils £80m plans for new home

24 Jan 12

Design by Architects John Pawson and OMA for museum’s new home at former Commonwealth Institute building
Plans for new Design Museum unveiled

24 Jan 12

John Pawson Architects reveals plans to convert former Commonwealth Institute in Kensington into new Design Museum
AHMM's Blackfriars scheme to go ahead

20 Jan 12

Construction to commence this month after Building publisher UBM signs lease
Croydon tower gets planning permission

19 Jan 12

Croydon council grants permission for £350m 55-storey CZWG tower
Architects’ body attacks RMJM for late pay to staff

19 Jan 12

RIAS says practice should treat staff properly as new redundancies are announced at Scottish office
Top RMJM designer resigns

19 Jan 12

Star name Paul Stallan follows close associate Alistair Brand out of the door
Stanton Williams scoops Mayor's planning prize

17 Jan 12

Architect wins London award for Kings Cross scheme with Argent
RMJM fires managing principal

16 Jan 12

Alistair Brand dismissed on the spot at firm’s Glasgow studio
Architects chosen for £120m Aberdeen garden

16 Jan 12

Deler Scofidio and Renfro team win competition to design Aberdeen’s £120m City Garden project
Farrell opens new Shanghai studio

16 Jan 12

TFP Farrells boosts its presence in China
New King's Cross public square wins planning

13 Jan 12

Stanton Williams-designed scheme will create 7,000m2 of public space outside station
Architects struggle as Archial latest to make cuts

13 January 2012

Up to 15% of Archial staff face redundancy amid restructure as RIBA says profession is ‘fragile’
Landmark registry office opens in Blackpool

12 Jan 12

£2m building by architect dRMM is clad in gold-coloured shingles
RMJM gets permission for 300m high Istanbul tower

11 Jan 12

The 500,000m2 development will include a hotel, offices and apartments
Competition to design Cronton Colliery opens

10 Jan 12

Masterplan of 43ha site should be approached as a blank canvas
Archial to make 15% of staff redundant

9 Jan 12

Major restructuring announced that will see greater collaboration with sister firm Norr
Architect for Bath arts centre chosen

9 Jan 12

University of Bath apppoints Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios to design new Centre for the Arts
Plans submitted for BBC's Wood Lane site

9 Jan 12

Design by architects Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and PLP Architecture incorporates a mixture of housing and work space
Atkins unveils designs for Georgia skyscraper

6 Jan 12

250m-tall tower will be one of the tallest in the region
YRM entered administration before RMJM sale

6 Jan 12

Pre-pack deal leaves majority of staff without two-months’ wages
Will Alsop's The Public could be shut, council admits

6 Jan 12

Controversial £55m art complex in West Bromwich could be closed just four years after opening
Predictions for 2012: The year of the groundhog

06 January 2012

So what does 2012 have in store? Well, there’s the Olympics, of course, and some potentially interesting developments in nuclear power and infrastructure. But mostly it will be a year of battening down the hatches. There will be recklessly low bids for work, some firms will go under, others will seek refuge in emerging Asian markets. Hang on, this all sounds very familiar …
YRM to operate as separate studio after RMJM takeover

06 January 2012

Architecture specialist to work as ‘YRM-Lab’, with few staff transferring to Scottish-based firm
One-bedroom hotel on South Bank opens for 2012

5 Jan 12

David Kohn Architects’ A Room for London is part of the London 2012 Festival
Sheppard Robson scheme in doubt

5 Jan 12

Boris Johnson to commission review of Hammersmith scheme, examining the impact of reducing its height
Plans for £60m Thames pontoon withdrawn

4 Jan 12

Client still committed to the Mace and Gensler scheme but will make amendments following negative reception
UK architect wins competition to masterplan $1bn Iraqi rebuild

4 Jan 12

Architect Assemblage has designed a masterplan for housing which could be rolled out across the country
Eco hotel planned near Bangalore unveiled

4 Jan 12

Architect Mohsin Cooper and engineer Hurleypalmerflatt behind 9,450m2 scheme
RMJM buys YRM

3 Jan 12

Sale of troubled architect confirmed
BDP points to China expansion

3 Jan 12

UK’s largest standalone architect moves into larger Shanghai studio
Make wins planning for Chancery Lane revamp

3 Jan 12

Scheme for 150 Holborn granted permission by Camden council
Foster to design high-speed rail station in Spain

22 Dec 11

Foster + Partners wins competition to design Ourense AVE Station
Boris opposition puts Hammersmith scheme in limbo

19 Dec 11

Council withdraws support for Sheppard Robson-designed scheme
Lloyds building listed at grade I

19 Dec 11

Richard Rogers-designed building in the City of London given the highest level of heritage protection
Viñoly brought in to work on Chelsea Battersea bid

19 Dec 11

Architect will work with Hussey’s Almacantar and Kohn Pedersen Fox
Main contractor sought for £117m Sunderland bridge

19 Dec 11

New Wear Crossing by architect Stephen Spence and engineer Techniker wins £82.5m funding bid from DfT
Architects' workloads slowly rallying, RIBA survey shows

14 Dec 11

Future Trends Index shows larger firms are most optimistic about growth, and some may recruit in the new year
Ex-Austin-Smith:Lord staff launch legal challenge for back pay

14 Dec 11

Staff from the architect’s now closed Abu Dhabi office hope to get paid before other creditors to the firm
Land Trust and RIBA seek design and funding team for Cronton Colliery revamp

13 Dec 11

Former colliery will get a new visitor destination and public space
BIG wins lapland ski resort contest

13 Dec 11

Firm will create a 47,000 sq m ski resort and recreational area in Levi, Finland
Carmody Groarke win Windermere Steamboat Museum competition

13 Dec 11

Project will redevelop museum to display boats associated with Lake Windermere
Austin-Smith:Lord owes staff £850,000

9 Dec 11

MottMacDonald, Mouchel, Arup, Buro Happold and Parsons Brinckerhoff among the creditors to financially troubled architect
Top architects donate Square Mile artwork for charity

9 Dec 11

Work of 100 top architects was auctioned at the 10x10 Drawing the City event
Terry Farrell plots new course for Battersea Power Station

9 Dec 11

Big name architect floats more piecemal approach after financial setback for current plan
Rapper Ice Cube outs himself as an architecture buff

8 Dec 11

Former NWA star lauds the Eames while taking a trip round their LA house
UK has second slowest construction procurement in Europe, report claims

8 Dec 11

Report from the RIAS alleges that only Greece has slower procurement
Herman Hertzberger to receive 2012 Royal Gold Medal for architecture

6 Dec 11

RIBA award is approved by the Queen and recognises international influence
Austin-Smith:Lord reaches agreement with creditors to avoid insolvency

5 Dec 11

The architect still anticipates being paid in full by Abu Dhabi government for work on its cultural quarter
Minister steps in to try to save Austin-Smith:Lord

2 Dec 11

Labour questions government’s lack of success from negotiations with Abu Dhabi government over millions owed to architect
Controversial Hammersmith scheme approved by council

2 Dec 11

Mixed-use plans by King Street Developments and architect Sheppard Robson could face appeal
Austin-Smith:Lord considers takeover plan

02 December 2011

Unpaid fees from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage have landed the firm in financial trouble
Austin-Smith:Lord could be bought out to avoid financial turmoil

29 Nov 11

Austin-Smith:Lord is in talks with another construction industry firm about a possible rescue plan, which would see it being taken over
Austin-Smith:Lord thrown financial lifeline

29 Nov 11

Architect may be able to stave off entering an agreement with creditors as third party offers future funding
New images of Thames Hub unveiled

29 Nov 11

Architect Foster + Partners reveals further work in advance of Oxford Uni lecture
BDP designing major biomass power plant near Sheffield

28 Nov 11

Multi-disciplinary firm working with Bam Nuttall on £120m scheme for E.ON
Abu Dhabi payment raises hopes for Austin-Smith:Lord

25 November 2011

Troubled architect received a part-payment of £2.4m from the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage late last week
Architects’ unemployment rate falls by 16% in a year

25 November 2011

Dropped from 1,220 in October 2010 to 1,030 last month
Mansell completes Hopkins' Nottingham University building

25 November 2011

Engineering and Science Learning Centre cost £10m to build
National Museum of Scotland revamp scoops best building award

25 November 2011

Glasgow-based Gareth Hoskins Architects wins £25,000 prize, the biggest in British architecture
RIBA: Architects should charge extra for green design

25 November 2011

Call from the RIBA’s director of practice to follow US model to create greater ‘transparency’
The notorious work of Richard Seifert

25 November 2011

Ten years after Richard Seifert’s death, Ike Ijeh asks how some of his most well-known works have shaped the architecture of modern Britain - and how controversial they really were
Willmott Dixon to build £33m Redcar leisure and business centre

23 Nov 11

Architects S&P and +3 and engineer Buro Happold are also lined-up to work on the project, which is due to start in the New Year.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands win UCL campus job

23 Nov 11

Architect Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands is already engaged in masterplanning a £500m redevelopment of University College London’s existing site
Tate St Ives reveals design shortlist

23 Nov 11

Architects in running for gallery extension at Tate’s Cornish outpost include practice behind stalled 2005 design
Skanska chooses six architects for UK housing push

18 Nov 11

PRP Architects, Proctor & Matthews and Formation Architects triumph in competition
Outlook for architects' workload remains bleak

18 Nov 11

RIBA Future Trends survey says practices reluctant to take on new staff amid market uncertainty
Arts-led regeneration projects: Join the culture club

18 November 2011

These days museums, art galleries and concert halls are built not for their own sake but in the hope they can transform deprived urban wastelands into vibrant communities. Ike Ijeh looks at the resounding successes - and some abject failures
Arup owed almost £4m by Austin-Smith Lord over Abu Dhabi project

17 Nov 11

Project manager Buro Four also owed £700,000 as Austin-Smith Lord seeks total of £11.3m from client
Lewisham flats development enters third phase

17 Nov 11

Architect BPTW has commenced work on the third phase of its Heathside and Lethbridge estates in Lewisham, London, to deliver a further 214 homes.
New University of Salford student village

17 Nov 11

Hawkins Brown and Urban Initiatives have won planning permission for a new student village at the University of Salford.
Wayne Rooney engages architect to design garden shed

15 Nov 11

Footballer is said to have hired Cheshire firm Pulmann Associates Architects
Austin-Smith:Lord files for CVA to avoid insolvency

14 Nov 11

Firm, one of largest UK architects, has already laid off 70 staff to try and keep itself afloat
Planning permission granted for £70m Barnsley redevelopment

14 Nov 11

52,000 m2 retail-led scheme will replace the existing Metropolitan shopping centre
Rogers hits out at planning reform

14 Nov 11

Architect says NPPF could lead to ‘merging’ of major cities
Bam tops out on Co-op Manchester HQ

11 Nov 11

Image unveiled of progress to 16-storey building
Construction begins on University of Nottingham hotel

11 November 2011

Bam Construct has begun construction on an £18m hotel for the University of Nottingham.
Flood-proof house: Home and dry

11 November 2011

Would you build a house on the Norfolk Broads, one of the most flood-prone areas of the UK? LSI Architects did and its sophisticated design meant getting the project through planning was plain sailing.
New hotel opens in ExCel centre

11 November 2011

£30m Aloft Hotel was designed by Jestico + Whiles
Calatrava paid £13m for unbuilt skyscrapers

10 Nov 11

Santiago Calatrava’s Valencia scheme is unlikely ever to be built
EPR submits Waterloo office scheme for planning

8 Nov 11

Proposed project is opposite London’s famous Old Vic theatre
100 top architects draw Square Mile for charity

4 Nov 11

Fundrasier for Article 25 charity sees 100 architects and engineers each draw a segment of the Square Mile in London
Make Architects appointed on major Hanover Square scheme

4 Nov 11

Project, by Legal & General Property, also involves Mace, WSP Group and EC Harris
BDP to close four regional offices

3 Nov 11

Belfast, Liverpool, Winchester and Edinburgh will all be shut down, architect announces
Lend Lease's £700m Tithebarn scheme shelved

3 Nov 11

Preston redevelopment put on hold as anchor tenant John Lewis pulls out
Tim Byles lines up three architects for Cornerstone

3 Nov 11

Penoyre and Prasad, LSI and Cullinen Architects in discussion with ex-PFS boss
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley wins restoration project

1 Nov 11

Grade-II listed building will house craft busineses and a visitor and education centre
Permission granted for London and Bath Estates' 'Octopus' building

1 Nov 11

Design by Make includes a 50m high LED shroud
Squire and Partners gets green light on Manchester scheme

1 Nov 11

150,000ft2 development designed by architect Squire and Partners will provide office, retail and restaurant space
RIBA launches architects' guides to localism

1 Nov 11

Institute calls on members to embrace government’s controversial planning reforms
Broadway Malyan completes seven Abu Dhabi schools

31 Oct 11

School openings part of 26-school building programme
Vincent Tabak found guilty of Jo Yates murder

28 Oct 11

Buro Happold consultant will spend a minimum of 20 years in jail.
Architectual competitions: Judgement day

28 October 2011

Those judging architectural competitions need to be wise, ethical and very well informed. That’s why the tittle-tattle of public opinion should be ignored
Regional architects suffer most

28 October 2011

RIBA figures show confidence is lowest among architects in Northern Ireland, Wales and the West Country
Stirling prize architect hits back at critics

27 Oct 11

As RIBA president points to jealousy over Zaha’s success
Kingerlee start work on £12.5m college at University of Oxford

26 Oct 11

Bennetts-designed blocks will house 54 postgraduate students
PLP Architecture reveals plans for Chinese 'fashion city'

26 Oct 11

London-based firm will create a 660,000m² urban district
Design Council Cabe director steps down

26 Oct 11

Former director of design review at Cabe, Diane Haigh, leaves the newly merged organisation
RIBA launches MBA in architectural and construction management

25 Oct 11

Course is intended to help architects improve fee-earning potential
BIG wins Swiss competition to renovate 1960s warehouse

25 Oct 11

Danish firm will refurbish the existing ‘Transitlager’ to create a multi-use development
Architects' confidence falls further, RIBA survey claims

25 Oct 11

Predictions for workloads and staffing levels both fell in September, according to Future Trends survey
Bethnal Green project scoops RICS project of the year award

24 Oct 11

Town Hall Hotel and Apartments scheme by Rare Architecture and contractor MP Brothers wins highest honour
Scottish architects shortlisted for top award

24 Oct 11

RIAS Andrew Doolan prize is worth £25,000 to the winner - the richest in British architecture
Architects defend T-Pylon's RIBA victory

21 October 2011

Judges say the winning design ‘offered the most improvement’ and that the popular Plexus pylon would have cost more
RIBA membership fees frozen for third year in a row

21 October 2011

Brady says move is intended to ‘help architects through challenging times’
Up to 100 BDP staff to lose jobs after project delay

20 Oct 11

Cuts follow ‘pause’ in design process of £420m Brighton hospital job and public sector cuts
Reiach & Hall and Aedas triumph at design awards

19 Oct 11

Reiach & Hall named architectural practice of the year at Roses Design Awards while Aedas Architects takes home the Architecture Grand Prix
University of Surrey: Gold-standard education

19 Oct 11

The University of Surrey’s £10.8m integrated learning centre and languages department, designed by RMJM’s London studio, has been completed
Olympic bridge completed

19 Oct 11

A key footbridge linking the Olympic Stadium and aquatics centre has been completed, the ODA has announced.
Developers should pay for design review, official report says

18 Oct 11

Bishop Review, commissioned by Design Council Cabe, sets out future for the organisation
Capita Symonds snaps up architect ESA

18 Oct 11

Over 60 staff to join the consultant’s architecture business
Developers forced to defend NPPF lobbying efforts

18 Oct 11

National Trust chair accuses builders of “most intense lobbying” over planning changes
Design Council Cabe questions floating Thames walkway scheme

14 Oct 11

Design watchdog joins architect Graham Morrison in raising objections to Boris Johnson-backed project
RIBA membership fees frozen

14 Oct 11

Subscription fee pegged at same level for third year in a row as institute acknowledges hard times
Danish architect wins pylon competition

14 Oct 11

T-shaped design by Bystrup could be next generation of pylon design
Skanska to build first UK resi scheme

14 October 2011

Skanska has received full planning consent for its first UK residential development scheme
Trafford Wharf complete

14 October 2011

Design practice Form Associates’ Trafford Wharf Promenade has opened
Robert Adam offers rival plans for Poole harbour

13 Oct 11

Neo-classical architect seeks to usurp HKR for redevelopment of West Quay site
London firm wins Paris residential job

13 Oct 11

London-based Farshid Moussavi Architecture has won a competition to design a major residential complex in the La Defense district of Paris.
Derwent London wins planning for £105m redevelopment

12 Oct 11

Project in London’s EC1 will include office, retail and private residential space
West Ham Olympic bid thrown out

11 Oct 11

Olympic legacy firm ends negotiations and plans to let the stadium according to reports
Bennetts unveils designs for Hornsey theatre

10 Oct 11

Architect plans to convert grade-II listed north London building
Architects brand Stirling judges ‘politically dumb'

07 October 2011

Anger after Zaha Hadid’s ‘expensive’ school design takes architecture prize in climate of austerity
Top 200 consultants: Architects are top performers

07 October 2011

Architects were top performers in Building’s top 200 consultants league tables
Hadid's Evelyn Grace Academy: Gove won’t like it

6 Oct 11

Zaha Hadid’s school runs counter to today’s politically austere mood, but this inspiring piece of design is a worthy winner of this year’s Stirling prize
Architects question 'politically dumb' Stirling prize

4 Oct 11

Former RIBA president questions decision to award prize to expensive school in current economic climate
Design team appointed on St Katharine Docks upgrade

4 Oct 11

Buckley Gray Yeoman and Morey Smith will renovate and refurbish existing offices at the London marina
Architects fear shrink in work

30 September 2011

RIBA survey shows drop in confidence about future workloads
FCBS to redevelop hospital

30 September 2011

City and Country Group has appointed architects to redevelop Bristol hospital site
RIBA trends survey reveals architects' worsening fears

26 Sep 11

Firms predicting a shrinking workload, with the public sector attracting the most pessimism
Ten teams shortlisted for Olympic Park legacy work

23 Sep 11

Competition for south and north parks attracts international architects
Eight architects battle for mental health job

23 Sep 11

AHMM and Allies and Morrison among those shortlisted for London NHS job
Rafael Viñoly's Firstsite centre: show time

23 September 2011

Rafael Viñoly’s latest UK building finally takes centre stage, but why was it nearly undone by delays, overspends and legal spats? Thomas Lane reports, while below Ike Ijeh asks if it was worth all the pain
Ryder Architecture merges with London practice JAA

22 Sep 11

Firms merge in effort to boost offering in UK and in countries including China
Shoe box homes is RIBA's Gerald Ratner moment

21 Sep 11

Report on size of new homes could have devastating impact on housing development
Design Council announces grant recipients

15 Sep 11

Grants totalling £114,000 will be spent on local design review panels and community projects
RIBA reveals pylon competition finalists

14 Sep 11

Read our summary of the six designs and vote for your favourite
New Riba president hits out at 'bane' of procurement

12 Sep 11

Inuagural speech by Angela Brady pledges reform while outgoing president attacks coalition
Dartford masterplan wins planning

12 Sep 11

Delancey and Essential Land scheme designed by Grid will provide up to 1,050 homes
RIBA awards shortlist announced

09 September 2011

The RIBA has announced the shortlists for its 2011 awards series.
UK construction industry launches Iraq trade mission

8 Sep 11

Representatives from Atkins and Maber heading to Iraq in bid to win commercial and residential contracts
Labour launches creative network to boost arts

8 Sep 11

Labour party launches new initiative aimed at boosting the creative industries in the UK
RMJM director joins Pringle Brandon Drew

6 Sep 11

Miriam White will lead architect practice with John Drew
Ground Zero: The world's emptiest space

02 September 2011

Until the physical gap is filled, the emotional void of 9/11 will continue to haunt the city. Ike Ijeh looks at how designers, architects and builders are working to do justice to the significance of the site. Photography by Keith Kleiner
New RIBA boss wants architects to take lead

02 September 2011

Angela Brady calls for architects to be reinstated as project leaders
Procurement: Design in the dumps

02 September 2011

‘Design and dump’ procurement wastes contractors’ skills, distorts the market and pushes up costs for the client, says Steve Hale. But change is on the way
The case for skyscrapers: Scaling new heights

02 September 2011

The 9/11 attacks made us nervous about erecting tall buildings but actually we need them more than ever - after all, they offer a more sustainable solution than urban sprawl
WTC Tower 3 architect calls for push on stalled scheme

02 September 2011

British architect says developer Silverstein must secure private financing
Broadway Malyan to design world’s third tallest tower

1 Sep 11

Architect opens a studio in Turkey to support design of 571m tall skyscraper
An emergency shelter with a difference

1 Sep 11

This ‘origami’ shelter is one of many concepts being exhibited in Australia to highlight the effects of Japan’s natural disasters
London Square gains two new sites

1 Sep 11

Developer has made plans in Shoreditch and Putney
RIBA launches competition to redevelop £13m college

31 Aug 11

Winning design team will redevelop Bird College in Sidcup
Angela Brady becomes RIBA president

31 Aug 11

Second woman to hold post will begin two-year tenure on 1 September
Government drops VAT changes to contracts

26 August 2011

Housing associations say changes to design and build contracts would have cost the sector millions
Restarting work on Universities: Any news is good news

26 August 2011

Financial uncertainty can dampen any spending mood. But now the government has set funding and raised tuition fees, UK universities are getting on with attracting students – which means restarting schemes put on hold during the recession.
Eight architects shortlisted for Steamboat museum

25 Aug 11

Niall McLaughlin Architects on shortlist for Lake Windermere visitor attraction
Architects' e-petition renews call for procurement reform

25 Aug 11

Move follows call for change made by Rab Bennetts, RIBA and Design Council Cabe
A third of architects expect workloads to fall

22 Aug 11

RIBA monthly survey also shows increasing pessimism over staffing levels
V&A appoints ZMMA to refurbish Europe galleries

19 Aug 11

Refurbishment of seven galleries will complete restoration of front wing of London musuem
Rafael Vinoly breaks ground at Oxford labs

19 Aug 11

Mathematical Institute will be the main academic centre for 900 undergrads
Will Alsop names new practice ‘ALL Design’

18 Aug 11

Alsop announces up to fifteen staff will jump ship with him from RMJM
Designs unveiled for Old Oak Common ‘super hub’

12 Aug 11

Transport interchange will link High Speed 2 and Crossrail
Will Alsop leaves RMJM

8 Aug 11

Architect known for his many career moves sets up new practice with collleague
Boosting Baghdad

05 August 2011

Architect Broadway Malyan has delivered the concept masterplan for a 17km2 extension to Sadr City in Baghdad. The scheme, worth $10bn (£6.12bn), will be built in the area formerly known as being one of the most dangerous in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein. The district will house over 500,000 inhabitants.
Design Council Cabe backs RIBA's procurement reform

05 August 2011

Incoming RIBA president plans to tackle public sector design procurement that penalises small firms
SME profile: Chapman Workhouse

05 August 2011

Duo behind architect firm Chapman Workhouse reveal how combining skills has paid off
Titanic Belfast Visitor Centre: Now waterproof

05 August 2011

Aluminium rainscreen panels have been installed on the attraction
New York architect bags New Holland job

2 Aug 11

Brit David Chipperfield loses out to US firm WORKac in Russian competition organised by Architecture Foundation
Broadway Malyan reveals plan for $10bn project in Iraq

2 Aug 11

Scheme involves a 17km2 extension of Sadr City in Baghdad
Ruskin Square: New-look Croydon

29 July 2011

Foster + Partners’ designed scheme includes office space and 600 homes
The London 2012 Aquatics Centre: Star of the show?

27 Jul 11

Zaha Hadid’s £269m contribution to the Olympics is complete – and it has both triumphs and disappointments
Presumption in favour?

27 Jul 11

Design Council Cabe’s Rachel Fisher on what the new planning framework means for design
Foster + Partners’ Ruskin Square wins planning

22 Jul 11

Nine acre mixed-use scheme in Croydon approved
Designs for King's Cross public square unveiled

22 Jul 11

Architect Stanton Williams behind 7,000m² new London space
Kensington and Chelsea College opens

22 July 2011

Dixon Jones Architects’ £14.5m Kensington and Chelsea College has opened.
Velodrome tipped to win Stirling prize

21 Jul 11

Hopkins’ 2012 venue leads the pack of six finalists for the architectural gong
Lincolnshire 'pods' open to the public

15 Jul 11

S&P-designed project provides leisure and sport facilities
City living: North Wharf Gardens, London

15 July 2011

Farrells Architects’ mixed-use developement is part of the Paddington Basin regeneration scheme
Durham University’s Business School: Flexible studies

15 July 2011

GSS Architecture has submitted a planning application for a £10m extension to Durham University’s Business School
Rees: refurbishment will replace skyscrapers

15 July 2011

City of London planning officer has seen growth in applications to refurbish office blocks
UK's largest museum opens

15 July 2011

Liverpool Museum, the UK’s largest national museum to be built in over 100 years, opens next week.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins Fulham Wharf planning

13 Jul 11

Residential towers and a Sainsbury’s superstore form part of Thames scheme praised by Cabe
Liverpool museum to open next week

13 Jul 11

Danish architect 3XN’s museum is the UK’s largest to be built in over 100 years
Generation BIM: Creating the infrastructure

08 July 2011

Yes, we’ve heard it all before - but this time BIM really is going mainstream, says Simon Rawlinson. Now, its development needs to be driven by the industry’s future leaders
The National Maritime Museum: Time and a place

08 July 2011

The National Maritime Museum’s £35m extension reconciles the rich architectural heritage of its Greenwich home with the need to provide thoroughly modern facilities. Building celebrates a building firmly anchored to its surroundings
HOK makes key appointment to drive expansion

1 Jul 11

Richard Gammon recruited as new director of aviation and transportation
Serpentine Pavilion: A natural observatory

28 Jun 11

This year’s design, by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, seeks to inspire visitors to observe nature
Atkins wins RIBA competition for Qatar school

28 Jun 11

The firm will design the Sherborne Qatar School in Doha
Architects should expect sharp reduction in work says RIBA

27 Jun 11

The Future Trends survey paints a gloomy picture
BIM project to show savings

24 June 2011

A commercial building will be developed using BIM from start to finish, with the hope of showing how 50% savings can be made
Ken Shuttleworth: No more crazy shapes & silly profiles

24 June 2011

Ken Shuttleworth, the man behind the Gherkin, doesn’t ’get’ the Shard, reckons the era of tall glass boxes is over and thinks a lot of designers are really egotistical. So why does the founder of Make think this is such a great time to be an architect? He tells Building.
Prize giving: British Council for School Environments' annual award

24 June 2011

Architect Architype was named school architect of the year at the British Council for School Environments’ annual award ceremony this week.
Sainsbury Laboratory: Nurture vs nature

24 June 2011

Stanton Williams’ serene Sainsbury Laboratory combines classicism with modernism while remaining anchored to its natural surroundings
Architype scoops three schools awards

23 Jun 11

Architect triumphs at annual British Council for School Environments ceremony
Aukett's losses triple in 'depressed' market

21 Jun 11

Architect reports falling half year revenue but says profits will return
Architects against anti-social behaviour

10 June 2011

?Public sector insurer Zurich Municipal has released a series of design guides aimed at cutting the cost of crime and anti-social behaviour in the education sector.
Engineering Britain's biggest retained facade: Going to great lengths

10 June 2011

?This was once a dilapidated hotel that just so happened to be on prime land overlooking Hyde Park. To convert it into luxury flats the whole thing had to be demolished and rebuilt – apart from the facade. Building talks to the team responsible for the largest ever retained Victorian elevation in the country
River trip: Zaha Hadid's Riverside Transport Museum

10 June 2011

Far from the Olympic aquatics centre, the first of Zaha Hadid’s big UK projects is complete. Building reviews her dramatic and somewhat psychedelic transport museum in Glasgow
The construction strategy: Together at last?

10 June 2011

The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
Design Council names Paul Finch deputy chair

7 Jun 11

Little room for former Cabe commissioners as merged body announces board
Opik to present RIBA charity auction: 24 June

27 May 11

Fundraiser to help architecture students facing hardship will be held in June
BIM could cost QSs £2k per person

27 May 2011

Davis Langdon estimates that for QSs, the industry bill could reach £82m for training
De-coding BIM

27 May 2011

Building information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don’t even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work
Hands up if you can cut 20%

27 May 2011

We’re all more or less signed up to the government’s target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. Building asked three construction professionals what they would do
Architects required for Glasgow 2014 stadium design

25 May 11

Interested parties should submit expressions of interest before 17 June
Buro Happold and NEX combine for Chelsea pavilion

24 May 11

Design of Chelsea Flower Show exhibit based on how plants grow
CZWG and Holder Mathias unveil £70m Barnsley plan

24 May 11

Regeneration follows Will Alsop’s ’Tuscan hill-top’ vision
Architect workload growth halts

24 May 11

Monthly RIBA survey shows falling confidence in new work
Architects challenged to redesign the electricity pylon

23 May 11

Government and RIBA launch design competition to improve on 84-year old design
BDP low carbon flats

20 May 2011

BDP has revealed its design for a “very-low carbon” apartment building in Nanjing, China
Hopkins leads the pack at RIBA awards

19 May 11

Hopkins’ velodrome among the winners at the 2011 RIBA awards
CAD images: Where have all the humans gone?

13 May 2011

There’s nothing so seductive as a CAD image of your dream project, computer-generated visualisations of how we want the world to be. Trouble is, they’re divorced from reality
Liverpool council to build 'easy to convert' schools

13 May 2011

Following James Review recommendations council is looking at ’airport terminal-style schools’
Period drama: The Holburne Museum

13 May 2011

Bathonians were up in arms when Eric Parry Architects sought to add a modern extension to an 18th century, grade I-listed building. But the architect won out and the Holburne Museum shouldn’t have anyone reaching for the smelling salts
Brit makes St Petersburg cultural quarter shortlist

12 May 11

David Chipperfield is on a shortlist of four for the prestigious design competition
Zaha Hadid makes rich list with £37m fortune

10 May 11

Architect appears on list for first time but wealth dwarved by other construction multi-millionaires
RCA head of architecture steps down

9 May 11

Nigel Coates leaves his position at the London college after 16 years to concentrate on his design practice
Wolverton Park: urban retreat

06 May 2011

A £35m residential development in Milton Keynes has been selected as the sole UK entry in an international shortlist of nominees for the Urban Land Institute’s Awards for Excellence
Zaha Hadid sets sights on London skyline

06 May 2011

Architect wants to move into high-rise commercial development
Ballymore submits plans for US embassy area

5 May 11

Terry Farrell’s 15-acre masterplan for area around proposed US embassy goes in for planning
BIG and Buro win Albanian culture complex

5 May 11

Designs unveiled for 27,000m2 project featuring an unenclosed mosque and public square
Who's afraid of Zaha Hadid?

5 May 11

London developers are, says the world-renowned architect. But that’s not going to stop her increasing her presence in the UK and following up her aquatics centre success with tall buildings in the capital. She talks about work, high points and low - and why her clubbing days are over
The James Review: Now it's up to us

28 April 2011

The James Review talks a lot of sense and clarifies what challenges lie ahead. It should inspire architects to use the best of their skills to meet them
City limits: 5 Broadgate

21 April 2011

British Land and Make have received planning permission to revelop 5 Broadgate in the City of London
More Moorish: Tottenham Town Hall

21 April 2011

United House and bptw have completed the refurbishment of Tottenham Town Hall
Sloping off: a:b:i:r architects Brighton house

21 April 2011

The house optimises its sloping gradient with lower ground floor bedrooms
Gherkin architect pronounces death of the skyscraper

20 Apr 11

Shard and Cheesegrater part of a dying breed, says Ken Shuttleworth
British Land and Make win planning for City project

19 Apr 11

12-storey office block will replace four buildings in Broadgate
Cartwright Pickard wins planning for £3m Sheffield scheme

18 Apr 11

Arundel Street mixed-use project includes office, retail and 72 student flats
Andy Von Bradsky: A man of parts

15 April 2011

At the heart of Andy Von Bradsky’s business strategy as boss of PRP is a paradox: to survive as an architect, you have to stop just being an architect. It’s time we used all the skills at our disposal, he says
Aedas expands into Canada

8 Apr 11

Toronto office opened on back of design of new subway stations
Capita to cull 40 architects

8 Apr 11

Consultant tells staff its London design studio will close
Guy's Hospital Tower refurbishment: Nurse, the screens

08 April 2011

Penoyre & Prasad is giving Guy’s Hospital Tower – a brutalist eyesore in central London – a new £25m facade. But, says Ike Ijeh, it will take more than a clever bit of cosmetic surgery to turn this one into a looker
Make submits new design for Cherry Orchard Road

5 Apr 11

Fifty-four storey Croydon scheme goes in for planning
Funding package agreed for Stonehenge

5 Apr 11

Culture minister says £27m visitor centre now back on track
Prisk seeks to reassure architects over standardisation drive

4 Apr 11

Good design can help save costs, says minister
Design Council opens "root and branch" review of Cabe

1 Apr 11

Consultation starts as two bodies formally merge
Architects wary of government’s standardisation drive

01 April 2011

Architects warn the government not to cut them out of public sector construction
Pritzker prize winner

01 April 2011

Portugese architect, Eduardo Souto de Moura, has been awarded the highest honour in architecture: the Pritzker prize.The 58-year-old architect who designed Braga stadium (pictured) and the Burgo Tower in Porto, will receive a $100,000 grant and a bronze medallion. He is the second Portugese architect to win the prize, following Alvaro Silva in 1992.
Remixed: Ab Rogers interview

01 April 2011

Ab Rogers, son of Richard, flopped at school, became a hippy, and is, by his own father’s judgment, ’pretty crazy’. None of that stops him being a sought after UK designer trusted with designs for the likes of Pizza Express and the Fat Duck. Meet a true individual
Step 1: Standardise your public building

01 April 2011

Efficiency has long eluded the construction industry - but now the government is demanding cuts in costs of up to 20%. So any company wanting public sector work had better think up some pretty clever ways to help make that happen
Coop Himmelb(l)au reveals design for Albanian Parliament

31 Mar 11

New Parliament building featuer a glass cone wrapped in a perforated steel skin
Souto de Moura wins 2011 Pritzker prize

29 Mar 11

Architect becomes second from Portugal to win prestigious trophy
Make's Swire Hotel in Cheltenham

25 March 2011

?Make Architects’ first hotel has opened in Cheltenham
Strathclyde University: BDP's innovation hub

25 March 2011

BDP has won a design competition for a £89m Technology and Innovation Centre at Strathclyde university
RIBA takes action against student low pay

24 Mar 11

Ruth Reed orders members to adhere to minimum rates of pay
Eco-mansion: Living off the land

18 March 2011

Architect Scott Brownrigg has submitted a planning application for this “eco-mansion” in Medmenham, Buckinghamshire
Morrisons fund RMJM

18 March 2011

The Morrison family is to provide £8m funding to troubled architect RMJM
HOK named master architect at Gatwick

11 Mar 11

Contract win is architect’s fourth major aviation project, after Heathrow, Cork and Dublin jobs
Foreign Office Architects designs for John Lewis released

10 Mar 11

New images of New Street Station development released by Network Rail
Squire and Partners to review £400m Columbus Tower

10 Mar 11

Chelsea Barracks architect to take on Mark Weintraub’s controversial 63-storey Docklands tower
Protestors won't stop Earl's Court, says developer

8 Mar 11

Redevelopment of majority of site will go ahead even if residents block building on local authority-owned land
Is anybody listening? Architect's future under the coalition

04 March 2011

In its scorched earth policy of slashing costs, the government thinks architects and design are almost entirely dispensible. It’s our job to convince them otherwise
FaulknerBrowns wins design role on Newcastle Science Central

1 Mar 11

Architects will design the Gateway building to the 24-acre city centre development
St Modwen submits planning for £70m Longbridge scheme

28 Feb 11

New town centre will include 24 new shops and restuarants as well as 40 apartments
Award-winning schools architect fires salvo at government

25 Feb 11

Westminster Academy architect Paul Monaghan says government risks wasting “last six years”
A fine romance: Cabe and the Design Council

25 February 2011

Some may grumble about the match but bringing Cabe and the Design Council together might be the best thing to have happened to design for 60 years
Architects pessimistic as work gets harder to come by

25 February 2011

Future Trends survey shows lack of confidence in the market
Feilden Clegg Bradley pulls out of Libya after killing of protesters

21 Feb 11

Practice will not return to country if Gaddafi remains in power, says managing partner
Cabe name at risk as Design Council merger is finalised

18 February 2011

Paul Finch will move with 20 staff to Design Council, but future of brand will be consulted on
Westminster council paves way for Cucumber tower

17 Feb 11

Designs for controversial Paddington skyscraper approved
Merger will see Cabe funding halved

14 Feb 11

Government will spend “under £3m” for two years as merger with Design Council confirmed
Shapps confirms Cabe merger with Design Council

11 Feb 11

Wait is over as government confirms Cabe’s work will move across
Architects and recession: Battered, bruised and broke

11 February 2011

Architects have taken a beating over the past two years, but have they suffered any permanent damage? How are the UK’s top listed practices faring, and what impact is the recession having on design quality?
BIG to design New York pyramid-style residential scheme

8 Feb 11

Danish architect promises a hybrid of European courtyard and Manhattan skyscraper
Winners announced for ‘A Room for London’

8 Feb 11

David Kohn and Fiona Banner will create temporary installation on Southbank Centre
Profits almost treble at Zaha Hadid

4 Feb 11

Revenue also booms as Middle Eastern clients are drawn to practice’s international fame
Aukett turnover halves as Russia and Middle East slump

04 February 2011

Architect expands into Brazil to increase workload after revenues dive in 2010
John Drew: The new power house

04 February 2011

For years, John Drew has been best known as the architect who advised on the masterplan for Battersea Power Station. Now he’s joined forces with Jack Pringle and has a possible £300m worth of schemes on the horizon. Emily Wright finds him in bullish mood
Video: Birmingham Library fly-through

04 February 2011

Exterior and interior features highlighted in £188m development
CLS unveils proposals for £250m Vauxhall Cross scheme

3 Feb 11

Mixed-use redevelopment by Allies & Morrison near US embassy will include aerial walkways
Cabe to be wound up with just 20 staff moving to Design Council

1 Feb 11

Leaked letter shows all funding to be cut from 2013
Greenwich council green lights Thames cable car plan

1 Feb 11

Proposal for 1.1km crossing now goes to Mayor for approval
Cabe merger with Design Council imminent

31 Jan 11

Announcement hoped this week as sign off delayed by Cabinet Office
McAslan clinches Dulwich College masterplan

31 Jan 11

Architect wins competition to draw up masterplan for refurbishment and remodelling of Grade II-listed school
Walk on water: London River Park

28 January 2011

Gensler’s floating Thames promenade wins Mayor’s Award for Planning Excellence
AKT wins role on £400m ski-slope incinerator

27 Jan 11

Copenhagan design by BIG architects combines leisure and waste energy plant
Farrell submits Paddington Basin final phase masterplan

24 Jan 11

Terry Farrell and Partners’ plan for five mixed-use buildings has been submitted to Westminster City council for planning consent
Animal hospital shortlisted for Civic Trust Award

24 Jan 11

Archial in the running for award for scheme at Glasgow University
Rogers dropped from housing competition

21 Jan 11

Architect’s designs for Taylor Wimpey expensive and hard to sell
Austin-Smith:Lord partner exits in restructure

21 January 2011

Architecture firm cuts jobs as it shifts focus, including partner who helped re-develop the business
Arup cuts 15% of UK staff

18 Jan 11

New UK boss Robert Care completes cull losing 670 posts
Rob Firth leaves Austin-Smith:Lord after restructure

17 Jan 11

Executive partner will go to HOK less than a year after joining firm
New industrialists: Waste and power station design

14 January 2011

Dark satanic mills were once, in fact, exuberant celebrations of technology and design. Now Cabe’s new guidelines on power stations and waste facilities will try to put the architecture back into industry
RMJM sued by US staff for unpaid bonuses

7 Jan 11

Scottish architect accused in US court of not meeting $664,000 guarantee
Fancy a half at your heritage local?

07 January 2011

Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they’re in the City or the shires. They can’t all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you
Five projects in 2011 worth getting excited about

07 January 2011

The public sector fairy tale is well and truly over - but that doesn’t mean that work in 2011 will completely dry up. Here are five of the most exciting projects of the year ahead.
Jakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole

07 January 2011

Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane’s provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
Architects fear further staff cuts

20 Dec 10

Riba survey shows deepening gloom over falling workloads
Stadium specialist Populous to bid for Baghdad complex

17 Dec 10

Stadium architect Populous is attempting to move into Iraq with a bid for a 100,000-seat stadium and sports complex outside Baghdad
RIBA tables design review bid to ministers

17 Dec 10

Institute’s proposal is seen as rival to Cabe’s proposed Design Council merger
Cabe agrees rescue deal with Design Council

15 Dec 10

Design review and enabling role will continue if ministers rubber-stamp bodies’ merger agreement
Make's Broadgate scheme goes to planning

10 Dec 10

Broadgate development by British Land and Blackstone include four City trading floors for UBS
Bloomberg selects Foster & Partners for London HQ

6 Dec 10

US media giant signs deal for 500,000ft2 London home, says FT
Architects charge council £1m in BSF consultancy fees

3 Dec 10

Birmingham council’s payments reignite criticism of architects ’creaming off cash’ from projects
Hopkins and ISG win St Thomas' hospital job

1 Dec 10

Firms selected to reclad 13-storey tower in central London
V&A unveils design shortlist for London museum extension

30 Nov 10

Museum invites seven architectural practices to submit proposals for its Exhibition Road extension
British architects targeted by Chinese fraudsters

26 November 2010

Broadway Malyan and Aedas among those to have identities faked by firms bidding for work in China
Foster poaches Roger Ridsdill-Smith from Arup

25 Nov 10

Ridsdill-Smith will head up architect’s engineering design team
Queen unveils design for Foster's Abu Dhabi museum

25 Nov 10

Zayed National Museum on Saadiyat Island will showcase the history and culture of the Emirates
Bennett's Royal Shakespeare Company takes centre stage

24 Nov 10

This £12m refurbishment of the Stratford theatre should be a hit with audiences
Boyes Rees unveils £10m mental health unit

24 Nov 10

Unit for 26 patients opens in South Wales
Architecture plb wins planning for £9m residential school

24 Nov 10

Tower Hamlets school for boys with behavioural difficulties will start on site in March 2011
Barratt to use Building for Life tool

19 Nov 10

Housebuilder makes pledge as 10 housing design winners are recognised
Creditors demand probe into DEGW directors

19 November 2010

Questions over whether DEGW kept creditors informed over worsening financial position
Morrell berates architects

19 November 2010

Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell compared the “irrational exuberance” in recent architecture to the hedonism of the financial markets in a speech yesterday.
Prince’s Foundation pursues Cabe’s role

19 November 2010

Traditionalist body will offer design review services “notwithstanding the opinions of a London architectural elite”
Manchester architect wins planning for £9m Everton scheme

16 Nov 10

Four-storey development designed by Formroom will house club shop, museum and hospitality suites
Battersea Power Station gets green light

12 Nov 10

Proposed scheme includes £200m for a two station extension of the Northern Line from Kennington
Make's £100m Cube: Birmingham cubed

12 November 2010

The Second City’s Jewellery Quarter inspired the facade of Make’s astonishing Cube development. But as with any box of jewels, its real treasures are inside
Delays push Olympic aquatic centre cost up £11m

9 Nov 10

Zaha Hadid stadium will now cost £268m and extra heating may be needed
Consortium designs Antarctic research station

9 Nov 10

British-South Korean team releases first image of its competition entry for the Korean Polar Research Institute
Hammerson seeks planning for London Wall scheme by Make

9 Nov 10

Hammerson hopes to complete the 500,000ft2 development by 2014
Benoy and Arup lead UK charge in China trade mission

8 Nov 10

Masterplanner David Lock Associates joins architect and engineer in winning work in the country
Prince’s Foundation clashes with RIBA on design reviews

05 November 2010

Battle to take over Cabe’s job hots up as architects claim foundation would be ’entirely inappropriate’
Kengo Kuma wins V&A Dundee contest

3 Nov 10

Japanese architect’s ’bold and ambitious’ building wins international competition to design Scottish museum
Hadid to design new Serpentine gallery

2 Nov 10

Former munitions depot to be transformed into a comtemporary art space by award-winning architect
What a carve up! HTA crowns its Pump-king

1 Nov 10

HTA’s architects turn their attention to the emerging pumpkin sector in their halloween design comp
RIBA slams Prince's Foundation design review bid

29 Oct 10

President Ruth Reed says Charles’ charity ’entirely inappropriate’ to take on Cabe role
Foster scoops Luxembourg scheme

29 October 2010

Architect wins competition to design mixed-use scheme in Luxembourg City
Government in race to find replacements for Cabe

28 Oct 10

Ministers and officials want to see design review process and other key functions continue
Reports of 3i’s Foster + Partners sell-off ‘wide of the mark’

22 October 2010

Source close to 3i plays down rumours of a sell off of its 40% stake in the architecture practice
Wilkinson Eyre: Twin peaks

22 October 2010

Ten years ago Building interviewed a young architectural practice called Wilkinson Eyre. A decade and two Stirling prizes later, we return to ask its principals how it feels to become part of the design establishment - and on the top of their game.
Shapps on scrapping of Cabe

20 Oct 10

Housing minister confirms DCMS and communties department both to withdraw funding
Belfast's New Library scoops RICS sustainability award

19 Oct 10

Queen’s University library was built with an open-plan approach and with materials that can be recycled after use
3i to dispose of stake in Foster + Partners

18 Oct 10

Private equity firm sounds out banks about possible sale of shares
Cabe merger with English Heritage ruled out

14 Oct 10

Letter from Cabe boss to staff suggests option of a merger has been dismissed although future is still unclear
Glasgow hospital scoops prime minister's award

14 Oct 10

New Stobhill Hospital, designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, praised for focusing on patient needs
Boyes Rees bags £6.9m Waitrose store

13 Oct 10

Henry Boot Developments picks Cardiff architects for supermarket in Warminster
Renzo Piano unveils pavilion in LA

12 Oct 10

Resnick Pavilion increases exhibition space at Los Angeles County Museum of Art by 45,000 sq ft
Libeskind to design Essex University building

12 Oct 10

Star architect, who studied at Essex, has been picked for ’multi-million pound’ building
Foster's design for Qatar 2022 World Cup bid

11 Oct 10

Lusail Iconic Stadium will seat over 86,000 people and have a retractable roof
David Chipperfield wins Royal Gold Medal

8 Oct 10

RIBA awards Stirling Prize winner the 2011 Royal Gold Medal for architecture
Charles speaks out on Chelsea Barracks

8 Oct 10

Future monarch describes Rogers Stirk Harbour scheme as “insane”
Aukett will eliminate £1.4m debt by year end

8 Oct 10

Architect to announce loss but no debt in January
Cabe braces itself for the worst as quango cull nears

08 October 2010

The design watchdog, the CITB and the Homes and Communities Agency to learn their fate next week
Second best is no good at all: impressions from the Labour party conference

08 October 2010

Fresh from the Labour conference, Amanda Levete muses on the pointlessness of second place, the deviousness of committees and the role of a great leader in making great buildings
Scott Brownrigg's Bodleian storage facility

7 Oct 10

The £26m building can hold up to eight million volumnes from the libraries’ collections
New York mosque drawings unveiled

6 Oct 10

First images by SOMA Architects show how the controversial Park51 community centre could look
Foster posts £18.5m loss

5 Oct 10

Accounts reveal highest paid director, assumed to be Norman Foster, received £90k pay rise despite continued losses
Hastings Pier destroyed by fire

5 Oct 10

Fire service says 95% of upper structure is ruined just a day after the launch of a redevelopment competition
Hadid's Maxxi wins Stirling prize

4 Oct 10

Zaha Hadid beats off five other nominations to scoop £20k prize
Spurs mount joint bid with AEG for Olympic stadium

1 Oct 10

Club reveals alternative plans for a new ground on day Haringey council approve Make’s redesign for White Hart Lane
Bad debt in Middle East pushes Make into £900k loss

01 October 2010

UK revenue plummets in 2009 as private sector dries up but growth in China boosts future prospects
Sacred cow burgers

01 October 2010

Whatever you think of the coalition, it’s pretty clear it needs help. Luckily construction is in a great position to provide it, but it needs to slaughter a few horned beasties first
Animated copper facade by Atelier KAAMA in Prague

30 Sep 10

Architect specifies three different shades of copper cladding that will weather at different rates
V&A at Dundee: six architects reveal their vision

29 Sep 10

Victoria and Albert Museum launches competition for a design centre on Dundee’s waterfront
New wing to Kew's herbarium opens

29 Sep 10

Edward Cullinan Architects’ design will house upto 50,000 new plant specimens a year
Archial sold to Canadian consultant

28 Sep 10

Toronto-based Ingenium buys stricken architect for undisclosed sum
Peter Murray recovering after cycling accident

27 Sep 10

NLA chairman Peter Murray suffers a puctured lung and broken bones after an accident during a charity cycling event in Brussels
Chipperfield beats Grimshaw and Hopkins to win Waterloo

22 Sep 10

Architect wins design competition to redevelop Elizabeth House next to Waterloo station
Aukett to make fresh swoop after Archial collapses

22 Sep 10

Deal between the firms on the cards after UK’s sixth-largest architect falls into administration
Archial enters administration

22 Sep 10

Sixth largest UK architect goes into administration
Minerva to redesign £300m Ram Brewery scheme

21 Sep 10

New proposal for redevelopment of Youngs brewery in Wandsworth follows Eric Pickles’ rejection of twin-towers design
Archial shares suspended

17 Sep 10

Shares in Archial have been suspended while the firm clarifies its financial position
Zaha's class act: Evelyn Grace Academy

17 September 2010

Pupils move into architect’s first completed project in England
Scott Wilson delists after URS completes buy-out

10 Sep 10

Shares for UK firm are removed from stock exchange as £223m deal is finalised
BAM tops out Cambridge lab

10 Sep 10

New images released of RMJM-designed laboratory on day BAM tops out
Henning Larsen reveals aquarium in Georgia

9 Sep 10

Danish practice designs 2000 m2 aquarium on the Black Sea coast
Winning design revealed for Turkish opera house

8 Sep 10

Turkish practice wins competition to design 33,000 m2 arts venue
PLP: So business is looking up?

03 September 2010

Remember the Polisano crew who busted out of Kohn Pedersen Fox and started up on their own? That must have been a year ago now. Emily Wright found out what happened to them next
Stride Treglown student tower wins planning in Preston

1 Sep 10

The £13m scheme by developer contractor Marcus Worthington will have 275 student bedrooms and studios
Anshen + Allen bought by Canadian consultant

31 Aug 10

Healthcare architect to team up with multi-disciplinary firm Stantec
New York backs new skyscraper

26 Aug 10

Planning permission given for 363 meter tower despite opposition from Empire State Building’s owner
Archial shares plummet 64% after profit warning

26 Aug 10

Architect in talks with banks over paying tax bill as revenue and profit fall below expectations
Blackfriars station: new images revealed

25 Aug 10

Network Rail publishes new images of Jacobs-designed station
Brighton social housing scheme gets go-ahead

24 Aug 10

After five years, three planning applications and two public inquiries Hyder Group development is finally granted planning permission
Foster and Koolhaas vie for Hong Kong masterplan

23 Aug 10

Foster + Partners and OMA reveal rival designs for the city’s £1.8bn cultural district
Architect faces £600k negligence claim

20 Aug 10

Kob Construction seeks damages after drawings for Uxbridge development failed to match planning permission
Architect proposes inflatable buildings for derelict sites

20 Aug 10

Wood Bagot reveals designs for ’icebergs’ as a quick and flexible solution to the growing problem of stalled construction projects
Watkins Gray reveals latest designs for Deptford school

19 Aug 10

Exclusive architectural images of the latest BSF school project to be given the green light
Glenn Howells gets green light for office development

17 Aug 10

Planning given to Severn Trent Waters low-energy office in Shrewsbury
Cabe hits out at Kapoor's £20m Olympic Orbit

9 Aug 10

Design quango says 115m structure should not be given planning permission without further work
Indian architects to land UK jobs

06 August 2010

UK architects are likely to face increasing competition from Indian firms as clients look to the subcontinent for cheaper professional services, write Joey Gardiner and David Matthews
Benoy bags £1.6m of work in India

30 Jul 10

Architect wins three contracts during prime minister’s visit to country
Berkeley Homes secures Potters Field development deal

28 Jul 10

Developer and Southwark Council finally sign development agreement for 374-unit scheme next door to Tower Bridge
Culture department puts Cabe under review

26 Jul 10

Secretary of state Jeremy Hunt looks to ’consolidate functions’ of design quango
New RIBA president elected

26 Jul 10

Angela Brady has been elected as the new president of RIBA
KPF's Holborn Viaduct scheme restarts

26 Jul 10

London commercial scheme looks set to go ahead after economic downturn forced a delay
Get Carter car park demolition starts

26 Jul 10

Owen Luder’s iconic brutalist structure makes way for £150m Tesco regeneration scheme
Stirling prize shortlist announced

22 Jul 10

Hadid’s Rome Maxxi museum features on list dominated by museums and schools
UK's Billings Jackson on Times Square redesign team

21 Jul 10

New York’s Transport Department announces the team that will transform the world famous Manhattan site
Hopkins to design cricket stadium for Kerala

21 Jul 10

50,000-capacity stadium will hold both daytime and day-night matches
£11m Isle of Dogs development gets green light

21 Jul 10

Penoyre & Prasad design for east London family homes gets planning permission
Planning applications: The age of consent

16 July 2010

Architects are spending more of their time doing designs purely to gain planning permission. But unless they’re going to help build them too, don’t expect them to be any good
Tall Stories: A Tale of Two Cities - Paris and London

15 Jul 10

A new Radio 4 documentary compares attitudes to building tall in London and Paris.
Grimshaw designs Suffolk waste plant

15 Jul 10

This energy-from-waste plant will produce power for 30,000 homes
Rogers and Pidgley team up for US embassy neighbour

09 July 2010

Architect to design 800 homes and hotel for Berkeley subsidiary next to £690m Battersea project
Building TV: Rafael Viñoly on London, planning and the Walkie Talkie tower

6 Jul 10

The renowned architect says working in London is an extraordinary intellectual exercise despite the ’puzzling’ planning process
Cabe to axe staff in wake of BSF cull

6 Jul 10

Design quango’s budget hit as Gove scraps role on slashed schools programme
Starry opening night for Foster's Khan Shatyr

6 Jul 10

Dignitaries attend entertainment centre opening timed to celebrate Kazakhstan president’s 70th birthday
Competition: bring a vacant site back to life

5 Jul 10

Building, Property week and Building Design have launched a competition with Urban Splash to breath life into an empty site
Chelsea Barracks: The Prince is not the Problem

3 Jul 10

Does the ongoing Chelsea Barracks saga teach us as much about architects as it does Prince Charles?
Architects: Prince must vow to stop meddling

02 July 2010

Architects have called on Prince Charles to formally pledge not to interfere in the planning system
Bath Spa project team paid council £7m compensation

1 Jul 10

Council records reveal details of payment to Bath and North East Somerset Council by Carillion and Nicholas Grimshaw
Heatherwick's 'Seed Cathedral' wins RIBA Lubetkin Prize

30 Jun 10

British pavilion for Shanghai’s World Expo heralded as ’an outstanding emblem for Britain’
HOK turns its office into a village green

29 Jun 10

HOK London studio goes green as part of the London Festival of Architecture Open Studios
Kraus Schnberg wins Galvinzing in Architecture award

28 Jun 10

Architect recognised for extension and refurbishment of a Victorian warehouse in Bradford
Candy brothers win Chelsea Barracks case

25 Jun 10

Judge rules Qataris breached contract but brothers must wait for damages
City of London's 2012 entrance options revealed

25 Jun 10

Architecture Foundation shortlists five designs for a temporary new landmark for Aldgate
Millennium projects: 10 years of good luck

25 June 2010

From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary
David Chipperfield cyclists triumph in City of London

24 Jun 10

London Festival of Architecture kicks off with team race through Smithfield
Vote for your favourite construction photo

23 Jun 10

Chance to vote online in the CIOB’s Art of Building photography contest
RIBA fears double-dip recession as workloads fall

22 Jun 10

Index measuring architect workloads falls for third month in a row
Alsop opens London Festival of Architecture

22 Jun 10

Will Alsop, Paul Finch and Roger Zogolovitch lead procession up Regent Street to celebrate the work of John Nash
New Savoy opening date revealed

18 Jun 10

“Most expensive” hotel refurbishment to complete six months late
Wilkinson Eyre's £17m Worthing Pool goes in for planning

18 Jun 10

Competition-winning swimming and leisure complex is designed to echo its seaside setting
Government cuts affect further £10bn of schemes

17 Jun 10

£450m Hartlepool hospital and Denton Corker Marshall Stonehenge visitor centre among those culled
Aukett makes a profit in the UK

17 Jun 10

Architect’s UK operations turn £1m loss into £22k profit through 66% cut in costs, while planning to focus on commercial sector
Unemployment hits construction industry hard

16 Jun 10

Jobless building labourers up 15,000, as architects lead woe among construction professionals
Architect's office backs England for World Cup

15 Jun 10

Weston Williamson turns its office into a giant England flag
Tony Jacob to speak at Building Supermarkets conference

15 Jun 10

Join John Lewis’ head of construction in July to hear him talk about the future of retail property
Sculptor recreates Tate Modern out of sugar cubes

14 Jun 10

Models of Tate Modern and NEO Bankside can be viewed by the public during the London Festival of Architecture
Industry recognised in Queen's honours list

14 Jun 10

Green housing expert Bill Dunster and former Crossrail chairman Douglas Oakervee among construction figures to receive honours
Canary Wharf in talks to build Walkie Talkie tower

7 Jun 10

Report in FT says group’s contracting arm could sign deal with Land Securities in next month
Germany scores a hat-trick!

04 June 2010

Even before it completed the central station redevelopment in Berlin in time for the 2006 World Cup, German architect von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (GMP) had opened an office in South Africa with a view to gaining work on the 2010 finals.
Terry Farrell to masterplan 70-acre Earl’s Court site

04 June 2010

Terry Farrell & Partners has won a competition to masterplan 70 acres of land on the site of the Earl’s Court exhibition centre in west London
Tribal sells Nightingale Architects for £13m

04 June 2010

Public sector services consultant Tribal has sold Nightingale Architects for £13.1m to the UK subsidiary of Canadian design group IBI
Charles asks: Would you live in the homes you build?

2 Jun 10

Prince of Wales sets out new rule of thumb for housebuilders
Tribal sells Nightingale for £13m

1 Jun 10

Public sector architect bought by UK subsidiary of Canadian design group IBI
Meddles all round: Prince Charles, Boris and Cabe ...

28 May 2010

Planning has always been a national regatta for those with oars to stick in, but Charles’ Chelsea fiasco took it to a new level. Sarah Richardson compares him with the other rowers
Green light for £78m Bodleian library revamp

26 May 10

Wilkinson Eyre designs will open up Giles Gilbert Scott’s ’book fortress’ to the public
Ed Vaizey ousted from architecture role

21 May 10

Shock government move hands John Penrose brief despite Vaizey speech at RIBA this week
Architects berate prince’s meddling

21 May 2010

The RIBA and fellow architects have hit out at continued royal interference in the planning process, as more evidence emerged this week of the extent of Prince Charles’ interference in Richard Rogers’ £1bn Chelsea Barracks development
US embassy architects visit London for Cabe talks

21 May 2010

A team from the US architect designing the new £690m American embassy in London held talks with architectural watchdog Cabe in the capital last week.
Rick Mather wins big at RIBA awards

20 May 10

Ashmolean museum wins one of four awards for architects
Ruth Reed slams Charles over Chelsea Barracks

18 May 10

Riba president says Prince of Wales appears to have brought 'inappropriate pressure' to planning process
Tribal income rises 28% but Nightingale still up for sale

18 May 10

Consultant says it is ready to make most of outsourcing opportunities in public sector
Loss at Aukett reduced by 75%

17 May 10

Architect lost £300,000 in six months to 31 March 2010, and reduced net debt to below £1m
Top pay at Rogers halves to £1.2m

14 May 2010

The highest paid director at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners had their remuneration cut by more than half last year as profit at the practice plunged
£150m Viñoly scheme in balance

07 May 2010

The fate of Rafael Viñoly and Bennetts Associates’ plans for the £150m redevelopment of Oxford university’s Radcliffe Observatory Quarter will be decided by a council of professors at the end of May.
Steven Holl: After Mackintosh

07 May 2010

For most people in the UK, Steven Holl is the best architect they’ve never heard of. Now he’s tackling the world-famous Glasgow School of Art, that’s about to change
Farrell wins Folkestone seafront job

6 May 10

Architect will draw up plans to redevelop Kent town harbour
Foster scoops Imperial War Museum masterplan

5 May 10

Museum appoints architect and Drivers Jonas Deloitte as project manager for redevelopment of London site
Foster and Hadid out of race for £120m cancer centre

4 May 10

Big name architects fall by the wayside as long-list of nine is cut to six for London centre
Choice in an age of uncertainty

30 April 2010

These days it seems nothing can be taken for granted, whether its simple travel plans or the fact that the Lib Dems are bound to come third. Which can be a good thing
London Festival of Architecture 2010 to focus on Olympic welcome

29 Apr 10

Call for Londoners to participate in examining change and design in the UK capital this summer
Edward Cullinan's Fitzwilliam College library officially opens

23 Apr 10

Duke of Edinburgh opens university building designed by this year's Building Awards Architect of the Year
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BDP's Peter Drummond: The revolutionary in carpet slippers

23 April 2010

BDP, Britain’s biggest architect, is better known for quiet competence than daring. But this is the firm that defied Tesco, beat the downturn, expanded into India and Libya and doesn’t give a fig for profit. Chief executive Peter Drummond tells Roxane McMeeken all about it
Qatari Diar reveals new Chelsea Barracks masterplan

21 Apr 10

Initial concepts by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie Associates presented to resident groups
Chipperfield approached to work on £400m Lord’s revamp

16 April 2010

MCC may draft in star architect as Herzog & de Meuron cricket scheme comes back to life
Public opposition puts £140m Aberdeen civic square in jeopardy

14 Apr 10

Martha Schwartz-designed City Square deemed too expensive and not green enough
North London twin skyscrapers get council green light

12 Apr 10

Major new housing scheme approved despite concerns over affordability of flats
English Heritage backs Battersea redevelopment

12 Apr 10

Plans for transformation of Grade II* listed power plant boosted as conservation group gives initial thumbs-up
Peter Morrison: RMJM’s business model

09 April 2010

Peter Morrison, chief executive of Scotland’s best known architect, explains his hiring policies (which include Sir Fred Goodwin), and how RMJM turned itself into an international success story
Robert Adam goes large

29 Mar 10

Architect's practice is renamed ADAM Architecture
Japanese architects win Pritzker prize

29 Mar 10

Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners at renowned Japanese practice SANAA, have won the coveted 2010 Pritzker prize, architecture’s highest honour.
Stirling winner to ‘reinvent the terrace’ for 2012 legacy

26 March 2010

Maccreanor Lavington to draw on traditional London housing in revised masterplan for Olympic park
Tribal puts Nightingale Associates up for sale

23 Mar 10

Architect practice put on the market following review of consultant's business
Hopkins boss leaves firm

22 Mar 10

Managing director Bill Taylor quits after 30 years at the practice to develop a site he owns
Exciting period for London Festival of Architecture, says founding director

19 Mar 10

In the lead up to the event in June and July Peter Murray says the downturn should provide an opportunity to think about the future of architecture
Tories in talks to cut all funding from Cabe

19 March 2010

Design quango fears for its independence as Conservatives push plans for self-funding
Commercial Estates Group reveals ambitious Leeds plans

16 Mar 10

Kirkstall Forge will feature 300,000 sq ft of offices plus housing designed by Feilden Clegg Bradley
Chipperfield wins competition for Russian theatre

16 Mar 10

David Chipperfield beats international rivals to design extension and renovation of opera house in Russia
Civic Trust Awards winners revealed

15 Mar 10

Gallery at Kew and St-Martin-in-the-Fields among 50 winners announced at weekend ceremony
Archial Group rebrands international arm

15 Mar 10

Architect's overseas business to be renamed Alsop Sparch
Architect offers £80 for 14-hour days

12 Mar 10

Small firm Parritt Leng advertises positions with 'intense work ethic' and near-minimum wage
David Chipperfield and Caruso St John on Design Museum shortlist

3 Mar 10

Seven architects in the running to plan institution's new West London home
Good Employer Guide 2010: Be the best

3 Mar 10

The survey to reveal the construction industry’s best companies to work for is now open
Charles's letter calls design for Chelsea Barracks 'brutalist'

1 Mar 10

Report in Sunday Times reveals details of a letter written by Prince of Wales to Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim
LandSecs looks set to dust off Walkie-Talkie tower

26 Feb 10

Developer seeks new quotes from contractors to build shelved City of London skyscraper
Kieran Timberlake to design US embassy in London

23 Feb 10

Philadelphia-based architect beat three other firms to contract for building in Nine Elms
Images: British Grand Prix to hit new Silverstone circuit

12 Feb 10

Architect Populous says ‘super-fast’ circuit was designed to help racing fans get closer to the action
Credit crunches Zaha's profit

11 Feb 10

Architect blames 69% profit drop on 'tightening of credit lines in the construction sector'
Foster reveals masterplan for Stockholm district

25 Jan 10

UK practice joins forces with Berg Arkitektkontor to provide masterplan of Slussen area of city
First images: Foster's vision for Masdar City takes shape

20 Jan 10

Our technical editor visits the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology - the first building to be constructed in the carbon neutral city - as it nears completion. Here's his verdict
RMJM hires Sir Fred Goodwin as senior adviser

18 Jan 10

Former RBS chief executive to help Edinburgh-based architect's international expansion strategy
Aedas forms an alliance with Pininfarina

14 Jan 10

Architect will work with Italian design consultant to create exclusive interiors
Aukett slumps to £1.9m loss as turnover dives by a third

14 Jan 10

Chairman: 'To say that the group's financial year was difficult would be an understatement'
Scott Brownrigg 'dumbed down' design for Berkeley's Kidbrooke

12 Jan 10

Cabe says second phase of 4,500-home Greenwich scheme lacks 'sophistication' of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands masterplan
Cabe slates 'low quality appearance' of Art'otel Hoxton

12 Jan 10

Architecture watchdog broadly supportive of Squire & Partners scheme but says aluminium facade is out of place
Sir David Chipperfield heads honours

08 January 2010

David Chipperfield has been knighted for services to architecture in the UK and Germany in the 2010 New Year Honours List
Construction of Tate Modern extension starts

7 Jan 10

Herzog & de Meuron's £215m project is due to be completed in 2012
Prasad to overhaul Guy’s hospital tower

18 Dec 09

Sunand Prasad’s practice is set to be chosen to work on a radical refurbishment of Guy’s tower, part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospital in London, Building understands, Penoyre & Prasad will design the 34-storey tower’s revamp, which is understood to be worth at least £30m
Baby Shard could start on site next year

18 December 2009

Construction of the companion tower to the Shard has been signed off by backers, and could start as early as next year
Prince Charles faces more 'meddling' accusations

17 Dec 09

Prince tried to influence hospital building policy and wrote to eight government departments in last three years
Sarah Wigglesworth designs extra-green Christmas tree

16 Dec 09

Developer Igloo commissioned the tree made of recycled bicycle parts for a London public square
Stalled Foster hotel close to sale

11 December 2009

Foster + Partners troubled Silken hotel in London is expected to be sold before Christmas, according to sources close to the situation
HOK to design London medical research hub

7 Dec 09

UK Centre for Medical Research is scheduled to begin on site in 2011
RMJM wins approval for Sheffield university building

7 Dec 09

Design for learning hub combines new extension with conversion of grade II listed Edwardian structure
RMJM to masterplan Vladivostok's new gambling zone

7 Dec 09

Architect wins contract for massive new leisure zone including casino, marina, ski centre and hotels at Russian city
Stalled Foster hotel to restart

04 December 2009

Construction work on the stalled Silken hotel in London, designed by Foster + Partners, is expected to restart in January after bank BBVA decided to develop the scheme rather than sell it
Grimshaw Architects profit halves to £1.7m

27 November 2009

Pre-tax profit at Grimshaw Architects plunged by almost half in the year to 30 April 2009, the practice reported this week
David Morley appointed to 2012 water polo venue

26 Nov 09

Architect will design 5,000-seat, temporary venue to maximise use of hired and reusable components
Nicholas Serota joins London mayor's design panel

20 Nov 09

Director of Tate to replace Richard Rogers in group that advises Boris Johnson on design strategies and projects in the capital
Atkins China hires former Foster + Partners architect

17 Nov 09

Peter Ridley will join a 300-strong team working across the country
BDP designs for £200m Old Trafford revamp revealed

17 Nov 09

'New Trafford' plans include media facilities, grandstands and a reorientation of the wicket
Prime minister praises industry at RIBA anniversary bash

13 Nov 09

Gordon Brown applauded architects last night at a Downing Street reception
BDP lands top Bollywood part

13 Nov 09

Mixed-use Mumbai scheme is architect's first project in India
Leicester school scoops top gong in BSF awards

13 Nov 09

Beaumont Leys school joins list of winners in Excellence in BSF Awards 2009
Hammerson gets green light for Foster's revised Bishops Place scheme

6 Nov 09

Hackney council approves amended proposals for 1.5m sq ft project on central London site
Architects rail at secret contest for Boris’ 2012 tower

06 November 2009

Mayor bypasses official procurement rules and asks 30 practices to submit designs for £20m project
Design review panels on the Cabe model reach 81

4 Nov 09

Design watchdog updates guidelines to regional panels in effort to review more planning applications across the country
Aldar completes superstructure of Ferrari World

29 Oct 09

Abu Dhabi theme park nears completion as Yas Island prepares to host Formula One Grand Prix
Film season celebrates RIBA's 175th anniversary

26 Oct 09

BFI's architecture season starts this Friday, featuring classic films and series of film talks over the next month
Culture secretary weighs into Chelsea Barracks row

26 Oct 09

Ben Bradshaw criticises Prince Charles' intervention over modernist design for scheme in Sunday Telegraph
Marks Barfield to design Cambridge mosque

23 Oct 09

Building to be naturally lit throughout the year and heated and cooled using energy from local ground-source heat pumps
Architect KPF braces itself for further staff defections

23 October 2009

Insider says UK design staff will leave as former director’s new practice takes work with it
Cabe to cut director in pre-election restructure

23 October 2009

Architectural watchdog to slash jobs amid concern over Tory ‘bonfire of quangos’
Architect tried to smother wife with pillow

21 Oct 09

Jurors at the Old Bailey hear how Clive Wille threatened to kill his wife after she asked for a divorce
Viñoly's Battersea power station design goes for planning

19 Oct 09

Wandsworth council receive planning application for £5.5bn revamp of London landmark
Rogers may sue Qatari Diar over Chelsea barracks

19 Oct 09

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners could take legal action over £2m in unpaid fees against client that sacked it from controversial scheme
Maggie's cancer centre scoops Stirling Prize

19 Oct 09

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners beats off competition from BDP and Eric Parry to win prestigious award for the second time
Birmingham college designed by Nicholas Hare wins Better Public Building Award

15 Oct 09

Gordon Brown applauds creative design and high-quality construction of BAM-built Joseph Chamberlain sixth-form college
Kevin McCloud gets go-ahead to build green housing in Swindon

15 Oct 09

JV between broadcaster's housebuilding firm and housing group GreenSquare wins planning permission for 42-home scheme
Bookies agog as 3DReid stages mock Stirling prize

15 Oct 09

After its irreverent awards parody predicted last year's surprise win, the architect hopes to succeed again – or at least raise a laugh
Jan Kaplicky's widow calls time on Future Systems

09 October 2009

Future Systems, the architecture practice run by the late Jan Kaplicky, is no longer operational and is to be turned into a foundation to promote his work
RMJM wins Islamic architecture prize

8 Oct 09

Zliten Campus at Asmariya University in Libya scoops gong at Cityscape conference in Dubai
Office of Metropolitan Architecture opens in Hong Kong

5 Oct 09

Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas’ practice will employ about 25 architects and urban planners in new office
Archial makes £3.4m loss

1 Oct 09

Owner of Will Alsop's former firm blames 'unprecedented trading conditions' for performance in first half of 2009
Will Alsop joins RMJM

1 Oct 09

Architect reveals that claim he left his former practice to focus on painting was a smokescreen
RIBA to freeze membership rates

30 Sep 09

Institute vows to support architects through the recession by fixing fees for 2010
Chelsea Barracks shortlist 10 reveal design teams

24 Sep 09

Extended shortlist of consortiums in the running to work on controversial London scheme
Alison Brooks appointed to Northampton university masterplan

24 Sep 09

Architect wins design competition to work on 14.5 acre campus
Zaha named Japanese art laureate

24 Sep 09

Four out of five artists honoured in annual awards are from UK
Richard Rogers to quit London mayor's design advisor role

18 Sep 09

Architect to relinquish positions on Boris Johnson’s design advisory and Great Spaces panels
HLM submits plans for super-green Cornish school

18 Sep 09

Brannel school will aim to achieve a BREEAM "excellent" rating
First edition? Inventor attempts to ‘print’ building

18 September 2009

Pavilion near Pisa is first building to be constructed using Enrico Dini’s ‘structural ink’ technology
Foster + Partners in bid to build in outer space

18 September 2009

Practice joins European consortium interested in investigating idea of settlements on the Moon
Pritzker winner eyes £27m Lakes job

18 September 2009

Some of architecture’s biggest names, including Richard Meier and Rick Mather, are lining up to bid for a £27m steamboat museum on Lake Windermere
Polisano leads Kohn Pedersen Fox exodus after failed takeover

17 Sep 09

Five principals depart to set up new practice in wake of unsuccessful bid to buy out London office
Viñoly-designed New York architecture school opens

16 Sep 09

Newly renovated New City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture opens today
New Covent Garden Market to seek planning for Foster-designed revamp

16 Sep 09

Neil Tomlinson is also working on the outline application for entire south London market site
Jewish Community Centre to get new north London venue

11 Sep 09

Designs by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands include three-storey pavilion, landscaped piazza and apartments
Architect pleads for political asylum … from Italy

11 September 2009

Mario Cucinella writes to G8 leaders for help to ‘escape’ homeland’s stifling bureaucracy
Finch: Cabe has less influence than TV show

11 September 2009

The incoming chairman of Cabe has admitted the TV programme Grand Designs has had a greater impact on the public’s perception of design than the organisation he is soon to head
Reed fears for female designers

11 September 2009

Ruth Reed has said she hopes her position as the first female president of the RIBA will help keep women in the profession during the recession
Standards body upholds complaint against ARB advert

11 September 2009

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against an advert relating to the February elections for the Architecture Registration Board
Complaint upheld against architects' reform group ad

9 Sep 09

ARB Reform Group's ad was 'likely to mislead', rules Advertising Standards Authority
BBC picks designers for £25m Cardiff centre

04 September 2009

FAT Architecture and Holder Mathias set to work with Igloo Regeneration on new production hub
Goldschmied steps in to sponsor struggling Stirling prize

04 September 2009

The Stirling prize has been rescued by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation, which is stumping up the £20,000 prize money after the RIBA struggled to find a sponsor for the prize
Eric Parry wins planning for £4.5m music facility at Wells Cathedral School

3 Sep 09

Mendip council approves plan for new music building and sports pavilion
So long, Sunand: the outgoing RIBA president reflects

28 August 2009

Regrets? He’s had a few. But then again, too few to mention – unless pushed. Sunand Prasad, the outgoing president of the RIBA gives Dan Stewart a list of his achievements while in office, and fighting Prince Charles was only one of them
One in five architecture firms making a loss, says report

27 Aug 09

Over 280 companies in the UK architecture industry have sunk into the red
Architects more optimistic, says RIBA

24 Aug 09

July survey revealed fewer firms expected a decrease in workload than in the previous month, and 11% of practices expected staff levels to rise in next three months
Foster + Partners £16m in the red

19 Aug 09

Pre-tax losses at Lord Foster’s firm almost double after 'one of the most challenging years since practice’s inception'
Chelsea shortlist sparks fears among residents

19 Aug 09

Campaign group voices concern about modernist architects on shortlist to masterplan Chelsea Barracks
HLM, Arup and EC Harris nab prison design job

18 Aug 09

The three firms will provide design services before work begins on 800-bed jail, and act as design adviser and contract administrator during construction
EPR Architects takes off at Biggin Hill

18 Aug 09

Four-star hotel gets permission to land at Biggin Hill Airport
Prince of Wales wanted different architect for Nouvel scheme

17 Aug 09

Media reports suggest Prince of Wales wanted new architect for One New Change development
RIBA asks architects to rethink public toilet

14 Aug 09

Alsop, Robert Adam and DSDHA among designers asked to design new public WCs
RIBA calls for national space standards in private housebuilding

14 Aug 09

Report published in collaboration with Cabe and English Partnerships recommends national minimum standards for all new-build housing
Chelsea snubs Adam and Terry

14 August 2009

Classicist architects Robert Adam and Quinlan Terry have been left off a longlist, unveiled this week, of masterplanners to design Qatari Diar’s Chelsea Barracks scheme in London
Crossrail unveils full list of design partners

13 Aug 09

Engineers and architects are named to work on London Crossrail stations
Longlist revealed for Chelsea Barracks rethink

12 Aug 09

Feilden Clegg Bradley, Terry Farrell and Robert AM Stern are on list of 10 masterplanners, but not Quinlan Terry
Open House seeks mentors for summer workshops

12 Aug 09

Built environment professionals invited to get involved with Summer Eco City Architecture Academy this month
New homes are too small, finds Cabe survey

11 Aug 09

Design watchdog discovers new-build private-sector homes in and around London have inadequate space for normal activity
BAA unveils latest plans for Foster's new Heathrow terminal

10 Aug 09

First phase of the building formerly known as Heathrow East will be complete in 2013
Bartlett and Cambridge double-nominated for research award

7 Aug 09

RIBA's President's Award for Research shortlist names 12 pieces of work that contribute to architectural knowledge
Will Alsop quits his own firm

6 Aug 09

Maverick architect will remain consultant to Alsop owner Archial
Images: The US embassy plans opposed by Cabe and the mayor

5 Aug 09

Outline plans by Zimmer Gunsul Frasco turn back on local area, says design watchdog
Davis Langdon to merge with architect DEGW

3 Aug 09

Consultant reassures industry that business will not aim to compete with other architects after deal with £17m-turnover firm
Developer pulls out of £300m Foster/Nouvel scheme

3 Aug 09

Walbrook Square designs endangered following Metrovacesa's departure from the London project
Cabe praises 'exciting' Make scheme in Lambeth

3 Aug 09

Zig-zag tower could become 'benchmark' for future design in London's Vauxhall area, says design watchdog
CZWG submits Bournemouth scheme for planning

31 Jul 09

Art Deco-inspired £50m scheme goes to the planners
Prasad warns Whitehall not to accept architects’ suicide bids

31 July 2009

The RIBA president has sent letters to every government department, warning them not to accept unrealistically low tenders from architects
Plans revealed to de-clutter 2012 Olympic highway

30 Jul 09

Plans will see scruffy stretch of A11 improved with more green spaces, better lighting and refurbished properties
Parsons Brinckerhoff's Rosa Parks bus centre

30 Jul 09

'Cloud-like' transit centre tribute to civil rights heroine completes in Detroit
Stellar line-up of architects compete for Whitworth Art gallery

28 Jul 09

Amanda Levete, Edward Cullinan, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Zaha Hadid in running for University of Manchester art gallery
'Joyous' Piano building tops out in London

28 Jul 09

Ceremony held at landmark stage of mixed-use development with BREEAM Excellent rating
Blow to Rogers as £135m British Museum plans turned down

24 Jul 09

Practice’s proposals for extension to Bloomsbury museum are turned down by Camden council
Part-built Foster hotel on Strand goes into receivership

23 Jul 09

PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed receiver on controversial £25m, 11-storey development in central London
Finally, some good news: the Stirling prize is back

23 Jul 09

After months of mostly bad news in architecture, it’s good to have something positive to discuss even if it is a strange shortlist
Fretton is bookies’ favourite for Stirling win

23 Jul 09

Architect’s Fuglsang Kunstmuseum in Denmark given 3/1 odds by William Hill
Rogers shortlisted twice for Stirling prize 2009

23 Jul 09

AHMM, BDP, Eric Parry and Tony Fretton also in the running for architecture’s most prestigious award
Aukett issues profit warning and may cut jobs

22 Jul 09

Share price plummets 44% as architect admits stalled Moscow job will lead to shortfall in revenue
Listed windows blamed for Broadmoor hospital suicides

21 Jul 09

Care Quality Commission says patients' safety jeopardised by hospital's heritage status, which bans removal of ligature points
UK arm of Kohn Pedersen Fox set to go solo

21 Jul 09

Architect behind Heron Tower plans share-swap buyout to gain independence from US parent, say reports
Observation 103 floors up

20 Jul 09

Sears Tower in Chicago is fitted with an observation area jutting 1.4m from the building
Menta withdraws Cherry orchard application

17 Jul 09

Developer puts Croydon project on hold after council recommends it be refused permission
Winners revealed at 61st Housing Design Awards

17 Jul 09

Top prize goes to Totnes scheme built by Galliford Try subsidiary in collaboration with the council and a community group
Herzog & de Meuron wins Lubetkin prize for Beijing Bird's Nest

15 Jul 09

Architect's 2008 Olympic stadium beats Foster's Beijing airport terminal and Arup's Water Cube to scoop RIBA non-EU prize
Sheppard Robson gets thumbs up for Holborn scheme

14 Jul 09

28,000m² mixed-use scheme will include offices and housing
Architects show confidence in rising workload

10 July 2009

Architects’ confidence in the private housing and commercial sectors is beginning to return, according to a RIBA survey
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson guilty of 'fraudulent misrepresentation'

8 Jul 09

High Court judges that architect deceived clients about composition of project team on two high-profile jobs
92% of Europe's architects remain gloomy

8 Jul 09

Survey reveals pessimistic outlook throughout Europe, though few UK firms take part
Carmody Groarke’s 7/7 memorial unveiled in Hyde Park

7 Jul 09

Memorial honours victims of 2005 Tube bombings
Rogers designs 50-storey skyscraper in Mexico City

7 Jul 09

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners commissioned to design headquarters for BBVA and Bancomer
RIBA launches seafront shelters competition

6 Jul 09

Four shelters and kiosk by Bexhill-on-Sea's De La Warr Pavilion will form part of £5m regeneration programme
Architecture Association school unveils summer pavilion

6 Jul 09

“Driftwood” structure created from spruce plywood
Vinoly returns home to build luxury flats

3 Jul 09

Battersea Power Station architect completes first project in native country of Uruguay
Historic buildings hit by Part L

03 July 2009

Alarm that historic buildings undergoing refurbishment will have to meet modern energy efficiency standards
Rogers tower to fall victim to viewing corridor

03 July 2009

Initial designs by Lord Rogers’ firm for a new tower in the City of London look set to be the first victim of mayor Boris Johnson’s revamped viewing corridor policies
Green light for John McAslan's £120m super-campus

2 Jul 09

Manchester Metropolitan University's Birley Fields campus will add £29m a year to local shops and services
Capita to redevelop Cardiff theatre

1 Jul 09

Consultant's architecture division secures £3.9m grant for Welsh cultural project
Fuksas shortlisted for Oxfordshire chapel job

30 Jun 09

Italian starchitect could have chance to build first UK building if successful
RIBA announces new chief executive

30 Jun 09

Harry Rich, former deputy chief executive of the Design Council, takes on executive leadership of Institute
O’Donnell + Tuomey to design LSE student centre

30 Jun 09

Irish architect beats stellar shortlist including Chipperfield, Feilden Clegg Bradley and AHMM
Construction on Heatherwick pavilion kicks off

29 Jun 09

£13m British pavilion for Shanghai Expo will be decked in 60,000 acrylic rods that will sway in the wind to 'respond to nature'
Plan to crown Westminster Abbey with £10m new roof

29 Jun 09

RIBA will run competition to design crown-shaped new roof if proposal wins public support
Dan's Den: Libeskind goes flatpack

26 June 2009

If you’ve got a couple of million euros you don’t know what to do with, why not buy your own Libeskind-designed house? Dan Stewart looks at what you get for your money
Lord Rogers' pay jumps by a third to £2.5m

25 Jun 09

Architect involved in public spat with Prince Charles has a record year in 2008
Seville residents halt Zaha Hadid library

25 Jun 09

Local opposition may force abandonment of architect's Spanish avant-garde building
Nicholas Hare scoops top prize at schools awards

25 Jun 09

Emirates stadium event also honoured Morgan Ashurst, Arup and India for outstanding architecture
Allies & Morrison wins approval for revamped 2012 media centre

24 Jun 09

Olympic planning committee gives go-ahead after design is reworked in response to Cabe drubbing
Adams Kara Taylor and BIG bag Tallinn job

23 Jun 09

Engineer and architect beat 80 design teams to Estonian city hall contract
Conservation areas at risk of neglect, says English Heritage

23 Jun 09

Rash of plastic windows, satellite dishes and poorly maintained urban fabric are blighting 'special' places
HKS' Salford hospital building opens

22 Jun 09

The £20m Mayo Building will provide training facilities for staff
Video: New Acropolis museum

22 Jun 09

The intended new resting place for the Elgin Marbles has caused political and architectural controversy
Prince Charles given say in major London schemes

19 June 2009

Developers of King’s Cross and Battersea Power Station admit checking designs with prince
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson posts £1.2m loss

18 Jun 09

Architect blames recession in the Middle East and UK for 27% fall in turnover
Charles' top architects vie to replace Rogers

12 June 2009

Concern grows over royal influence, as developer announces longlist for Chelsea Barracks redesign and appoints prince’s foundation as adviser
Chelsea residents: 'Rogers is out of line'

16 Jun 09

Chelsea Barracks Action Group wades into row with claim architect has only himself to blame
Prasad urges architects not to cut fees

16 Jun 09

RIBA president asks members not to make unrealistic fee bids in order to win work
Rogers goes on offensive against Prince Charles

16 Jun 09

Architect accuses Prince of Wales of breaking “constitutional understanding” over Chelsea Barracks
CZWG student housing design approved

15 Jun 09

£21m art deco-inspired scheme in Finsbury Park will include 400 apartments over five floors
Video: Floating house leaves Venice Biennale with sinking feeling

15 Jun 09

Artist’s floating two-storey house, designed as symbol of American dream, sinks
Prasad: Chelsea Barracks 'no defeat for modern architecture'

15 Jun 09

RIBA president says he is 'dismayed' by Qatari Diar’s decision to withdraw planning application.
Rogers team 'shocked' after Chelsea Barracks withdrawal

12 Jun 09

Sources close to architect blame intervention by Prince Charles for decision
Shortlist unveiled for prime minister’s Better Public Building awards

12 Jun 09

List for best public-funded building includes schools, bridges – and an extension to the M6
Chelsea Barracks proposals withdrawn

12 Jun 09

Prince Charles victorious as Qatari Diar drops Rogers from controversial scheme
Boris’ viewing corridors threaten landmark schemes

12 June 2009

New and expanded viewing corridors proposed by the mayor of London could have a significant impact on a number of planned buildings in the capital, according to experts
Four architects make it onto Brighton landmark shortlist

12 June 2009

Building Design Partnership, Foster + Partners, Make and Wilkinson Eyre have been shortlisted on a £250m scheme to redevelop Brighton’s seafront conference centre
Populous back in black

12 June 2009

Populous, the architect formerly known as HOK Sport, has returned to the black in 2008 with a pre-tax profit of £83,411 (2007: £119,360 loss)
Westminster council gives Chelsea Barracks boost

11 Jun 09

Controversial Rogers scheme looks set to win planning on 18 June
Beijing Olympics trio top Lubetkin prize shortlist

11 Jun 09

Buildings in Ireland, Germany and Sri Lanka complete RIBA international shortlist
Architects of demolished buildings seek solace online

11 Jun 09

Rubble Club support group highlights 'unnecessarily' high level of demolition
Science Museum unveils £150m revamp

10 Jun 09

Wilkinson Eyre's designs for 'Museum of the Future' include glowing 'brain' beacon and new cosmology gallery
Zaha Hadid beats Snøhetta with Cairo Expo City design

10 Jun 09

Architect's winning concept for 450,000m2 exhibition city in Egypt invokes the fluidity of the Nile
Rogers' British Museum extension 'could be bolder', says Cabe

9 Jun 09

Design watchdog praises 'intelligent response' to brief but calls for 'bolder' architectural expression
Amanda Levete Architects prompts review of Thai rules

9 Jun 09

Foreign architects in Thailand could receive a boost thanks to former Future Systems director's practice
Cabe 'encouraged' by Olympic media centre rethink

8 Jun 09

Design body softens stance on Allies & Morrison's designs after architect submits revisions
Candy development given green light in Chelsea

5 Jun 09

Subsidiary of Christian Candy’s CPC Group receives planning for residential development a stone’s throw from Chelsea Barracks scheme
Tall buildings threat as mayor updates viewing corridors

5 Jun 09

Draft guidance 'significantly increases' protection of ten viewing corridors and introduces two new ones
Reed out loud: the RIBA's first woman president

5 June 2009

Ruth Reed wants to change people’s views of the RIBA – and becoming the institute’s first woman president isn’t a bad place to start. She talks to Dan Stewart about her priorities for her two-year stint, the recession and how she hopes to make the RIBA less London-centric
Viñoly has another go at Battersea

4 Jun 09

Architect scraps glass tower plans in favour of design that includes only low-rise buildings
Manchester seeks architects for £165m town hall complex

3 Jun 09

First design tenders go out for city council's five-year central Manchester scheme
Allies and Morrison unveil seaside scheme

1 Jun 09

Architect designs apartment scheme in Felixstowe overlooking the sea
Friendly bus station falls on Slough

29 May 09

Bblur’s exciting new design ensures Berkshire town is on the architecture map
£50m Glasgow shortlist revealed

29 May 2009

Seven architect teams have been shortlisted for the new £50m Glasgow School of Art building, perhaps the most eagerly awaited design contest this year
Alsop steps into Puddle

29 May 2009

A £250m Alsop Architects-designed hotel development at No 2 Puddle Dock in Blackfriars, central London, has gone in for planning
BDP blames subcontractor in Wimbledon media centre row

29 May 2009

Architect Building Design Partnership has launched an attack against fellow defendant FB Ellmer in the legal row over the Wimbledon media centre
Operation Hip: Igloo's Bermondsey Square

29 May 2009

Bermondsey Square, the centrepiece of a £60m regeneration project in south-east London, is intended to seduce the young and trendy with its take on inner-city living
Rogers’ Chelsea Barracks design on thin ice

29 May 2009

The future of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ designs for Chelsea Barracks was hanging in the balance as Building went to press on Wednesday
The peasant's revolt this ain't: Chelsea vs the barracks

29 May 2009

This gang of Chelsea residents is on the cusp of pulling off a very English coup. Emily Wright met their ringleaders
Wilkinson Eyre replaced on Blackfriars towers

28 May 09

Developer ditches architect in favour of unnamed firm after public inquiry leads to planning approval
County Hall turns red – then blue, then green

28 May 09

Revolutionary new LED floodlights cast the London landmark in a new light
RIBA seeks designs for 'living' London Bridge

28 May 09

Ideas competition launched to design an inhabited London Bridge
Wood Wharf submits Pelli's Docklands tower for planning

27 May 09

Developers British Waterways, Ballymore and Canary Wharf Group unveil towers by Pelli and KPF
Rogers designs for Chelsea Barracks 'dead in the water'

26 May 09

Developer reported to be set to drop designs in wake of Prince Charles' criticism
Shortlist unveiled for £50m Glasgow School of Art building

22 May 09

Steven Holl, John McAslan and Hopkins amongst shortlisted teams
Alsop’s £250m Blackfriars hotel in for planning

22 May 09

28,000m² development would replace conference and event centre
Full list of RIBA regional awards winners

21 May 09

Winners include Jestico + Whiles, Allies and Morrison, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Allford Hall Monghan Morris
Architects more optimistic over future workloads

15 May 09

The number of architects expecting future workloads to fall dropped from 44% to 34% in April
Cabe given veto over all new school designs

15 May 2009

Cabe is to be given the power to stop badly designed schools from starting construction, the government announced this week
Prince Charles ruffles few feathers at RIBA

15 May 2009

After the proposed boycott by chest-thumping starchitects and a media onslaught that challenged Peter and Jordan for column inches, the Prince of Wales’ speech at the RIBA turned out to be something of an anti-climax
Prince Charles apologises for starting architectural feud

13 May 09

Prince tells RIBA audience he regrets remarks of 25 years ago but then continues his attack on modernism
Fire hits Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou opera house

12 May 09

Chinese opera house blaze comes just months after Rem Koolhaas building destroyed in Beijing
Minimum design standards to be set for all public buildings

12 May 09

Government launches new strategy on 'quality of place'
Prince Charles' RIBA speech revealed

12 May 09

Prince of Wales to use platform to tell architects to halt 'icon' obsession
Top architects urge boycott of Prince Charles speech

11 May 09

Stirling prize winners Alsop and Wilkinson among those urging architects not to attend RIBA speech
Southend seeks architects to rebuild fire-ravaged pier

11 May 09

Council launches search for design team for £5m reconstruction of historic pier head
Stirling prize winners on £2m Worthing leisure centre shortlist

8 May 09

Wealth of design talent shortlisted to design a swimming pool in seaside town
Kier wins £27m roof revamp at King's Cross

7 May 09

Station's 1850s vaulted roof will be repaired and reglazed, partly using photovoltaic glass
Over 150 architects apply for Glasgow School of Art comp

6 May 09

Large response to call for architects for £50m building – but far less than avalanche predicted
Arup and WSP make Finnish masterplan shortlist

6 May 09

Heatherwick also on a shortlisted team to masterplan 100ha site in Helsinki
DVDs help architects improve safety

6 May 09

Films show how to tackle health and safety issues through design
Kew Gardens revamp could include new bridge over Thames

6 May 09

Landscape architect Gross Max commissioned to draw up proposals for riverside revamp and new bridge at historic gardens
Brit architects top shortlist for LSE student centre

5 May 09

Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Chipperfield and Feilden Clegg Bradley among names on shortlist for student centre at London School of Economics
Boris to propose 'living' bridge over Thames

5 May 09

Mayor of London reportedly considering plans for inhabited bridge between South Bank and Embankment
Chelsea Barracks developers back Rogers scheme

1 May 09

Qatari Diar and Candy Brothers joint venture breaks silence on scheme criticised by Prince Charles
2012 media centre ‘to survive Cabe onslaught’

1 May 2009

Sources close to the Olympics’ independent planning authority this week insisted that the media centre for the 2012 Games was still likely to get approval, despite receiving a drubbing from Cabe this week
Building readers side with Charles on Chelsea Barracks

1 May 2009

Two-thirds of those who voted on Building’s website would like to see Qatari Diar’s Chelsea Barracks scheme designed by Quinlan Terry, Prince Charles’ preferred architect
HLM poaches Archial partner

1 May 2009

HLM Architects has poached a senior staff member from rival Archial to become its director of architecture
Ken Yeang to design Shanghai eco-city in the sea

1 May 2009

Malaysian sister firm of Llewelyn Davies Yeang picks up megaproject as China maintains green agenda
Labour MP: Bring back London height restrictions

30 Apr 09

Battersea MP calls for new limits on the heights of the capital’s tall buildings
Dominique Perrault beats Foster to design Sofia city centre

30 Apr 09

French architect picked ahead of Foster, Zaha Hadid and Fuksas to £1.79bn job in Bulgarian capital
Sarkozy to unveil 10 visions of future Paris

29 Apr 09

Jean Nouvel and Richard Rogers among architects commissioned to design concepts for French capital
Mies van der Rohe Award goes to Snøhetta's Oslo opera house

29 Apr 09

Landmark national cultural centre snares EU contemporary architecture prize for Norwegian firm
Leeds' Granary Wharf tops out

28 Apr 09

Ceremony takes place on the Carey Jones-designed Candle House, the tallest tower on the £40m scheme
Hermes and Arup launch sustainable design competition

28 Apr 09

Students will work in teams to find ways to reduce carbon emissions from existing buildings
Foster takes to the seas with super-yacht

27 Apr 09

Part-ownership of Foster-designed luxury yacht will cost €1.87m
Budget 2009: 'little positive news for architecture'

22 Apr 09

In the industry's latest reaction to the chancellor's speech, the RIBA president finds the government's investment plans wanting
Budget 2009: the industry responds

22 Apr 09

Industry figures offer their responses to Alistair Darling's budget
Broadway Malyan unveils design for £73m Singapore hospital

22 Apr 09

UK architect's Singapore and Weybridge offices collaborate with local firm to produce iconic design
RMJM launches sports design division

20 Apr 09

Beijing Olympics 'Water Cube' designer John Pauline will head new RMJM Sport
Starchitects barrack Prince Charles over Chelsea meddling

20 Apr 09

Leading architects including Adjaye, Foster, Gehry and Hadid write letter criticising Prince of Wales' intervention on barracks scheme
Contractor is thrown off Viñoly’s visual arts centre

17 April 2009

Colchester council removes Banner Holdings from £26m project, but faces law suit for contract breach
Awe inspiring: Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque

16 Apr 09

Conceived in the 1980s, this beautiful building is nearing completion, and several British firms helped create it
Quinlan Terry design tops Chelsea Barracks poll

14 Apr 09

Prince Charles' preferred architect leads Richard Rogers' modern design with 60% of votes
32% of architects are 'underemployed'

9 Apr 09

RIBA survey reveals fewer architects expect to cut staff than in February but warns of decline in work coming from abroad
BDP faces £4.6m claim over Wimbledon media centre

9 April 2009

Tennis club demands cash from architect and subcontractor for remedial work on ‘defective’ building
Fereday Pollard designs model travellers' site

8 Apr 09

Architect's plans are based around "urban street" concept
Charles risks 'compromising democracy', says RIBA President

7 Apr 09

Sunand Prasad calls for Prince of Wales to allow Chelsea Barracks scheme to proceed without 'undue influence'
Prince Charles slams Candys' Chelsea Barracks scheme

7 Apr 09

Prince of Wales criticizes Lord Rogers’ design for luxury housing development
Construction begins on Foster's UAE pavilion

6 Apr 09

Structure for Shanghai Expo 2010 will be one of largest at the event
Prasad and the RIBA council

2 Apr 09

Building would like to clarify statements made in a previous story concerning the RIBA
SANAA unveils plans for 'floating' Serpentine pavilion

1 Apr 09

Japanese architect promise to "expand the park and sky" with Hyde Park installation
Tate Modern extension wins approval

1 Apr 09

Cabe praises ‘accomplished’ Herzog & de Meuron design for its architectural qualities and ‘rigorous’ sustainability strategy
Barcelona to host second World Architecture Festival

31 Mar 09

Celebration of building design will focus on 'new global economy', with extended categories of awards
Allies and Morrison gets green light in Westminster

30 Mar 09

40 Broadway scheme gets planning permission
Scots portrait gallery revamp to go ahead

30 Mar 09

Work starts next week on PagePark-designed redevelopment thanks to £4.5m lottery boost
RIBA to seek new chief executive

26 Mar 09

Richard Hastilow to step down from operational side of architects’ professional body
Revamped Whitechapel Gallery unveiled

26 Mar 09

Robbrecht en Daem and Witherford Watson Mann's expansion to the East End space is revealed
London university seeks architect for £45m scheme

25 Mar 09

University College London issues call to tender for £45m medical research facility
Green light for Broadway Malyan's £84m college at Longbridge

18 Mar 09

Planning granted to new premises for Bournville College at St Modwen's redevelopment of MG Rover factory site
Five architects shortlisted for Lightbox pavilion

17 Mar 09

British architects Feix & Merlin and Karim Muallem make list of five
Calatrava awarded €30k compensation for design change

17 Mar 09

Spanish High Court rejects Spanish architect's €3m compensation claim for Bilbao bridge extension
Russian developer of Foster scheme seeks government bail out

17 Mar 09

Yelena Baturina, Russia's richest woman and the developer behind Project Orange, applies for government-backed loans
RMJM releases images of onshore station for London Array

16 Mar 09

Station will connect largest offshore wind farm in Europe with National Grid
Work halts on Rogers site in Barcelona

16 Mar 09

19th-century bullring project becomes highest-profile casualty in Spanish construction crisis so far
Hadid and Gehry in small town ruckus

16 Mar 09

Politicians and residents of Elk Grove in California argue over 2012 aquatic centre architect’s suitability to civic centre
Outlook of architects worsens, says RIBA survey

12 Mar 09

Trade body’s latest Future Trends survey shows drop in architects’ confidence as year continues
Amanda Levete reveals new direction

12 Mar 09

Future Systems director announces formation of Amanda Levete Architects
Video: Foster unveils Western Europe's tallest towers

12 Mar 09

Lord Foster talks to Building at Mipim about his firm's Hermitage Plaza towers in Paris
RMJM unveils new look for affordable housing

11 Mar 09

Housing model that requires no heating developed in response to government new-build targets
US Embassy bidders down to four

11 Mar 09

Pritzker prize-winning US architects battle it out in race to design new embassy in Battersea
New Birmingham tower by Aedas

10 Mar 09

Plan for new Regal Tower launches at Mipim
Sidell Gibson acquires Birmingham architect

10 Mar 09

Large commercial practice buys long-standing Edgbaston firm Crouch Butler Savage
Gensler unveils China's tallest building at Mipim

10 Mar 09

Standing 632m tall, the architect's Shanghai Tower will dwarf the neighbouring Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center
Scott Wilson slashes worldwide workforce by 10%

10 Mar 09

Design firm predicts profits will be broadly in line with expectations as it reveals staff cuts to save £20m
Zaha reaps boom as pre-tax profits increase 400%

9 Mar 09

Turnover doubles and pre-tax profits hit £5m in year to 30 April 2008
Consultant Inbuilt shuts architectural division

6 Mar 09

Former employee sets up own architect's firm
'Saddest day' for Richard Rogers as firm cuts 35 jobs

2 Mar 09

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners becomes latest high-profile architect to make redundancies in face of slowing workload
BBC shortlists nine for £200k fit-out job

2 Mar 09

BDP, Gensler, HOK and Pringle Brandon among nine up for BBC contract
Poet Laureate writes poem for RIBA anniversary

27 Feb 09

Andrew Motion's poem 'Frozen Music' celebrates the 175th anniversary of the architectural institute
Álvaro Siza to be awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal

26 Feb 09

Veteran Portuguese architect to be presented with UK architecture body's highest honour by the Queen
Viñoly’s glass chimney axed from Battersea design

26 Feb 09

Developer caves in to demands to abandon plans for 300m-tall sustainable structure
Mayor slams Foster's GLA building – then hands over an award

25 Feb 09

Boris Johnson has strong words for architect before giving the scheme a Best Built Project award
Saana to design Serpentine Gallery Pavilion

23 Feb 09

Annual summer commission goes to Japanese architect behind New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York
Medieval architecture inspires zero-carbon home

18 Feb 09

Innovative energy-efficient home based on historic technique of arched overlapping thin clay bricks will star in TV's Grand Designs
New Walkie Talkie designs 'more curvaceous'

18 Feb 09

Revised design for Rafael Viñoly's controversial City of London scheme given backing by mayor's office
London's Monument reopens after £4.5m restoration

17 Feb 09

Repair and upgrading work on Great Fire memorial includes new viewing platform by Julian Harrap Architects and real-time website views
Almost half of small architect practices short of work

16 Feb 09

RIBA survey reveals that half of all small architects practices are “under-employed”
Danish team reveal mountain-shaped island resort in Azerbaijan

13 Feb 09

BIG Architects and Ramboll reveal masterplan for Asia's first carbon-neutral residential development
Foster to cut one in four staff as workload falls

12 Feb 09

Berlin and Istanbul offices close as architect makes ‘painful decision’ in face of cancelled projects
Brits fail to make Mies van der Rohe prize shortlist

11 Feb 09

EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture shortlists five projects – but none are from UK
HOK snaps up Alsop director for science division

10 Feb 09

Colin Gilmore-Merchant will join HOK as head of science and technology
BDP wins Wellington Academy contract

10 Feb 09

Kier Education also selected as preferred bidder for Wiltshire school building
Foster's Las Vegas tower 'cut in half' after construction blunder

9 Feb 09

Its 49-storey hotel has to be topped out at 28 storeys after 15 storeys of rebar is installed incorrectly
McBains Cooper wins £2m cricket pavilion job

6 Feb 09

Worcestershire cricket club's Graeme Hick Pavilion is scheduled to complete this year
Curtains up for Allies & Morrison ballet school

6 Feb 09

London borough of Southwark grants planning to 9,300m2 Central School of Ballet
New site could defuse tensions over Gehry's Jewish museum

6 February 2009

Frank Gehry’s controversial Jewish museum, slated for construction on a Muslim graveyard in Jerusalem, might be moved to a different site
RMJM appoints director of emerging markets

3 Feb 09

Former army officer set to conquer international markets for UK-based architect
Urban Initiatives to masterplan 18ha regeneration in Kensington

3 Feb 09

Notting Barns South scheme is part of wider regeneration of poorer parts of the wealthy London borough
Broadway Malyan seeks planning for £84m college at Longbridge

2 Feb 09

Bournville College will form a key part of St Modwen's redevelopment of the former MG Rover car works site
Adjaye makes shortlist for US black history museum

2 Feb 09

Foster + Partners, IM Pei and Moshe Safdie also on shortlist for $500m Washington DC museum
McColl oozes optimism with new architectural venture

30 January 2009

Former SMC boss refuses to rule out acquisitions despite starting new firm with no funding
Six shortlisted for £300m Urban Splash family home designs

29 Jan 09

Architects were challenged to 'break convention and deliver a new typology in housing design'
Cabe enlists regions to help promote good design

28 Jan 09

Review recommends Cabe work closely with local and national government to expand influence
Six shortlisted to design new square at King's Cross

28 Jan 09

Winners picked from 100 teams to develop ideas for new central London public space bigger than Leicester Square
Construction begins behind listed facade near Hyde Park

26 Jan 09

New-build apartments will be attached to retained facade along Lancaster Gate
Foster's Gibraltar scheme claimed to be built on 'stolen land'

26 Jan 09

Luxury hotel scheme built on floating platforms accused of being an 'illegal incursion' into Spanish waters
Zaha Hadid unveils 'the Diamond Grasshopper'

21 Jan 09

Starchitect wins competition for Port Authority building in Antwerp, Belgium
Stirling Prize winners appointed to Cabe design review panel

20 Jan 09

Alison Brooks and Gerard Maccreanor head list of 20 new appointees to Cabe design review panels
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson to design Solihull business park

16 Jan 09

Forty-one acre site will include new offices and landscaping
Work starts on Metz's £40m South Leicestershire College

16 Jan 09

Bowmer & Kirkland begins construction of new campus building featuring Arup-engineered steel sculpture
Residents sue over collapse at prize-winning Bristol flats

16 January 2009

Hearing set for next month after balconies cave in at luxury Feilden Clegg Bradley scheme
Starchitects in big fight over small Andorran art museum

16 January 2009

As work dries up, Foster, Hadid, Gehry and Nouvel are shortlisted for project in European microstate
East Anglia's £60m police buildings: images

15 Jan 09

McBains Cooper will work on six investigation centres to be built across Norfolk and Suffolk
Lambeth blocks Make's Albert Embankment skyscraper

15 Jan 09

Council planning decision rules that 23-storey building would block light to nearby buildings
Green light for Nightingale's £79m Essex college scheme

15 Jan 09

Planning approval gained for architect's redevelopment of SEEVIC College in Benfleet
Nightingale wins planning for £90m Guildford College scheme

15 Jan 09

Architect Nightingale Associates has won planning approval for a £90m scheme for Guildford College, completely overhauling its Stoke Park campus. At 28,000m2, it is one of the specialist education architect's biggest ever projects.
Bond Bryan gets go-ahead for Rotherham college

12 Jan 09

Architect gains planning approval for £70m new-build art and technology college in town centre
Allies & Morrison dazzles with £16m Sheffield car park

8 Jan 09

Distinctively clad structure is part of £130m city-centre development St Paul’s Place
Cabe reveals issues with Clapham Junction redevelopment

7 Jan 09

Cabe says ColladoCollins 42-storey scheme does not yet 'provide a convincing proposition'
Students asked to design 'care home of the future'

6 Jan 09

RIBA and DWA Architects launch competition to design next generation of homes for the elderly
Top 10 architecture stories of 2008

2 Jan 09

As 2009 sets in, we glance back at a brilliant year for architects the world over
Hadid: the UK needs more public works competitions

2 Jan 09

Prizewinning architect Zaha Hadid has claimed that the UK is behind Europe in commissioning modern-style buildings
Architects’ fees fell by 5% in 2008

23 Dec 08

Architects expected to see fees fall by further 9% in 2009
Coop Himmelb(l)au goes to school in Los Angeles

22 Dec 08

Austrian architects open High School #9 in downtown LA
Network Housing Group develops 171 hospital staff apartments

19 Dec 08

Flats will accommodate keyworkers at Central Middlesex hospital
Chipperfield, FOA and Adjaye vie for €60,000 Mies award

19 Dec 08

37 British projects amongst 340 nominated for EU architecture prize
Glenn Howells wins £20m Birmingham campus contract

18 Dec 08

Practice beats Ted Cullinan and BDP to Newman University College job
Hadid, Libeskind, Prix and Mayne sign up for Mipim

17 Dec 08

Next year's design and urban planning conference attracts global starchitects
RIBA announces Leicester footbridge design shortlist

16 Dec 08

Allies & Morrison and Ramboll Whitbybird are among the finalists
HOK poaches John McAslan's heritage expert

16 Dec 08

Architect who helped redesign Roundhouse and Trellick Tower moves to HOK
Ride and shine in Bermondsey Square

11 Dec 08

Is this jewelled bike station the last gasp of bling?
Images: Shanghai Tower heads into the record books

11 Dec 08

Construction starts on China's tallest building, the Gensler-designed 128-storey Shanghai Tower
Berkeley reveals new design for controversial Tower Bridge site

10 Dec 08

Housebuilder and Southwark unveil Squire & Partners' new vision for Potters Fields next to City Hall
Former BDP chair Nick Terry dies

9 Dec 08

Cancer claims architect of London's Royal Opera House and IT design pioneer at age of 61
SMC to change name to Archial Group

8 Dec 08

But architect has been forced to reduce headcount by 10%
McDowell + Benedetti wins 9ha Uttoxeter masterplan scheme

4 Dec 08

Architect beats Glen Howells and five others to design town-centre scheme on former JCB site
Make Architects opens Beijing office

4 Dec 08

Architect looks to expand overseas after announcing closure of Edinburgh office earlier this week
Funding fears drive FOA to ditch Madrid scheme

3 Dec 08

Architect says inadequate finance on City of Justice would have meant ‘very low-quality’ building
Foster and Rogers help save Palladio exhibition

3 Dec 08

Architects step in to sponsor Royal Academy show as City deserts arts world
Make Architects to close Edinburgh office

1 Dec 08

Ken Shuttleworth's firm admits headcount has been reduced by 30
Sydney Opera House architect dies

1 Dec 08

Jørn Utzon, who never visited his most famous commission, dies aged 90
Downturn halts Foster's Vietnam tower

27 Nov 08

Credit crunch claims architect's third international project in weeks
Mayor approves Allies & Morrison's 1,000-home Barratt scheme

26 Nov 08

Plan for 27-storey St Andrews development at Tower Hamlets in east London gets green light
Brian Johnson to head Aedas in Europe and UK

26 Nov 08

Architect promotes design director who founded its Manchester office 22 years ago
Hong Kong architects face redundancy

24 Nov 08

Woods Bagot and Aedas among firms reported to be cutting staff in region
IM Pei's Museum of Islamic Art opens in Doha

24 Nov 08

New art gallery opens by Pritzker Prize-winning architect who designed the Louvre
Foster's Russia Tower scrapped, say reports

24 Nov 08

Moscow skyscraper believed to have fallen victim to the credit crunch
Metropolitan Workshop triumphs with Libyan conflict museum design

21 Nov 08

UK architect beats off the competition for Tripoli museum with design inspired by Bedouin tent
Sir Terry Farrell made design czar for London suburbs

20 Nov 08

Boris Johson appoints leading architect to new Outer London Commission
Cabe names Crossrail design review panel

19 Nov 08

Seven rail station designs to be reviewed by special panel of top architects and engineers
Hazardous sculpture costs Heatherwick £1.7m

18 Nov 08

Designer agrees out-of-court settlement after Manchester council sues over B of the Bang
Argent chief joins mayor's new design panel

17 Nov 08

Roger Madelin will advise mayor of London on urban design alongside Richard Rogers and Sunand Prasad
RIBA and Home Office launch anti-terrorism design competition

14 Nov 08

Architecture students asked to design innovative security features for Home Office
Duggan Morris gets green light for Lewisham homes

14 Nov 08

Lewisham council gives approval to contemporary private housing
Foster plans ‘spectacular’ tower for Saudi Arabia

14 November 2008

Building’s Gulf states architect of the year to design ‘next generation’ skyscraper in capital Riyadh
Stanhope tipped for £1bn Noho Square

14 November 2008

Stanhope has emerged as a frontrunner to develop the £1bn Noho Square luxury residential scheme in central London after the Candy brothers pulled out of the project last month.
UK architects ruled out of race to design US embassy

14 November 2008

Three American architects with UK offices are in the running to design the American government’s new US embassy in London. In fact, they are the only UK-based architects eligible for the work.
Foster and Rogers schemes approved for Canary Wharf

13 Nov 08

Mayor presses on with public construction, green-lighting Fosters' Crossrail station and Rogers' Wood Wharf masterplan
Foster to design skyscraper for Saudi royals

12 Nov 08

Architect's second Al Faisaliah tower in Riyadh promises 'spectacular' design
Stride Treglown gets into Bath with Tektus Architects

10 Nov 08

Architect makes acquisition to expand West Country presence
Architecture's largest prize split between two winners

10 Nov 08

Bennetts Associates and Elder & Cannon share £25,000 RIAS Andrew Doolan prize
Chelsea denies reports of stadium move

10 Nov 08

Newspaper report of new stadium designed by HOK Sport denied by club
Robert Stern: designing Dubya's library

7 November 2008

Architect and academic Robert Stern is to design a library for the outgoing president of the United States. The joke going around, of course, is that it must be a fairly small building. Dan Stewart found out
Go-ahead for Antony Gormley-inspired 7/7 terror memorial

5 Nov 08

Westminster council approves Carmody Groarke design for commemorative sculpture in Hyde Park
Foster: we will do nuclear power

31 October 2008

Lord Foster has said that he would consider designing a nuclear power station, despite his practice’s reluctance to join EDF Energy’s design framework
Allies & Morrison’s Waterloo scheme called in

30 Oct 08

Blears concerned at height of mega-development by P&O and Morgan Stanley
David Parkes, architect of cost-effective housing, dies

28 Oct 08

Architect designed UK's first sheltered housing scheme
Abu Dhabi tower leans towards the record books

27 Oct 08

RMJM-designed building to be built at an angle of 18 degree
Shortlist revealed for World Building of the Year

24 Oct 08

But conflict of interest forces Norman Foster to stand down from jury
Foster + Partners picked for New York super-library

24 Oct 08

New Central Library will become the world's largest public library
The international surprises of the World Architecture Festival

23 Oct 08

From chapels to car parks, the UK has a lot to learn from the ideas of small architects abroad
Like Cannes, but with buildings …

23 Oct 08

The World Architectural Festival is a feast of stunning buildings, big names and weeping designers
Accordia is first housing scheme to win Stirling prize

17 October 2008

Feilden Clegg Bradley praised by Home Builders Federation for ‘high-quality design’
Libeskind's Swiss shopping and leisure centre opens its doors

14 Oct 08

Star architect branches out into retail and leisure with £250 centre straddling motorway near Bern
London Monument gets new viewing platform

13 Oct 08

Crowds gather to see Julian Harrap's new design winched into place atop 61m column
Accordia becomes first housing scheme to win RIBA Stirling prize

13 Oct 08

Feilden Clegg Bradley's surprise win shows 'volume house builders can deliver high quality architecture', say RIBA judges
Revenue soars at Make Architects – as does directors' pay

9 Oct 08

Results for 2007 show pre-tax profits and the highest director’s pay are well above £1m mark
Álvaro Siza scoops Royal Gold Medal

7 Oct 08

Portuguese architect wins RIBA's prestigous prize for influence on international architecture
Former Arup chairman given RIBA honorary fellowship

7 Oct 08

A former chairman of Arup and the chief executive of Allied London are among 14 new honorary fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Hopkins to design exemplar green offices for WWF

7 Oct 08

Conservation body gives architect 'awesome responsibility' of designing UK HQ to top sustainable standards
David Adjaye to design two libraries in Washington DC

3 Oct 08

British architect wins exclusive US commission on back of UK 'Idea Stores'
Overspend and delays hit World Trade Center station

1 Oct 08

Transport hub on ground zero site is running hundreds of millions over budget and five years late
Images: Grosvenor completes phase two of Liverpool One

1 Oct 08

Second part of £1bn city centre regeneration delivered, including 2ha Chavasse Park
Cabe opposes Farringdon office development

30 Sep 08

Design watchdog says HKR's scheme is 'insensitive to its neighbours'
Cabe slams two high rise London schemes

30 Sep 08

Design watchdog says planners should refuse proposals for Ram Brewery and Wood Wharf development
Herzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline

26 Sep 08

Architect's 180m-tall Projet Triangle to be city's first new high-rise after council lifts tower ban
Cabe and RIBA plan review of 20,000 schemes a year

26 September 2008

Design and planning bodies join forces to crack down on maverick design decisions by councils
RIBA moves into Hong Kong, Singapore and the Gulf

26 September 2008

Architects’ body to set up three new chapters over the next year after rise in expat membership
UK architects will visit China on sustainability market mission

26 September 2008

The government is to take a group of architects to China in November in an attempt to snatch a share of the country’s sustainability market.
Le Corbusier design show opens in Liverpool

25 Sep 08

Exhibition will celebrate architect's multidisciplinary approach to design
LandSec seeks planning for revised Victoria interchange

19 Sep 08

Revised application submitted for Victoria Transport Interchange after rejection of earlier version
Rogers and Foster shun nuclear design framework

19 September 2008

EDF lines up big-name architects for new-build programme, but fails to entice the biggest names of all
Waste pumping station unveiled on Olympic park

18 Sep 08

ODA says John Lyall Architects' "innovative" design will match quality of 2012 sporting venues
Towards Paradise: landscape installation at Venice

18 Sep 08

Gustafson Porter and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol design the first major landscape installation at the 2008 Venice Biennale
Page\Park wins Warwick university halls competition

18 Sep 08

Jury unanimous in selecting architect's student residence scheme from shortlist of six
Boris: Towers at Blackfriars are 'inappropriate'

17 Sep 08

Mayor's office sends damning letter to Blackfriars planning inquiry into Simpson and Wilkinson Eyre towers
Alarm at Loch Ness as historic lighthouse crumbles

16 Sep 08

Politician demands action to save what was once Britain's smallest manned lighthouse
Peter Zumthor wins art world’s Nobel Prize

16 Sep 08

Swiss architect announced winner at Japan’s Praemium Imperiale Laureates
MAD architects redesign Chinatown as a 3D star

12 Sep 08

Venice Biennale sees unveiling of 'Superstar' mobile Chinatown to be transported across the world
Foster + Partners makes loss of £15m after writedown

12 September 2008

Foster + Partners made a loss of £15m in 2008 following a goodwill writedown of £15.5m.
Glasgow 2014 velodrome loses key designer

12 September 2008

The proposed Chris Hoy Velodrome for Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games in 2014 has been hit by the departure of a key cycle track specialist from the project, writes Dan Stewart.
Row breaks out over ‘endangered’ Tower of London

12 September 2008

The head of the British Property Federation has attacked the UN body that polices the preservation of world heritage sites for threatening to put the Tower of London on its “endangered” list
RMJM boss: architecture dominated by white middle aged men

11 Sep 08

Peter Morrison says industry must lose its “old boy’s club” image
HOK Sport unveils 'Armadillo' stadium

11 Sep 08

Metallic-clad 50,000-seat football stadium in Mexico is inspired by adjacent mountain
Murdoch hires Future Systems to redevelop Wapping HQ

10 Sep 08

News International cancels move in favour of revamping east London base
UN rebukes UK for heritage neglect

9 Sep 08

Unesco demands urgent action to protect seven sites and threatens to list Tower of London as endangered
Historic Lancashire pier ablaze at Fleetwood

9 Sep 08

Firefighters continue to battle as half the pier collapses into the sea
McAleer & Rushe to replace Swiss Centre with £200m W hotel

5 Sep 08

Jestico + Whiles-designed leisure complex for Starwood Hotels & Resorts to take place of demolished landmark in Leicester Square
Future of Architecture Week in balance after review

05 September 2008

The future of Architecture Week remains in doubt after Arts Council England (ACE) announced it would delay its decision on continuing the festival.
Millionaire fined for illegal 'Footballers' Wives' house remodelling

4 Sep 08

Owner must spend £450k returning grade II listed home to original state following unapproved alterations
RIBA announces Manser Medal shortlist for home design

4 Sep 08

The five shortlisted architects include Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Fielden Clegg Bradley
Liverpool puts football stadium on hold

29 Aug 08

Football club blames global market conditions and gives no indication when work will restart
Credit crunch forces Development Securities to halt work on the Strawberry

29 Aug 08

Property firm trying to circumvent need for bank finance to restart Hammersmith scheme after announcing £14.4m half-year loss
Doon Street decision gives boost to Simpson

29 August 2008

Plans to build Ian Simpson’s £150m Beetham tower in London have been given a boost by the communities secretary’s decision to approve another tower further along the South Bank.
Ian Ritchie quits Olympic village over quality concerns

29 August 2008

Architect leaves £1bn London 2012 project amid mounting unrest over value engineering
Ici Paris: Jean Nouvel’s Horizons Tower

29 August 2008

Jean Nouvel’s Horizons Tower in Paris has been given planning permission.
Angry residents to force Chelsea Barracks redesign

28 Aug 08

Candy Brothers face opposition from locals over planning application to redevelop prime London site
Celebrity gardener to judge Stirling Prize

28 Aug 08

Diarmuid Gavin to replace Lauren Laverne on prestigious architecture prize jury
Marks Barfield adds a dash of colour to Costa Coffee

27 Aug 08

Vibrant facade dominates new coffee shop at Grosvenor's Liverpool One scheme
Cabe highlights concern over design for 2012 stadium

26 Aug 08

Cabe and Design for London praise overall design but unconvinced about temporary pods and public space around the stadium
Keith Williams Architects raises curtain on £25m Canterbury theatre

26 Aug 08

The play's the thing for London-based architect after Kent project gets green light
Architecture Foundation appoints Sarah Ichioka director

22 Aug 08

Independent architecture centre to be led by deputy director of London Festival of Architecture
HOK to design £500m superlab in central London

22 Aug 08

Architect beats NBBJ and Rafael Viñoly to design UK centre for Medical Research and Innovation
Stride Treglown gets green light for Bristol scheme

21 Aug 08

Wine Street mixed-use development awarded BREEAM ‘excellent’ pre-assessment rating
Unesco head calls for Edinburgh planning freeze

21 Aug 08

City warned that major development decisions should be suspended until after Unesco ruling on world heritage status
Blears saves Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Doon Street tower

20 Aug 08

Communities secretary overrules inspector's recommendation for refusal of 43-storey tower on South Bank
A piece of Lutyens architecture for just £10k

20 Aug 08

Listed Dartmoor folly thought to be the architect's smallest building goes up for sale
First images of RMJM's Barnet College campus

19 Aug 08

Images unveiled of seven-storey design for north London college
Gustafson Porter follows Diana Memorial with paddling pool in Woolwich

19 Aug 08

Greenwich council names Diana fountain architect as winner of competition to redesign General Gordon Square and Beresford Square
Boris backs Hyde Park slavery sculpture

19 Aug 08

Mayor approves plan for UK memorial to honour victims of transatlantic slave trade
Prize piece of Roman architecture unearthed on Isle of Wight

19 Aug 08

Olympic-pool sized villa is one of Britain's best Roman buildings, say archaeologists
Bill Dunster plans luxury log cabins for eco-tourists

15 August 2008

£50k holiday homes would not need a connection to electricity, gas or sewerage utilities
Mace returns to British Museum

15 August 2008

Mace has beaten off competition from Bovis Lend Lease and Balfour Beatty’s Heery International subsidiary to win a £100m extension to the British Museum in London.
RIBA presidents represent UK in Beijing

8 Aug 08

President Sunand Prasad and past president Jack Pringle to speak at UKT&I seminar in Olympic city
Modern buildings are 'skid marks' on London skyline, says Guy Ritchie

8 Aug 08

Film director and Mr Madonna gives modern architecture the thumbs-down
Government rejects Smithfield redevelopment scheme

7 Aug 08

Hazel Blears says Thornfield Properties and City of London's proposal will 'significantly detract from the market complex'
Beijing CCTV tower wins race to finish by Games opening

7 Aug 08

Arup and OMA's CCTV Tower just beat the deadline to finish cladding before the Olympics opening ceremony
Mecanoo scoops £193m Birmingham library

5 Aug 08

Dutch firm beats all-star line-up including Foster + Partners, OMA and Foreign Office Architects
Adjaye and Heatherwick shortlisted for international architecture award

4 Aug 08

Pair are only UK names shortlisted to win BSI Swiss Architectural Award for under-50s
Terry Farrell wins first New Zealand project

4 Aug 08

Sir Terry Farrell's practice beats off Foster, Gehry and SOM to masterplan 5ha slice of central Auckland
Planning application made to demolish St Paul's

1 Aug 08

Charity makes application in protest at UK firm's plan to mine Indian sacred mountain
Carmody Groarke unveils design for 7/7 London bombings memorial

1 Aug 08

Memorial to victims of July 2005 attacks designed with help of Arup and artist Antony Gormley
UK projects line up for world's largest architectural awards

30 Jul 08

More than 30 buildings by UK architects to be displayed at Barcelona festival
Weston pier owners to rebuild after fire destroys their work

29 Jul 08

Michael siblings vow to start again after their recent £1m renovation is undone within hours
Chinese stadium damaged by fire

29 Jul 08

Firefighters took almost five hours to control blaze at construction site in Shandong
Architect SMC reports buoyant workload

28 Jul 08

Growth in public-sector and overseas contracts keeps firm busy as restructuring continues
Huge blaze threatens Weston-super-Mare's historic pier

28 Jul 08

Thirty firefighters battling to save newly refurbished 1904 Grand Pier
Council defers decision on Foster + Partners' Shoreditch towers

25 Jul 08

Planning decision on Bishop's Place scheme will await conservation report on demolition of historic bar
Devereux and Allies & Morrison to design £41m neuroscience centre

25 Jul 08

Architects to collaborate in creation of “iconic” building to house King's College London's new clinical neuroscience institute
London mayor approves controversial Holland Park school

25 Jul 08

Boris Johnson gives green light to Aedas-designed Holland Park Community School despite objections by heritage groups
Ruth Reed to become next president of the RIBA

25 Jul 08

Birmingham-based teacher and architect will be the institute's first female president
Boris may veto Allies & Morrison's Waterloo towers despite council approval

25 Jul 08

Veto feared after Lambeth council gives consent to Elizabeth House scheme against the mayor's wishes
Capita's profit leaps 16%

24 Jul 08

Consultant reports strong first half with turnover rising 20% to £1.18bn
Prime minister entertains Foster, Rogers, and Zaha

23 Jul 08

Trio of starchitects have dinner with Gordon Brown at Chequers
London architect reveals bamboo building in Taiwan

22 Jul 08

Bamboo screen that enables natural ventilation without compromising security could provide local model for sustainable housing
Westminster Academy bookies’ favourite for Stirling

22 Jul 08

AHMM school is named as 3/1 front-runner for architectural prize
Boris Johnson slams Grainger scheme in north London

22 Jul 08

Mayor of London criticises ‘unacceptable’ redevelopment of Ward’s Corner
It's a Knockout… with added architects

22 Jul 08

Battersea Power Station and Peckham Library battled it out with other buildings in an architecturally themed comedy challenge
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill redesign Mumbai shanty town

21 Jul 08

US practice to oversee £500m development to help regenerate Indian city
Jewish Community Centre goes back to drawing board

21 Jul 08

Group reacts to credit crunch and asks architet Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to look at other options
Anish Kapoor designs world's biggest sculpture

21 Jul 08

Turner prize winning artist to create 520ft steel pedestrian bridge across Hartlepool harbour
Tate Modern unveils redesign by Herzog & de Meuron

18 Jul 08

Glass box is replaced with 'brick pyramid', while Tate director admits credit crunch could delay completion beyond 2012
Candys' Chelsea Barracks gets thumbs-up from Cabe

18 Jul 08

Rogers Stirk Harbour designs for Candy brothers' £1bn development approved by design watchdog
Renzo Piano tower altered to deter climbers

18 Jul 08

Rods removed from Italian starchitect’s NY Times tower to prevent climbing daredevils
Chaos theory: Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion

18 July 2008

Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion may look like timber and glass thrown together, but precise planning went into getting it just right, says Martin Spring
Chipperfield and Gormley go concrete in Sweden

17 Jul 08

Architect and artist collaborate for temporary pavilion in Sweden made entirely from concrete
Liverpool plans major design show on Le Corbusier

17 Jul 08

International exhibition on legendary Swiss architect will gain Lutyens twist for the UK
BDP buys Dutch architect Khandekar

15 Jul 08

UK architect acquires 30-strong masterplanning outfit to form BDP Khandekar
Foster accused of making 'biggest mistake of his career' in Bulgaria

14 Jul 08

Black Sea Gardens eco-development criticised by local protestors
Mountgrange's Caltongate jeopardises Edinburgh's heritage status

8 Jul 08

Unesco concerned that planning approval given to £300m scheme that will destroy two listed buildings
Gianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner

04 July 2008

A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
Foster, SOM and Libeskind are Seoul-searching in South Korea

3 Jul 08

Star-studded shortlist revealed for £13.5bn masterplan in South Korean capital
Zaha opens Zaragoza Bridge Pavilion

2 Jul 08

Star architect Zaha Hadid's Spanish pavillion couples architecture and engineering
Benson & Forsyth win Finsbury Park design contest

1 Jul 08

Architect beats Studio Egret West, John McAslan and Panter Hudspith for redevelopment scheme
World Trade Center redevelopment delayed until 2013

1 Jul 08

Libeskind, Foster and Rogers towers to be $3bn over budget and two years late, says report
Alsop's The Public finally opens in West Bromwich

30 Jun 08

Midlands theatre and art gallery complex opens to public after a troubled gestation
Clyde Arc bridge reopens after repairs

30 Jun 08

Closure dragged on five months after snapped cable led to replacement of all cable connectors
RIBA announces 2008 national, European and international winners

30 Jun 08

David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid and Foster + Partner amongst winners to be put forward for the Stirling Prize shortlist
BBC Television Centre could get grade II listing

30 Jun 08

English Heritage urges government to list parts of West London site as grade II
Zero-carbon media wall to light up Beijing

23 Jun 08

Simone Giostra & Partners' design uses integrated photovoltaics to power LED display sustainably
Make’s record-breaking sculpture goes up at Nottingham

23 Jun 08

Tallest freestanding piece of public UK art will be centrepiece of Shuttleworth’s new designs for university campus
Boris to retain Lord Rogers as design adviser

20 Jun 08

London mayor Boris Johnson says he will continue to use the Labour peer as an architectural adviser
London Festival of Architecture: Hub highlights

20 Jun 08

Some of the events that caught our eye at London's summer architecture festival - our hublights, if you will
Capita Symonds buys M&E consultant in third deal this year

13 Jun 08

Capita buys Pearce Buckle, completing a hat-trick of acquisitions since March
A Skywalk in the park

13 June 2008

Carmody Groarke has designed this 160m long temporary installation for the London Festival of Architecture, which starts next Friday.
The Lady of the Dunes: Zaha Hadid's Dubai opera house

13 June 2008

This is Zaha Hadid Architects’ design for an opera house and cultural centre in Dubai
London Festival of Architecture builds Foster design in a day

10 Jun 08

Public to put together architect’s exclusive design as part of London Festival of Architecture
Design for London framework panel revealed

9 Jun 08

Capital’s design watchdog announces 26 architects to sit on urban design framework
Shortlist revealed for University of Warwick student residences

9 Jun 08

Six teams are whittled down from 110 entries in RIBA competition
AHMM wins RIBA London Building of the Year award

29 May 08

Westminster Academy by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris emerges as early frontrunner for Stirling Prize
Psycho buildings attack South Bank's concrete brutes

28 May 08

Giant architectural artworks take over London's Hayward gallery
Bennetts Associates wins £180m Oxford University scheme

27 May 08

Architect will design humanities buildings within Viñoly masterplan
Zaha Hadid replaced Down Under by Foster + Partners

14 May 08

Hadid dropped from £720m Melbourne project in favour of Foster
Wilkinson Eyre towers called in for public inquiry

7 May 08

Secretary of State says two towers in Southwark by developer Circleplane should be scrutinised
Architecture Foundation director to step down

6 May 08

Rowan Moore, who faced criticism after HQ design by Zaha Hadid was scrapped, to leave role in mid-June
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson appoints new chairman

6 May 08

Tim Hodgson of DTZ takes over from Gerry Deighton, who becomes president
CABE ‘light touch’ review finally launched

1 May 08

DCMS and CLG appoint Richard Parnaby as head of review nine months after it was announced in Housing Green Paper
CABE slams 'aggressive' Tesco development

30 Apr 08

Sheppard Robson scheme offers 'poor quality living environment', says design watchdog
St Pancras Hotel's Welsh sibling up for grabs

30 Apr 08

Redevelopment offers sought for fire-blasted Welsh landmark designed by architect of St Pancras Hotel
Rogers-designed cancer centre opens at Charing Cross

29 Apr 08

Lord Rogers follows Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid in designing a Maggie’s Centre offering cancer patients support and advice
RIBA and BRE reveal iHub shortlist

29 Apr 08

BDP, David Grindley and KMK architects make six-strong list
Skills shortage threatens UK’s built heritage

29 Apr 08

Lack of conservationist professionals and tradesmen is putting ancient buildings at risk, says report
Images: Zaha Hadid interprets chandelier design

24 Apr 08

Architect teams with crystal specialist to create a 15m long chandelier that 'engages the space forcefully'
Green light for Make at Old Bailey

22 Apr 08

The 'half donut' development for Land Securities has been given planning
Tonkin Liu picked to design London Festival of Architecture pavillion

21 Apr 08

The 'Fresh Flower' pavillion will invite visitors to entre through gaps between 11 giant petals
Gehry theatre may oust Grimshaw’s transport centre

18 Apr 08

£150m complex planned for top of New York subway may give way to performing arts centre
Foreign Office Architects to design new Euston Station

14 Apr 08

Allies and Morrison will also be retained to masterplan 15-acre Euston site
Tate Modern extension may swap glass for brick

11 Apr 08

Herzog & de Meuron’s designs for the £130m gallery extension are being substantially revised
Foster + Partners Moscow scheme in trouble

9 Apr 08

Court ruling against the tendering process threatens future of £415m Zaryadye project
Big Ben named as Britain's favourite landmark

9 Apr 08

London buildings dominate top 10, with construction industry insiders favouring the London Eye
Westminster acts to stop street-sign fakes

8 Apr 08

Council secures copyright to iconic signs in order to retain control over area’s image
George Galloway and Norman Foster do battle in Shoreditch

8 Apr 08

Bishops Place scheme in East London opposed by firebrand Tower Hamlets MP
Eight wonders

2008 Issue 13

In the 14th year of the Building Awards and the second year of the special Building Project of the Year Award, the judges were heartened by the strength and range of the more than 20 entries. So they stretched the normal limit of six shortlisted projects to eight. Martin Spring reviews all of them, including the winner: Manchester Civil Justice Centre
French toast: Pritzker prize to Jean Nouvel

2008 Issue 13

Star architect of Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris is 32nd winner of the Pritzker prize
In good hands: Rogers Stirk Harbour's Maggie's Centre

2008 Issue 13

Architect in near completion of £2m cancer centre at London's Charing Cross hospital
Jean Nouvel wins Pritzker Architecture Prize

31 Mar 08

“Courageous” French architect named as winner of prestigious international award
Grand Piano

2008 Issue 12

As negotiations continue over the Shard, images have been revealed of the first UK project designed by its architect, Renzo Piano, close to Centrepoint tower in central London.
Oxford University campus attracts star-studded shortlist

2008 Issue 12

Oxford university has shortlisted Bennetts Associates, David Chipperfield, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Wilkinson Eyre for two academic buildings worth £150m.
Star architects shortlisted for Birmingham library

27 Mar 08

Foster, Hopkins and Wilkinson Eyre among seven practices vying for £193m scheme
Renzo Piano unveils central London triplets

25 Mar 08

L&G/Mitsubishi mixed-use three-building scheme will sit between Covent Garden and Oxford Street
Report slams Scottish school building programme

20 Mar 08

A third of schools in poor condition and new schools reveal design problems, despite £3.9bn investment
Thomas Telford's bridge reopens after repairs

20 Mar 08

National Trust completes conservation work on 182-year-old Conwy suspension bridge
Lords to debate architecture for first time in four years

20 Mar 08

Richard Rogers will join fellow peers in debating architecture and design quality
Chelsfield hires OMA as architect for Commonwealth Institute

19 Mar 08

Rem Koolhaas's practice chosen for radical restoration of grade II building in Kensington
Duggan Morris wins £11m Liverpool Bay competition

17 Mar 08

Architect's design chosen for Merseyside observatory and visitor centre near landmark Gormley sculture
La Tour Signal

2008 Issue 10

This is one of five shortlisted plans for the Signal tower in Paris’ La Défense district, which were unveiled at Mipim this week.
Junior Open House seeks design mentors for children

3 Mar 08

Education charity is recruiting design professionals to inspire a love of architecture among young people
Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%

29 Feb 08

Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
Network Rail backs down over station design template

2008 Issue 8

Rail client to look for architect to produce modular prototype after Cabe attacks in-house version
Heatherwick bridge is scrapped

22 Feb 08

Striking structure was to link the Leamouth Peninsula scheme with Canning Town
Zaha's challenge

2008 Issue 7

The abandonment of Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ in London was a disappointment for design connoisseurs, but what does it tell us about the ambition of the British construction industry?
Prince of Wales rubbishes lecture hall design by Patel Taylor

18 Feb 08

Prince Charles launches another attack on architects calling the Ivor Crewe lecture theatre at the University of Essex a dustbin
Planners reject Sheppard Robson mega-church

15 Feb 08

Plan for 9,500-seat church is not suitable for local community says London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
Ken Shuttleworth set to act as design champion on Crossrail

2008 Issue 6

Crossrail has targeted Ken Shuttleworth to be a design champion for the £16bn project.
Zaha Hadid's Architecture Foundation HQ scrapped

14 Feb 08

Developer Land Securities drops £5m building after three year saga
Liverpool Stadium architect in collapse drama at Texas arena

11 Feb 08

A concrete seating base has collapsed during the construction of the HKS-designed Texas Christian University football stadium
… as architects battle for Euston station

2008 Issue 5

Foreign Office Architects, Grimshaw and Wilkinson Eyre are battling it out to design the £1bn Euston station redevelopment for British Land and Network Rail.
City planning boss backs Prince Charles’ anti-tower harangue

2008 Issue 5

• Prince of Wales finds unlikely supporter in Peter Rees, the City’s long-serving head of planning • Rees agrees that the location of tall buildings should be better controlled
Lutyens, Lasdun … Cullinan

2008 Issue 5

Architect celebrates entry into RIBA hall of fame with attack on prince
Prince Charles attacks rash of new 'carbuncles'

1 Feb 08

The Prince of Wales blasts new generation of skyscrapers warning they will disfigure London
Hadid's Olympic aquatic centre sprouts water wings - images

30 Jan 08

New images reveal temporary seating stapled onto each side of Zaha Hadid’s landmark 2012 venue
Architects look abroad as staffing crisis deepens

29 Jan 08

Survey shows growing number of unfilled posts and expected staff turnovers of 100% by 2013
Wilkinson Eyre and Foster battle it out in St Petersburg

18 Jan 08

British architects make shortlist for masterplanning of market district in former Russian capital
Koolhaas quits Olympic shortlist

2008 Issue 2

Rem Koolhaas’ Office of Metropolitan Architecture has pulled out of the shortlist to masterplan the post-2012 Olympic Park, it has emerged.
St Petersburg tower dispute

2008 Issue 2

Unesco, the cultural arm of the United Nations, has denied claims that the impact of the Gazprom Tower on St Petersburg is no longer a problem.
End nears for Get Carter car park

16 Jan 08

Owen Luder's brutalist structure in Gateshead has been vacated ahead of demolition
Design contest for George W's library

15 Jan 08

American magazine offers an iPod Touch to architects who come up with alternative designs for the US presidential library
Government gives Liverpool stadium all clear

9 Jan 08

Hazel Blears says planning decisions for 60,000-seater Liverpool FC stadium will be made at local level
New competition held for New Street Station

8 Jan 08

RIBA announces selection process for 'concept designer' after John McAlsan's designs were dropped last year
Rem Koolhaas to design Maggie's Centre for Glasgow

8 Jan 08

World famous architect is the latest star architet to design a hospice for the cancer charity
Foster’s Shoreditch scheme challenged by rival design

2 Jan 08

Willingale Associates architects proposes rival plan for Bishop’s Place site, commissioned by businessman who opposes Foster's design
Leeds gets Europe’s tallest residential tower

2 Jan 08

Ian Simpson-designed Lumiere twin towers will rival Manchester’s Beetham Towers
Cabe slams Foster + Partners' Shoreditch scheme

21 Dec 07

Design review body says scheme is too dense and out of keeping with the neighbourhood
Viñoly's luxury beachfront apartments - first images

19 Dec 07

Rafael Vinoly releases images of beach resort complex in his home country Uruguay
SMC turns to shareholders to raise cash

18 Dec 07

Troubled architect plans to raise £13.3m through an 8p a share offer to existing shareholders
Plans revealed for £3.5bn supercomplex in Malaysia

18 Dec 07

Architect Asymptote has released images of masterplan for a £3.5bn city development for Malaysian government
Foster designs carbon neutral resort on Black Sea coast - images

12 Dec 07

Foster + Partners reveal eco-friendly masterplan for five Bulgarian hill towns
Foster's design for Blue City in Oman - images

11 Dec 07

Foster + Partners reveal images of its masterplan for a new city housing 200,000 people
Alsop's Stratford DLR station opens second phase

11 Dec 07

A second platform and footbridge open at Stratford, doubling capacity on the Docklands Light Railway
Capita lands £300m T5 job

2007 issue 47

Capita Architecture has been appointed to design a £300m satellite building at Heathrow Terminal 5.
RIBA must abandon tribe mentality says Prasad

21 Nov 07

Incoming RIBA president says Institute must reach out to other professions
First Base signs up Bovis and BAA directors

21 Nov 07

Two key directors join senior team at Elephant & Castle developer
Pascall + Watson and HOK on shortlist for Florence Airport

20 Nov 07

The two architects are the only British-based firms to have made shortlist for the revamp of Florence Airport
Bodleian book depository given final thumbs-down

20 Nov 07

Scott Brownrigg £29m scheme for Oxford University in doubt after Oxford council decision
BDP profit slumps as staff costs soar £5m

2007 issue 46

UK’s biggest architect operates at £20,000 loss despite turnover rise and buoyant market
Buildings may undergo Cabe-style security review

15 Nov 07

Home Office report says provision for terrorist-proof measures could be made part of a design review
Anti-terror measures in buildings to be unveiled

14 Nov 07

Gordon Brown to announce plans to boost security measures in buildings
Alsop reveals plans for £3.5bn regeneration of Croydon

14 Nov 07

Will Alsop's masterplan for the transformation of Croydon will feature a 30-storey 'vertical Eden Project'
Architects shortlisted for 2012 sports 'hub'

13 Nov 07

David Adjaye, Bennetts Associates and David Morley among those to vie to design Eton Manor sporting hub
CABE call to bring cemeteries back to life

31 Oct 07

Design watchdog says cemeteries need to be designed for the living not the dead
Aedas wins Rotherham station design competition

25 Oct 07

South Yorkshire station will rival recently improved stations in Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield
David Chipperfield's Hepworth musuem on site next month

25 Oct 07

Art museum will form part of £100m regeneration of Wakefield's waterfront
London Festival of Architecture calls for talent

25 Oct 07

Confirmed 2008 events include piano concert by architect Rafael Vinoly at the Royal Albert Hall
Church opens skate ramp to broaden appeal

22 Oct 07

Polzeath Community Church in Cornwall attracts local youth by building a skate ramp
McColl finds backers in attempt to reclaim SMC

2007 issue 42

Stewart McColl, founder and former chief executive of SMC, could be poised to regain control of the architectural group months after he was ousted.
RIBA plans Dubai office to ‘raise standard of design’

2007 issue 42

Architecture institute considers overseas branch in region noted for its ‘lack of restraint’
David Chipperfield's latest design for Margate Turner gallery

17 Oct 07

Architect changes Turner Contemporary gallery design after public meeting, plus receives praise from MPs for Stirling Prize win
Foster wins U2 Tower contest

16 Oct 07

Architect's consortium to design 120m tower in Dublin for the rock band U2
ISG bags £100m mixed-use scheme in London

16 Oct 07

Construction services group set to start work on 33-storey building that will include student accommodation, offices and shops
Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa dies

15 Oct 07

Japan's superstar architect Kisho Kurokawa has died, aged 73.
Zaha Hadid’s radical plans for Bilbao

10 Oct 07

Hadid releases images of Bilbao island redevelopment
Ted Cullinan wins RIBA Royal Gold Medal

9 Oct 07

Gold medalfor 2008 is scooped by first British architect in six years
David Adjaye unveils his first visual arts building

4 Oct 07

Rivington Place is the first public gallery to be opened in London for 40 years
RIBA launches online appointment forms

1 Oct 07

A new suite of agreements for architects and consultants is now available to download
Heatherwick Studio to design part of 2010 Shanghai Expo

25 Sep 07

Heatherwick Studio and Adams Kara Taylor win competition to design the UK pavillion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai
Social housing faces Cabe audit

2007 Issue 38

The Housing Corporation has called in Cabe to carry out a design audit of its development programme.
Wilkinson Eyre to renew Gilbert Scott library

2007 Issue 38

Wilkinson Eyre is working on plans to redevelop the grade II-listed New Bodleian library at Oxford university.
Glenn Howells: Almost famous

2007 Issue 37

Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne, Noddy Holder … the Midlands has produced its fair share of rock stars. Sadly, frustrated musician Glenn Howells wasn’t one of them. But now, with a Stirling prize nomination to his name, the Birmingham architect is about to get his turn in the limelight.
Taylor Wimpey appoints Aedas on £35m Glasgow project

5 Sep 07

Aedas Architects will work on fifth phase of the Anderston Regeneration programme
Germany to build largest ever pyramid

3 Sep 07

Rem Koolhaas will head jury that chooses architect for 'Grosse Pyramide' in Dessau
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins planning for South Bank tower

30 Aug 07

The 43-storey development by Coin Street Community Builders was reduced in height by the architect following local objections
BAA forced to remove plastic windows from listed building

23 Aug 07

Installing plastic double-glazing was like 'dressing up your great granny in hot pants' says conservation body
Wembley Hilton Hotel wins planning

21 Aug 07

The five-storey development will face Wembley Stadium and include student accommodation and retail space
Chinese specify Wales Millennium Centre for £100m mega scheme

17 Aug 07

Capita Archtiecture will replicate its Cardiff theatre design in Chongqing mixed-use project
RMJM's £23m Sheffield study space - Images

15 Aug 07

The Information Commons at Sheffield University will officially open next month
Alsop reveals design for Canada's FILMPORT

9 Aug 07

Architect and Quadrangle to design commercial office building at new film and media centre in downtown Toronto
Lend Lease selects 47 architects for £2bn Olympic Village

9 Aug 07

Strong list includes emerging practices as well as established names such as Stirling Prize nominees Haworth Tompkins and Glen Howells
SMC in merger talks with Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

8 Aug 07

A merger between the listed architects would create a group with 890 staff in 38 offices
Foster misses out on Dead Sea shortlist

2007 Issue 31

Foster + Partners has not been included on the shortlist to work on plans for a canal between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea in the Middle East.
Marks Barfield Thames bridge faces public enquiry

27 Jul 07

Hazel Blear says enquiry will examine environmental impact of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge
Capita Symonds to create UK’s fifth biggest architect

27 Jul 07

Capita Architecture to be formed out of three subsidiaries, with more purchases on the cards
Mace tipped for Walkie-Talkie

27 Jul 07

Land Securities could appoint Mace as construction manager on its 20 Fenchurch Street tower
New York architect wins mammouth job in Siberia

26 Jul 07

Leeser Architecture wins competition to design World Mammouth and Permafrost Museum
David Chipperfield wins two Stirling Prize nominations

26 Jul 07

Architect is joined on the shortlist by Foster + Partners, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Haworth Tompkins and Glenn Howells
Ian Simpson's London Beetham tower given go-ahead

25 Jul 07

Southwark council gives 52-storey skyscraper overlooking Blackfriars Bridge the green light
Foster reveals trio of towers for Vauxhall

18 Jul 07

Development of three mixed-use towers by Reuben Brothers is expected to be submitted for planning next month
Hopkins wins Olympic velopark – images

13 Jul 07

Architect-lead consortium wins design competition for 2012 velodrome and related facilities
Bouygues’ battle for Britain

2007 Issue 28

As the 10th anniversary of the French company’s entry into the UK approaches, its managing director tells Mark Leftly about his plans to expand all over the country
Inside the project team

2007 Issue 28

Now you’re all clued up on Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre, it’s time to meet the Aussies who designed it. Martin Spring got inside their mutual headspace. Portraits by Tim Foster
Sheffield mall architects named

2007 Issue 28

Hammerson has appointed five architects to its £500m New Retail Quarter project in Sheffield.
Top drawer

2007 Issue 28

Talk about a cabinet reshuffle – Denton Corker Marshall’s flamboyant design for Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building’s clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed it. Photographs by Morley von Sternberg
Green light for Gehry's Brighton scheme

12 Jul 07

Design for the 'crumpled tin can' towers has been signed off by council despite strong local opposition
Blears approves Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower

10 Jul 07

The new communties secretary upsets heritage bodies by giving go-ahead to controversial City tower
Arcadis acquires architect giant RTKL

10 Jul 07

Dutch engineering firm's CEO describes purchase of the multinational architect as 'a milestone'
David Chipperfield does the triple at RIBA awards

2007 Issue 26

Practice honoured for office, museum and library in Spain, German and America
Pelli lands key commission in central London

2007 Issue 26

Star architect Cesar Pelli has been signed up by Land Securities to design a building for the site of the Lord Chancellor’s headquarters in Victoria, central London.
Sheppard Robson to plan university site at MediaCity

2007 Issue 26

Architect will design faculty for Salford university as Chapman Taylor takes over BBC jobs
Grimshaw converts to LLP

2007 Issue 25

Architect Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners has become a limited liability partnership.
McCloud drops Bioregional Quintain from TV scheme

2007 Issue 25

Television design personality enters talks with smaller partner over West Country venture
Sir Fraser back – at RMJM

2007 Issue 25

Founder of Morrison Construction Group to join son Peter after merger with architect Hillier
Stewart McColl holds on to SMC’s slumping shares

2007 Issue 25

Stewart McColl, the former SMC chief executive who resigned from the firm two weeks ago, will not sell his stake in the firm.
Hopkins Architects' Wellcome Trust refurbishment opens

21 Jun 07

Architect transforms 1930s charity headquarters into science gallery and library
Costs rise 50% on Zaha Hadid transport museum

12 Jun 07

Costs at the Zaha Hadid transport museum in Glasgow have risen to £74m according to reports
Beauty and the beach

11 Jun 07

Nine futuristic beach huts will be built as part of a Bathing Beauties exhibition in Lincolnshire for Architecture Week
REID Architecture and 3D Architects announce merger

8 Jun 07

3DReid will boast 320 employees and a £20m turnover making it one of the top ten practices in the UK
2012 Olympic village attracts 500 architects

8 Jun 07

Architects have three more weeks to enter submission before 40 practices are appointed to compete for commissions
Hadid’s Olympic aquatics centre faces more cuts

2007 Issue 23

Architect loses control of design as contractors work to scale back costs again
Ken Shuttleworth reveals landmark City project - images

6 Jun 07

Make Architects slinks into the City of London with a curvaceous nine-storey office building
Foster's Heathrow East wins planning approval

1 Jun 07

The replacement for Heathrow's Terminals 1 and 2 should be completed in time for the 2012 London Olympics
Stewart McColl quits SMC

31 May 07

Architect's founder and deputy chairman resigns following profit warning and internal review
Olympic masterplanner quits

25 May 07

Foreign Office Architects leaves over fears that design of Olympic park has been dumbed down
Zaha Hadid unveils wonder of Dubai – images

25 May 07

The London-based architect reveals another show stopping design which will be sited next to the Burj Dubai
Gehry wins Hove seafront planning battle

21 May 07

Ruth Kelly gives controversial scheme the green light depsite fierce local opposition
Sir Colin St John Wilson dies at 85

16 May 07

Architect behind controversial British Library completed final commission last year
Arts Team wins Billy Elliot theatre job

9 May 07

RHWL's theatre design practice will design and extend the Victoria Palace Theatre in London
Selina Mason leaves Cabe for Olympic design job

8 May 07

Mason will work alongside Jerome Frost as the deputy head of design at the Olympic Delivery Authority
Turner & Townsend picked for National Audit Office revamp

30 Apr 07

Firm appoint architect T P Bennett on sustainable refurbishment scheme
Hadid and Heatherwick win big contracts in Azerbaijan

27 Apr 07

Signature designers each win high-profile contracts in the world’s fastest growing economy
Architects plan bouncy castles for Trafalgar Square

26 Apr 07

Inflatable buildings designed by Peter Cook and two young practices will appear in London's famous square
Big name architects missing from Olympic velopark shortlist

25 Apr 07

David Chipperfield, David Morley and Flacq make shortlist of eight but Fosters, Make and Marks Barfield miss out
World's tallest residential tower given the green light

23 Apr 07

Santiago Calatrava's Chicago Spire will house 1,200 apartments over 150 storeys
Eric Parry's Southwark scheme refused again

23 Apr 07

Inspector sees no "compelling justification" for 24-storey building next to Tate Modern
Images: Exemplar green scheme planned for Clerkenwell garage

18 Apr 07

Richards Partington Architects’ plans for a former petrol station in Clerkenwell features ground source heat pumps, PVs and wind turbines
Second Life architect plans artist retreat

17 Apr 07

Virtual architects RLASL is planning to collaborate on a project on Architecture Island with Second Life designers
£130m Eurocentral scheme allowed

2007 Issue 15

Architect Keppie Design and contractor Bowmer & Kirkland have been given the go ahead on the £130m Eurocentral scheme in Scotland after client Tritax secured funding for the project this week.
Gateway design crackdown

2007 Issue 15

Housing Corporation threatens to cut grants if higher standards are not met in Thames Gateway
The new international

2007 Issue 15

Making the news Andy von Bradsky is taking PRP Architects into China (and Sainsbury’s)
PRP reveals Bedford airfield masterplan

12 Apr 07

Architect submits plans for Cardington Airfield which includes 425 dwellings and a park honouring 48 who died airship crash
Foster to offer staff shares

2007 Issue 14

Lord Foster is considering widening staff ownership of shares in Foster + Partners.
Vinoly to masterplan Battersea Power Station

4 Apr 07

Architect beats Fosters and SOM to design controversial site
BDP says it is ‘on target’ despite fall in profit

2007 Issue 13

Profit at Building Design Partnership (BDP), one of the UK’s largest architectural practices, has fallen a third because of changes to an employee payment scheme.
HLM to design emergency jail at Belmarsh

2007 Issue 13

HLM has been appointed to design a prison next to Belmarsh jail in south-east London. The move is part of home secretary John Reid’s urgent drive to expand prison accommodation in the UK.
Richard Rogers wins Pritzker Prize

29 Mar 07

British architect joins Foster, Hadid and Stirling as he is awarded the 'Nobel Prize' for architecture
London boss leaves HOK

23 Mar 07

Ralph Courtenay quits architect after 15 years, following reshuffle last autumn
Hawkins\Brown takes on Parliament Square scheme

2007 Issue 12

Architect Hawkins\Brown has been commissioned to take forward Foster + Partners’ Parliament Square redevelopment.
Profit at Terry Farrell drops 33% after ‘challenging year’

2007 Issue 12

Architect refuses to comment but directors’ report blames slow planning system for delays
Profit at Terry Farrell drops 33% after ‘challenging year’

2007 Issue 12

Architect refuses to comment but directors’ report blames slow planning system for delays
Ikea’s flatpack homes to go ahead despite Cabe hostility

16 Mar 07

Gateshead scheme wins planning approval regardless of watchdog’s ‘significant reservations’
Profit soars at Chipperfield despite fall in income

2007 Issue 11

Architect David Chipperfield has posted a 36% rise in pre-tax profit despite a 15% drop in turnover in its annual results.
Rogers pulls out of Olympic velopark

2007 Issue 11

Richard Rogers Partnership (RRP) has pulled out of the race to design the Olympic velopark and has ruled out involvement in any other large venues for the 2012 Games.
Shuttleworth given crucial schools role

2007 Issue 11

Cabe asks architect to recruit 30-strong panel to ratchet up standards
Former RIBA president slams “ugly” Walkie Talkie tower

15 Mar 07

Vinoly design is a "child's concept"
Images: Czech library

9 Mar 07

Future Systems beat 354 entries to design the National Library in Prague
Images: Zaha Hadid in Hungary

9 Mar 07

Architect designs mixed-use building for Szervita Square in the historic centre of Budapest
Star architects donate time to South African housing

2007 Issue 10

Top British practices pair up with local firms to create affordable dwellings for Cape Town
Hoxton architect to work on £1.5bn Victoria scheme

2007 Issue 09

Lynch Architects has been appointed by Land Securities to work on its controversial £1.5bn scheme in Victoria, London.
Herzog & de Meuron pulls off British double

2007 Issue 08

Herzog & de Meuron has revealed that it is to be commissioned for two projects in the UK.
Images: Football chairman aims high in Reading

20 Feb 07

Scott Brownrigg reveals a new skyline for John Madejski's development company Sackville Developments
ITV Granada steps closer to Salford move

16 Feb 07

Architects working on plans for the BBC’s new home in Salford have been asked to draw up designs for a Granada base on the site
Image: Architect scales back Smithfield plans

15 Feb 07

Developer responds to criticisms by reducing height of building and retaining existing listed building
Aukett adds to Russian portfolio

15 Feb 07

Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson wins its eigth project in Russia with a £65m mixed-use scheme in Moscow
Young guns go head to head in London design competition

14 Feb 07

Design competition run by Mayor’s new design body will see six hot architects design plans for one-acre site
Richard Rogers Partnership to change name in April

12 Feb 07

The famous practice will be known as the Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners
Cabe reveals worst housing designers

9 Feb 07

Bellway comes bottom of Cabe's list which judges the quality of housing designs among the top ten housebuilders
Mystery firms close in on Foster

9 Feb 07

The architect met four private equity firms this week ahead of a senior management meeting
Broadway Malyan to design rest of Greenwich village

2007 Issue 06

Architect has been picked to tackle 1,650 homes in exemplar millennium community
Make replaces URBED at 90 acre west London site

2007 Issue 06

Urban planner is dropped after council objects to number of homes and lack of public transport
Superstar architects unveil cultural vision for Abu Dhabi

2007 Issue 06

Hadid, Gehry, Nouvel and Ando plan district of theatres and museums in Arab emirate
Jan Gehl on Stoke design shortlist

8 Feb 07

Urban designer is one of five firms on the international shortlist for the competition to transform Stoke's public areas
Cabe backs Simpson's redesign of Blackfriars tower

8 Feb 07

Design body approves reduction in height to 51 storeys and improvements in public space
Northern soul

2007 Issue 05

Erick van Egeraat’s glass-fronted Institute of Modern Art has rejuvenated Middlesbrough’s barren public quarter
Foster to sell firm ‘within three months’

26 Jan 07

Lord Foster has already put his penthouse at the London practice on the market
Doing justice to the law

2007 Issue 04

Michael Wilford’s law academy in the Hague is a judicious mix of the traditional and the avant-garde
Museum of Scotland: A revisit to the museum

2007 Issue 04

Nine years after it was built, Martin Spring went back to Benson & Forsyth’s Museum of Scotland. He found a striking, intriguing building that is struggling to cope with the Edinburgh weather
Image: Marks Barfield BSF school goes on site

24 Jan 07

Michael Tippett school designed by Marks Barfield will feature an extensive green roof
Foster set to sell practice for £500m

22 Jan 07

The architect is talking to bankers about the potential sale of Foster and Partners according to reports
A view from the gods

2007 Issue 02

Looking out over this nondescript part of Leicester, and almost entirely suspended from this roof, will be the UK’s most exciting new theatre – and the first building in this country to be designed by US architect Rafael Viñoly.
The abdication

2006 issue 47

Here is Richard Rogers, flanked by his heirs apparent: Ivan Harbour, on the right, and Graham Stirk. But when will the great man go? What will his successors do when he does? And in the meantime, can they stop Marco Goldschmied’s legal actions taking away their offices? Martin Spring investigates …
Libeskind brings Eden to North

20 Oct 06

Rainforest attraction is expected to be located in Blackpool or Liverpool and will feature hotel and giant greenhouse
How kool is that?

2006 issue 42

Architect Rem Koolhaas has unveiled these designs for an office building in the City of London.
French Frank

2006 issue 40

Frank Gehry has unveiled his design for a Paris museum of contemporary art. It consists of a series of enclosed galleries with glass-covered roof terraces.
Vintage Gehry

2006 issue 40

Good colour, great complexity and a fine finish … it seems that the master’s monument to hedonism in the heart of Spain’s Rioja region is another architectural classic.
Life after la corrida

2006 issue 36

Barcelona’s disused Las Arenas bullring is being transformed from a crumbling wreck into Richard Rogers’ vision for a leisure and entertainment venue, topped out with a UFO-style roof.
Stirling effort

2006 issue 35

The Phaeno Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany, designed by Zaha Hadid, is one of six buildings shortlisted for this year’s Stirling Prize for Architecture.
Pitching it high

2006 issue 34

Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has been awarded planning approval for these production facilities for Silvercup Studios, the makers of The Sopranos.
Jean de florette

2006 issue 25

Jean Nouvel's museum of ethnic art in Paris, which opens today, tries to find a flowery architectural language to talk of ‘death and oblivion, visions of haunted places and the consciousness of the sacred'. Martin Spring explains how he set about this somewhat unusual task - and assesses his success.
Vintage Rogers

2005 issue 47

Richard Rogers Partnership is the latest of the big-name architects to design a winery – this one for a vineyard in the northern Spanish village of Peñafiel.;
Get Luder

2005 issue 20

Vengeance has a new face …starts May 20 a Building productionStarring Owen Luder as himself“GET LUDER”
Kunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing

2003 issue 40

Graz is celebrating its status as Europe’s capital of culture with a dazzling architectural display – and a British contribution is stealing the show. We visited Kunsthaus Graz, a shocking, sensuous, biomorphic art gallery designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier – and still found time to sample the city’s other delights …