Architecture news
Olympic stadium revamp set for approval
Reworking of 2012 stadium by architect Populous given thumbs up ahead of planning meeting
RMJM bosses in war of words
Leaked email reveals chief executive Peter Morrison criticising European chief Jonathan French
Revealed: Grimshaw's Wimbledon tennis masterplan
Architect releases fly-through of sweeping changes to historic tennis club site
Revealed: Fly-through of Wilkinson Eyre's Sydney resort
Wilkinson Eyre Architects have won the design competition for Crown Sydney Hotel Resort on the city’s harbourfront
UK's 'greenest council building' now complete
Project team dubs Brent’s new civic centre the UK’s most sustainable council building
New boss of Cabe appointed
Former director at Capita Symonds and Shepheard Epstein Hunter takes up post
Design team chosen for £800m Goodsyard scheme
Team appointed to design Hammerson and Ballymore’s £800m Bishopsgate Goodsyard development in London
Make Architects to close Birmingham office
Firm blames lack of regional work for decision to shut Birmingham base
British Land and AHMM to develop huge London scheme
Project will deliver 22 new buildings in Shoreditch
MCC unveils £200m Lord's revamp
Redevelopment of historic Cricket Ground designed by Colin Maber and Populous
Austin-Smith:Lord revenue falls 40%
Financially-troubled architect reports drop in business after problem project in Abu Dhabi but cuts losses
Architects lack business plans
Comprehensive RIBA survey of the industry finds nearly two thirds of architects lack business plans while average profits margins were 22%
HTA restructures as founder retires
Firm forms limited liability partnership and expands board as Bernard Hunt steps down
Llewelyn Davies Yeang goes under
London-based architect Llewelyn Davies Yeang has closed after more than 50 years in business
LDA Design to plan £650m tidal energy project
Designer of the Olympic Park to masterplanner energy-generating lagoon project in Swansea.
English Heritage backs Smithfield plan
Conservation body backs John McAslan + Partners’ planned redevelopment of Smithfield Market having opposed previous plans
Aecom wins bigger role on Rio 2016 Olympics
Exclusive: Firm expands masterplan role to include design development work on all Olympic park venues, infrastructure and landscaping
Morrison emerges as backer behind RMJM buyer
Current owner and chairman of architect RMJM, Sir Fraser Morrison, is behind investment firm that bought the architect last week
WSP wins Qatar airport city job
Engineer wins role on 2022 World Cup project alongside Dutch architect OMA
New Cabe departures announced
Head of design review Alan Thompson among three staff taking voluntary redundancy
HOK’s Istanbul financial centre starts on site
Architect to design two of the scheme’s high rise towers
London challenges architects to create a ‘fitter city’
GLA explores links between city design and fitness
Green light for Feilden Clegg Bradley's Belfast campus
Project for University of Ulster to accommodate up to 15,000 students and staff
HOK unveils Crossrail Fisher Street plans
Architect HOK has unveiled its plans for a development above the Fischer Street shaft of Crossrail in Holborn, London
Southbank Centre unveils major extension plan
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios designs revamp of complex’s Festival Wing
PRP targets £1m turnover for new research business
Architect plans new business to develop areas including construction products, low-carbon buildings and sustainable community building
RMJM Glasgow directors leave
Departure of Neil McLean and Ian Harper leaves office with no directors remaining
Four strong shortlist for Newcastle library project
Four teams of architects have been shortlisted to design a £10m new library building at Newcastle College
HOK and Henning Larsen face off in Swedish lab race
Architects are part of final two consortiums in race to build molecular research facility in Lund
Stanton Williams bags Royal Opera House job
Stirling Prize-winning architect sees off rival Witherford Watson Mann in final stage of competition
Foster + Partners completes first Latin American project
50-apartment block in Argentina’s capital city Buenos Aires reaches completion
Olympic Park scoops top planning award
London Planning Awards recognises 2012 achievement and honours work of architect Sir Terry Farrell
Foster + Partners plans buildings on the moon
Architect part of a team of engineers to develop plans to construct buildings on the surface of the moon using 3D printing
Broadway Malyan's UK arm back in the black
Architect returns to profit on the back of international expansion
Climate chair Gummer backs green growth campaign
Former secretary of state for the environment and current climate change committee chair throws weight behind Green for Growth
Herzog & de Meuron chosen for London tower
Swiss architect behind Beijing Bird’s Nest stadium will design one of capital’s tallest residential towers at Wood Wharf
Make's Leicester Square makeover bags planning
Redevelopment of 48 Leicester Square will see building get all new core and floorplates
Over 100 supporters for Green for Growth campaign
Trade bodies, architects, contractors, clients and consultants among firms to sign up to Building’s campaign
Half of London councils sign up to Cabe review service
Body says “conversations” with other boroughs are continuing
Heygate Estate vision gets green light
Lend Lease’s masterplan for the transformation of the Heygate Estate in Elephant & Castle has been given the green light by Southwark council
Assael unveils North Wharf Garden design
Architect masterplans major Paddington regeneration project
Company accounts show uneven market for architecture firms
Terry Farrell & Partners and Devereux Architects report downturn in fortune but others start year with better news
£423k for one-bedroom flat on Battersea development
Developer of iconic London site unveils new images to mark start of residential sales on the first phase of the scheme
Bam completes £20m Nottingham eco-hotel
Contractor Bam Construct has completed a RHWL Architects-designed £20m eco-hotel at Nottingham University
Austin-Smith:Lord creditors could see settlement increase
Architect set to recoup up to 43% of debt from Abu Dhabi job
Nine Elms twin towers win planning
CLS Holdings gets green light for Vauxhall mixed-use scheme by Allies & Morrison
PLP Architecture to pay KPF £2.1m
PLP to compensate rival architect for business taken when directors broke away
Boris funds Stansted expansion study
Mayor of London considering Stansted Airport expansion as an option
Somerset Hauser & Wirth gallery gets green light
Gallery owner adds to Zurich, London and New York locations
RMJM creditors to be left empty handed
Letter to creditors reveals only Sir Fraser Morrison set to be paid from pre-pack receivership deal
Design Council deputy chair says Cabe safe until 2014
Paul Finch says former national design quango secure for next financial year with funding shortfall made up by local authority contracts
HOK and BDP in battle for £112m Danish hospital job
Architects on shortlist of seven competing to design extension to super-hospital
BDP wins Chinese TV studio tower job
Development to comprise six buildings including studios, production centres and offices
Atkins to design sports academy in Oman
Complex includes state-of-the-art swimming, gymnastics and athletics facilities
Lord Foster halves pay as firm's profit slips 9%
Foster + Partners reports pre-tax profit of £43.2m in 2011-12
Two architects battle for Royal Opera House redesign
Stanton Williams and Witherford Watson Mann in running for public spaces redesign
Cabe director departs after ten months
Nahid Majid says it is ‘with regret’ that she is leaving the role
MVRDV's 400m 'vertical city' in Jakarta
Dutch architect, with UK engineer Arup, enter plans for mixed-use tower in Indonesian capital for design competition
Architect mayor takes charge in Bristol
Architect George Ferguson has pledged to follow the spirit of engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel after being elected mayor of Bristol
Zaha Hadid wins Tokyo stadium competition
Practice beats out 45 firms to design National Stadium of Japan
Revenue falls 9% at Wilkinson Eyre’s UK arm
The UK arm of architect Wilkinson Eyre has reported a fall in revenue of 9% and a drop in pre-tax profit of 1.6%
West Ham faces two-year Olympic stadium delay
Legacy boss admits no chance of premiership football by 2014
New York-style 'high line' mooted for Manchester
Manchester residents join with architect BDP in campaign to transform disused viaduct into elevated garden
Broadway Malyan unveils Indian city plans
Architect designed commercial and residential city segments
Land Securities' 123 Victoria Street redevelopment completes
The Aukett Fitzroy Robinson-designed refurbishment of 123 Victoria Street has completed
RMJM's UK businesses cease trading
KPMG steps in as architect’s three British subsidiaries placed into receivership, with new business RMJM Europe created in their place
BDP profit drops 44%
Architect hit by slowdown in schools and health spending and falling fee levels
Make submits Hanover Square office scheme
Mace to project manage 66,000ft2 Legal & General scheme near Crossrail station
BDP wins German prison redevelopment job
BDP has won the Düsseldorf Ulmer Höh design competition to redevelop a former prison site in Germany.
Sainsbury Laboratory scoops Stirling Prize
Stanton Williams’ building beats David Chipperfield’s Hepworth Wakefield and Populous’ Olympic Stadium
Detailed plans for Battersea submitted
Detailed plans for first phase of Rafael Viñoly-designed Battersea Power Station scheme submitted for approval
Former RMJM star establishes new international practice
Designer Tony Kettle joins two former RMJM colleagues in forming Kettle Collective
Hopkins and Ramboll picked for £250m West End scheme
Architect of the Olympic velodrome and engineer appointed to work on mixed-use Belgravia scheme
Foster + Partners win New York office tower
Foster + Partners win contract to design a 650,000ft2 tower for Lehman Brothers Holdings on Park Avenue
Foster + Partners to open Brazil office
Architect says São Paulo base demonstrated ‘commitment’ to local relationships
DEGW brand to disappear into Aecom
Four decade-old architect and space planner, acquired by Davis Langdon in 2009, is to lose its name next month
Poll reveals fears over design impact of extension plan
Survey comes as councils look for ways to circumvent government plans to relax planning rules for extensions
Ground broken for new Design Museum
Luminaries of architecture and design contribute items for 2012 time capsule
Boris bangs the drum for Elephant & Castle scheme
Call for developer to take forward Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners-designed 470-home Newington Butts scheme
Five architects vie for RIBA housing gong
Duggan Morris Architects and Found Associates among those shortlisted for RIBA’s Manser Medal
BuckleyGrayYeoman lands permission for London office extension
Epworth House in Islington London to get refurbishment
Revealed: Make Architects' £450m West End designs
Crown Estate unveils £450m scheme to transform a major part of St James’s
Revealed: Fly-through of Herzog's Oxford uni project
Herzog & de Meuron and Laing O’Rourke’s £30m Blavatnik School of Government wins planning permission
Gensler returns to profit
British arm of US architect’s profitability boosted by overseas work in latest available accounts
Holder Mathias co-founder announces retirement
Architect Peter Mathias to step down after 44 years at the practice
Plans for UK's biggest Passivhaus development unveiled
Scheme would entail 150 homes being built in rural village in Herefordshire
Architect Rick Mather dies aged 75
Architect who masterplanned London’s Southbank passed away last weekend.
Make profit jumps 166%
Architect experiences rapid growth in India but sees Chinese expansion halted
RIBA urges government to boost home standards
Survey finds four fifths of people would support minimum space standards
Foster's Apple HQ $2bn over budget
Davis Langdon and Arup also working on Foster + Partners-designed project, which has had its budget balloon to $5bn
Construction 'worst' sector for insolvencies
PwC says more than 600 insolvencies in first quarter of 2013
Architect RMJM sold to investment firm
RMJM Architecture sold to Duthus Investments to halve firm’s £24m debt
Three-strong design team for £1bn Croydon mall
Exclusive: Three firms lined up for design team for £1bn Westfield and Hammerson shopping mall in Croydon
Terry Farrell to lead government architecture review
Review will inform future government architecture policy
RMJM old guard face asbestos court claim
Elderly former partners of dissolved RMJM Partnership and Bett Homes face £1m compensation claim
Design team picked for £92m car innovation centre
Exclusive: University of Warwick selects four consultants for its £92m National Automotive Innovation Campus
UK architects win Rio Olympics design roles
3DReid and AndArchitects win work on Rio Olympics velodrome and handball arenas
Astudio targets Asia with Hong Kong office
Building’s 2012 Architect of the Year to open business that will target high-end commercial projects
Fosters to submit Thames Estuary proposal
Architect-led group will submit plans to the Airports Commission in July
Bogle Flanagan Lawrence Silver rebrands
Architect rebrands as Flanagan Lawrence after the departure of two directors last year.
Aecom and the RIBA pull plug on consultancy collaboration
Collaboration launched to offer specification consulting to architects - announced last May - will no longer go ahead
AHMM appointed to design £25m City office refurb
One King William Street floor plates to be completely redesigned
Serpentine unveils 2013 summer pavilion
Cloud-like structure to be designed by Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto
Call for action over workers’ rights on 2014 Winter Olympics
Human Rights Watch releases report claiming migrant workers were cheated out of wages and coerced to remain in exploitative jobs
G&T and Aecom make UCL Stratford shortlist
Cost consultants, engineers and architects in running for £1bn campus masterplan
Farrells-designed tower wins Asian award
Nearly completed Terry Farrell and Partners-designed tower in Phnom Penh wins best commercial development in South East Asia
Ballymore Group submits twin towers plan
Glenn Howells Architects-designed residential towers on the edge of Canary Wharf submitted for approval
Bam to build Oxford university's Zaha Hadid building
Bam Construct has won the job to build the Zaha Hadid-designed extension to Oxford university’s Middle East Centre
BBC TV Centre masterplan unveiled
Developer Stanhope hails the way AHMM-designed scheme opens up the site to the public
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2012 marketing ‘gag’ lifted
Campaign victory with a ‘landmark deal’ that allows construction firms to promote work on venues
RMJM subsidiaries fold owing £5m
Accountants say there is ‘no prospect’ of trade creditors being paid after RMJM subsidiaries fall into administration
Architects' prospects 'very positive'
RIBA Future Trends survey for December shows jump in work in commercial and private housing sectors
Aedas to design major retail scheme in Lahore
Architect appointed to design entertainment park in India, including cinema, food court and facilities for weddings
HOK to design £500m Saudi airport expansion
Firm to help design expansion of Riyadh Airport in Saudi Arabia
Government will not list Broadgate
Culture secretary issues listing immunity for remaining parts of 1980s scheme
Make's £450m makeover for St James's gets go ahead
Huge scheme for the Crown Estate approved by Westminster planning committee
Green light for KPF's 'scalpel' tower
New tower in City of London for US Insurance firm W.R Berkley gets planning permission
RIBA boss slams ministers over failure to lift Olympic gag
President Angela Brady calls on government to “act on its promise” and relax Olympic marketing restrictions
Assemblage wins Iraqi parliament design competition
But it is unclear if London-based firm’s design will be built
Pascall + Watson profit halves
Architect reports profit fall as its operations in Ireland and Abu Dhabi struggle
Foster's early gem protected by government
Heritage minister awards Grade II-star listing to 1977 Sainsbury Centre
Terry Farrell & Partners slides into the red
Architect lost over £100,000 in its last financial year
New Story Museum wins planning
Scheme by Purcell Architects in Oxford to become an “international visitor attraction”
Big name architects to advise Boris Johnson
Design advisory group to have role in planning permission for major developments
Bermondsey housing scheme wins planning
Architect BuckleyGrayYeoman gains approval for 82-home scheme
Nex's contest-winning Cadogan Cafe
Architect’s design saw off stiff competition for small but prestigious job
Battersea Power Station phase one approved
Wandsworth grants detailed planning for Ian Simpson and dRMM designs
Final proposals for Shell Centre unveiled
Six architects release visualisations of eight new towers for London’s South Bank
Stanton Williams Thames-side scheme gets going
Sir Robert McAlpine pre-construction adviser on Riverwalk SW1 luxury housing development
RHWL Arts Team wins planning for theatre
Architect’s 100-seat theatre in south west London due for start on site in spring
Farrells and Benoy make Hong Kong culture museum shortlist
UK architects compete against other major names including Renzo Piano
Foster pays tribute to “inspirational” Niemeyer
Chair of Foster + Partners hails “magic” of Brazilian archtiect’s work
Majid hits out at Design Council after Cabe exit
Former Cabe director critical of parent body after being asked to leave without notice
HOK triumphs in global contest for £167m Italian lab
Architect unveils design for Sicily campus facility after beating 13 other teams
Davis Langdon and Mace advise on Thames Estuary airport
Two firms provide expertise on Foster + Partners proposed scheme for new air traffic hub
Hastings Pier boosted by lottery funding
Heritage Lottery Fund dishes out £11.4m to architect Drmm’s restoration project
George Ferguson becomes Bristol's first mayor
Former RIBA president, who is standing as an independent, in “sensational” win
RMJM’s design principal to go
Former director of YRM and Aukett Associates Iain MacDonald to depart from architect
Taxman chases architect RMJM for £70,000
HMRC issues winding-up petition against subsidiary company of troubled firm
Blair Associates to design Admiralty Arch hotel conversion
Firm to plan conversion of historic building into hotel
Weston Williamson outlines four runway Luton expansion
Architect drawing up plans for four runways at Luton
Architects’ outlook turns gloomy
Profession expecting contraction in workloads over the next three months
Foster unveils proposal to revamp Grand Central station
Scheme to help 100-year-old building regain its status as New York landmark
V&A's Dundee scheme revised to meet construction schedule
Architect ditches plans to “float” £45m building over harbour
New home for Borough Market
The Jestico + Whiles-designed redevelopment of Borough Market, in London, is now complete
Boris gives green light to Spitalfields scheme
Bennetts-designed redevelopment of historic London Fruit and Wool Exchange approved despite local opposition
Aedas Architects profit up 500%
UK share of the firm’s revenue jumped from 78% in 2010 to 92% in 2011.
Magdalen College library plan gets green light
Wright & Wright Architects’ scheme for a new Library at Magdalen College, Oxford, has been granted planning permission
LDA Design bags Battersea landscaping deal
Architect will work on the park surrounding the iconic 1930s Grade II* listed building
Feilden Clegg Bradley to design Southbank revamp
Architect sees off competition from six other firms
Architect survey finds members more positive
RIBA confidence index finds workloads expected to remain stable
Filming begins on Olympic build video
Industry leaders welcome ‘relaxed stance’ on marketing restrictions
Hong Kong seeks architects for new modern art museum
Designs sought for new visual culture centre as RIBA sets up new Hong Kong chapter
Davis Langdon working on Apple's new campus
Detailed images leaked on internet reveal consultant working on massive Foster + Partners-designed project
Greenwich Beach seeks ‘world class’ architect
Cathedral Group and Development Securities run competition to find architect for mixed-use, riverside development in South-east London
Green light for controversial £8bn Earl's Court scheme
Hammersmith & Fulham council grants outline permission to Terry Farrell scheme
Grimshaw and Canaway Fleming win Sizewell nuclear job
Architect RMJM had previously drawn up the masterplan for the scheme
