All Architects articles – Page 212
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CommentShoe box homes is RIBA's Gerald Ratner moment
Report on size of new homes could have devastating impact on housing development
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NewsDesign Council announces grant recipients
Grants totalling £114,000 will be spent on local design review panels and community projects
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NewsRIBA reveals pylon competition finalists
Read our summary of the six designs and vote for your favourite
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NewsNew Riba president hits out at 'bane' of procurement
Inuagural speech by Angela Brady pledges reform while outgoing president attacks coalition
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NewsDartford masterplan wins planning
Delancey and Essential Land scheme designed by Grid will provide up to 1,050 homes
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NewsRIBA awards shortlist announced
The RIBA has announced the shortlists for its 2011 awards series.
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FeaturesWestfield Stratford City: Maxing out
Westfield Stratford City in east London - dead handy for the Olympic park - is Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, a retail behemoth so large it is really a city within a city with more than 300 shops and 2 million ft2 of retail and leisure space. Ike Ijeh goes ...
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NewsUK construction industry launches Iraq trade mission
Representatives from Atkins and Maber heading to Iraq in bid to win commercial and residential contracts
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NewsLabour launches creative network to boost arts
Labour party launches new initiative aimed at boosting the creative industries in the UK
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NewsRMJM director joins Pringle Brandon Drew
Miriam White will lead architect practice with John Drew
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NewsWTC Tower 3 architect calls for push on stalled scheme
British architect says developer Silverstein must secure private financing
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NewsNew RIBA boss wants architects to take lead
Angela Brady calls for architects to be reinstated as project leaders
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CommentThe case for skyscrapers: Scaling new heights
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
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CommentProcurement: Design in the dumps
‘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
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FeaturesGround Zero: The world's emptiest space
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
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NewsBroadway Malyan to design world’s third tallest tower
Architect opens a studio in Turkey to support design of 571m tall skyscraper
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NewsAn emergency shelter with a difference
This ‘origami’ shelter is one of many concepts being exhibited in Australia to highlight the effects of Japan’s natural disasters
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NewsRIBA launches competition to redevelop £13m college
Winning design team will redevelop Bird College in Sidcup
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NewsAngela Brady becomes RIBA president
Second woman to hold post will begin two-year tenure on 1 September