All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 6
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NewsChurch of England calls for cross-party housing strategy
Report suggests using church land for affordable housing, while calling on government to improve quality and sustainability of existing homes
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NewsPlan for London’s £288m Centre for Music scrapped
International architectural competition for Barbican refurb to be launched instead
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Features‘We want to see action’ – meet England’s first bishop for housing
Guli Francis-Dehqani, the first bishop for housing, takes up her post in April. With a Church of England housing report out this weekend, she explains why the role is much more than a token one
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NewsNational Gallery launches competition to revamp London landmark
Winner for international competition due this July
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NewsPlans submitted for hundreds of flats at Seifert’s Tolworth Tower
Masterplan will add two towers and convert post-war landmark from offices
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Features22 Handyside Street: advanced geometry, passed with distinction
Argent’s 30-hectare King’s Cross development in central London is a compendium of fashionable architects, a reference book in built form.
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NewsGovernment warned of unintended consequences of cladding safety measures
Housing secretary accused of offering ‘second-rate loans’ to people in dangerous buildings
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NewsAnother blow for £1bn Seifert hotel project as ministers wade in
Kensington Forum scheme set for public inquiry despite twice receiving GLA approval
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NewsUS firm beats big British names to land €300m Italian job
Chipperfield and Heatherwick lose out
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NewsHousing ministry publishes draft national design code
Robert Jenrick sets up Office for Place to ‘pioneer beauty witihin the planning system’
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NewsUS firm Gensler remains world’s biggest architect despite shedding staff
Building Design’s influential 2021 World Architecture 100 report published tomorrow
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FeaturesRunning on empty: whatever happened to the Nightingales?
The Nightingale hospitals, built in record time, were a proud moment for construction. But with patient numbers overwhelming the NHS, Elizabeth Hopkirk asks why they never fulfilled their original promise
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NewsHost of firms win spots on major TfL design and engineering framework
Small practices join multi-disciplinaries on three-year deal
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NewsRow breaks out as housing secretary is urged to call in Adjaye’s Brixton tower
Campaigners engage lawyers as mayor chooses to leave decision in council hands
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FeaturesProjects of 2020: Blood, sweat and tears
2020 had its fair share of controversial projects but it also offered up some gems. We look back over quite a year…
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NewsPlans for Smithfield after markets move revealed
City wants to move 1,000-year-old market to Essex and replace it with culture and kiosks
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NewsGovernment warned of ‘disastrous’ consequences of permitted development rights
Damage to towns and local democracy ‘unacceptable’
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FeaturesThe Old Admiralty Building: back in Her Majesty’s service
Elizabeth Hopkirk tells the story behind the £60m refurbishment of Whitehall’s Old Admiralty Building
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NewsGrimshaw lands Delhi airport job – and vows to remain part of climate group
Winning team beats Gensler and SOM
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NewsKingspan hired lobbyists and ‘gamed’ tests in aftermath of Grenfell fire, inquiry told
Judith Hackitt, Clive Betts and Amber Rudd on ‘target list’ as firm sought to cast doubt on safety of rival non-combustible products