All articles by Anna Winston – Page 27

  • Blogs

    The London Eye turns 10

    2010-03-10T17:41:00Z

    Congratulations this week to the London Eye, which celebrated its tenth birthday on Tuesday...The husband and wife architects behind it, David Marks and Julia Barfield, sent News Junkie this celebratory card, charmingly drawn by their daughter Maya, aged about 4, long before the landmark was built.Since being opened by Prime ...

  • News

    US architects Bruce Graham and Raimund Abraham die

    2010-03-09T12:10:00Z

    The architect behind the Sears Tower in Chicago, at the time of its completion in 1973 the tallest building in the world, died last weekend.

  • Blogs

    Keeping records

    2010-03-08T18:20:00Z

    It is always sad when a great architect dies and their office is disbanded. Years of work including architectural drawings and sketches end up on the rubbish tip.So let's give a big cheer for the State Preservation Office and Archives of Michigan, USA, who have joined forces to save World ...

  • Grimsby University Centre
    News

    New University Centre in Grimsby unveiled by Ryder Architecture

    2010-03-08T09:08:00Z

    Ryder Architecture has unveiled images of its £25 million University Centre for higher education organization the Grimsby Institute in South Humberside.

  • Changes to the Urban Environment
    Review

    2050: Where will architecture be in 40 years?

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    We asked a panel of experts to predict what the built environment would look like in 2050

  • The Guy's tower
    News

    New cladding competition launched for Guy's Hospital

    2010-03-04T15:56:00Z

    Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London has launched its second architectural competition in less than a month, seeking expressions of interest for a £21 million cladding project.

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    The architect banned from building in New York

    2010-03-04T15:46:00Z

    What do you do when an architect repeatedly breaks zoning laws? In New York you bar them from making planning applications...Robert Scarano Jr appears to have been raising hackles for some time in the streets of the Big Apple. Residents complained that his buildings are out of proportion, dwarfing surrounding ...

  • The launch of the 2009 Cycle to Cannes
    News

    Cyclists gear up for Cannes ride

    2010-03-04T09:17:00Z

    Riders participating in Cycle To Cannes, the annual sponsored bicycle ride to Mipim, have reached the last leg of fundraising before the ride starts next Thursday.

  • Blogs

    Looking into the past

    2010-03-03T17:43:00Z

    BD is celebrating its 40th anniversary this week and News Junkie has been trawling the web looking for interesting images from around the world of the every-day architecture of bygone years...The Looking into the Past flickr group is our favourite thus far.Inspired by Michael Hughe's Souvenirs project, a series of ...

  • Daniel Libeskind's €75 million (£68 million) Grand Canal Theatre project in Dublin
    News

    Libeskind's Dublin Canal Theatre completes

    2010-03-03T09:29:00Z

    Daniel Libeskind's €75 million (£68 million) Grand Canal Theatre project in Dublin has completed, with the grand opening of the new 2000-seat venue due to take place in a fortnight.

  • Ole Scheeren is setting up a new practice
    News

    OMA partner quits to set up new practice

    2010-03-03T09:25:00Z

    OMA partner Ole Scheeren has confirmed he is leaving the practice to set up his own practice.

  • Blogs

    Is Nicolai Ouroussoff the last architecture critic?

    2010-03-02T16:58:00Z

    Journalist and Architectural Historian Alexandra Lange has launched a scathing attack on the New York Times critic Nicolai Ouroussoff, describing him as 'slippery', 'lazy' and 'not good enough'.(Nicolai Ouroussoff as envisioned by Curbed NY)Writing in The Design Observer, Lange argues that Ouroussoff may be one of the last of a ...

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    US Embassy round up

    2010-02-26T18:17:00Z

    The winning design for America's new embassy building in London has finally been unveiled, but it hasn't won everyone over.First there were reports of a fight "to the death" between jury members Richard Rogers and Lord Palumbo and their American counterparts, then Fox News weighed in with an attack on ...

  • Bennetts Associates £13.8 million 6,500 sq m Suttie centre for Training and Healthcare at the University of Aberdeen
    News

    Bennetts' Aberdeen health learning centre completes

    2010-02-25T16:23:00Z

    Bennetts Associates has completed work on the £13.8 million 6,500 sq m Suttie centre for Training and Healthcare at the University of Aberdeen Foresterhill Campus.

  • News

    AIA billings index drops again

    2010-02-24T15:18:00Z

    Architecture billings in the US have taken another tumble, with the American Institute of Architect’s billing index falling three points in January.

  • Blogs

    Rogers gets that familiar feeling

    2010-02-24T15:14:00Z

    I don't think any of us are likely to forget the Chelsea Barracks debacle in a hurry, least of all Richard Rogers who probably still smarts just at the word 'barracks'.But down in Australia, Rogers is wading into a similar row over his Barangaroo project in Sydney...At some point you ...

  • Morphosis' design for the new US Embassy
    News

    London's US Embassy: The other designs

    2010-02-24T12:09:00Z

    The American Embassy has revealed images of all four of the shortlisted schemes for its new home in Battersea, after naming the scheme by Philadelphia based Kieran Timberlake as the winner of the $1 billion project.

  • News

    Lee Boyd Architects' community hub wins planning

    2010-02-24T08:04:00Z

    Edinburgh based practice Lee Boyd Architects has won planning permission for a £3 million community hub in Gorebridge, Scotland.

  • Blogs

    Heatherwick's 'giant pin cushion'

    2010-02-23T11:52:00Z

    It's a million miles away and months from completion, but Heatherwick's Shanghai Pavilion is generating enough excitement to reach around the globe.And now some construction shots are finally revealing the reality of the B of the Bang designer's latest creation...In its usual ebullient style, The Daily Mail has honoured the ...

  • Walsall’s New Art Gallery: “not a seriously rated arts venue”.
    News

    Criticism of lottery projects sparks row

    2010-02-19T00:01:00Z

    Arts bosses and architects have defended the buildings paid for by the Millennium Lottery Fund, a decade after the multi-million pound funding spree ended