All Editorial articles – Page 12
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Building StudyWarwick Hall, Burford by Acanthus Clews Architects
Building anything new in a Cotswold village is hard enough, but when it’s next door to one of the nation’s best-loved churches, you know you’ve got your work cut out. Ike Ijeh admires a deft piece of architectural reinterpretation by Acanthus Clews Architects
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FeaturesIt's not just the Garden Bridge: other crossings for London
Ike Ijeh takes a look at the other bridges planned across the Thames
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OpinionIf you're going to hire a consultant, make it the right one
Is it PR you need, or will the extra work it brings simply expose more fundamental problems in your practice? Martyn Evans considers the options for stressed-out architects
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NewsWright & Wright get council blessing for Lambeth Palace library
New library and archive first new building at site for 200 years
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FeaturesGarden Bridge: Troubled crossing
Margaret Hodge’s recent report on the controversial Garden Bridge has highlighted the question of whether the mayor of London should pull the plug on the project, even if it means wasting £46.4m of public money already committed. David Blackman reports
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NewsLiverpool residents invite Unesco chiefs to defend World Heritage threat in person
Public seminars will question ‘conservation vs development’ approach
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ReviewWhy are architectural exhibitions so hard?
Architecture is a uniquely difficult artform to present in a gallery. Photographers, painters and modelmakers have all tried, with varying degrees of success. Could the immersive world of comics be a more helpful medium? Richard Gatti finds out
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OpinionWe should appreciate London’s success while it lasts
The capital might be struggling to accommodate its burgeoning population - but that’s surely better than the Detroit-style decline it once faced, argues Ben Flatman
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NewsRogers booked for British Library extension
Practice to design new-build exhibition and commercial space to the north of Grade I listed building
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FeaturesConservation areas at 50: is their time up?
As conservation areas turn 50, they are coming under increasing pressure in major cities. Ike Ijeh looks at the battle between heritage enthusiasts and developers, and asks experts if they think the areas have reached a tipping point
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NewsLocals launch design contest for rival Mount Pleasant scheme
Proposals sought from ‘across the profession’ after Francis Terry designed first phase
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OpinionThe Garden Bridge is like a student project – good on paper but impossible to realise
With government cuts and increasing global tensions it’s not the time to waste money on a costly folly, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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FeaturesWhat the new apprenticeship levy means for you
Firms with salary bills over £3m will have to pay the apprenticeship levy but small practices can benefit from 90% of their training costs paid by government
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News'Pull the plug' on Garden Bridge, says Hodge review
City Hall-commissioned review trashes London project
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FeaturesCan you design one of the world’s most famous buildings and be forgotten?
You’ve slaved for years over window details before finally getting to work on the project your grandchildren will talk about. But will anyone else remember you as they take a selfie in front of it? Eternal fame is far from guaranteed, cautions Jonathan Glancey
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NewsAllies & Morrison notch up Bath retirement homes
Scheme on site of former Vauxhall car dealership
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OpinionIs it time to tax land value uplift for community benefit?
The uplift in land value has been taxed at rates from 100% in 1947 to zero today. A sensible level of taxation could help fund social infrastructure and affordable housing says Julia Park
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FeaturesGreenwich Peninsula: does it stack up?
Knight Dragon’s £8.4bn redevelopment of Greenwich Peninsula will be one of the biggest regeneration projects by one developer that the capital has ever seen and has attracted some top architectural talent. But will the result stand the test of time? Ike Ijeh reports
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OpinionHow to diversify housing delivery with some help from architects
Self and custom builders could break the dominance of the volume housebuilders if they can cut through all the red tape says Hank Dittmar