All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 232
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NewsHOK London wins Sicilian convent job
HOK London will renovate a Jesuit convent and adjacent church in the Sicilian city of Ragusa. The 5,000sq m site will now be converted into a museum.
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NewsWork starts at Mallorca cliff house
Work has started on site on a Mediterranean sequel to Graham Phillips’ Skywood House near London
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NewsFeilden & Mawson's Prague office wins Czech Grand Prix
Mountain House built for £88,000 in total including land and fittings
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NewsArchitects accused of silence over Ai Weiwei
Practices are putting business interests before conscience, says Rosbottom
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NewsCaruso St John scoops London Building of the Year
Chiswick House cafe named RIBA London Building of the Year
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NewsRIBA International Awards go to Zaha, Chipperfield, Hopkins, Mather, McAslan and UNStudio
Masdar, Haiti’s Iron Market and Guangzhou Opera House all honoured
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NewsAlsop to judge Middlesbrough's timber hut design competition
More than 35 young designers from the North-east have registered to enter a design competition for timber huts which will be built at the £200 million RiversideOne residential development in Middlesbrough’s former Middlehaven Docks.Judges include Will Alsop who was responsible for RiversideOne’s original masterplan and who also had the idea ...
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NewsUS Architecture Billings Index falls three points
American Institute of Architects reports “precipitous” drop in work
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NewsSnell Associates' Garsington Opera pavilion set for opening night
A temporary opera pavilion for Garsington at the Wormsley Estate in Buckinghamshire has been completed, ready for this season’s opening night on June 2
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NewsCapita Symonds makes a speedy recovery
Capita Symonds claims it has bounced back after making 40 architectural staff redundant as a result of government cuts
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NewsHeritage consultants condemn Chapman Taylor's Liverpool Waters scheme
£5.5 billion scheme would “severely compromise” relationship between Liverpool waterfront and river
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NewsWorking abroad: DRDH Architects
The London firm is active in China, Norway, Belgium and the USA. But it doesn’t want to open any overseas offices, says Elizabeth Hopkirk
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NewsMitchell Taylor sets out to build viable alternative to Noddy houses
Three houses built for £200,000
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NewsUNStudio's New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion opens in New York
UNStudio’s New Amsterdam Plein & Pavilion has opened in New York.The 465sq m white pavilion, designed with local practice Handel as associate architect, stands in Peter Minuit Plaza as a gateway to Battery Park in Lower Manhattan.The pavilion will contain an information centre and an organic food market, while the ...
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NewsAecom forms tall buildings group in bid to dominate the sector
Aecom has formed a company-wide tall buildings group to gather expertise in the sector from all parts of the global business.Its stated ambition is to establish Aecom as the acknowledged world leader in the high-rise field.The group will be led by Steve Watts, London-based director of Davis Langdon, the consultancy ...
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NewsChipperfield and MVRDV on New Holland Island shortlist
Winner for prestigious St Petersburg competition will be announced after public exhibition this summer
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NewsPeter Bishop joins Allies & Morrison Urban Practitioners
Former London Development Agency design director Peter Bishop has been made a director of Allies & Morrison Urban Practitioners, the new firm formed this month by the long-time collaborators.Bishop has worked with both firms in the past.As head of planning at Hammersmith & Fulham Council and then Camden, Bishop worked ...
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NewsIngenhoven Architects to design Google's new California HQ
Google has appointed German practice Ingenhoven Architects to design new sustainable offices next to its existing “Googleplex” in Mountain View, California.It is the first time the web giant has commissioned a building, having previously moved into existing reconditioned offices.Google, which has a rapidly expanding workforce, won outline planning from Mountain ...
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NewsWiny Maas of MVRDV awarded Légion d'Honneur
Winy Maas, founding partner of Dutch practice MVRDV, has been awarded the highest French decoration for his work in France.He was presented with the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French ambassador to the Netherlands at the French residence in The Hague.As well as designing many projects in France, ...