All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 255
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NewsPublic backs prince in barracks row
The public has rallied to the defence of Prince Charles after he was reprimanded by a High Court judge for interfering in the Chelsea Barracks case.
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NewsRIBA action on low pay ‘does not go far enough’
The RIBA has announced a package of measures it says will tackle student hardship and low pay.
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NewsA billion pounds needed for church repairs, EH claims
England’s historic churches, synagogues and mosques need nearly £1 billion of repairs over the next five years, according to the first comprehensive survey of places of worship.
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NewsEH persists with Stonehenge plan
English Heritage’s commissioners have agreed to seek private funding for Denton Corker Marshall’s £25 million Stonehenge visitor centre after the Government pulled the plug.
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NewsGormley hotel design wins planning
Reardon Smith Architects has won planning permission for a new £40 million hotel designed in collaboration with the artist Antony Gormley.
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NewsRIAS competition seeks sustainable vernacular
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has launched a £10,000 competition to find housing and urban design proposals that combine sustainability and sensitivity to place.
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NewsRichard Green joins Aecom from Taylor Young
Richard Green has joined Aecom’s Manchester office to lead its design studio as senior director in regeneration.
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NewsRIBA boss tells graduates to stop moaning and get creative
The chief executive of the RIBA, Harry Rich, has warned the next generation of practitioners to be creative during the recession or suffer the consequences.
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NewsRIBA reveals Severn Crossing ideas competition winners
Carlton Bodkin, David Coyle, Shankari Raj and Philip Skellorn have won the main prize in a RIBA ideas competition for a third Severn crossing.
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NewsStudio Weave at Glastonbury
Studio Weave’s dystopian dance platform has been unveiled at the Glastonbury festival and is so convincing some revellers believe it is genuinely on fire.
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OpinionRafael Viñoly: Manchester City’s hot new signing
Rafael Viñoly speaks to BD about the World Cup, his plans for the world’s richest football club, and whether at Battersea Power Station he can end 30 years of hurt.
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NewsGove to relax planning rules so disused buildings can become schools
Architects have given a cautious welcome to education secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that he will relax planning rules to make it easier to turn derelict hospitals, shops and pubs into “free schools”.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands to masterplan UCL campus
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been appointed by University College London to masterplan its Bloomsbury estate – beating 120 others to win the job.
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NewsArb unveils cost-cutting measures
Architects are set to see a reduction in the fees they pay to be on the register after The Arb unveiled plans for a series of cost-cutting measures including slashing all staff bonuses.
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NewsRIBA voices relief over Osborne’s Budget
The RIBA has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Budget, praising the Chancellor’s commitment to maintain capital spending and predicting that there will still be money for well-designed schools, housing and hospitals.
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NewsConservationists fight to save iconic New York building
Conservationists have denounced plans to demolish IM Pei’s award-winning 1970 Sundrome building at New York’s JFK Airport.
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NewsZaha Hadid made Unesco Artist for Peace
Zaha Hadid has been made a Unesco Artist for Peace in honour of her work promoting ‘inter-cultural dialogue and excellence in design’.
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NewsGradon Architecture backs student project in Uganda
A fledgling architectural practice in Tyne & Wear and 12 students from Newcastle University have joined forces to help build a children’s village for Aids orphans in Uganda.
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NewsDCMS blunder over major post-war listing
The biggest post-war listing decision for a decade was made by a junior official in the DCMS last week and never ratified by the architecture minister, BD can reveal.
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NewsConran’s to work for free in bid to save Saltdean lido
Conran & Partners has thrown its weight behind a community campaign to save one of the finest lidos in the country from the “wrecking ball”