All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 11
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NewsArchitects welcome OFT probe
Leading architects have welcomed the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into bid rigging in the construction sector as a chance for the industry to clean up its act.
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NewsHOK chief says architects favour celebrity over sustainability
The chairman of one of the world’s biggest practices has attacked the profession for favouring celebrity over sustainability in their approach to design.HOK’s Bill Valentine claimed architects were still more interested in appearing on the cover of magazines than truly embracing green design.The comments follow a speech last month by ...
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NewsHackers infiltrate RIBA site
Police have been called in after Chinese internet hackers infiltrated the RIBA’s membership database, a system used by the public to find architects.
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NewsProfession calls for action on OFT cartel allegations
Leading figures in the architecture profession have called for a full inquiry after the Office of Fair Trading alleged that 112 construction companies had been involved in the rigging of bids for major projects.
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NewsLeading architects fail to save Welsh school
Newport High School set to be demolished after appeal by figures including Zaha Hadid and Peter Cook fails
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NewsRogers blasts government for ignoring Task Force
Richard Rogers’ Urban Task Force is still waiting for a government response to a report it released more than two years ago, the architect has revealed.
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NewsDeveloper fined again over Goldfinger cottage
Heritage group questions approach to ensuring listed structure is rebuilt
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NewsFifteen sites named as eco-town shortlist is revealed
Housing minister Caroline Flint has named 15 potential locations for eco-towns. The shortlist of brownfield sites was chosen from more than 50 proposals, and will eventually be whittled down to no more than 10, each of which will provide up to 15,000 zero-carbon homes, with an affordable element of at ...
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NewsJean Nouvel wins Pritzker Prize
Jean Nouvel has become only the second French architect to win the Pritzker Prize. The 62 year old will be awarded the bronze medallion - and a $100,000 cheque - on June 2 at a ceremony in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.Announcing the winner, Thomas J Pritzker, chairman ...
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NewsLords unite in call for better designed homes
Peers from both sides of the House of Lords united yesterday to criticise the quality of housing in Britain.
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Building StudyPiano replaces Oxford Street monolith with transparent triptych
Renzo Piano Building Workshop has unveiled designs for a new 46,000sq m landmark building in London.
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NewsBath approves Wilkinson Eyre design school
James Dyson's School of Design Innovation took a major step forward last night as councillors ignored planning officers' advice and voted in favour of the scheme.
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NewsEH acts to save historic buildings in Liverpool
Two buildings on Liverpool’s threatened world heritage site have been listed as part of the biggest review of a city’s historic building stock ever undertaken.
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NewsOlympic site will become London’s largest park for a century
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled plans to convert London’s Olympic site into the largest new urban park in London since the Victorian era, following the end of the 2012 games.The plans, designed by LDA Design and US-based landscape designer George Hargreaves, will also promote more sustainable and active lifestyles ...
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NewsBath Council set to reject Wilkinson Eyre design school
Wilkinson Eyre’s troubled scheme for James Dyson’s School of Design Innovation in Bath looks set to be rejected next week after planning officers recommended that the scheme be denied planning permission.
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NewsPlasma scoops Next Generation award
East London-based practice wins prestigious BD-sponsored title
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NewsFormer BD editor Martin Pawley dies
Former BD editor Martin Pawley has died after a long illness. The author, journalist and architectural critic, who edited Building Design from 1981 to 1983, died on Sunday less than two weeks before his 70th birthday.Peter Murray, who first worked as a journalist with Pawley in 1971 on Architectural Design, ...
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron in running for Lord’s plan
Herzog & de Meuron and HOK Sport are among the practices bidding to draw up a £200 million masterplan for Lord’s cricket ground.
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NewsBD buildings editor to curate UK pavilion at Venice Biennale
The British Council has appointed BD’s buildings editor Ellis Woodman to curate this year’s British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition will feature housing designs by five practices: Sergison Bates, Tony Fretton, de Rijke Marsh Morgan, Witherford Watson Mann and Maccreanor Lavington. Woodman said the exhibition would address the ...