All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 12
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NewsHundreds of potential Olympic training venues announced
Stephen Hodder's Clissold Leisure Centre among those across the country bidding to host foreign teams
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NewsPlanning row threatens Highland homes fair
One of Britain’s most innovative housing schemes has been thrown into doubt amid allegations that residents and politicians have not been properly consulted.
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Heatherwick wins project in Leeds regeneration
Mixed-use scheme will be practice’s biggest UK commission
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NewsReport drops barriers to shared space
The controversial concept of “shared space” — which would transform Britain’s streets by abolishing “barriers” such as kerbs, railings, traffic lights and white lines — has taken a major step forward with the publication of a report recommending its use.
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Arb member evaluation a waste of time and money, say reformers
Arb members have slammed plans to perform yearly evaluations of the board at an annual cost of £22,500, calling them an expensive waste of time.
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NewsKPF’s £2bn Victoria scheme cut down to size
KPF’s £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in London has been slashed in scale following sustained criticism from Westminster Council, residents’ groups and Cabe.Westminster Council confirmed that although no formal planning application had yet been submitted, developer Land Securities had proposed cutting the scheme’s height by a third and reducing ...
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NewsBroadway Malyan scheme for Luton ignites row over destruction of listed buildings
Victorian Society in bid to save town’s hat-making heritage from shopping centre extention
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NewsEgret West scoops £75m Clapham scheme
Studio Egret West has beaten Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and S&P Architects to a £75 million mixed-use scheme in south-west London.
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NewsStudio Egret West wins £75m Clapham scheme
Studio Egret West has beaten Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and S&P Architects to a £75 million mixed-use scheme in south London. The practice, which BD last week revealed is drawing up a masterplan for Tower 42 in the City of London, has produced designs for a library, GP surgery, café, ...
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Riba awards 2008: Last chance to enter
Architects wanting to be in with a chance of winning one of a host of Riba awards have only three weeks to submit their entries.The closing date for the Riba Awards 2008 is February 21, and architects must enter the institute’s regional and national awards in order to be eligible ...
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NewsChallenge to Foster in Shoreditch
Action group proposes own scheme to save popular high street bar
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NewsFoster's Shoreditch high rise challenged by rival scheme
Local campaigners commission Willingdale Associates in bid to preserve landmark Light Bar against Foster's Bishops's Place redevelopment
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NewsBDP joint venture wins competition to design Kiev children's hospital
BDPgroupe6, a collaboration between UK practice BDP and French practice Groupe6, has won a competition to design a 250-bed children's hospital in Kiev. The team beat six other practices to design the All Ukrainian Health Protection Centre for Mothers and Children (The Children's Hospital of the Future), after beating six ...
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NewsCarmody Groarke on John Lewis shortlist
Leeds scheme would be the Young Architect of Year’s largest commission yet
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NewsKoolhaas to design Maggies Centre in Glasgow
Rem Koolhaas is to design Scotland’s next Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow. The Dutch architect joins a list of world-famous names who have designed hospices for the cancer charity, including Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, and Scottish designers Richard Murphy and Page and Park.The £2.1million building will be built close to ...
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NewsShortlist for Mersey Observatory competition revealed - images
CJ Lim’s Studio 8 and Ellis William Architects are two of five practices shortlisted in the RIBA competition to design a new Mersey Observatory in Crosby, just north of Liverpool.Duggan Morris Architects, Phos Architects and Farrell and Clark are also on the shortlist, beating almost a hundred other entries.The winning ...
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NewsFoster gets green light for world's largest building
Foster & Partners has won preliminary planning permission for the largest single building in the world – the Crystal Island scheme in Moscow.Situated within five miles of the Kremlin, the 2.5 million sq m spiral-form structure has been dubbed a “city inside a building”, and will include 900 apartments, 3000 ...
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for Denton Corker Marshall scheme as road tunnel abandoned
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for long-awaited visitor centre after government abandons road tunnel plans
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NewsFoster designs new coastal city in Oman - images
Foster & Partners has revealed designs for its latest scheme, a masterplan for a new coastal city near Muscat in Oman reflecting traditional Omani architecture.Al Madina Al Zarqa, the Blue City, will be home to 200,000 people, and will be formed by a series of clustered communities featuring schools, a ...