All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 4
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NewsScottish watchdog bites RMJM ‘fortress’
A £70 million proposal by RMJM for Scotland’s biggest modern university has been slammed by the country’s design watchdog for its “fortified nature”, which the organisation claims will exacerbate security concerns
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NewsArchitects are creating toxic 'killing machines'
Sustainability expert William McDonough warns of over-focusing on carbon neutrality
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Call for schools to relax work experience rules
The Association of Consultant Architects has called on schools of architecture to urgently drop work experience as a part II entry requirement, as recession-hit students struggle to find placements.
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NewsBroadway Malyan's Longbridge scheme wins planning
Planning has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £84 million redevelopment of the former MG Rover works at Longbridge in the West Midlands.
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NewsWinners named in Delft architecture faculty competition
Three practices have won an ideas competition to recreate the architecture faculty at the Delft University of Technology, 10 months after it was devastated by fire.
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NewsCoventry’s masterplan for £1bn city centre redevelopment
US architectural practice Jerde’s scheme includes controversial egg-shaped building, although council insists this is provisional
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Arb takes three years to strike off rogue architect
The Arb has been slammed for taking almost three years to strike an architect from the register after a High Court judge found he had lied repeatedly, and ordered him to pay a former client over a million pounds.
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NewsFollett won't list Lloyd's building
Architecture minister Barbara Follett has refused to list Richard Rogers’ seminal Lloyd’s of London building.
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NewsIan Simpson Architects wins RIBA contest to design National Wildflower Centre at Knowsley
Ian Simpson Architects has won the RIBA competition to design a National Wildflower Centre in Knowsley, near Liverpool.
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NewsSidell Gibson takes over Birmingham practice
London-based Sidell Gibson Architects is to acquire Birmingham practice Crouch Butler Savage
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NewsScott Brownrigg’s 3 Assembly Square, Cardiff waterfront.
Scott Brownrigg’s flagship office development on the Cardiff waterfront, 3 Assembly Square, has achieved a Breeam “excellent” rating six months before completion.
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MPs: DCLG is failing to deliver
The Department for Communities and Local Government is failing to deliver some of its key policies and needs to raise its game to become a "big hitter" in Whitehall, a select committee report claims.
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NewsExplorations Architecture's twin bridges
Explorations Architecture has won an RIBA competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge across the River Soar in Leicester.
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Architects Benevolent Society campaign to help those made redundant
The Architects Benevolent Society is to launch a new campaign to help architects who have been made redundant.
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NewsYRM to design first new nuclear power station
YRM has been confirmed as the first architect to be commissioned to design one of Britain’s new generation of nuclear power stations.
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NewsSteven Holl's 4 in1 Shenzhen tower
Steven Holl Architects has won a competition to design the masterplan of the 4 in 1 tower in Shenzhen.
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Barker calls for £6.3bn investment in affordable homes
Economist and housing expert Kate Barker has called on the government to invest £6.3 billion in building 100,000 affordable homes in the next two years.
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NewsCoop Himmelb(l)lau's Shenzhen competition win
Coop Himmelb(l)lau has beaten practices including MVRDV and Thomas Mayne's Morphosis in an international competition to design a new headquarters for the China Insurance Group in Shenzhen.
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NewsPrasad urged to resign over Arb election ‘endorsement’
RIBA president accused of influencing poll after supporting Reform Group policies
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NewsScotland's poor jobs outlook exaggerated, say Scottish architects
Leading industry figures in Scotland have poured cold water on reports that up to half of all architects north of the border could lose their jobs as the recession worsens.