All articles by Ruth Bloomfield – Page 11
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Architect sought for new Essex university campus
Essex University is seeking architects to design a flagship academic building on its new “Knowledge Gateway” campus.
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Atkins consortium wins last major Crossrail design contract
Atkins, working with Arup and Allies & Morrison, has won the final contract to design a central London Crossrail station.
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NewsIan Simpson wins Belgian concert hall competition
Ian Simpson Architects has won an international competition to redesign a concert hall in Belgium.
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Dexter Moren plans budget hotel for London’s Trocadero
Dexter Moren Associates has drawn up plans to turn London’s beleaguered Trocadero into a “pod” hotel.
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NewsPrince plays court jester during a testing year
It has been a year of leaving parties and empty desks as firms high profile and low key felt the full impact of the downturn
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Westminster launches competition for street kiosks design
A competition to design cutting-edge street kiosks for London’s west end has been launched.
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Planners dent Imperial’s crown
A major university extension by Foster & Partners on London’s Exhibition Road could be scuppered by the planners’ determination that the building be set back from the street.
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News£4.5bn regeneration scheme in Wirral goes for planning
Plans for a £4.5 billion regeneration scheme – said to be the largest in UK history – have been submitted for a site in the Wirral.
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Architects to draw up V&A extension proposals
An invited group of architects has been asked to draw up design proposals for an underground extension at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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NewsHopkins unveils Brent civic centre
Hopkins Architects has unveiled the first image of its proposed new civic centre opposite Wembley Arena in north west London.
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NewsCopenhagen sees what a tonne of CO2 looks like
An installation demonstrating exactly what a metric tonne of carbon dioxide looks like has gone on show in Copenhagen.
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NewsCouncillors set to rule on Rogers’ revised British Museum scheme
The fate of Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ £135 million extension to the British Museum will be decided this week.
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AnalysisIs opposition to shared spaces kerbing councils’ enthusiasm?
The Guide Dogs charity is battling several schemes to open roads to both drivers and walkers, and some councils have been convinced by their arguments
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Boost for global bursaries
Students and young architects wanting to work in the developing world have had their chances boosted after the annual funding for the dedicated RIBA/Institution of Civil Engineers bursary was doubled.
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Harrods' shared space plan dropped
Controversial plans to merge roads and pavements around Harrods and make pedestrians, cyclists and motorists share the same space have been quietly dropped.
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NewsRival modern and traditional schemes go for planning in Westminster
An architect’s two different proposals for the same central London site are due to be debated by Westminster Council this week, with planners recommending a modern design, while calling for an “inappropriate” traditional version to be thrown out.
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NewsMayor backs Foster's Bishops Place development
London mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to Foster & Partners’ £500 million Bishops Place regeneration scheme.
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NewsBennetts' vision for the Whitehall of the north
This is the first detailed image of Bennetts Associates’ masterplan for a new base for thousands of civil servants being relocated out of London.
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NewsPaddington Crossrail images revealed
These are the first images of the proposed new Crossrail station at Paddington by Weston Williamson.
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NewsHawkins Brown plans £100m social housing site at Clapham
Hawkins Brown is drawing up plans for a £100 million estate regeneration that is being described as a template for the future of social housing