All articles by Ruth Bloomfield – Page 17
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NewsMillennium housing falls drastically short of target
A flagship government scheme to create seven “millennium communities” of high-specification homes built to stringent environmental standards has produced just 1,626 properties in more than nine years
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NewsBarge living gets revamp
Baca Architects and PCKO have won a competition to remodel five river barges for a mixed-use scheme in London’s Docklands
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NewsWilkinson Eyre dropped from South Bank development
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has been dropped by the developer of a landmark tower development near Blackfriars Bridge.
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NewsPelli Clarke Pelli's Wood Wharf tower in for planning
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects is returning to Canary Wharf with a 194 metre tower.
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Major Chelsea Barracks setback as Kensington and Chelsea raise objections
The controversial redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks has received a significant setback after a key player raised serious objections to the scheme.
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News£150m Birmingham development by Trevor Horne wins planning
Birmingham’s regeneration has been boosted after Trevor Horne Architects won planning approval for a £150 million mixed-use development in the heart of the city centre.
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Hopkins, Holl and McAslan make Mackintosh shortlist
Seven practices have been shortlisted to design a new building for Glasgow School of Art, it was announced today.
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Charles invited to Chelsea Barracks summit
Prince Charles has been invited to a peace summit with the Chelsea Barracks developer in an attempt to resolve the row over the controversial site.
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NewsCroydon’s ‘third city’ project is in disarray
Some of Britain’s leading firms have seen their landmark developments for Croydon collapse or stall as they fall victim to the recession. The string of projects, by architects including RTKL, Sheppard Robson and Rolfe Judd, had been intended to create London’s “third city”
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NewsAlsop's Blackfriars hotel in for planning
Alsop Architects' proposals for a £250m hotel development next to Blackfriars Station on the banks of the River Thames have been submitted for planning.
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NewsHKS stadium for Dallas Cowboys opens next month
HKS Sports & Entertainment Group’s new stadium for the Dallas Cowboys opens early next month in Texas.
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NewsClinton heralds Elephant & Castle as model for sustainability
The redevelopment of Elephant & Castle has been lauded by former US president Bill Clinton as a global template for sustainable development.
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NewsLondon through a Shard
This is London as you have never seen it before – a glimpse of what visitors to the Shard will see when it opens to the public in 2012.
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NewsCouncil approves rebuilding of Westminster Theatre
Tim Foster Architects and Loates-Taylor Shannon have been granted surprise permission to create the West End’s first major new theatre in decades
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NewsRevisions risk scuppering theatre development
Plans by Loates-Taylor Shannon and theatre specialist Tim Foster to rebuild London’s historic Westminster Theatre are hanging in the balance after original plans became unviable
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NewsAberdeen row over rival plans
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz is working on a £140 million Aberdeen project which critics claim threatens an arts centre scheme in the same location by Brisac Gonzalez Architects
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NewsArchitecture minister under pressure over expenses row
Architecture minister Barbara Follett and communities secretary Hazel Blears are under intense political pressure after details of their expenses claims were made public.
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Ancient bones discovered at Farringdon Crossrail site
Preparation work has been halted on a Crossrail station after human remains were discovered
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NewsCivic Trust carve-up could save its legacy
Plans are being made to carve up the work of the Civic Trust, after it was put into administration last month.
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NewsViñoly's Walkie Talkie tower gets planning, but recession casts doubt on timetable
Planning permission has been granted for the Walkie Talkie tower – but work on the landmark project may be delayed by the downturn.