Vikki Miller
NewsSquire & Partners unveil latest Potters Field plans
New plans for the controversial Potter’s Field site next to Tower Bridge in central London have been unveiled by Squire & Partners.
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BDP’s Nick Terry dies
Nick Terry, a director and former chairman of BDP, has died following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 61.
NewsMVRDV wins Seoul new town comp
Dutch architect MVRDV has won a design competition for a new town near Seoul in South Korea.
NewsGreen Guide ‘flawed’, says lobby group
Report says it is likely to worsen buildings’ environmental impact
NewsReject environmentally harmful work, says engineer Mark Whitby
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has called on design professionals to boycott work from environmentally harmful clients.
NewsMake slashes workforce and closes Edinburgh office
Make architects has cut its headcount from 130 to 100 and has closed its Edinburgh office.
NewsUK firms on shortlist for 2012 venue conversions
British architects including Lifschutz Davidson Sandlilands, Flacq, Hawkins Brown and David Morley Architects have made it onto a shortlist for one of the last major slices of 2012 Olympic work — a contract worth £350 million to convert existing venues.
NewsEra of Parker Boris dawns as mayor sets minimum space standards for London housing
Mayor Boris Johnson will introduce minimum space standards for new homes in his upcoming London Plan.
NewsEra of Parker Boris dawns as mayor sets minimum space standards for London housing
Mayor Boris Johnson will introduce minimum space standards for new homes in his upcoming London Plan.
NewsRoyal College of Art appoints Paul Thompson as rector
Paul Thompson, a former director of the Design Museum, has been unveiled as the rector of the Royal College of Art.
NewsNew plans to preserve Smithfield
Smithfield’s general market building will be saved from the bulldozer under new plans for the historic site, drawn up by architect John McAslan, BD can reveal.
NewsTwo firms share Doolan prize
Scotland’s most prestigious architecture prize, the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award, has been awarded to Bennetts Associates and Elder and Cannon Architects.
NewsSNP minister pledges support for Lighthouse
Architecture centre cites Venice Pavilion as reason for funding crisis
NewsCash shortfall could close Lighthouse architecture centre
The Lighthouse, Scotland’s architecture and design centre, could face imminent closure unless Glasgow City Council agrees a financial rescue package later this month.
NewsPlanners set to bin Make’s scheme for McDonald’s
Plans by Make for fast food giant McDonald’s first major mixed-use project in the UK are likely to be rejected by Tower Hamlets Council, which says the site is inappropriate for family housing.
NewsBerkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe
Pidgley accuses architectural establishment of trying to control projects
NewsWilkinson Eyre to design Exeter University landmark building
Wilkinson Eyre has beaten Foreign Office Architects to design a £45 million landmark building for Exeter University.
NewsHeatherwick’s Shanghai Expo ‘jewel’ hit by row
Curator’s departure from 2010 pavilion comes amid uncertainty over UK’s message
NewsCabe calls in Sparks for Crossrail panel
Veteran to chair station review panel with Shuttleworth as deputy
NewsCabe can't let Victoria scheme go
Cabe still has major concerns about Kohn Pederson Fox’s (KPF) troubled masterplan for Victoria in central London, despite a massive overhaul of the proposals, BD has learnt.