All articles by Will Henley – Page 9
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Atkins sheds 51 jobs as it shifts focus to larger schemes
Atkins has shed 51 jobs as part of a strategy to refocus the company’s design teams on larger national projects.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's revised Tate Modern extension revealed
Herzog & de Meuron and the Tate today unveiled their substantially revised scheme, now in brick, for the £215 million extension to London's Tate Modern.
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Analysis
News analysis: is the housing market collapsing around us?
The fall in house prices has prompted a dramatic downturn in commissions, with some architects facing redundancy. Will Henley looks at how practices are coping with the credit crunch, and what the long-term prospects may be
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NewsSheppard Robson's 'jewel' building set for Waterloo
Sheppard Robson has revealed the first images of this 18-storey office building near London’s Southbank.
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Parker Morris standards just for social housing, suggests Boris adviser
Confusion surrounds plans by London mayor Boris Johnson to introduce Parker Morris-like space standards in the capital, former deputy mayor Nicky Gavron claimed today.
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NewsRow erupts over 'secret' plan for East End towers
Critics round on ‘astonishing secrecy’ over proposed cluster of skyscrapers in Shoreditch
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NewsEH forces rethink of British Museum plans
Rogers Stirk Harbour challenged over plan to demolish listed buildings
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Boris to ditch 50% affordable housing target in changes to London Plan
Boris Johnson has published a major report setting out his priorities for revising the London Plan.
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NewsLondon mayor axes flagship Parliament Square plans
London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped ambitious plans to transform Parliament Square into a pedestrianised piazza.
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London mayor pledges £60m to bring neglected buildings back into use
Architects stand to benefit from a new £60 million fund to help bring discarded London properties back into use.
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Architects in the running to win Scottish healthcare work
Nightingale Associates, BDP and Reiach & Hall are among the architects in the running to win a slice of a £900 million deal to build hospitals and major healthcare facilities across Scotland.
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NewsRIBA award winners announced
Sixteen RIBA national and 10 European award winners have been named, with next month’s £20,000 Stirling Prize shortlist to be drawn from the national list as well as the British-designed European winners.
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Big slump in construction activity
Activity in the construction industry has fallen at its fastest rate in more than a decade as the credit crunch tightens its grip on the house building sector.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron wins Lords masterplan contract
Herzog & de Meuron has won the contract to develop a masterplan for Lords cricket ground, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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NewsRIBA National and European Award winners announced
Contenders for the Stirling Prize shortlist were revealed at the RIBA National and International Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel on Friday night.
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NewsHeritage Fund pledges £23m for threatened buildings
The Heritage Lottery Fund on Friday pledged £23 million for scores of threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and Georgian town house in Llanelli in Wales.
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NewsArchitects to take lead in zero-carbon schools drive
Leading architects Robin Nicholson, Peter Clegg and Irena Bauman are to sit on a government panel helping to ensure that all new schools are zero carbon by 2016
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MultimediaRotating skyscrapers planned for Moscow and New York - video
Italian-Israeli practice Dynamic Architecture has announced plans to build two of its innovative rotating towers in Moscow and New York.
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Atkins posts strong financial results
Design and engineering giant Atkins has brushed off credit crunch woes with a strong set of figures in its annual results.
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2008 London Festival of Architecture kicks off
One of the largest contemporary showcases of architecture in Britain began on Friday with the opening of the London Festival of Architecture 2008.