All articles by Will Hurst – Page 25
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NewsMoore resigns as Architecture Foundation director
Director of the Architecture Foundation Rowan Moore has resigned, it was announced this morning.The move, which has sparked an immediate search for a new director, comes just two-and-a-half months after the foundation ditched its plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters building - a move it blamed on the credit crunch.Moore, ...
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Foster's tax status questioned in parliament
Norman Foster’s tax affairs have been raised in Parliament following BD’s exclusive report last week that he has become a Swiss resident.Liberal Democrat peer and treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott — who aims to force “tax-dodging” peers out of the House of Lords — questioned the actions of the Foster & ...
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NewsGowan seeks clarity over Leicester landmark
James Gowan has called on Leicester University to explain its plans for the landmark engineering laboratory that he designed with James Stirling.
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NewsArchitects double up for Athletes Village
Development goes high-rise as Lend Lease boss unfazed by credit crunch
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NewsNorman Foster's tax status questioned in Parliament
Lib Dem peer raises questions over BD's claims Foster has become a Swiss resident
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NewsThames Gateway needs a single authority, Quintain boss tells conference
The troubled Thames Gateway project should be delivered by a single unitary authority, leading figures including regional design champion Terry Farrell are set to tell the government.Speaking last week at a conference on low-carbon development, Quintain Development chief executive Adrian Wyatt revealed that he and Farrell are part of a ...
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NewsLRW completes buy-out as parent company collapses
Manchester architect Leach Rhodes Walker (LRW) has completed a management buy-out from parent company Erinaceous Group, which went into administration this week.LRW, which employs 125 employees at its two offices in Manchester and Bucharest, said the deal - completed in just four days - had secured the jobs of all ...
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NewsEx Milton Keynes’ architect hits back over school designs
Former head of design says department was scapegoated, as council prepares for sell off
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NewsIan Ritchie dropped from Southwark's Potters Field housing scheme
Architect Ian Ritchie has been dropped from Berkley Homes' prominent Potters Field housing scheme near Tower Bridge.The decision was announced last night (Monday) by Southwark Council, which recently signed a co-operation agreement with Berkeley Homes after years of opposing the developer's scheme. The council said a new architect would be ...
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NewsDesign for London shortlists 40 practices for framework panel
Design for London has shortlisted more than 40 practices for its forthcoming framework panel including Marks Barfield, Foster & Partners, Studio Egret West and David Chipperfield.The shortlist, which attracted more than 180 submissions, is competing to be named on DFL's Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design panel, plans for which were ...
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NewsCouncil admits it has not costed Robin Hood Gardens refurbishment
Tower Hamlets Council has admitted it has not fully costed the refurbishment of Robin Hood Gardens, despite its repeated claims that demolition is the most economic option.
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NewsRIBA backs down as Freemasons defy rule
RIBA president Sunand Prasad seeks compromise after new rule on declaring affiliations fails
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NewsTories propose chief architect as national design champion
Government says position is unnecessary since Cabe already does the job ‘brilliantly’
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NewsLibeskind working on building in Hong Kong
Hypocrisy charge for architect who said he would never work in China
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NewsDeveloper sues Broadway Malyan over Stratford site
Architectural giant Broadway Malyan is facing a High Court claim because of a dispute over a proposed eco-scheme close to the 2012 Olympic site.
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NewsCabe puts brave face on 2012 designs
But positive review panel verdict warns of further design ‘dilution’
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NewsKoolhaas and Foster on shortlist for new Birmingham library
A glittering shortlist of seven firms including Foster & Partners, Foreign Office, Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and OMA are competing to design a replacement for John Madin’s Library of Birmingham.In an announcement released today, Birmingham council confirmed the names, alongside Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Dutch firm Mecanoo, following consideration ...
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NewsDeveloper sues Broadway Malyan over Stratford site
Architectural giant Broadway Malyan is facing a High Court claim because of a dispute over a proposed eco-scheme close to the 2012 Olympic site.Property developer Harlow Group is suing the practice for at least £300,000 over alleged breach of contract relating to its plans for a carbon-neutral development in the ...
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NewsSerpentine reveals Gehry’s pavilion design
The Serpentine Gallery has revealed images of Frank Gehry’s design for this year’s summer pavilion.The timber and glass structure, conceived and engineered in collaboration with Arup as well as Gehry’s son Samuel, is intended to be a “dramatic multi-dimensional space”, part-amphitheatre, part-promenade.Frank Gehry said: “The pavilion is designed as a ...