All articles by Will Hurst – Page 38
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Cream of Jersey ‘goes to mainland’
Design quality in Jersey is suffering because major developments are handed to outside architects rather than local firms, it was claimed this week.
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Four-way fight for BBC site
Ian Simpson Architects, Fairhurst Design Group, Hamilton Associates and EPR Architects will present early design work next week for four sites in move north of several major Manchester shortlisted for the BBC departments.
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Olympic hope for small firms
New Olympic Delivery Authority chairman says he will take action to remedy bias towards large practices
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Green Gateway go-ahead
Government ready to rebrand Thames Gateway with Farrell’s rural renaissance vision
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NewsFoster in Heathrow running
Foster & Partners has drawn up early designs for a state-of-the-art terminal for Heathrow Airport, which is set to match the scale of the £4.2 billion Terminal 5 development.
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Gummer calls for Arb patch-up
Architects Registration Board critic John Gummer MP dealt a significant blow to the RIBA’s attempts to constrain the regulator’s powers this week by calling for a compromisebetween the two bodies.
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NewsPrince’s Foundation redesigns Gulf Coast
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment has revealed plans to redesign large parts of the US’s hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast along new urbanist lines, as Prince Charles used his tour of the country to launch a fresh attack on modern architecture.
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Backing for Farrell’s ‘Nash Ramblas’
Fundraising set to begin as vision for central London pedestrian boulevard gains widespread support
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Pay-for-planning approved
Audit Commission set to endorse controversial developer payments to local authority ‘consultants’
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Firm worked for free to win Edinburgh job
Broadway Malyan under fire for providing free ‘visionary work’ to secure Princes Street appointment
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Sustainable buildings code dispute
High-level concern over the development of the forthcoming code for sustainable buildings has been revealed in a letter to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister signed by Cabe, English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation.
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Heritage fight over Crystal Palace
Heritage group the Twentieth Century Society has vowed to fight plans to demolish the Crystal Palace Sports Centre, calling the grade II* listed building “incredibly significant”.
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Beauty contest fears at Elephant & Castle
Developers on the regeneration of London’s Elephant & Castle area have lined up Will Alsop, SOM and Marks Barfield Architects for the scheme, in a move that threatens to derail Southwark council’s innovative attempt to select architects working on the £1.5 billion scheme.
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Dublin practice proves it’s a real Giant killer
Architect Heneghan Peng confirmed an extraordinary talent for triumphing in the largest competitions in architecture this week by beating more than 200 other practices to design the £5 million Giant’s Causeway visitor centre and surrounding landscape in Northern Ireland.
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Rogers’ city library plan resurrected
Scrapped plans for a state-of-the-art library in Birmingham by the Richard Rogers Partnership could be resurrected when the council’s scrutiny committee calls for a rethink.
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NewsPistols in the pavilion over Biennale bust-up
Architects clash over London’s omission from British Council exhibit
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America looks to UK style
Will Alsop has won a £134 million project in Canada as evidence mounts that North American clients prefer British and European practices for “plum commissions”.