Archive for April, 2009
Watchdog boosts public sector role
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
Cabe has expanded its support to public sector bodies by adding around 40 design professionals to its enabling panels.
Women ‘hit the hardest’ as profession endures slump
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
Statistics shows disproportionate number of women joining dole queue
Aukett chief takes pay cut as practice plans lay-offs
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
The chief executive of Aukett Fitzroy Robinson is taking a pay cut of more than £30,000 as the firm prepares to make at least 20 redundancies.
Rogers’ Pompidou Centre gets French fried in new poll
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
Prince Charles’ views on modern architecture have been echoed by the good citizens of Paris who, according to a poll in Le Figaro this week, hate modern buildings, especially towers, and have voted on which ones they’d like to see demolished.
Deluge of entries expected for Glasgow School of Art competition
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
A competition to design a new building for the Glasgow School of Art has attracted unprecedented levels of interest, with the organiser predicting possible success for a young practice.
Scottish watchdog could be more like Cabe
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
The Scottish government has published a report on watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland which proposes a “significant restructuring of the organisation”.
Arup’s institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
The latest addition to the University of Cambridge’s science and technology campus opened its doors last week.
Olympic site hope for Skylon bid
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on April 30, 2009
Campaigners behind a plan to recreate Powell & Moya’s iconic Skylon structure have entered into negotiations to find a site for the project in the 2012 Olympic park in Stratford, east London.