Archive for May, 2009
Politicians failed us on the home front, says Jonathan Glancey
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 29, 2009
Supertower offers glimmer of hope in polluted Chinese city
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 29, 2009
Pizzazz for cathedral piazza
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
A major £2.5 million public realm programme to regenerate the “tired and unattractive” space around the grade I-listed Westminster Cathedral is being developed by Westminster Council
Reboot for ageing new town
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Harlow Council and developer Stockland have launched a 120,000sq m revamp of the new town, first masterplanned 62 years ago
Caruso St John vies for cemetery
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Caruso St John is the sole British firm vying to win a deal to design a new crematorium at the Woodland Cemetery in Sweden
Stirling has jury —but no cash prize
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
The country’s top architecture award has still not found a major sponsor, making it increasingly likely this year’s Stirling Prize winner will go without the usual £20,000 cash prize
Keith Williams mixes and matches to create new Athlone gallery
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
London-based practice Keith Williams Architects has won planning consent for a 600sq m addition and refurbishment of a former town hall on the River Shannon in Ireland
Anchors aweigh for Chipperfield
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
David Chipperfield Architects’ new Anchorage Museum extension opens this weekend
Support wanes for Chelsea Barracks
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Richard Rogers’ controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme could be dramatically revised or even abandoned completely
Outcry as Arb airs plans to monitor competence
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Registration body may ask architects to prove themselves fit to practice every year