Archive for May, 2009
Scottish firms favoured in Mackintosh shortlist
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Hadid and Rogers both overlooked in seven-strong race for art school
What price PR for Brum’s new library?
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Big schemes need big architects and big PR launches, claims the Birmingham Post, which under-took a Freedom of Information request into the costs of launching the city’s new library.
MVRDV’s Greater Paris proposal (video)
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
MVRDV, with ACS and AFF, is one of ten teams that have drawn together proposals to re-invent Paris.
Metzstein takes on Edinburgh Castle in support of Murphy’s Haymarket hotel
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Professor Isi Metzstein has described the importance of Edinburgh Castle to the city’s skyline as “overrated”.
Uprising at Landscape Institute
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
No-confidence vote in trustees sought over loss of facilities
‘Excellent’ rated BSF school goes on site
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 28, 2009
Walters and Cohen's scheme for the redevelopment of Cotham School in Bristol has gone on site.
Sarkozy at Nouvel’s Abu Dhabi Louvre groundbreaking
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 27, 2009
French president Nicholas Sarkozy has visited Abu Dhabi for the groundbreaking ceremony of Jean Nouvel’s Louvre and to launch a new French military base.
Wilkinson Eyre dropped from South Bank development
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 27, 2009
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has been dropped by the developer of a landmark tower development near Blackfriars Bridge.
Edinburgh Haymarket hotel public inquiry underway
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 27, 2009
A public inquiry into Richard Murphy’s proposed 19-storey £200 million hotel in Haymarket, Edinburgh, has begun.
Ryder’s £23m Newcastle library set for opening
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on May 27, 2009
A £24 million library designed by Ryder Architecture is due to open to the public in less than two weeks time.