Archive for July, 2009
Assael re-elected to RIBA council
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 29, 2009
Sheppard Robson’s head of sustainability, Alan Shingler, and former Conservative MP Sydney Chapman are among the RIBA’s newly elected council members.
Isle of Dogs housing scheme gets planning
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 29, 2009
Darling Associates’ plan for nearly 200 homes in east London has been given the planning green light.
Cheltenham Art Gallery extension gets green light
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 29, 2009
Berman Guedes Stretton’s five-storey extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery has been given the green light by the local council.
Why Robin Hood Gardens deserves to be listed | Alan Powers
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 29, 2009
Renzo Piano’s Central Saint Giles tops out
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 28, 2009
The office block within Renzo Piano’s Central Saint Giles scheme in the central London has reached its highest point at 10 storeys.
Top architects on longlist to design Manchester’s Whitworth gallery extension
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 28, 2009
Zaha Hadid and Edward Cullinan Architects are among 11 big names on the RIBA’s longlist to design an extension of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester.
270 housing projects vie for £1bn in Kickstart money
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 28, 2009
The full list of the schemes shortlisted to be bailed out by the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme has been revealed.
Stride Treglown’s Gwent Record Office gets green light
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 28, 2009
A plan to turn a 1913 grade II listed building in south Wales into a new headquarters for Gwent Record Office has been given the all-clear by local planners.
Islington approves Tasou’s ‘uncompromising’ homes
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 28, 2009
Islington Council in north London has given the green light to Tasou Associates’ plans to build two private houses in the borough.
Brian Dillon on Vladimir Tatlin’s tower in St Petersburg
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on July 27, 2009