Archive for August, 2009
Boris set to overturn council’s rejection of 63-storey Docklands tower
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
London mayor Boris Johnson is set to overrule a council’s rejection of a 63-storey tower designed by MWA&D.
Setback for prince as council rejects Simpson’s Kensington Palace entrance
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Classical plans for the redevelopment of Kensington Palace have been knocked back by planners despite the backing of Prince Charles’ own architecture charity.
Extract from The Secret Lives of Buildings by Edward Hollis
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Flights of fancy: The world’s best airport architecture
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
RIBA denies claims of Stirling favouritism
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Concerns raised over jury member’s connections to shortlisted Tony Fretton
Tories will keep Cabe, predicts new chairman
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
The new chairman of Cabe says he doesn’t expect the quango to be wound down if the Conservatives win the next general election
Khoury’s pair of Solihull homes make light of underground living
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Birmingham-based practice Khoury Architects has submitted designs for planning for a pair of homes sunk into the ground on a garden site in the West Midlands
Piercy Conner scheme for old Turnmills site
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Piercy Conner Architects is behind plans to turn one of London’s most famous nightclubs into a mixed-use development
Prince joins Kensington Palace row
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Council’s design champion says Simpson scheme is ‘twee’