Archive for August, 2009
Oxford Brookes plans face planners
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Design Engine’s £75 million redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University was set to go before planners this month
Foster’s directors’ pay soars by 42%
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Directors’ pay at Foster & Partners Group has shot up by a massive 42% — despite the firm plunging further into the red following the cost of having to make a quarter of its staff redundant
Massie double for rescheduled housing fair
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Graeme Massie Architects has unveiled the latest images of its designs for the Highlands Housing Fair which is due to go ahead in August 2010 after delays forced organisers to reschedule the event
Bid to save Scottish architecture centre
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 28, 2009
Adminstrator in talks with funders to bail out Glasgow’s Lighthouse
“Remote” Stirling connection
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
The RIBA’s claim that there is “a remote connection” between Stirling judge Stephen Bates and Tony Fretton, tipped to win this year’s prize, seems a little bit of an understatement if you read Ellis Woodman’s interview with the former in...
Council rejects Hopkins’ Greenwich Market revamp
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
Hopkins Architects’ plan to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market has been unexpectedly thrown out by council planners.
Heritage: let’s consign the word to history | Jonathan Jones
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
Engineers suggest attaching tubes of algae to buildings
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
Transparent plastic tubes filled with green algae should be attached to the side of buildings to help limit carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME).
LDA draws up plans for 2012 park revamp
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
LDA Design has drawn up a masterplan for a £10 million revamp of an east London park expected to be a key route into the 2012 Olympics.
DLG’s RAF scheme to be grounded
Posted by The Sheet in Architecture News on August 27, 2009
DLG Architects' scheme for a new headquarters for the RAF Benevolent Fund is set to be rejected by Westminster Council.