High-profile architecture practice Dixon Jones closes its doors
Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones’ venerable firm, which has been involved in some of the biggest development projects in PCL, said the last six months had been a ‘very unhappy period’
Gilbert Scott’s Keltham Hall to go under the hammer
The great architect reused many of Keltham’s high Victorian Gothic features in his designs for the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras.
Planning nod for Shakespearean visitor centre at £750m Shoreditch scheme
Cain International gets go-ahead for ‘extraordinary’ Perkins&Will-designed attraction at The Stage
Private housing is the most upbeat architecture sector
The latest RIBA sentiment survey tells of a mixed picture for the architecture industry.
Square Mile’s new ‘digital twin’ will help planners visualise the future
The City of London Corporation, Innovate UK, New London Architecture and VU.CITY launch ‘the most advanced, fully interactive virtual reality digital twin ever of a major city area’; new tech billed as ‘the ultimate in tools for community consultation’
Newly-consented Richard Parr project ‘rethinks the vision of a contemporary country house’
Planners have green-lighted the practice’s designs for a ‘sinuous’ 15,000 square foot super-home in the West Midlands…
Covers come off major Grosvenor Square façade restoration
Hoardings have just been removed from Lodha’s No.1 Grosvenor Square scheme, revealing the painstakingly-restored historic frontage to one of the capital’s most lavish new developments.
Diarise: Building Beautiful – An interview with Robert Adam
Samuel Hughes, the Roger Scruton Legacy Foundation’s Senior Fellow in the Built Environment, continues his series of interviews with the leading figures in traditional architecture and urbanism…
Aston Martin unveils debut standalone private residence
The legendary British car marque has teamed up with S3 Architecture to design a 55-acre estate deep in New York’s Hudson Valley…
David Adjaye picks up RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
Sir David Adjaye has been named as the next recipient of the world’s highest architecture honour, the Royal Gold Medal 2021
Studio Indigo unveils ‘boomerang’ concept for luxury Moscow scheme
Designs for ‘prestigious’ 19,000 sqm site aim to maximise cathedral & river views without breaching stringent height restrictions.
RIBA cancels all 2020 architecture gongs, including the Stirling Prize
“Over the summer we explored flexible options for judging within the current public health challenges,” says RIBA President Alan Jones, “however given the increasing infection rates and local restrictions, we have no option but to press pause for 2020.”