Architecture
Thumbs up for TateHindle’s Cambridge scheme
Countryside Properties, supported by architectural practice, TateHindle, has secured reserved matters planning consent from Cambridge City Council for a 5.2
Ferguson urges design innovation to drive a Bristol self-build boom
Design is the "missing link" in house-building, according to Bristol's architect mayor George Ferguson
Smiths Gore lands Scottish Natural Heritage contract
Rural property consultancy Smiths Gore has successfully tendered to deliver surveying, architectural and estate agency services to Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) from 2013 to 2016
Planning nod for Artillery Row luxury resi scheme
Westminster Council has granted planning for an eight-storey resi scheme at 4-16 Artillery Row, Victoria
Government launches major UK architecture review
An independent review of architecture and the built environment has been launched by the Culture and Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey today
Land Securities awards Victoria Circle job
The transformation of 5.5 acres of land by Victoria Station - billed as "the capital's most exciting master-planned mixed use scheme in decades" - looks to be gathering pace.
Budget Analysis: George misses a trick on VAT
Despite some laudable aims, will this Budget lead to the demolition of even more of our historic architecture, asks Trevor Abrahmsohn...
A neutral budget in these austere times is always welcome.
Sculpture in the Skyline: Is this the world’s coolest resi tower?
If you're keeping an eye on ups and downs across the pond, it's worth noting that Herzog & de Meuron's fervently anticipated 56 Leonard - billed as "the most imaginative and architecturally significant …
Resi plans mooted for Manchester’s Royal Exchange
A major chunk of the famous Grade II listed Royal Exchange, at the beating heart of Manchester's city centre, could soon be about to undergo a prime resi makeover
Planning nod for new Foster + Partners project on Albert Embankment
Lambeth Council has given the thumbs up to plans for St James Group’s major new scheme at 20-21 Albert Embankment.
Boris floats Royal Docks “floating village” idea
Boris Johnson has revealed a plan to turn London's Royal Docks into the UK's largest "floating village," one and a half times the size of Green Park
One in five architects currently unemployed
22% of architects currently classify themselves as unemployed, and of these, more than a third are claiming jobseeker’s allowance, according to Building Design's inaugural industry-wide employment sur…