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Author Archives: Richard Waite
New practice Progress in Practice: ‘Many builders still can’t deliver our low-energy projects’
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone
David Chipperfield Architects slips to £270k loss
David Chipperfield Architects has posted a £274,334 pre-tax loss, despite increasing its revenue by a third
RCKa lodges plans for new east London youth centre
RCKa has submitted a planning application for a new youth centre in east London – one of the first jobs awarded through the Mayor of London’s Architecture + Urbanism Framework
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Middle East income triples
Zaha Hadid Architects’ (ZHA) work in the Middle East has more than tripled in value to £12 million, according to results filed with Companies House this week
Exclusive: Survey reveals architects were handed a real terms pay cut in 2023
After healthy rises in 2022, new salary research shows a woeful lack of movement in the profession’s pay packets this year. Richard Waite looks at the latest data and finds little Christmas cheer for architects
FaulknerBrowns’ ‘inventive’ 1980s Doncaster Dome leisure centre listed
The 1989 Dome leisure centre in Doncaster – an ‘eye-catching’ mix of Postmodernist and High-Tech architectural styles – has been handed a Grade II listing
AHMM Lambeth science lab plan waved through by Gove
The government has said it will not intervene in Allford Hall Monaghan Morris-led plans, which include the demolition of two post-war buildings near Waterloo, central London, to make way for a major life sciences hub
Baxendale team gets go-ahead for Scottish scheme with ‘ghost’ gable
Baxendale, working with architectural designer and artist Ecaterina Stefanescu, has won approval for a residential-led ‘new urban corner’ in Beith, North Ayrshire
Make’s South Bank tower decision postponed for a third time
Communities secretary Michael Gove has, for a third time, postponed his decision on whether to block Make’s controversial plans to redevelop the former South Bank ITV Studios