A scheme designed by GRID Architects providing 102 flats for vulnerable women is facing fierce opposition from members of a west London community
Author Archives: Gino Spocchia
Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia damaged in anti-democracy riots
Supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have ransacked the Brazilian capital, damaging buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer
Social housing pioneer Renée Gailhoustet dies aged 93
French architect, social housing pioneer and 2022 Royal Academy Architecture Prize winner Renée Gailhoustet has died, aged 93
Leading UK practices among contenders for Bern culture museum revamp
Three UK practices have been shortlisted in a competition to transform a cultural museum in the Swiss capital of Bern
Emrys gets go-ahead for £120m overhaul of listed Barkers of Kensington store
Emrys Architects has been given the green light to revamp the Grade II-listed Barkers of Kensington building in west London
Grimshaw’s designs for Aston Villa stadium expansion approved
Plans by Grimshaw and Trivandi to upgrade Aston Villa’s Villa Park stadium have been given the go-ahead
Listed Birmingham New Street signal box to be ‘repurposed’
Birmingham New Street station’s Brutalist signal box is to be given a new, but as yet unknown, use after ceasing operation as part of a £700 million upgrade
Rogers’ Millennium Dome could have moved to Swindon, papers reveal
Richard Rogers’ Millennium Dome could have been relocated to Swindon after it closed in 2000, newly released files from the National Archive have revealed
3DReid revises controversial Kingston tower plans
3DReid has submitted a revised proposal to redevelop Richard Seifert’s Tolworth Tower in Kingston, south-west London, after previous plans were thrown out on appeal
Open call: Apply now to join the New Architecture Writers 2023 cohort
Applications for the New Architecture Writers (NAW) programme 2023 are now open for young people of colour who want to get into architectural writing and publishing