Waugh Thistleton Architects has put forward plans to transform the abandoned Grade II*-listed Grimsby Ice Factory into offices, studios and maritime renewable energy research space
Author Archives: Richard Waite
‘The Cult of David’: Former Adjaye Associates employees speak out as practice cuts staff
Allegations of sexual misconduct against David Adjaye reported in the Financial Times sent shockwaves through the profession and led clients to cancel a string of projects. Now, his practice is making redundancies while former employees allege that a toxic culture permeated what was once one of the world's most revered…
OMA’s Manchester Factory price tag doubles to £241m
OMA’s Factory arts centre in Manchester is set to cost more than double its original price tag after further cash was pledged towards the now £241.7 million project
Archio resubmits plans for co-designed Norwich co-housing
Architect Archio and developer TOWN have resubmitted plans for a cohousing scheme in Norwich which address earlier concerns about height
RIBA Stirling Prize 2023: bookies name early favourites in ‘wide-open’ race
Bookmaker William Hill has named two early favourites to scoop this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, but said the race was ‘wide open’
ARB rethinks practical experience plans in its architectural education shake-up
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) will look again at its plans to drop the minimum two years of professional practical experience needed to qualify as an architect
New practice Arka Works: ‘Ignoring generative design and AI is not an option’
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone
Stirling Prize shortlist dominated by London projects again
All but one of the six finalists battling it out for this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize – the highest accolade in UK architecture – are in London
Schools crisis: former RIBA president calls for return of PFI to fund rebuilding
Former RIBA president Jack Pringle has called for a return to private finance initiatives (PFI) to fund a huge school building programme to prevent a repeat of the current crisis
Simon Allford: ‘The RIBA was failing, inexcusably caused by those meant to be leading it’
The outgoing RIBA president talks about his attempts to change the course of the Portland Place ‘supertanker’ and why he is staying around to see through his House of Architecture plans