Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won the prestigious – and lucrative – Praemium Imperiale award for architecture
Open City names new chief executive
Open City has named influential architecture curator, educator and designer Manijeh Verghese as its new chief executive
Haworth Tompkins’ ‘ultra-urban’ east London warehouses approved
Haworth Tompkins has secured consent for a vast industrial scheme in east London, providing almost 12,000m² of workspace
Queen Elizabeth memorial design contest to launch this year
A competition to design a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in St James’s Park, central London, will be launched before the end of the year
Bradford’s listed but empty leisure centre could become world-class skatepark
Ian Chalk Architects has drawn up speculative plans to convert a Grade II-listed abandoned 1970s leisure centre in Bradford into an Olympic standard skateboarding hub
Birmingham Council defers decision on Stephenson Hamilton Risley tower
Councillors have deferred a decision on Stephenson Hamilton Risley Studio plans for a 41-storey build-to-rent tower in Birmingham.
BakerBrown to create farm classroom using local materials
East Sussex practice BakerBrown is to transform a local barn into a classroom to be used by farm visitors including children with complex neurodisabilities
Glass falls from RSHP’s NEO Bankside ‘narrowly missing passers-by’
Councillors have demanded action after glass reportedly fell from Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) NEO Bankside development on London’s South Bank
Three Modernist buildings listed on Welsh university campus
A trio of Dale Owen buildings constructed in West Wales in the 1960s and ’70s has been granted listed status following a long drive by heritage campaigners
Dagenham blaze demonstrated risk of storing on scaffolding, claim fire experts
Experts have warned of the dangers of storing building materials on scaffolding in the wake of the Dagenham fire that hospitalised two people last month