Stirling Prize-winner Haworth Tompkins has landed another prized cultural project in Liverpool: the refurbishment of the city’s 156-year-old Playhouse Theatre
Stolon Studio and Manchester Uni win slice of £6m for biodiversity research
Stolon Studio and a team at the University of Manchester have won nearly £770,000 in funding to research the benefits of urban biodiversity
Libeskind leads calls to preserve artist Kurt Schwitters’ Lake District studio
Architect Daniel Libeskind has condemned plans to auction off artist Kurt Schwitters’ Merz Barn in Cumbria to private developers
Newly built Scottish primary school is ‘too small’, council admits
A local authority in Renfrewshire, Scotland, has admitted that a new primary school designed by Holmes Miller does not have enough room for future pupils
Foster + Partners lands design of major new Polish airport
Foster + Partners has won a competition to design a new airport in Poland, beating six leading global practices in the process
Classical architecture body ousts founder and chair Robert Adam
The founder and chairman of a Classical architecture charity has been dismissed ‘without warning’ by the organisation he established
AHMM’s plans for women-only housing approved on second look
Hammersmith & Fulham Council has approved an AHMM scheme for 60 affordable homes for women and an 18-storey co-living tower block after initially blocking the scheme
RMJM’s 35-storey Dubai apartment block badly damaged by fire
A 35-storey residential tower designed by RMJM close to the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai has been left badly damaged after its façade caught fire
Purcell wins go ahead to restore listed Victorian arches on Brighton’s seafront
Brighton & Hove City Council has given Purcell the go-ahead to restore 30 of the 151 Victorian arches forming the Grade II-listed Madeira Terrace on Brighton seafront
Glenn Howells’ Manchester office tower goes out to public consultation
The public has been invited to comment on proposals for a new office tower in central Manchester designed by Glenn Howells Architects