Grimshaw Architects has posted an increase in profits of 7 per cent for the last financial year, despite a fall in turnover
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Progress shots of Marks Barfield’s Brighton i360 Tower released
Marks Barfield Architects has released new photographs showing the latest work on its i360 Tower, which is now two thirds built
Competitions: editor’s pick 23.10.15
The Nordic Built Cities Challenge, restoring Kirkleatham’s walled garden and two new subway stations in Moscow. The editor’s pick of this week’s leading competitions
Dominique Perrault wins Praemium Imperiale
French architect Dominique Perrault has won the prestigious Praemium Imperiale award for architecture - an accolade worth around £80,000
Jonathan Tuckey creates archive in Royal Festival Hall foyer
West London-based Jonathan Tuckey Design has completed this £100,000 working ‘archive studio’ in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall
St Andrews University opens music centre design contest
The University of St Andrews has announced a design competition for a new music centre
Purcell’s basement plans for Damien Hirst approved
Westminster councillors have gone against its officers’ advice and allowed artist Damien Hirst to proceed with a huge basement extension designed by Purcell at his grade I-listed John Nash villa
How do London’s new super-talls measure up against the Shard?
In the week Renzo Piano revealed plans for another huge skyscraper - this time in Paddington - the AJ compares the tallest new towers proposed across London with the record-breaking Shard
A swansong for Robin Hood Gardens
Jessie Brennan’s book ‘Regeneration!’ is a sensitive understanding of the Alison and Peter Smithson-designed estate
TfL director contradicts Boris on Garden Bridge procurement
Transport for London (TfL) director of internal audit admits procurement neither ‘open nor objective’ 24 hours after London mayor Boris Johnson calls it ‘robust’