Richard Waite

An exchange programme offering early year architect students from non-traditional backgrounds ‘a completely free trip’ to New York has launched a call for applicants

A number of emerging names, including AJ 40 under 40 stars, have been named on Sadiq Khan’s ‘refreshed and diverse panel’ of Mayor’s Design Advocates (MDAs)

The RIBA has named its Buildings of the Year in each of the institute’s 10 English regions

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has put forward plans for a 32,036m² office scheme next to the Financial Times building on London’s South Bank

UK-based practices Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) and AFL are among the last three finalists in the competition to design a new 20-25,000-capacity football stadium in Aarhus, Denmark

A team led by James Corner Field Operations has put forward its designs for the Camden Highline – the regeneration of a 1.2km stretch of disused railway in north London

The Paignton Picture House Trust has appointed AOC Architecture for a £3.6 million restoration of its abandoned Grade II*-listed cinema in Torbay

The Architectural Association (AA) has named British/American architect and academic Ingrid Schroder as the school’s new director

New York-based Selldorf Architects has unveiled new images of ‘refined’ proposals to upgrade and remodel the Grade I-listed National Gallery and Sainsbury Wing

Leading figures in the worlds of architecture, property, heritage and the arts have signed an open letter to the Communities Secretary, demanding a public inquiry into Pilbrow & Partners’ proposals to demolish the historic Marble Arch store