News from My Village Stokenewington - 02/02/2010
Biggins in Hackney - 50k to 800k.
Christopher Biggins didn't want "come dine with me" viewers to see his Hackney home - according to the Daily Mail . But his place didn't sound too bad when he told the Telegraph about it on January 21: "In 1984 I bought a lovely three-bedroom terrace for £50,000 in a development of 16 homes designed by the famous architect Piers Gough.
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News from Daily Telegraph - 01/21/2010
Christopher Biggins: 'Bankruptcy was the best thing to happen to me'
Christopher Biggins, the 'I'm a Celebrity' winner, is now back on his feet and an avid art collector.
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News from Independent - 11/05/2009
Album: Patrick Hawes, Fair Albion: Visions Of England (Signum Classics)
Patrick Hawes is rather like the Piers Gough of British classical composers, firmly adhering to the tried and trusted values of an earlier era, notably the Anglican church and English landscape celebrated in these 15 pieces. Not that he's devoid of surprise: the soprano vocal of "Cantate Domino" is set to organ and baritone sax, a curious but effective contrast, while the sawing strings of The ...
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News from Evening Standard - 08/05/2009
Now US embassy scheme falls foul of architecture watchdog
The Government's Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment says it cannot support draft designs for the £275 million building known as “The Iceberg” near the south bank of the Thames.
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News from Decanter.com - 07/21/2009
Sir Norman Foster winery design makes the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
A winery model designed by world-renowned architect Sir Norman Foster has made it into the prestigious Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.
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News from Art Daily - 06/08/2009
Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition 2009 Continues the Tradition of Displaying Wide Range of New Work
Danny Rolph, Gladstone, 2009, Mixed media on Tripplewall. Courtesy of the Artist and AR/Contemporary, Milan. LONDON.- Now in its 241st year, the Royal Academy ’s Summer Exhibition 2009 continues the tradition of displaying a wide range of new work by both established and unknown artists in all media including painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and architecture.
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News from The Herald - 05/21/2009
Landmark victory: seven Scots buildings win design awards
A renovated printworks and a luxury home converted from two disused storage barns are among an unprecedented number of Scottish architectural gems to pick up industry awards.
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News from Independent - 05/13/2009
Architects' Prince Charles boycott fizzles out
There were no empty seats in the Royal Institute of British Architects auditorium last night as a planned boycott of Prince Charles' speech faded away.
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News from AP via Yahoo! News - 05/12/2009
UK architects' boycott of Prince Charles fizzles
There were no empty seats in the Royal Institute of British Architects auditorium Tuesday night as a planned boycott of Prince Charles' speech fizzled.
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News from Independent - 05/11/2009
Jay Merrick: Even a prince's views should be heard
Unless he loses his nerve, the Prince of Wales will tonight deliver a speech on architecture at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, despite an attempt to have it boycotted.
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News from MSNBC - 05/11/2009
Top architects boycott Prince Charles talk
There may be empty seats Tuesday evening when Prince Charles addresses the Royal Institute of British Architects, some of whose members have called for a boycott of his remarks.
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News from AP via Yahoo! News - 05/11/2009
Architects to Prince Charles: We're staying home
A respectful audience, polite applause, and congratulatory cocktails at the inevitable reception. That's what's expected when Prince Charles gives a speech.
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News from Daily Mail - 05/10/2009
Flush with pride: As minister appoints two Loo Tsars, why Britain's great temples of convenience AREN'T going down the ...
Flush with pride: As minister appoints two Loo Tsars, why Britain's great temples of convenience AREN'T going down the pan
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News from Daily Mail - 05/10/2009
Flush with pride (Britain's great temples of convenience AREN'T going down the pan)
A minister is so appalled by the state of station toilets that he's appointing two Loo Tsars. Here, a champion of public lavatories advises them where they can spend their pennies wisely.
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News from Daily Telegraph - 05/09/2009
Leading architects call for boycott of Prince Charles speech
A group of the country's leading designers have called for a boycott of a lecture by the Prince of Wales at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
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Blog from BULS - 03/11/2009
On the waterfront
Why are some of the biggest names in architecture queuing up to build on flooded Cotswolds gravel pits? ... , Will Alsop, Piers Gough, Eva Jiricna, Roger Sherman, Sarah Wigglesworth, Sarah Featherstone and many ... , the architects seem to be eating out of Paxton’s hand. “You just dream,” says Piers Gough
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