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The Business Council for Peace (Bpeace) has launched a new UK recruitment hub. According to a media release, the U.S.-based 17-year old organization has a growing volunteer base from 14 [...]

Perspectum reported the official opening of its new headquarters in Oxford Business Park. According to a media release, this move comes as part of the company's rapid expansion, supporting its [...]

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions celebrated the opening of their new office in London, England, located a block from the Hammersmith Tube Station. According to a media release, Sevan's leaders have had [...]

Global convenience giant 7-Eleven has confirmed it is gearing up for another crack at the UK, more than 20 years after it disappeared from the market. 7-Eleven has registered two [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Previous Getting Started columns have looked at the characteristics of London's Olympic bid, and progress on the site (see Further reading). This is the second of a series […]

The composite image of the world by night, taken from NASA satellites, is one of the emblematic pictures of the early twenty-first century. Viewed from space, much of Europe, North [...]

A Town and Country Planning Association-appointed commisiion has stated that identification of regional authorities is needed, and these authorites and should tackle the issue on rural housing shortage. It was found that new house completions in the rural regions were only at 36,692 in the year 2002. Reasons for the shortage are analyzed.

It's almost impossible to match Great Britain as a meetings and conventions destination. A combination of vibrant cities, timeless towns and villages, unparalled history and culture, sensational shopping, and an [...]

Sm's U.K. Team HIGHLIGHTS: On the heels of the millennium and the Queen's Jubilee, the United Kingdom is bursting with new properties, attractions, as well as new energy. For those [...]

The new library, designed by Bernard Stilwell Architects, in March, Cambridgeshire is the first of its kind to be naturally ventilated. The architects have used the financial savings from this innovation to allow for a more modern design to the building itself.

Protruding provocatively above the Leicester skyline, the pneumatic tower of Britain's National Space center is emblematic of the nation's infatuation with the heroism and technological prowess of the Space Age. [...]

The United Kingdom's newest exhibition centre, Excel, is due to open on November 21, 2000, in the Royal Docks, London. Issues concerning its conception and development are presented, with reference to the plans of various leisure operators.

A review of early 19th century English cinemas is presented, with particular emphasis on those dating from the 1930's 'art deco' period. Many early examples still exist and the uncertainty surrounding their future is discussed.

Stockley Park business park features the UK's first dedicated serviced office building, which comes complete with desks, secretarial and reception services, and IT equipment. The building was designed by Arup Associates and developed by HQ Global Workplaces. Regus is also involved in developing serviced office buildings, with plans for 24 new centres in 2000 alone, with a further 25 planned for 2001.

The objective of work on Paddington Station, London, England, was to make the environment similar to an airport building. Some work was carried out on the space around the platforms and existing buildings. The new Lawn building contains check-in desks, several new shops and eating outlets. It is covered by a steel and glass roof. Architects Nicolas Grimshaw and Partners undertook the design work whilst the main contractor is Taylor Woodrow Management. Phase one of the building is due to be completed on Oct. 18, 1999.

An office building in Watford, England, built by Wates the contractors and designed by architect Hurley Robertson was planned to be built without any defects for the client Guardian Properties. Although Guardian point outs they will be prepared to accept a building which is 80% perfect. The contracts for the construction of a new science building at Bristol University, England, included many proposals set out in the Egan report, such as how to settle disputes. The Wessex Water building in Bath, England, and the Lowry, Footbridge, Salford, England, were also recommended.

UK architectural design is prospering in the 1990s. High tech radical architects Richard Rogers and Norman Foster have gained importance in the government and the British National Lottery has financed the construction of many cultural buildings.

The Millennium Dome project, constructed on the banks of the Thames River in London, will cost approximately $1.8 bil. A performance including acrobats, multimedia and dramatic elements will be given 5 times daily. Exhibits will include 14 aspects of human life. Proponent Prime Minister Tony Blair has accused the project's critics of lacking courage.

The UK has moved into the premier league in developing working environments that foster innovation and creativity. From the patronising paternalism of Port Sunlight to the modern miseries of sick-building […]

The Civic Trust Awards have been presented to acknowledge high standards in architectural design throughout the UK, since 1960. Some 19 awards, 55 commendations and 29 mentions were awarded in 1999. Recipients of awards included major and small projects and encompassed both new and very old buildings. Some well known companies have sponsored eight special awards. The judges panel consisted of a range of experts in the field of design, the environment and access for the disabled. A full list of the winners of the Civic Trust Awards, for 1999, is included in the supplement.

The multiplex cinema boom has resurrected the UK film audience but has done little for film-makers. Now, says Matthew Gwyther, the sector is facing a war of attrition in the […]

Byline: NICK CZAP Modern Love The right rental can make your vacation-but can it change the future of British architecture? If your vision of a holiday rental in the English [...]

The newly constructed Portcullis House parliamentary building in London will have cost over 250 million pound sterling by the time it is finished early in the year 2001. Professional fees alone add up to 42 million pounds sterling, with a bronze-clad roof incurring a further 13.2 million pounds sterling. Each Member of Parliament (MP) will have an extra 14,761 pounds sterling spent on office furnishings, while the total cost of the building per MP will be 1.2 million pounds sterling each.

It is forecasted the UK market for health and fitness clubs will be valued at 1.25 billion pounds sterling by 2001. The estimated total cost of a health and fitness centre in the South East of England, based on 1998 figures, is 3,476,900 pounds sterling. The structure would include an aerobic studio, a shop, a bar, a creche, a gymnasium and a 25 metre swimming pool. Some two million people, in the UK, belonged to private health and fitness clubs in 1998, a 25% rise in members from 1993. New centres need good parking facilities and are often located within hotels.

New Millenium Experience Co.'s 320 meter diameter dome for the celebration of the new millenium has outdistanced the record set by Atlanta's Georgia Dome, which only measures 235 by 186 meters. Richard Rogers Architects and Imagination Ltd. were responsible for the design of the megatent, which called for the erection of twelve 90-meter masts to support the central truss which rises 50 meters above the ground. Each mast was erected using two cranes, and the whole structure was designed to outlast its supposed life of a single year.

The UK National Lottery can fund sports hall development projects which serve local needs, have a sufficient number of potential customers and meet the specifications set out by the UK Sports council. Some 60% of requests for funding, under the scheme, are for sums under 100,000 pounds sterling. The cost of a single-storey sports hall, in the South-east of England, measuring 1200 square metres is likely to be around 750,000 pounds sterling. There will be a difference in the cost depending on the area. A study found leisure projects worth 1.7 billion pounds sterling were carried out in 1997.

The conference market is expanding and top venues are upgrading facilities to accommodate it. The number of delegates attending UK conferences and exhibitions is expected to grow by an average [...]

The Millennium Dome could make or break this government. JOHN LLOYD charts the progress of a defining statement about Britain and talks to the designers, tycoons and officials behind the [...]

The New Austrian Tunnelling Method (NATM) as a tunnel construction philosophy is relatively new to the United Kingdom compared with other European countries. The early reliance and emphasis on performance [...]

The Millennium Dome is the central feature of the proposed 550 million pound sterling Millennium Exhibition in Greenwich, United Kingdom. The dome is of an innovate design and will cost 50 million pounds sterling to build. The dome is seen as a temporary structure and is still at the drawing stage although tender documents have been submitted. The whole exhibition is due to open in only three years time on the 1st of January in the year 2000 yet construction work has not started.

In a year with so many important packaging and machinery exhibitions, it might have been expected that new machine developments would reach a point of exhaustion. Not so - manufacturers [...]

UK companies PowerGen PLC and Ionica Ltd. have incorporated daylighting in the design of their headquarters. The PowerGen building was designed by Bennetts Associates while Ionica's architect and daylighting designer were RH Partnership and Cambridge Architectural Partnership Ltd., respectively.

The architectural design for the Citizens Advice Bureau in Chessington is a modern construction which is made up of several square blocked rooms with glazed and framed walls. It caters for disabled and able-bodied people and has includes heating, lighting and security technological innovations. Its appropriateness is questionable in terms of its usage, because the staff of the centre are unlikely to be able to manage the new technology.

The UK's M40 motorway has been without a service station since it was built, but the new 20 million pounds sterling Cherwell Valley service station is due to open in March 1993. Operator of the service area is Granada Hospitality, which applied for planning permission in 1986. Work began on the site in April 1993. The 24 ha site contains a motel and amenity building, shielded from a nearby village by two embankments of trees. An outline of the project is presented.