March 19, 2010
When an insect queen ventures onto the mating scene, she certainly makes the most of it, coupling with as many as 90 males each half-hour. That's because during the mating process for "social insects" like...- The harsh winter may have had a devastating impact on UK wildlife, British Waterways warns as it launches its annual survey.
- Plans for a major wind farm development in Dumfries and Galloway are submitted.
A star-studded list of architects including Foster & Partners, Zaha Hadid, Rafael Viñoly, Rogers Stirk Harbour, Hopkins and Will Alsop are hoping to design a £90 million hospital building in London
Architects Standardarchitecture-Zhaoyang Studio have completed a visitors centre next to a river in Tibet. (more…)
...Housing minister John Healey has come under fire from fellow MPs for the first time over the Kickstart programme and its funding for “grotty” homes
Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects working with Trace Architecture has drawn up plans for the first museum dedicated to the UK’s black cultural heritage
Reardon Smith Architects has teamed up with Antony Gormley to design a boutique hotel where guests will be able to sleep within a sculpture
Battle lines have been drawn over the future of Waterloo Station, with architecture minister Margaret Hodge due to deliver her verdict on a listing bid by English Heritage within weeks.