Gino Spocchia

London

Senior News Reporter at The Architects' Journal

Chief Reporter for @ArchitectsJrnal. Ex Telegraph, Independent, and John Schofield Trust mentee. https://t.co/Vay0rG7rcN

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Articles

Glasgow practice puts forward scaled-down Buchanan Galleries plans

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Under the plans, which were lodged with Glasgow City Council on Tuesday (24 June) on behalf of Landsec, the 1990s complex, originally designed by Jenkins & Marr Architects, will retrofitted and reconfigured. Local design studio Graven is also on the job. A previous, unrealised £800 million proposal by Foster + Partners would have demolished and rebuilt the 26-year-old building.
SOM submits plans for 20-storey Barbican offices

2 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The Chicago-headquartered practice’s plans to mostly demolish the 1980s office building at 1 Silk Street – replacing it with a part 19 and part 20-storey scheme – were submitted yesterday (25 June) on behalf of developer Lipton Rogers and investor La Salle. SOM’s scheme will reduce the existing 1982 building to its foundations, which will be retained. The below-ground support currently makes up 40 per cent of the block’s existing structure.
David Levitt slams ‘wasteful and costly’ procurement process in AJ100 speech

3 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

Speaking on Friday (20 June) after being named winner of the Contribution to the Profession award on the 30th anniversary of the AJ100, the 89-year-old condemned the time and resources architects spent taking part in competitions, often as part of the public procurement process.
Queen Elizabeth II memorial competition won by Foster + Partners

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia |Richard Waite

The AJ understands that the Foster + Partners team, which includes heritage specialists Purcell, French landscape architect Michel Desvigne and artist Yinka Shonibare, has been selected to design the national memorial on the site next to Buckingham Palace in London’s St James’s Park. Norman Foster’s architecture practice, which the AJ understands was informed last week of the win, saw off four other bids, following the high-profile competition organised by Malcolm Reading Consultants.
Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans tipped for government OK

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The planning inspectorate is understood to have recommended approval of the planned overhaul of the listed 2.4ha former Royal Mint, next door to the Tower of London UNESCO World Heritage Site, following a public inquiry into the plans in February. Rayner received the planning inspectorate’s decision to recommend approving the twice refused plans within the last two weeks, The Sunday Times reported.
London Met puts architecture teaching jobs at risk

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The university, which has become the latest to propose job loses, informed a dozen members of staff last month that their contracts might not be continued into the next academic year, the AJ understands. Those individuals have rolling associate lecturer contracts and teach Part 1 across the first, second and third years. An anonymous source told the AJ that associate lecturers were told job cuts were likely during a meeting between design tutors and London Met.
ARB’s post-Grenfell code of conduct to come into effect

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The code, which was published today (19 June), will come into effect later this year and includes six standards, based on research and engagement with the public and the profession, according to the ARB. It will replace a code of conduct dating back to 2017.
Glasgow student housing approved despite fears it will impede Mac rebuild

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The planning committee approved the proposals this afternoon (17 June) by eight votes to six after a lengthy deliberation. The 406-bed block, designed by local practice HAUS Collective for developer Vita, will sit on the corner of Sauchiehall Street and Scott Street, formerly the site of an ABC cinema.
Public Practice gets £500,000 as part of Reeves’ pledge to hire 300 planners

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The social enterprise and non-profit public sector organisation said that the funding, announced this morning (17 June), would fund 80 new public-sector appointments from professionals working in architecture, planning and design. The funding will come from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
Foster + Partners tipped to win job replacing Milan’s San Siro stadium

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

The UK's biggest practice appears to be the likely winner of an international architecture competition run by the two Serie A sides, Italian national newspaper Corriere della Sera reported last week. The architect is believed to be working with Kansas City-based practice Manica, whose founder David Manica was lead architect on London’s O2 arena while working for HOK Sport (now Populous).