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Revealed: bust-up with Boris made Lord Rogers quit

20.11.09
Extraordinary row between Boris Johnson and one of the world's leading architects led to resignation over controversial Chelsea Barracks redevelopment... more

Temporary parks that could pop up on recession-hit building sites

30.10.09
Hundreds of unused building sites across the capital are to become green sites as recession halts work... more

‘Frustrated’ Lord Rogers quits as Boris Johnson's design expert

18.09.09
Leading architect Richard Rogers announces that he is to quit his City Hall role as design adviser to Boris Johnson as it did not give him 'sufficient scope'... more

We can now all be proud of Terminal 5

25.08.09
Last weekend my son left London to go to university in America. Seeing him off was a bittersweet experience. The bitter part is obvious; the sweet part less so... more

More must be done for the young jobless

12.08.09
It's a hard time to be young right now, at least in economic terms. Unemployment figures released today suggest that one in five people under 25 is without work ... more

The influences of twee Americana, glassy towers... and snails

12.08.09
The list includes a number of Prince Charles's favourite architects but his desire to return to traditional styles may yet be thwarted... more

Ten architects on the Chelsea Barracks shortlist

12.08.09
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Prince Charles under attack over Chelsea Barracks

16.06.09
Lord Rogers demands "national inquiry" into Prince Charles's role in scrapping his £3billion Chelsea Barracks development... more

London doesn’t need Prince Charles's retro vision

16.06.09
Last weekend I visited Poundbury, the village which embodies Prince Charles's vision of what modern architecture should be like. It's more like the fake town in Jim Carrey's The Truman Show than an English village... more

Classic architects back Prince Charles over barracks

23.04.09
The row over the Chelsea Barracks scheme deepened as an influential group of architects broke ranks to back Prince Charles... more

Mayor's top adviser backs Charles in row over barracks scheme

08.04.09
One of Boris Johnson's most senior aides backed Prince Charles in the planning furore over Chelsea Barracks... more

Rogers is not perfect but Prince's scheme is Wren on steroids

06.04.09
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The British Museum just got bigger

01.04.09
The second most popular attraction on Earth is in dire need of expansion. Plans exclusively revealed here should see a major new extension with exhibition space by 2012. ... more

What Mr Brown can really achieve

01.04.09
The start of the G20 summit - a flurry of high-level breakfast meetings, concluding with a splendid reception for the world leaders this evening with the Queen - may be both glamorous and imposing but the backdrop to the event is downright sombre... more

The end of the icon

17.03.09
The age of the look-at-me building is drawing to a close as projects flounder and Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry and Richard Rogers make cutbacks — but there is a silver lining... more

Lord's 'UFO' architect Jan Kaplicky dies

16.01.09
Jan Kaplicky, one of the most original and inventive London architects, has died aged 71... more

Rose and Ruth revisited at River Café

15.10.08
The layout at The River Café may have changed after its six-month closure but it's the same faithful recipes at familiar prices on the menu.... more

The £20 billion gamble to transform London

15.10.08
They were conceived in the boom times, but some of the ambitious developments set to breathe new life into the capital face huge challenges as recession bites ... more

Property

08.10.08
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch. ... more

Should Lloyd’s be listed?

09.09.08
English Heritage believes that Richard Rogers’s City landmark needs protecting — but it was never intended to be a monument.... more

The Grater is shelved as credit crunch hits City offices

14.08.08
Fears were raised that the "Cheesegrater" skyscraper could become the highest profile victim of the credit crunch... more

Comment: It's time to love this building

09.07.08
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Ken's city of towers and broken promises

15.04.08
The Mayor's draft London Plan of 2002 pledged 100 new or transformed public spaces and a million new trees. Where are they?... more

Think pitstop for a flying start

09.04.08
Gordon Ramsay’s T5 restaurant - Plane Food - may be big on formality and portion control but by using a bit of brass neck there may be a better way to enjoy it.... more

Lord Rogers blasts Thames Gateway as 'toy town slum'

28.03.08
Labour's favourite architect has launched a blistering attack on the "shoddy, toy town" buildings of the Thames Gateway scheme... more

I'm so proud says Queen as Heathrow opens new wing

14.03.08
The Queen hailed an achievement to "be proud of" as she officially opened Heathrow's Terminal 5... more

Top architects in fight to save East End block of flats

07.03.08
Leading architects are fighting to save a dilapidated concrete council block from demolition because they think it is reminiscent of the Royal Crescent in Bath... more

Prefab utopia - for the discerning jungle dweller

06.02.08
Maison Tropicale is a perfect work of architecture, with form, beauty and technology in perfect harmony.... more

It's a winner: the reborn festival hall

29.05.07
The sense of space strikes you first, sheer generous expanses undulating over different levels, like a rectangular version of the English countryside. ... more

'The River Café's location is unique'

04.12.06
As a legal battle that threatened one of London's most iconic restaurants is resolved Ruth Rogers tells Lucy Cavendish why she can't imagine cooking anywhere else.... more

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