All Building Design articles in 30 July 2010
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NewsControversial Liverpool Waters plans approved
Chapman Taylors’ masterplan for £5.5 billion scheme pleases councillors
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NewsStrata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup
BFLS’s Strata tower in Elephant & Castle beats a strong field to win BD’s award for the ugliest new building in Britain.
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NewsLondon boroughs gain more control over housing budgets
The Homes & Communities Agency suffered a major blow today when London mayor Boris Johnson announced plans to hand most of the agency’s power in the capital back to the boroughs.
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NewsTP Bennett dropped from Walthamstow
TP Bennett has been dropped from the scheme to redevelop the former Walthamstow Stadium after being caught up in a row between the developer and housing association.
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NewsBblur go-ahead for Slough Centre
London based practice Bblur Architecture has won planning permission for a new 4,447sq m library and cultural centre for Slough.
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OpinionThe New Homes Bonus is not enough
It’s not realistic to ask councils to wait until 2012 for planning legislation
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NewsNumber of unemployed architects rises for first time in 10 months
The fall-out from the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme has been felt almost immediately with the number of architects on the dole rising for the first time in nearly a year.
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NewsEnglish Heritage demands action on Finsbury Health Centre
EH has told the owner of Lubetkin’s crumbling Finsbury Health Centre to carry out vital repairs – or risk being ordered to do so by the local council.
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NewsGreen Building Council calls for a more responsive Breeam process
The UK Green Building Council has published a series of recommendations on the future of Breeam.
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NewsAdept and Sou Fujimoto to design Swedish library
Danish firm Adept, along with Japanese practice Sou Fujimoto, has won a competition to design a new library in Sweden.
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NewsHowells' Gloucestershire Gateway service station wins planning approval
Glenn Howells Architects has been granted planning permission for Britain’s most glamorous motorway service station.
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NewsDouble-dip recession fears rise as RIBA reports fall in workloads
Architects have admitted that a double-dip recession is now almost certain.
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NewsPenrose lists two 1960s housing estates in Camden
Architecture and heritage minister John Penrose has announced a series of controversial listing decisions including final rulings on Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House and two housing estates by Benson & Forsyth.
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Acheson to chair Northern Ireland design watchdog
Northern Ireland’s culture minister Nelson McCausland has appointed Arthur Acheson as the new chairman for the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture & the Built Environment in Northern Ireland, the country’s design watchdog.
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FeaturesBompas & Parr's Ziggurat of Flavour
Jelly monger Bompas & Parr took its unique brand of food architecture to the Big Chill festival last weekend, collaborating with students from the Bartlett school of Architecture to create its biggest built installation yet – the Ziggurat of Flavour.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley go-ahead for 13th century priory scheme
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning for its £5.8 million “language immersion centre” at a 13th century priory in Gloucester.
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NewsCabe says Kapoor's Olympic Orbit needs more design work
Anish Kapoor’s Olympic Orbit could be “severely compromised” without detailed design work being carried out before it goes for planning, a Cabe design review panel has claimed.
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NewsGovernment cash set to boost new housing
Housing minister Grant Shapps has sparked hopes of a new housing boom by announcing extra funding for councils that approve new developments.
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NewsSquire's submits housing and cultural proposal for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has submitted a planning application for nine blocks of flats and a cultural facility on Potters Field, the Thames-side park between City Hall and Tower Bridge in London.
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ReviewCultural Guide: August 9- 15
This week’s cultural guide travels to the far reaches of Sussex to visit the Charleston Farmhouse, Berwick Church and Towner. But for those who’d rather stay closer to home, there’s Love, loss, desire, despair with Jim Hodges’ exhibition at the Camden Arts centre