All articles by Anna Winston – Page 19
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Number 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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Green 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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Blogs
Some creative solutions for the ghost town problem
The Dubliner Magazine has come up with some curious new uses for Ireland's ghost estates.
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Penrose 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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Features
Bompas & 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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Government 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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Kevin McCloud and DSDHA to redevelop hospital site
The Homes & Communities Agency has named Kevin McCloud’s joint venture Hab Oakus as the delivery partner to redevelop the former hospital site at Cashes Green in Stroud, with DSDHA as lead architect.
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Reprieve for 33 BSF 'sample' schools
Education secretary Michael Gove has revealed that all 33 of the Building Schools for the Future “sample” schools left in limbo by the bungled scrapping of BSF will go ahead with full funding.
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Soane Museum holds blind auction to raise funds for expansion
Sir John Soane’s Museum in London is to give away original art works by artists and architects in a blind sale to raise money for its expansion and refurbishment project.
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MSA wins go ahead for parrot house
London-based practice Matthew Springett Associates has won planning permission for the first stage of its project to build the largest aviary in the world at the National Parrot Sanctuary in Lincolnshire.
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Formroom designs £9 million project for Everton
Manchester-based Formroom Architects has designed a new retail and administration development for Everton Football Club, set to be built adjacent to the club’s Goodison Park stadium.
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Covent Garden Apple store set to open in refurbished grade II-listed building
Work has completed on Apple’s 300th shop designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects and Gensler on a site in London’s Covent Garden.
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V&A seeks architect for Cast Courts
The V&A is seeking an architect to act as the lead consultant on a major renovation of the London museum’s Cast Courts.
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RIBA joins alliance against coalition planning policies
The RIBA has joined a group of 29 national bodies in an unusual alliance against the coalition government’s proposed planning policies.
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Edinburgh Council drops Allan Murray's Caltongate scheme
Edinburgh Council has abandoned its efforts to revive the controversial £300 million Caltongate scheme by Allan Murray.
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UK's largest planning application approved for Liverpool's Wirral Waters
Wirral Planning Committee has granted permission for the UK’s largest planning application – the £4.5 billion Wirral Waters scheme in Liverpool.
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Nightingale Associates given green light for school near Newbury
Nightingale Associates has won planning permission from West Berkshire Council for a £2 million school for teenagers with learning difficulties.
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BDP’s winning designs for Nanjing Medical University in China
BDP has won an international design competition to create a new faculty of medicine and administrative building at Nanjing Medical University in China.
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Broadgate development for UBS to be biggest in London
British Land and Blackstone and banking giant UBS are working up plans for one of the biggest buildings in the City of London.
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Britain's longest bench
Studio Weave has completed work on Britain’s longest bench at Littlehampton, West Sussex.