All articles by Ben Flatman – Page 4
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NewsARB publishes new Architects Code, effective from September
The regulator has outlined six core standards for professionalism and is seeking feedback on new draft guidance supporting the updated code
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NewsFrederick Gibberd’s Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral upgraded to Grade I listed status
Historic England recognises significance of the 1960s modernist landmark
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NewsRIBA receives £1m donation to support Part 2 students
Funding from Sandys Trust will establish an endowment to provide financial support for postgraduate architecture students through the RIBA Bursaries scheme
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NewsA is for Architecture’s Folkestone Harbour plans finally approved
The development includes 14 buildings, 405-homes, new public spaces and the reuse of the former Harbour Station
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NewsPublic Practice awarded £500k government grant to help recruit 300 new planners
Funding forms part of a wider initiative to recruit planning and placemaking professionals into local government across England
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NewsStudio Egret West sends in plans for Albert Bridge House redevelopment in Manchester
New application replaces earlier consented scheme, proposing three octagonal buildings and expanded public realm along the River Irwell
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NewsIn pictures: Scott Brownrigg’s flexible laboratory building at Peterhouse Technology Park
The new 100,000 sq ft development provides flexible lab and office space as part of British Land’s investment in the Cambridge science and innovation cluster
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NewsIn pictures: Fraser Brown MacKenna completes 33-home development in Bethnal Green
The project, built across two sites, includes new community facilities and improved public realm
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NewsReport calls for national play strategy to reshape neighbourhoods for children
The Raising the Nation Play Commission recommends legislation to embed child-friendly design and planning principles across schools, homes and public spaces in England
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Building StudyUnpacking the museum: the V&A Storehouse in Stratford opens its doors
Ben Flatman visits the V&A’s new public store in east London, where the backstage world of conservation, curation and storage is placed front and centre
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OpinionSome places don’t need fixing: why we should leave the Wallace Collection (and St James’ Park) alone
Amid closures and funding crises in regional museums, Ben Flatman questions the logic behind costly redesigns of spaces and places that already work
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NewsJack Pringle urges ARB to go further on ‘unnecessarily protracted’ education reforms
RIBA chair welcomes move to competency-based assessment but calls for shorter, more affordable routes into the profession
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NewsGT3 Architects completes UK’s ‘largest Passivhaus leisure centre’
Eclipse Leisure Centre incorporates eight-lane swimming pool and 200-station gym
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NewsWilkinsonEyre and Boele Architects win competition for new arena in Czech Republic
Proposed 5,000-seat Ball Sports Arena in České Budějovice will anchor wider regeneration scheme
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NewsHTA gets green light for relocatable homes pilot scheme in east London
18-unit scheme seeks to address the growing demand for temporary housing
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NewsGrimshaw appointed to design new underground tram station in Lyon
Tramway Express de l’Ouest Lyonnais extension will add five new stations and serve over 55,000 passengers a day when complete
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OpinionOur ‘activist regulator’ is a reminder that architects need a clear vision for the future, not a plan for getting by
After decades of inertia, the regulator is forcing long-overdue reform. But, Ben Flatman argues, without clearer leadership from within the profession, the bigger questions remain unanswered
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NewsGRID Architects unveils Dolphin Square refurbishment
Multi-phase upgrade of the grade II-listed gardens and 1930s residential complex includes energy efficiency improvements, new interiors and a redesigned entrance pavilion
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NewsFirst look at Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s V&A East Storehouse
The new four-storey facility, housed in part of the former Olympic Media Centre, opens this week
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NewsARB sets out plans to reform professional experience for trainee architects
Regulator proposes a standardised competency record and new role for learning providers in a bid to improve transparency and oversight