All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 61
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NewsCouncil sets out reasons it rejected RSHP’s South Ken plans
Committee members say scheme’s height, massing and architectural design prompted them to overrule officers’ advice
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NewsDevelopers must listen to Tulip inspector’s carbon concerns, says Stuart Lipton
22 Bishopsgate client thinks it ‘unlikely’ anything will be built at site planned for Fosters’ viewing platform
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OpinionWe must make a better case for new housing
The prospect of new housing is almost always greeted with horror by local people. It is time that this changed, says David Rudlin
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NewsMary Duggan Architects wins Garden Museum competition
Practice pips shortlist including Charles Holland and Roz Barr for project opposite Lambeth Bridge
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NewsCity green-lights AHMM’s ‘biophilic’ office tower
24-storey block is seventh high-rise approved in Square Mile this year
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Building StudyBuilding study: St Hilda’s College, Oxford by Gort Scott
The architect has capitalised on the project’s scenic location, opening up the site and using the river for passive cooling. Even the brickwork appears to dissolve, writes Richard Gatti
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NewsAlison Brooks and Tonkin Liu make House of the Year shortlist
Architects are first of seven finalists to be announced over coming weeks
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NewsRSHP’s South Ken plans set for go-ahead after new tweaks
Campaigners say design changes have failed to address scheme’s ’alien scale and massing’
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NewsErect Architecture showcases Camden nature centre
Camley Street Natural Park building takes inspiration from site’s former coal-drops use
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NewsIn pictures: Bennetts completes Norton Motorcycles’ new HQ
Architect says Solihull scheme’s ethos was ’simple things done beautifully’
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NewsRIBA shortlists Chipperfield for 2021 International Prize
James Simon Galerie in Berlin vies with WilkinsonEyre bridge and Kashef Chowdhury hospital for title of world’s best new building
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FeaturesThe pandemic has made designing offices more interesting
Covid has forced a new focus on how and where we work. We should rise to the challenge and opportunities, says Joe Morris
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FeaturesTulip decision will hurt the hard-pressed City
Michael Gove’s decision to reject developer’s appeal is a missed opportunity, says Peter Murray
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NewsTulip appeal thrown out over design and carbon concerns
Gove says Fosters’ tower contains ‘too many compromises to amount to world-class architecture’
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NewsFosters completes one of biggest hospitals in US
$1.6bn facility designed with HDR incorporating lessons from pandemic
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FeaturesLean, low-tech architecture is the future. The question is how we scale it
The days of high-tech are over. We need to make each building element work as hard as possible, says Edmund Fowles
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NewsPDP’s mixed-use redevelopment of House of Fraser flagship approved
Offices and restaurant planned at Oxford Street landmark
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FeaturesCPD 11 2021: How to avoid brick stains and efflorescence
This Vandersanden sponsored CPD explains how salt, lime and gypsum efflorescence can stain brick facades and the options for prevention and correction. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 10 December 2021
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OpinionManufacturers and suppliers, this message is (mainly) for you
Hitting sustainability targets is an exciting challenge, but Eleanor Jolliffe thinks it almost impossible without the full buy-in of client, design and construction teams