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NewsFoster urged to rethink Shoreditch tower plans
Foster & Partners should radically rework its controversial Bishop’s Place scheme in London’s East End, Hackney council has said.
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NewsStep up for Liverpool museum
The Museum of Liverpool has been granted £11 million by the Heritage Lottery Fund to complete its interior fit-out.
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News100 Public Spaces axed in London design shake-up
Flagship programme abandoned as Design for London subsumed into development agency
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NewsSave proposes alternative to Manchester homes demolition
Mark Hines Architects has teamed up with Save on a proposal aimed at stopping the demolition of 400 houses in east Manchester.
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Aukett’s shifts staff to focus on Middle East projects
Architectural giant Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has moved 30 of its design staff to work on projects in the Middle East and now expects half of its turnover to come from the region within the next three years.
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NewsMixed-use scheme backed by Tesco could be The Public's new neighbour
Lyons Sleeman Hoare and Tesco have unveiled this new image of a mixed-use scheme, to stand next to Will Alsop’s The Public.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton plans hotel for at-risk Manchester fire station
One of Manchester's “best loved landmarks” is to be transformed into a hotel under a £30 million scheme by Purcell Miller Tritton.
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Council urges Foster's to rethink Shoreditch tower plans
Foster & Partners should radically rework its controversial Bishop's Place scheme in London's East End, Hackney council has demanded.
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NewsStudio Egret West turns up the colour for Olympic visitor centre
Studio Egret West has completed a feasibility study for a 2012 Visitor Centre in Stratford, east London, to provide local people with more information about the games.
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Fire destroys Weston Super Mare pier pavilion
The pavilion at Weston Super Mare's grade II listed Grand Pier has been destroyed by fire.Thirteen fire engines and more than 100 fire fighters and officers tackled the blaze, which is believed to have started at around 6.45am this morning (Monday). No one is believed injured.The 1904 Grand Pier, which ...
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NewsRuth Reed elected first woman RIBA president
Ruth Reed has been elected the first woman president of RIBA.
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NewsCalling all carbuncles
This year’s award for the most hideous buildings in the country — the Carbuncle Cup — is now calling for entries.
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NewsGallery adds a flourish
Pringle Richard Sharratt’s extension to the Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry creates a new entrance to the 1960 museum on the elevation facing the city’s cathedral and university square — and also improves the building’s accessibility and legibility.
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Listing bid threatens Waterloo ambitions
Argument brews over architectural merits of London station
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NewsBoris blocks progress of A&M towers in Lambeth
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.
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NewsPublic rally to best-ever festival
The London Festival of Architecture busted its own budgeted visitor numbers by attracting 250,000 people, compared to the 140,000 it expected, festival director Peter Murray revealed this week.
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NewsSoane launches restoration appeal
One of Britain’s quirkiest museums, Sir John Soane’s Museum, is appealing for benefactors to contribute to an ambitious £6.3 million restoration project.
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Most BSF designs ‘not good enough’
Cabe has found 80% of schemes reviewed by its schools design review panel were “mediocre” or “not yet good enough”.