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Rogers, Prasad, Smith on bikes
Richard Rogers, RIBA president Sunand Prasad and designer Paul Smith have become patrons of Cycle to Cannes for the epic event’s third year.
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CPRE concedes on housing need
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has conceded this week that, in order to meet Britain’s housing needs, it may be necessary to undertake “a small readjustment” of some green belt boundaries.
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News44 Westgate wins planning
Planning permission has been granted for this £30 million office development in Newcastle city centre, designed by Carey Jones Architects.
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NewsChapman Taylor wins in Bolzano
Chapman Taylor has won an international competition to regenerate part of the northern Italian city of Bolzano.
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Profession rallies to rescue Smithsons' Robin Hood Gardens
NEWS: Extraordinary response to BD campaign as council seeks to ratify demolition ANALYSIS: "It's a great place to live" PLUS: Our petition, comment and archive photographs
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NewsDemolition would be a “real tragedy”, says Rogers
Spurred into action by BD's campaign, Richard Rogers has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham calling Robin Hood Gardens one of the greatest modern buildings in Britain and protesting about its “appalling” neglect.
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Heatherwick wins project in Leeds regeneration
Mixed-use scheme will be practice’s biggest UK commission
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NewsEco-towns can't replace cities, says TCPA chief David Lock
Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.Town & Country Planning Association chairman David Lock, author of a report on the proposals, told delegates at the Architecture Foundation’s New New Town conference last week that the contribution such ...
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NewsVenturi, Scott Brown and Hutton among over 500 supporting BD campaign
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Louisa Hutton of Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog & de Meuron's Harry Gugger, Benedetta Tagliabue and Tony Fretton are among the international names to join BD's campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.In an extraordinary response from the profession, more than 500 people have added their weight ...
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NewsAll new homes to be 'future-proofed' for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced today.Ministers at the Department for Communities & Local Government said that in light of the country's ageing population, all new homes should be “future proofed” to include 16 features ...
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NewsBD launches first virtual sustainability event
Free to register Sustainability Now show will focus on key green issues such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and energy
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NewsOnly listing can save it
Simon Smithson spearheads BD’s campaign to list his parents’ Robin Hood Gardens estate
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NewsAllies & Morrison signs up for huge Tesco store
Supermarket accused of architectural ‘charm offensive’ to pass planning
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NewsJenkins: architects are littering the UK
Journalist and author Simon Jenkins has launched a broadside against architects, accusing them of being behind a drive to use the planning system to litter the country with unpopular “iconic” buildings.
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NewsGLA defends Doon Street
The Greater London Authority has publicly defended Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower as the second week of the public inquiry got under way.
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NewsMadrid art world in suspense
A major cultural centre in Madrid by Herzog & de Meuron was opened this week by the king and queen of Spain.
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NewsPutney block given new facade as Miller rethinks sixties design
David Miller Architects has submitted a planning application for a 2,800sq m mixed-use building in Putney town centre, south-west London.
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NewsBig names join BD’s campaign to list Robin Hood Gardens
Writer Alain de Botton, property developer Stuart Lipton and architectural historian Alan Powers have all added their weight to BD’s Rescue Robin Hood Gardens campaign. Within hours of BD launching its campaign to list the landmark Alison and Peter Smithson housing estate, dozens had joined the fight.Peter Cook, Joseph Rykwert, ...