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NewsNicholas Hare wins planning for Kettering academy
Nicholas Hare Architects has won planning for its Kettering Buccleuch Academy for 1,770 children aged from 4 to 19.The 12,500sq m school, in Northamptonshire, will allow the whole academy to be located together on the same site for the first time, giving all students access to a wider range of ...
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Architects Plus wins yacht club
Carlisle firm Architects Plus has won the competition to design a new clubhouse (pictured) for Ullswater Yacht Club near Penrith in Cumbria.
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NewsRIBA silent over claims Reed tried to oust Rich
The RIBA has told board members to stay silent on allegations that its president Ruth Reed failed in a bid to have chief executive Harry Rich removed from his post.Reports claim the move was made at board meeting earlier this year but the attempt fell through after Reed only received ...
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NewsArchitecture centres lose Arts Council funding
Four losers and three winners as funding cuts announced
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NewsListing hopes dashed for Redcar Library
Architecture minister John Penrose has ignored advice from English Heritage and refused listing for ABK’s Redcar Central Library paving the way for the 1970s building to be torn down.
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NewsRecord number of entries for Save's Buildings at Risk register
Conservationists and volunteers have uncovered a record number of buildings around the country that are seriously threatened by neglect.More than 130 buildings were submitted to Save Britain’s Heritage this year, making this year’s Buildings at Risk catalogue its biggest yet, with new sections on Scotland and Northern Ireland.“We had a ...
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NewsUN Studio's Korean shopping centre opens
Facade is wrapped in world’s largest illuminated surface
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NewsEarth Centre to become children's activity centre
The failed Earth Centre near Doncaster, with buildings by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Will Alsop, has been sold for an undisclosed sum seven years after it closed.New owner, outdoor education expert Kingswood, will turn it into a school activity centre. It beat a rival bid by a consortium including Arup ...
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NewsSpurs' lawyers raise concerns over West Ham's Olympic victory
But Olympic chiefs insist they have done nothing wrong
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NewsMalcolm Fraser named new chair of Scottish housing award
Decision announced as call for entries opens
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NewsDixon Jones and Rick Mather on Oxford college shortlist
Dixon Jones and Rick Mather Architects are on a six-strong shortlist for a competition to design a new lecture theatre and kitchen for Worcester College in Oxford.Wright & Wright Architects, Burd Haward Architects and 6a Architects also made the shortlist, selected from 104 expressions of interest. Irish practice O’Donnell & ...
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NewsChelsea Barracks chapel gets Grade II listing
Status granted based on new evidence from English Heritage
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NewsBuildings 'should display energy ratings'
The UK Green Building Council has said all non-residential buildings should have their A-G energy rating on public display to encourage landlords to bring up to scratch those premises lagging behind.The ratings would provide an at-a-glance indicator and detailed technical information on the energy performance of a building, it said.The ...
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NewsCoop Himmelb(l)au designs Albanian parliament
Vienna-based architecture studio Coop Himmelb(l)au has unveiled images of a new parliament building - called Open Parliament - for Albania’s capital, Tirana.The building, which sits on a 28,000sq m site, consists of a parliamentary hall located in a glazed cone, an office block and an entrance structure.There is also a ...
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NewsAdam's Warrington country house approved
Robert Adam’s practice Adam Architecture has won planning for a new country house in Cheshire.Called Massey Hall, the 2,700sq m design on the eastern edge of Warrington will replace a disused 19th century house, while Manchester firm Barnes Walker will restore the house’s surrounding parkland which was designed by Victorian ...
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NewsFormroom's Liverpool student residence wins planning
Formroom Architects has received planning permission for a 262-room hall of residence in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool.The project for developer Iliad includes student accommodation, onsite management facilities, 28 parking spaces and communal student facilities.The street facing elevations will be constructed from black brick with traditional Georgian proportioned windows. Each ...
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NewsBWP's woodland homes scheme wins planning
A scheme by Surrey practice BWP Architects to build two new homes in the middle of Hampshire woodland have been approved by local planners.East Hampshire District Council’s decision means work on the site at Four Marks can now progress. The homes are surrounded by protected trees whose Root Protection Zones ...
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