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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”.
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NewsKeeping in context
Sheffield architect Race Cottam Associates has completed the latest phase of plans to build new teaching facilities for Sheffield Hallam University behind a row of Victorian villas.
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NewsBristol wildlife park plan gets right back to nature
White Design, Kay Elliott Architects and Quattro Design have unveiled £70 million plans for a new wildlife conservation park outside Bristol.
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NewsPractice grows its own benefits
David Morley Architects has installed an experimental green wall project in its office courtyard.
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North-west takes most honours
Winners of this year’s Green Flag Awards have been announced, with 743 green spaces across the UK being recognised for achieving the national quality standard.
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Housing scheme wins on appeal
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects has won a planning appeal for a residential scheme on a derelict brownfield site in Aylesbury.
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Flint responds eight months later
Housing minister Caroline Flint has responded to the Callcutt Review, eight months after it recommended a significant expansion of national design reviews.
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Crunch scales down Jewish centre plans
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been forced to scale back its designs for a flagship home for London’s Jewish Community Centre amid fundraising fears.