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NewsShed KM’s Chimney Pot Park takes top Housing Design award
Shed KM’s Chimney Pot Park scheme for Urban Splash in Langworthy, Salford has been named the overall winner at the Housing Design Awards.
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NewsCarmody Groarke’s sky walk forms centrepiece of London Festival of Architecture hub
A 160m-long installation, commissioned by New London Architecture, formed the centrepiece of the King’s Cross, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Covent Garden London Festival of Architecture hub at the weekend. The sky walk, designed by architects Carmody Groarke rises 4m high and zigzags across Montague Place, creating new public spaces, a viewing ...
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NewsSouthwark approves Simpson's Chambers Wharf design
Southwark Council has approved Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a major new residential development at Chambers Wharf in Bermondsey.
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Architects in the running to win Scottish healthcare work
Nightingale Associates, BDP and Reiach & Hall are among the architects in the running to win a slice of a £900 million deal to build hospitals and major healthcare facilities across Scotland.
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NewsHodge refusal to list snubs profession
Decision not to list estate leaves late 20th century buildings under threat
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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Olympic village slashed in size
The number of apartments to be built in the Olympic Village has been slashed by a quarter.
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Heritage fund awards £23m as budget slashed
The Heritage Lottery Fund has pledged £23 million for threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and a Welsh Georgian town house.
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Lutyens’ bank to become a hotel
The former headquarters of Midland Bank, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is to be transformed into a six-star hotel under plans approved by the City of London this week.
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NewsEH seeks Television Centre listing
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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Festival goers back modern design
A public debate this week on whether Prince Charles was right to dismiss modern architecture as glass stumps and carbuncles ended in a comprehensive defeat for his supporters.
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NewsSt Etienne DJs Architecture rocks
Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs from the band St Etienne will DJ at Architecture Rocks, the grand finale and closing party for this year’s London Festival of Architecture.The July 18 evening event, organised by BD, gives architects the opportunity to unleash their musical talents in a battle of the bands.The ...
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NewsLipton and Urban Splash urge refurbishment
Local authority Tower Hamlets and regeneration agency English Partnerships have vowed to press ahead with plans to demolish Robin Hood Gardens, despite interest in refurbishing the estate from leading developers Stuart Lipton and Urban Splash.
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BD/AF competition clarification
The winners list from last week’s BD/AF Robin Hood Gardens design competition inadvertently omitted the following information.
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NewsNo contest for Stonehenge visitor centre, says EH
English Heritage has confirmed it will not hold a design contest to find an architect for the proposed Stonehenge temporary visitor centre.
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NewsGehry’s Hove scheme threatened by crunch
Frank Gehry’s controversial scheme for the sea front at Hove has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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NewsDSDHA unveils an underpass to tickle Castleford’s fancy
DSDHA’s long awaited underpass project in Castleford, West Yorkshire, has been unveiled in the week it was confirmed that Channel 4 will finally broadcast the television series on the town’s regeneration next month.
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...as Tories pledge to scrap entire scheme
Eco-towns will be scrapped if the Tories triumph in the next election, the party said this week.
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NewsChipperfield gets down to business
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with a scheme for a gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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NewsRIBA award winners announced
Sixteen RIBA national and 10 European award winners have been named, with next month’s £20,000 Stirling Prize shortlist to be drawn from the national list as well as the British-designed European winners.