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NewsHolburne Museum alternative presses ahead
The Holburne Museum has accused the Bath Heritage Watchdog (BHW) of wasting tax-payers’ money by pursuing listed building permission for an “irrelevant” alternative to Eric Parry’s already-approved modernist extension.
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NewsDeveloper challenges Manchester Council’s Jackson Wharf rejection
A major housing development in Manchester by Ian Simpson Architects is set to face a public inquiry after developer Peel Holdings lodged an appeal.
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NewsRogers recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
Richard Rogers joined an elite order of distinguished figures in the Queen’s birthday honours list announced last weekend.
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NewsFacelift on the cards for Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle is to undergo a £12 million facelift by Historic Scotland architects, restoring its royal apartments to their sixteenth century heyday.
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NewsRIBA presidential hopefuls attack institute's 'malaise'
RIBA presidential candidates Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson launched a stinging attack on the organisation they are hoping to lead last night.Speaking at their final campaign hustings before ballots are posted to members today, the pair attacked RIBA officials for empire building, ineffective communication, and allowing a “malaise” to develop ...
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NewsCommercial lease will fund RA refurb
David Chipperfield is picked to give Royal Academy a modern approach
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NewsSilver scheme gives Soho modern touch
DSDHA has won consent for the first modern building in Westminster since Richard Rogers was granted planning for Broadwick Street in 1996.
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PMs Award shortlist out
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, Allies & Morrison’s Festival Hall revamp and Muma’s Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall are on the 21-strong shortlist for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, the annual gong that rewards design-led regeneration projects.
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NewsCauseway takes a giant step forward
Three years after winning an international competition to design a new visitor centre at Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, Heneghan Peng Architects’ scheme was finally submitted for planning this week.
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NewsLifting our spirits
The Lift, a transportable, trapezoid-shaped theatre venue designed by AOC, will be among the main attractions of this year’s London Festival of Architecture.
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NewsPatel Taylor’s park draws a thin green line through Birmingham
Patel Taylor’s £12.5 million scheme for Eastside City Park, a green, linear park planned for Birmingham, has been granted outline planning approval.
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NewsACA seizes on RIBA letter defending new contract
The Association of Consultant Architects has branded the RIBA’s review of its new standard contract as “extraordinary” after RIBA vice-president Jane Duncan wrote to all her members in an attempt to allay fears about the contract.
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NewsCall to dump design tsar
Leading developers have rejected the idea of a London “design tsar”, dismissing the post as “another bloody layer of bureaucracy”.
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Partnering guide to speed planning
A new guide to speed up planning partnerships between councils and developers has been published by planning minister Iain Wright.
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Six shortlisted for university homes
Six practices have been shortlisted from more than 100 entrants to an RIBA competition to design and build 400 student residences for Warwick University.
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NewsEnvironmental centre planned for former lime quarry
Halliday Clark Architects’ scheme to build an environmental centre in a disused quarry has been submitted to Yorkshire Dales National Park for detailed planning.
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Student village wins planning
Planning permission has been granted for a £37 million student village for the University of Wolverhampton, designed by Manchester-based O’Connell East Architects.