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NewsAdam: Modernists are like martians
At one end of the spectrum of our profession we have an architect based in Winchester, designing exuberant country houses for Russian millionaires; at the other an architect working in Clerkenwell on gritty inner city affordable housing.
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Cream of Jersey ‘goes to mainland’
Design quality in Jersey is suffering because major developments are handed to outside architects rather than local firms, it was claimed this week.
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Four-way fight for BBC site
Ian Simpson Architects, Fairhurst Design Group, Hamilton Associates and EPR Architects will present early design work next week for four sites in move north of several major Manchester shortlisted for the BBC departments.
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School programme must ‘consult or fail’
Education pressure group School Works has called for the government to reform its controversial schools delivery programme or risk “failing our children”.
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NewsLambeth talk
KPF may have had to cut the height of its proposed Bishopsgate Tower, but it got some good news this week with the granting of planning permission for this 90,000sq m office building in Lambeth.
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KPF’s Bishopsgate tower shrinks 19m
The proposed height of KPF’s Bishopsgate Tower has been cut by 19m to 305m, following protests by English Heritage and the Civil Aviation Authority.
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...but Farrell’s green vision welcomed
Terry Farrell’s vision of a green Thames Gateway won praise from housing minister Yvette Cooper at the forum.
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NewsSalford saviour
Danish practice 3XNielsen has designed this building to form the hub of a new arts and media quarter in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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NewsOlympic site mosque
A London-based practice has pledged to “reinterpret Islamic architecture” with a giant mosque next to the Olympics site.
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New planning powers for mayor
Ken Livingstone is set to take control of planning on major London sites, such as Elephant & Castle, White City and the Olympic Park.
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NewsHigh water mark
Fletcher Priest Architects has unveiled this image of its proposed refurbishment of a sixties building, set to be one of the largest users of geothermal cooling in the country.
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Evening rocks with frocks, socks and glowing shots
Ah, award ceremonies. The bright lights, the loud dance music, and the urban drumming tribe fresh from Glastonbury to entertain us in the interlude. This was no ordinary award ceremony, this was the second year of BD’s Architect of the Year Awards.
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London’s play station
Keith Williams Architects’ £9 million new Unicorn Theatre for children opened this week.
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NewsPrescott: We’ve failed
Exclusive: Deputy PM says design for regeneration lacks imagination; promises rethink with Rogers’ help