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Irish gallery tipped for Stirling Prize
An art gallery in Ireland drew the most admiring glances at the RIBA awards last Friday, as Cork Lewis Gluckman gallery at the University became an early frontrunner for the Stirling Prize.
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John McAslan & Partners
John McAslan & Partners’ £225 million masterplan for the University of Manchester includes a £40 million student centre (left).
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NewsFarrells sea view
Terry Farrell & Partners has revealed designs for an £80 million seafront development in Weymouth.
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Homebuyers not swayed by design
Only five per cent of house purchasers are influenced by the type and design of the dwelling, a study from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has revealed.
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...Teachers must be given more say in school design
The Private Finance Initiative must be transformed to allow teachers more say in the design of new schools, says a leading education advisory body.
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NewsSpotcheck: Yorkshire & Humberside
Media demolition The original St Peter Buildings in Huddersfield are to be demolished and replaced by business accommodation for the city’s expanding media centre. The former YMCA building will escape demolition and be integrated into the £3 million scheme financed by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward. A developer for the ...
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NewsWill Better Building be a road again?
Another road has been shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Building award, which was announced last night by architecture minister David Lammy as part of the launch of Architecture Week.
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NewsDesign edge missing in Thames Gateway link
Cabe refuses to endorse Marks Barfield’s flagship bridge proposal
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Academies marked down by teachers
Teachers in the new academy schools think too much emphasis has been put on making bold design statements at the expense of more practical requirements, a survey revealed this week.
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NewsHit and miss
The troubled Portcullis House offices for MPs were once again struck by flooding this month. Water poured into the main courtyard space during the recent heavy rains and formed large puddles. Maintenance staff at the Michael Hopkins-designed building blamed the latest leaks on the automatic air vents not being able ...
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Selina Mason (pictured) has been appointed as Cabe’s head of design review. Mason has been acting head since the departure of Peter Stewart in December.Peter Roberts has been made chair of the new Academy for Sustainable Communities in Leeds. The aim of the academy is to improve skills among built ...
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Power play
Planning minister Yvette Cooper has launched a three-year study of the new system for making local development plans. She said: “It will enable us to assess progress and to share best practice.”The UK’s 21 urban regeneration companies will deliver 1.5 million sq m of commercial floorspace, 30,000 city centre homes, ...
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NewsSeeing the light
Carey Nieman Architects is one of four winners of the “Light at the End of the Tunnel” open ideas competition to find new uses for London’s railway viaducts.
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NewsArchitects to blame for lack of disabled access
Disabled actor Mat Fraser has attacked architects for failing to make cities such as London fully accessible quickly enough and blamed the profession for the historic lack of accessibility.
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Future plan threatens old schools, warns EH
English Heritage has warned that nearly 6,000 listed schools across the country could be endangered by the government’s ambitious £2.2 billion schools building programme.
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Corporation queries Kens green dream
London mayor Ken Livingstone’s green dream could be “impossible” to achieve according to the Corporation of London.
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NewsThe great glass garden of Italy
Stanton Williams has beaten a shortlist of architects including David Chipperfield to design an ambitious £7 million garden project in Italy.