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Green expert snubbed
An acknowledged national expert on sustainable building materials has been excluded from government deliberations on the Sustainable Buildings Code, amid growing concern at architects’ lack of influence.
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Infection warning on hospital ‘barn’ theatres
An innovative operating theatre designed by Nightingale Associates for Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool has been criticised by a leading NHS technical consultant because it could increase the risk of infection.
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Ebayers bid to smash Mies masterpiece
It’s not so much Mies van der Rohe as Mies vandal Rohe. For a classicist with a passionate dislike of modernist architecture, this could be the perfect chance to vent your rage.
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Lacy image for Nottingham
Caruso St John’s £13 million Nottingham Centre for Visual & Live Art has been submitted for planning permission.
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NewsHit and Miss
Grimshaw has won planning permission for the redevelopment of the former London Stock Exchange building in the City of London (pictured). The scheme, developed by Hammerson, involves the existing Stock Exchange tower being completely reclad.The merger between Aukett and Fitzroy Robinson has won final approval from shareholders. The merger, which ...
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People
Santiago Calatrava is the only architect to feature in Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most important people in the world. Calatrava, praised for his “transcendent spaces that uplift the human spirit”, was listed alongside actress Hilary Swank, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.Victorian architect Edward William Godwin is to ...
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Power play
London mayor Ken Livingstone this week published draft guidance on strategic views in the capital for consultation. The guidance includes 26 designated views of strategic importance to help guide development of tall buildings and their impact on London’s landmarks. Consultation closes on July 15.London practice Project Orange has designed a ...
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Facade art depicts wrong city
Wolverhampton rejects installation celebrating Birmingham society
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NewsRaising the roof game
Architects innovative product designs will be on show this month at an exhibition featuring this climatically controlled enclosure by Fraser Brown Mackenna Architects.
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Election 05
The Liberal Democrat manifesto has pledged to introduce flat VAT to encourage developers to repair and reuse empty buildings and brownfield land.
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Byker burgher burgles Broadway
Three architects from Broadway Malyan got more than they signed up for when the house they were staying in was broken into during a week’s residency in Byker as part of a design contest.
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NewsBrady Mallalieu stages park revival
This open-air theatre in Barra Park in Hayes, west London, is intended to restore the park to its former glory following decades of vandalism and neglect.
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Green light for Rover land plans
A Birmingham practice has won planning permission to turn redundant land previously owned by stricken car-maker MG Rover into a technology park and supermarket.
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Is it cos I is modern?
A luxurious home in Hampstead has been resubmitted for planning permission after attracting the ire of local resident Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Ali G.
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Capita growth continues with Norman & Dawbarn takeover
Multidisciplinary practice Norman & Dawbarn has been taken over by Capita Symonds after being forced into administration.
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NewsSteeling the show
BDP’s new purpose-built northern headquarters got the go-ahead this week from Manchester City Council.
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NewsCabe blast halts Salford skyscraper
Plans for the tallest residential building in western Europe have been shelved after a damning review by Cabe, which bluntly predicted it would be an “unpleasant place to live”.
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Poundbury plans cut down
A controversial housing scheme in Prince Charles’s model village, Poundbury, has been revised and resubmitted for planning permission after it was rejected last year.
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NewsTrongate revival
RMJM has submitted a £3.5 million scheme for a new apartment block in Trongate, Glasgow, for planning permission.