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MPs push PFI route to reverse scandal of Britains libraries
The state of Britain’s libraries is a “scandal that must be rectified”, according to a panel of MPs.
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NewsSpotcheck: London
Kray cafe listedA 105-year-old Italian cafe in Bethnal Green, east London, has been awarded grade II listed status. The E Pellicci Cafe, whose owner was born in the flat above the cafe, achieved listed status for its stylish shopfront of Vitrolite panels, steel-frame lettering and rich Deco-style marquetry panelled interior. ...
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NewsCan this man cure hospital design?
US design guru Roger Ulrich has been parachuted in to advise the NHS on its building programme. His ‘extraordinarily simple idea’ could transform Britain’s hospitals, says Charlie Gates
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NewsSweden-based British architect, Ralph Erskine, died on Wednesday aged 91 in his home town of Drottingholm, near Stockholm.
Erskine had been suffering from ill health and suffered pneumonia in January.
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NewsYour victory
BD’s campaign for more women in architecture smashed through its target on International Women’s Day last Tuesday and architects from the campaign’s backers rallied in central London to celebrate its success.
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NewsMedical check-in
The first of a series of controversial independent treatment centres has been granted full planning permission, with work set to start on site this summer.
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NewsAuthor slams dull Oxford plan
Celebrated author Philip Pullman has attacked PRP Architects’ designs for the development of an area of Oxford that inspired his best-selling His Dark Materials trilogy.
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RIBA honorary secretary Michael Highton has died, aged 62, following a long illness. RIBA president George Ferguson said: “Michael was a wise and delightful colleague who won great respect and affection from all he came into contact with.”Arb has suspended architect Stephen Charles Manship from the register for 18 months. ...
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Power play
London mayor Ken Livingstone has lifted his objection to an extension by Barnsley Hewett & Mallinson for the grade I listed Royal Ballet School in Richmond Park. The mayor dropped his objection after the school agreed to a broader outreach programme to make it more inclusive.Cabe has pledged that the ...
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NewsAlsop steps back from Public as costs soar £12m
Design work taken over after cost and time overruns
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Fitzroy Robinson in Aukett merger deal
The seven directors of London practice Fitzroy Robinson are to receive more than £2.2 million in shares after Aukett finally completed a takeover of the firm.
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Construction chaos looms
The construction industry faces “chaos” if a proposed EU directive to promote the free movement of services is not changed, the UK’s Construction Industry Council warned on Wednesday.
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NewsPower tower
RMJM this week unveiled images of an innovative 25-storey eco-tower for a brownfield site in the Granton area of Edinburgh.
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NewsUK firm eyes Soviet sub base
A top-secret submarine base hidden beneath a mountain in eastern Europe may sound like the stuff of James Bond fantasy, but a London-based practice is working on plans to open up the real thing to western tourists.
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Learning by windows to build on kids design appreciation
Schoolchildren who struggle with elementary maths will be encouraged to look at the buildings around them under an initiative being drawn up by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport.
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NewsGreen shoots in the Black Country
A flagship eco-home development in Wolverhampton has been unveiled by architect Cole Thompson Associates and project leader and research network Integer.
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Listing puts Smithfield plans in doubt
Heritage campaigners including Prince Charles have won their fight to have part of London’s Smithfield market listed, leaving Thornfield Property and KPF’s ambitious plans for the redevelopment of the area in the balance.
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