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NewsLets go round again
Glenn Howells Architects has won planning permission to renovate the iconic Rotunda in Birmingham and convert it from offices to 234 luxury flats.Howells consulted the Rotunda’s original architect, Jim Roberts, about the building’s unique structure. The main changes will be new full-height glass cladding and new signage around the top.Developer ...
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NewsSpotcheck: The North-west
- Morecambe advised BDP has unveiled its draft masterplan for the regeneration of the west end of Morecambe in Lancashire. It identifies areas for public and private investment to regenerate the seaside town over the next five years, including proposals for new public open space, housing refurbishment and demolition ...
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RIBA battles for power
Architecture’s ruling bodies set to clash as RIBA report calls for restrictions to Arb’s remit
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Uproar as Cambridge cuts research courses
Students at the prestigious Cambridge School of Architecture were in uproar this week after the school suspended two of its three MPhil research courses and scrapped an acclaimed undergraduate teaching system.
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Grimshaw appeals for final push on spa
Architect breaks silence over dispute delaying Bath project
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Sexism claims go to tribunal
An architect is taking University College Northampton to an employment tribunal claiming she was forced to leave because of sexual discrimination, victimisation and bullying.
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Go-ahead for controversial HOK hospital
Second part of HOK Royal London & Barts scheme wins planning
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Mayor to ref Foster argy-bargy
The Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is to appeal to Foster & Partners to end its dispute with a small art gallery situated close to the practice’s London office.
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NewsWelcome to the open-plan party
Is a bright new modern office enough to convince voters that the Tories have seen the light
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NewsOn the waterfront
Make has unveiled its vision for the Edinburgh waterfront which includes a teardrop-shaped man-made island.
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Kings Cross masterplan too dense
The huge King’s Cross regeneration project, masterplanned by Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, is far too dense and hugely lacking in public open space, according to a local action group.
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NewsGlasgows gherkin
A dramatic new residential tower in Glasgow has been submitted for planning permission by Page & Park Architects.
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NewsFrei Otto wins RIBA Royal Gold Medal
German architect and engineer Frei Otto, who is seen as the pioneer of tensile and gridshell structures in modern architecture, has won the RIBA’s Royal Gold Medal.
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Planning applications reach 15-year high, says ODPM
The number of new planning applications has reached a 15-year high, according to government figures.
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Gillespie replaces Murray as Edinburgh design adviser
Architect Neil Gillespie of Edinburgh practice Reiach & Hall has replaced Allan Murray as design adviser to the City of Edinburgh Council.
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NewsSmithfields new look
Designs by KPF Associates for a controversial redevelopment of part of London’s historic Smithfield Market were unveiled last week.
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NewsStair bright
The new Breast Care Centre at Barts hospital in east London, designed by Greenhill Jenner Architects, opened this week.
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Government building targets fall short
The government has been reprimanded for not doing more to reach its school, hospital and home building targets in a school report style paper published by the Construction Products Association this week.
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Eubank enlists architectural heavyweights to win planning
Former boxing world champion Chris Eubank has won a two-year planning battle to build 41 flats on the site of his Brighton home after enlisting local practice Lomax Cassidy & Edwards to improve the project’s design.