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NewsWalter Scott home picks up £5m lottery funding for visitor centre
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded nearly £5 million to the Scottish home of poet and novelist Walter Scott, to build a visitor centre and carry out restoration work.
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NewsWorld’s largest virtual computer-generated skyscraper in Brazil
Brazilian practice Königsberger Vannucchi Architects has entered the record books with the world’s biggest augmented reality marker for its latest skyscraper.
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NewsApproval for Hawkins Brown sport hub in Newham
Hawkins Brown has been granted planning permission for a new sports hub in an east London park.Newham Council approved the two-storey building in Plashet Park, despite the park’s designation as a protected green space and site of nature conservation importance. The council praised the building’s “high standard” design.The new building ...
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NewsBrady to become new RIBA president
Angela Brady has been elected as the next president of the RIBA.
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NewsCLG cuts Cabe funding by £1.4 million
Cabe has been told it will be getting £1.4 million less in funding from the Communities & Local Government department this year.
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NewsEH explains decision not to list Hoe Centre
English Heritage has said it was against listing Plymouth’s 1951 Hoe Centre because it did not meet the standards required.
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NewsChristian Candy apologises to Qataris
Prince of Wales also gets apology following Chelsea Barracks dispute.
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NewsArchitecture billings fail to recover in US
The Architecture Billings Index has failed to bounce back from a sharp fall in May as demand for architectural services in the US continues to decline.
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NewsAdjaye's first offices near completion
David Adjaye’s first stand-alone office development in the UK is nearing completion.
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NewsKohn Pedersen Fox’s 60 Holborn Viaduct
Work to market Kohn Pedersen Fox’s 60 Holborn Viaduct has resumed more than two years after planning consent was granted.
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NewsDCMS plans superquango by merging Cabe and EH
Plans to merge Cabe and English Heritage into a superquango are being drawn up by the government under radical cost-cutting measures.
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NewsGovernment to wind up Sea Change programme
The coalition government is scrapping the Sea Change initiative introduced three years ago by the previous Labour regime to revamp rundown seaside resorts.
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NewsFobert’s Kettle’s Yard scheme set for planning
Jamie Fobert Architects’ long-awaited £3.5 million redevelopment of a Cambridge modern art gallery will go for planning in September, six years after the firm won a high-profile competition to extend the venue.
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News‘Risky’ Miralles replaced in Leeds
Chapman Taylor’s revised design for a £350 million Leeds shopping centre has been attacked by the architects the firm replaced.
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NewsJestico & Whiles redesigns Swiss clock following protests
Jestico & Whiles has radically redrawn a controversial new landmark for London’s Leicester Square after Atkins’ original proposal was withdrawn following criticism from heritage groups and the police.
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NewsEdward Cullinan film centre in the frame
Edward Cullinan Architects has been given planning for a state-of-the-art film storage centre in Warwickshire for the BFI.
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NewsArchitect in charity battle for Article 25
An architect hoping to win a year working on a volunteer project in Sierra Leone for architecture charity Article 25 now faces an online battle to secure her placement.
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NewsOlympic authority reveals details of £56,000 expenses
Memory sticks, Christmas cards and cups of coffee were among the items claimed on expenses by senior figures at the Olympic Delivery Authority last year.
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NewsMuseums dominate Stirling contenders
The RIBA has announced the shortlist for this year’s Stirling prize, which is dominated by cultural buildings. Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi Museum of Art in Rome is the bookies’ favourite to win the £20,000 prize.
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Architects grow more pessimistic
The latest Future Trends Survey from the RIBA is warning that architects are expecting to find it harder to win work in the future