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NewsLondon mayor axes flagship Parliament Square plans
London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped ambitious plans to transform Parliament Square into a pedestrianised piazza.
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Boris to ditch 50% affordable housing target in changes to London Plan
Boris Johnson has published a major report setting out his priorities for revising the London Plan.
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NewsFaulknerBrowns reveals its 2012 White Water Canoe Centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled designs for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects. The scheme, which also includes landscaping by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, has now been submitted for planning.
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NewsBloomsbury LFA installation becomes interactive
Mobile Studio's London Festival of Architecture installation at Bloomsbury hub drew in the families at the weekend.
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Campaigners slam UIA over failure to expel Israelis
Lobby group Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine has vowed to continue with its campaigning after a move to expel Israeli professionals from the International Union of Architects (UIA) failed.
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour reveals Wood Wharf
Outline plans have been unveiled for Rogers Stirk Harbour’s long-awaited Wood Wharf mixed-use scheme in the London Docklands.
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RIBA launches drive to help large practices
The RIBA has launched a new drive to engage with large practices across the UK, claiming it has not done as much as it could for bigger firms.
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London mayor pledges £60m to bring neglected buildings back into use
Architects stand to benefit from a new £60 million fund to help bring discarded London properties back into use.
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NewsShed KM’s Chimney Pot Park takes top Housing Design award
Shed KM’s Chimney Pot Park scheme for Urban Splash in Langworthy, Salford has been named the overall winner at the Housing Design Awards.
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NewsCarmody Groarke’s sky walk forms centrepiece of London Festival of Architecture hub
A 160m-long installation, commissioned by New London Architecture, formed the centrepiece of the King’s Cross, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Covent Garden London Festival of Architecture hub at the weekend. The sky walk, designed by architects Carmody Groarke rises 4m high and zigzags across Montague Place, creating new public spaces, a viewing ...
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NewsSouthwark approves Simpson's Chambers Wharf design
Southwark Council has approved Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a major new residential development at Chambers Wharf in Bermondsey.
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Architects in the running to win Scottish healthcare work
Nightingale Associates, BDP and Reiach & Hall are among the architects in the running to win a slice of a £900 million deal to build hospitals and major healthcare facilities across Scotland.
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NewsHodge refusal to list snubs profession
Decision not to list estate leaves late 20th century buildings under threat
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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Olympic village slashed in size
The number of apartments to be built in the Olympic Village has been slashed by a quarter.
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Heritage fund awards £23m as budget slashed
The Heritage Lottery Fund has pledged £23 million for threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and a Welsh Georgian town house.
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Lutyens’ bank to become a hotel
The former headquarters of Midland Bank, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is to be transformed into a six-star hotel under plans approved by the City of London this week.
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NewsEH seeks Television Centre listing
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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Festival goers back modern design
A public debate this week on whether Prince Charles was right to dismiss modern architecture as glass stumps and carbuncles ended in a comprehensive defeat for his supporters.
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NewsSt Etienne DJs Architecture rocks
Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs from the band St Etienne will DJ at Architecture Rocks, the grand finale and closing party for this year’s London Festival of Architecture.The July 18 evening event, organised by BD, gives architects the opportunity to unleash their musical talents in a battle of the bands.The ...