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Heatherwick wins project in Leeds regeneration
Mixed-use scheme will be practice’s biggest UK commission
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NewsEco-towns can't replace cities, says TCPA chief David Lock
Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.Town & Country Planning Association chairman David Lock, author of a report on the proposals, told delegates at the Architecture Foundation’s New New Town conference last week that the contribution such ...
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NewsVenturi, Scott Brown and Hutton among over 500 supporting BD campaign
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Louisa Hutton of Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog & de Meuron's Harry Gugger, Benedetta Tagliabue and Tony Fretton are among the international names to join BD's campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.In an extraordinary response from the profession, more than 500 people have added their weight ...
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NewsAll new homes to be 'future-proofed' for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced today.Ministers at the Department for Communities & Local Government said that in light of the country's ageing population, all new homes should be “future proofed” to include 16 features ...
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NewsBD launches first virtual sustainability event
Free to register Sustainability Now show will focus on key green issues such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and energy
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NewsOnly listing can save it
Simon Smithson spearheads BD’s campaign to list his parents’ Robin Hood Gardens estate
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NewsAllies & Morrison signs up for huge Tesco store
Supermarket accused of architectural ‘charm offensive’ to pass planning
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NewsJenkins: architects are littering the UK
Journalist and author Simon Jenkins has launched a broadside against architects, accusing them of being behind a drive to use the planning system to litter the country with unpopular “iconic” buildings.
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NewsGLA defends Doon Street
The Greater London Authority has publicly defended Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower as the second week of the public inquiry got under way.
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NewsMadrid art world in suspense
A major cultural centre in Madrid by Herzog & de Meuron was opened this week by the king and queen of Spain.
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NewsPutney block given new facade as Miller rethinks sixties design
David Miller Architects has submitted a planning application for a 2,800sq m mixed-use building in Putney town centre, south-west London.
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NewsBig names join BD’s campaign to list Robin Hood Gardens
Writer Alain de Botton, property developer Stuart Lipton and architectural historian Alan Powers have all added their weight to BD’s Rescue Robin Hood Gardens campaign. Within hours of BD launching its campaign to list the landmark Alison and Peter Smithson housing estate, dozens had joined the fight.Peter Cook, Joseph Rykwert, ...
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DCM to build Birmingham court
Denton Corker Marshall has been appointed by HM Courts Service to design a new magistrates’ court for Birmingham. The 20,000sq m building, in the centre of the city, will house 24 courts over 15 storeys.
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Tories call for planning reform
The planning system should be reformed to “incentivise the use of an architect for both applicants and local authorities”, shadow architecture minister Ed Vaizey said this week.
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NewsEH says OK to Dyson’s Bath school
English Heritage has told Bath & North East Somerset Council it has no objections to Wilkinson Eyre’s plans for a school for entrepreneur James Dyson in the city’s South Quays district.
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‘Credit crunch’ does for Hadid HQ
The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed HQ, blaming the “credit crunch”.
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NewsYRM wins planning at Baia Mare
YRM has won planning for a huge, mixed-use scheme at Baia Mare in Romania, for client Red Projects.
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NewsReport drops barriers to shared space
The controversial concept of “shared space” — which would transform Britain’s streets by abolishing “barriers” such as kerbs, railings, traffic lights and white lines — has taken a major step forward with the publication of a report recommending its use.
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NewsPrince does it again with Essex ‘dustbin’ comment
The Prince of Wales has once again ruffled feathers in the architectural community by branding a building by Patel Taylor a “dustbin”.