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Architect and painter Noel Isherwood will be exhibiting paintings on the theme of the urban landscape (right) at the Crypt Cafe gallery in London’s Upper Street, N1, from March 19 to April 28. A number of the paintings have derived from the Lansbury Estate, built in 1951 to coincide with ...
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The property industry breathed a sigh of relief this week when the government announced that it would not ban upwards-only rent reviews on commercial leases. The industry had warned that a ban could stop investors from putting money into landmark projects. Construction minister Nigel Griffiths has renewed his attack on ...
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NHS guru wants dream hospital in UK
A leading US healthcare design guru, advising the NHS, is developing plans to build the world’s best hospital in the UK.
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NewsThe whole of the moon
Bristol-based practice Niall Phillips Architects has unveiled images of its extension for the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The £6.5 million extension, funded by Advantage West Midlands and the Heritage Lottery Fund, will house the museum’s collection of pop art, including work by Bridget Riley and Richard Hamilton. The extension also ...
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Alsop station to be value engineered
John McAslan & Partners and retail architect Chapman Taylor are to value engineer Will Alsop’s designs for a £350 million revamp of Birmingham New Street station.
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Scala lobbies for design champions
Every public body should appoint a design champion, according to a manifesto issued by the Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities (Scala).
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Architect Colwyn Foulkes & Partners has won planning permission for this office building in Felixstowe. The £5 million maritime-themed head office for China Shipping (UK) and Johnson Stevens Agencies has been designed to reflect the local industry and the user’s shipping business. It will provide 3,458sq m of office accommodation ...
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A scheme by EPR Architects and Make to redevelop a cramped site overlooking the River Thames in the City of London has been submitted for planning. The scheme to redevelop Bridge House creates more space for the 3,000sq m office building by cantilevering floors above the adjacent Blackfriars underpass. The ...
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New architecture centre showcases London model
London is to get a new architecture centre boasting a huge model of the capital.
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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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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 ...