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I felt like Paula Radcliffe
Kathryn Findlay admits the agony of folding her practice, but vows she will bounce back
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Campaign to save live/work
A campaign group including architects, developers and regeneration experts has called on the government to enshrine live/ work in new planning guidance.
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School design too shrine-like
Designs for an RIBA award-winning theatre by Ash Sakula had to be substantially revised amid fears that unintentional religious connotations would offend the high number of Muslim users.
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Childhood attention seeker is calmed
Caruso St John has reined back its designs for the grade II listed Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood following fierce criticism from English Heritage and the Victorian Society.
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NewsDressed to distress
Architects are temporarily crippling themselves to understand hospital users’ needs. We joined them in a painful exercise in empathy
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NewsFindlays Doha dream
Kathryn Findlay this week spoke out over the recent closure of her practice, Ushida Findlay, and revealed startling designs for a private villa in Doha, Qatar (pictured).Findlay spoke of her anguish over the recent liquidation, describing it as anything but “voluntary”, and her hopes for a new practice, to be ...
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NewsCam crossing
Engineer Whitbybird and artist Gerry Judah have unveiled images of a new foot and cycle bridge across the river Cam in Cambridge. The £1.9 million river crossing will be the first built in the city for 40 years.The 150m double-arched steel structure also includes a seating area for pedestrians. It ...
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Alsop urged to explain eight Cloud changes
The inquiry into the abandoned Fourth Grace scheme, the Cloud, in Liverpool wants Will Alsop to explain why it was redesigned eight times between January and July this year.
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Design adviser row rumbles on as Farrell takes Edinburgh job
Terry Farrell was this week appointed to design the £60 million Edinburgh International Conference Centre extension, further fuelling the row over his role as the city’s design champion.A council report last week confirmed Farrell’s appointment to the job and dismissed claims of a conflict of interest.The report responded to complaints ...
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NewsSurface feels uplifted
Young Architect of the Year Award runner-up Surface Architects has completed a unique lift for a grade II* listed, deconsecrated church in east London. The £180,000 “Ambiguous Object” stands at the intersection of the nave and the transept of the church, which is now used by Queen Mary University’s London ...
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NewsZed set to land in the Valleys
Bill Dunster’s Zedfactory has revealed space-age designs for a remarkable follow-up to BedZed.The £2.5 million mixed-use community and arts centre in Gelli, Rhondda, in south Wales, has been submitted for planning permission.The scheme includes a head office for the charity Artsfactory, a day centre and a nursery. It will be ...
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NewsOn the waterfront
EPR Architects’ £300 million mixed-use scheme for the banks of the Thames, opposite the Millennium Dome, has been submitted for planning permission.The Peruvian Wharf project includes 1,500 new homes, a hotel, commercial space, leisure facilities and a new DLR station, West Silvertown.The site also includes a riverside walkway and a ...
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Stars line up for Ground Zero
An impressive array of superstar architects are lining up to design cultural centres for the Ground Zero site in New York.
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Going up on Dunstable Downs
A visitor centre in the Chiltern Hills by Archetype has been submitted for planning permission.
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NewsThe Wight house
The Manser Practice has submitted a new seafront home on the Isle of Wight for planning permission. The £500,000 home, on a sloping, partially wooded seafront site, will stand 7m above the ground on fou columns. The holiday home will be reached by a 26m-long carbon-fibre bridge at the back ...
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Dutch planners lose Goth battle with Fat
Fat’s controversial design for a Dutch school in ecclesiastical style looks set to go ahead after a two-year battle with planners.
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Baillie Scott neighbour dispute
The Twentieth Century Society has objected to designs for a new rectory next to one of the most important arts & crafts buildings in the UK.
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NewsAn award-winning team, a £1bn budget, and the UK’s top design advice, so why is this new hospital destined to fail?
Robert Booth investigates the Royal London crisis
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