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Pioneering Robinson exits Peabody role
Dickon Robinson, the popular client behind innovative schemes at BedZed and Murray Grove, is stepping down as the Peabody Trust’s development director.
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NewsHit and miss
The John Pawson-designed Marks & Spencer Lifestore in Gateshead is to close after disappointing sales. The cedar-clad store opened in February and was championed by former M&S guru Vittorio Radice.The historic Primrose Hill Studios have been grade II listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport following a campaign ...
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Legendary American architect R Buckminster Fuller has been honoured with a commemorative US postage stamp (below), 50 years after he obtained the patent for his most famous invention, the geodesic dome.Daniel Libeskind has launched a lawsuit against Larry A Silverstein, the developer of New York’s Freedom Tower; just days after ...
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Power play
The chairmanship of Cabe was advertised last weekend at £42,000 a year for a two-day week. Applicants have until September 10 to respond.Lack of investment has meant the quality of English public parks has fallen far behind that of other countries, according to a new Cabe report, which calls for ...
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Six years on, British Library to expand
Plans to extend the Colin St John Wilson-designed British Library in London's St Pancras are being worked up just six years after it opened, following an epic construction.
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Taking centre stage in Cheshire
John Miller + Partners £6 million Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn, Cheshire opened this week. The centre includes a 420-seat proscenium stage auditorium — complete with flying gallery — studio space, a gallery, foyer, cafe and bar. It also features a double-height, top-lit curving foyer which wraps around the perfectly ...
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Irish say no to PVC windows
The Irish government has put a stop to what it sees as a plague of PVC windows infecting the country’s historic building stock.
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Designers turn bird-brained
Architects from across Europe are being called on to design the ultimate predator-proof home. For a bird.
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Biggest PFI project moves a step closer
Architects could soon be asked to compete to design the biggest hospital PFI yet after a review of the proposed Paddington Health Campus in west London recommended the project go ahead.
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Countryside victory
A modern country house in Oxfordshire by Adrian James Architects has won planning permission after appeal. St John’s House is proposed for a greenfield site at Ramsden, Oxfordshire, with sweeping views of the Cotswolds. According to the Oxford-based practice, it is the first country house of a contemporary design to ...
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Wind rocks Welsh tower plans
Plans for the tallest residential building in Wales may be derailed over fears the 29-storey tower in Swansea could trigger high-speed winds.
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500 insult for Venice envo
Architects selected to take part in this year’s Venice Biennale have accused the UK government of being measly after being awarded expenses of just £500 each.
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Tall order
Architects are being sought to take forward designs for the tallest residential towers in Manchester. Developer BSC Group has won planning permission to build two connected 190m towers, topped with a wind turbine, at Greengate on the border with Salford. Outline planning permission was secured for a previous proposal — ...
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Tobacco Warehouse thrown a lifeline
Liverpool’s iconic grade II listed Tobacco Warehouse could be saved from dereliction and ultimate demolition under an ambitious scheme by London-based practice Thinking Space.
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Spotcheck: East of England
Will Alsop’s £300 million Star of the East tourist attraction on the Norfolk fens could still see the light of day. The environmentally themed visitor attraction and biomass power station lost the recent “Landmark for the East of England” competition, but the team behind the project remain optimistic. The carbon-reduction ...
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Prefab security slammed
A flagship pre-fab housing project praised by the government this week as one of the UK's best public buildings is not safe for the key workers it is meant to house, according to tenants and the Metropolitan Police.
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NewsHealing the scars of torture
A purpose-built centre for victims of torture, which opened in London last month, exemplifies architecture's increasing claims that it can tackle trauma and mental illness.
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Marco speaks out over split
Marco Goldschmied hinted this week that his surprise departure from the Richard Rogers Partnership was just the first of more changes at the famous practice.
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Council admits collapse danger
Islington council confirmed this week that the Packington Housing estate was in immediate danger of a Ronan Point-style progressive collapse.
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No housing targets in Gateway plan
Architects were left bemused this week after the government's Urban Development Corporation for London's Thames Gateway was launched without any targets for boosting housing in the area.