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Faulkner Brown hits Tory snag
Faulkner Brown’s joy at being selected to design a major mixed-use scheme in Altrincham, near Manchester, has been cut short after the new Tory administration said it would start the whole selection process again.
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Green light for TV green plan
The transformation of a village green in Castleford by Martha Schwartz and BDP — to be featured in a TV show about regenerating the West Yorkshire town — has gained planning consent.
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Fiddlers under the roof
Work has begun on site for Burrell Foley Fischer’s new £2.6 million concert hall in Surrey.The building is for the famed Yehudi Menuhin music school in Stoke d’Abernon, whose former pupils include violinists Vanessa Mae and Nigel Kennedy. The practice won a competition organised by the Yehudi Menuhin Memorial Fund ...
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GCSE students tell Farrell to liven up
Terry Farrell has worked for some hard taskmasters in his time, but they don’t come any tougher than the teenage clients he is working for on the refurbishment of a school hall in Oldham.
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Biennale to spread
London’s first architectural biennale was such a success that the organisers are already talking about extending it beyond Clerkenwell in two years’ time.
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Ahoy there
A record number of entrants are climbing aboard for the Little Britain Challenge Cup sailing event in Cowes, Isle of Wight. More than 2,000 hearty and hardy souls will take to 230 boats, forming a colourful construction industry armada from September 9-12. The annual BD-sponsored event, Europe’s largest industry sailing ...
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Stars donate work to rescue Wren church
Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Will Alsop have joined forces to help rescue Wren’s St James’s church in Piccadilly.
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Spotcheck: East Midlands
Harborough Museum in Market Harborough will invite architects to submit designs for a £500,000 renovation following completion of a public consultation on how to update its facilities, displays and access. Improvements are set to include ultraviolet filters on windows to protect exhibits, a new lift and toilets. The consultation is ...
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Nimbys become Imbys
Housing surveys find that local residents would welcome high-density development in the South-east
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Tax breaks to be granted for sustainability
New tax breaks could be granted on products that improve the sustainability of buildings.
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Design chair to be shared
Ken Shuttleworth unlikely to be sole chair of Cabe design review committee after conflict of interest audit
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Architecture poll reveals public’s modern malaise
It’s official: British people do not like modern architecture.
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Corrosion risk hits Battersea
Plans to redevelop Battersea Power Station have hit a new snag after major problems were found with the structure of the four chimneys.
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Hospital design ‘too inflexible’
Hospital designs are too fixed to cope with changing health service requirements, NHS chief executives warned this week.
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Ashford people back density
A 10,000-home scheme in Ashford, Kent, will be the biggest housing development in Britain since the expansion of Milton Keynes in the 1960s. Masterplanner Urban Initiatives met local residents to give them three growth options of varying density. There was strong support for high-density housing around the train station.
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NewsBridge with a twist
Hakes Associates' ribbon-like pedestrian and cycle bridge has been selected to connect Bristol's old Courage Brewery site to Castle Park. The bridge, which was designed with Buro Happold and has just been submitted for planning permission, takes its inspiration from the mobius strip. This is a one-sided surface that is ...
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A classic for Derby
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s designs for a £13.7 million visual arts and media centre in Derby have gone on show to the public.A model of the so-called Quad is being displayed at the Derby Museum & Art Gallery until July 18. The facility, for Derby City Council, is intended to be ...
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