All News articles – Page 1144

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    Scottish planning shakeup

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The Scottish government has revealed a range of measures to speed up its planning system, in a move it calls a “fundamental shift” in its approach to planning.

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    Toolkit to revitalise Park Royal

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Cambridge-based architect 5th Studio has put forward proposals to revitalise west London’s Park Royal, Europe’s largest industrial estate.

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    Walsall packs a punch

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    A £2 million youth centre and boxing club in the West Midlands by Sjölander da Cruz Architects has been granted planning permission.

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    Viñoly inside out

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Rafael Viñoly’s first completed project in the UK, Leicester’s £61 million Curve theatre, opened to visitors this week.

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    Wood is good for Norwich

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has won the competition to design Norfolk’s first Academy project, for developer Kier Education.

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    Yorkshire events pavilion shortlist

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    RIBA Yorkshire and regional development agency Yorkshire Forward have revealed their shortlist for a £650,000 mobile pavilion.

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    This week's ups & downs

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Hot and not

  • Simpson’s plans include a walkway over the River Irwell.
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    Simpson completes Manchester ‘jigsaw’

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Ian Simpson Architects has unveiled plans for the transformation of a key city centre site in Manchester.

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    Westfield shopping centre opens

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The £1.7 billion Westfield London shopping centre in Shepherds Bush was opened on Thursday by mayor Boris Johnson.

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    Five shortlisted for Wembley civic centre

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Brent Council has shortlisted Make, Sheppard Robson, EPR Architects, Hopkins, John McAslan & Partners, BDP and TP Bennett for a landmark civic centre opposite Wembley Stadium.

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    David McLean Holdings goes bust

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    One of Wales’s biggest developers, David McLean Holdings, plus its subsidiaries, has gone into administration.

  • The proposed south elevation for Helix London.
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    Planners set to bin Make’s scheme for McDonald’s

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Plans by Make for fast food giant McDonald’s first major mixed-use project in the UK are likely to be rejected by Tower Hamlets Council, which says the site is inappropriate for family housing.

  • Dickens Yard in Ealing.
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    Berkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Pidgley accuses architectural establishment of trying to control projects

  • Who will rid the House of these troublesome marquees?
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    Parliament tents must go, say MP and architects

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Architects have backed MP Andrew MacKinlay’s move to get rid of a set of semi-permanent marquees which he says have become a “blot” on the private terraces of the Houses of Parliament.

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    Apple wins go-ahead for Covent Garden HQ

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for computer giant Apple to create its new European headquarters in a series of grade II listed buildings close to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.

  • The Hanham Hall development aims to boost biodiversity by having lots of green space, which will also improve air quality.
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    HTA answers Carbon Challenge with Hanham Hall eco-village

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Housing and regeneration specialist HTA Architects has revealed detailed images of Hanham Hall, England’s first eco-village, proposed for a 6.6ha site near Bristol.

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    NHS agency wins design award

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The NHS’s National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has received an award for its use of design in improving patient safety.

  • Paul Velluet
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    Heritage bill rethink after costs disputed

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The cost of implementing the heritage protection bill is likely to be far more than estimated, the government has admitted.

  • Peter Caplehorn
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    DCLG adds three new advisers

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    The Department for Communities & Local Government has appointed three members to its Building Regulations Advisory Committee.

  • Robert Adam
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    Prasad and Adam in conference clash

    2008-10-31T00:00:00Z

    RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit out at classicist Robert Adam for “fighting yesterday’s battle” after the pair sparred in the closing debate of the RIBA International Conference last weekend.