All News articles – Page 1188

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    Low rise at high tide

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Mosedale Gillat Architects has submitted for planning a new maritime centre in Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland.

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    Manser in the dock

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Work has begun on site for a 8,000sq m terminal building at Southampton Docks by the Manser Practice.

  • Kings Forest Housing building by the Johns Practice.
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    Suffolk honours winning designs

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Four buildings have won Suffolk Association of Architects annual design awards.

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    Poplar Riverside delivery plan let

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Meadowcroft Griffin is to develop a delivery strategy for the Poplar Riverside area of the Lower Lea Valley by the Thames Gateway Development Corporation.

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    Scandinavians in design debate

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Capita Symonds and the British Council for Schools Environments are hosting a conference in Salford next month to bring together Scandinavian and British experts on school design.

  • The Willis Building
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    Fosters’ return customer

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Fosters & Partners unveiled its latest addition to the City of London skyline this week with the official opening of the 28-storey Willis Building more than three decades after Norman Foster designed his landmark hi-tech Willis Faber building in Ipswich.

  • The scheme is residential-led but aims to attract a range of creative industries.
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    Creative in White City

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Dutch practice OMA is dubbing its £2 billion masterplan for White City “Creative London”.

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    Building Regs hinder green refurbs, RIBA tells MPs

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Building Regulations are a “barrier” to the government’s carbon reduction targets, the RIBA has told a parliamentary inquiry into retrofitting commercial property.

  • Brunswick Centre
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    Onwards and up for Brunswick

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    London’s listed Brunswick Centre (pictured) could be extended one storey upwards under a proposal to reinstate architect Patrick Hodgkinson’s original 1960s design.

  • The scheme is now being revised to scale down the retail element.
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    Broadway Malyan told to rework Everton plan

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Broadway Malyan’s design for a £400 million, retail-led development in Kirkby, including a new stadium for Everton Football Club, has been sent back to the drawing board after being slammed by Cabe and neighbouring local authorities.

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    RIBA seeks Preston bridge entries

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA has launched a competition to design a bridge across the River Douglas in Preston, Lancashire.

  • Sloane House
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    Row as JCB boss tries to demolish own house

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Experts split over bid to redevelop Chelsea grade II listed Georgian house

  • Gustafson Porter’s planned installation at the Arsenale.
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    Top UK firms take starring role at Venice Biennale

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    A glittering list of British architects including Zaha Hadid, Nigel Coates and AOC will exhibit their work at the Venice Biennale, adding further home-grown talent to the five housing firms already picked for the British pavilion.

  • Snøhetta and Spence’s original Turner Contemporary design.
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    Snøhetta slams Kent bid for Turner costs

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian practice Snøhetta has hit back at Kent County Council after the local authority began legal proceedings against the practice and its partner Stephen Spence over the duo’s aborted Turner Contemporary gallery scheme in Margate.

  • Tony McGuirk
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    BDP looks east in worldwide expansion

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Building Design Partnership has acquired its first foreign practice as part of an unprecedented drive to expand its overseas operation.

  • Trevor Butler
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    BDP sustainability chief moves west

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    BDP’s head of sustainability Trevor Butler is relocating to Canada to start a new company which aims to bridge the gap between architects and engineers to realise sustainable buildings.

  • Robin Hood Gardens / Photo credit: Smithson Family Collection
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    Cabe backs efforts to save ‘ground-breaking’ estate

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Review panel’s call for listing renews pressure on Hodge as Rogers urges ‘let’s keep fighting’

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    Roof chosen for Aquatics Centre

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid’s £303 million Aquatics Centre, approved by planners this week, will feature an aluminium standing-seam roof, the Olympic Delivery Authority has revealed.

  • Gloucester Cathedral stamp
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    Royal Mail’s stamp of approval

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Great British cathedral architecture is celebrated with a set of commemorative stamps issued by Royal Mail this week.

  • A large public square in front of the blocks is intended to be a social hub.
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    Dublin’s new apartments get a Metropolitan look

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    A new £58 million residential scheme in the north Dublin suburb of Belmayne by Metropolitan Workshop has gone on site after recently winning planning permission.