All articles by Rory Olcayto – Page 2
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Design for London Urban Design Framework Panel revealed
David Chipperfield, Foster & Partners, Caruso St John and Studio Egret West are among the 26 firms named on the new Urban Design Framework Panel drawn up by Design For London.
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2012 visitors centre could be reduced to a portacabin
Studio Egret West’s scheme threatened by fears of spiralling costs and too many clients
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ODA defends changes to 2012 stadium
The Olympic Delivery Authority has defended HOK’s scheme for the 2012 main stadium after BD revealed images last week of a more complex roof structure and a redesigned “wrap” elevation.
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Le Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel stirs passions online
An online war is pitting some of the biggest names in world architecture against each other in a bid to influence the French Minister of Culture over the future of Le Corbusier’s world famous Ronchamp chapel.
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Towers face two-for-one inquiry fate
The fate of two of London’s most significant tower projects will be decided together at a single public inquiry, it has emerged.
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Why Gordon Brown and green don’t mix
The prime minister had high hopes for eco-towns, but Richard Rogers and others say the towns aren’t sustainable at all
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Olympic Stadium’s latest design unveiled
See the latest designs for the London 2012 Olympic stadium and join in the debate about its design qualities.
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Ex heritage minister calls for RHG listing
Margaret Hodge must reject advice from English Heritage and grant Robin Hood Gardens the grade II listing it deserves, MPs and former Labour heritage minister Alan Howarth have demanded.
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Rogers attacks eco-towns as a big mistake
Richard Rogers has launched an extraordinary criticism of the government’s eco-towns project calling it one of the government’s “biggest mistakes”.
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Lipton warns that London's planning sector is over-reliant on Australians
Developer and former Cabe chairman Stuart Lipton has warned MPs that London’s planning sector is over reliant on short-term agency staff from Australia — a situation he claimed is creating a “stop-go” development culture.Speaking at a Parliamentary debate on Monday hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group, Lipton ...
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Robert Gordon University picks BDP as sole designer for new campus
BDP is to design the campus for Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University and six of its buildings, including a new school of architecture. The university’s director of estates Mike Berry said that while it was unusual for one architect to design all the buildings within a masterplan, this approach would help ...
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BD speaks to OMA partner Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf on the Delft University fire, his plans for the Commonwealth Institute and why Boris is good news for White City
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Fire devastates Delft architecture faculty
Coffee machine short circuit causes blaze; Delft students and former students share their comments
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Eisenman: computers dumb down design
Peter Eisenman used the platform at RIAS 2008 to bemoan a culture of passivity among students of architecture
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Building Regs hinder green refurbs, RIBA tells MPs
Building Regulations are a “barrier” to the government’s carbon reduction targets, the RIBA has told a parliamentary inquiry into retrofitting commercial property.
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Future Systems unveils designs for private home in Kent
New design was recognised as an 'exemplar project' in order to win planning for a Greenfield site overlooking the Kent Weald
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Industry group proposes 'more flexible' definition of zero-carbon housing
The UK Green Building Council has devised a new definition for zero-carbon housing which makes it easier for developers to meet the government’s ambitious low-energy targets.Its report, The Definition of Zero Carbon, claims the current definition is not achievable on up to 80% of new homes, and argues that if ...
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Experts back modernist extension for listed house
Wide support for intervention to 16th century building in Edinburgh
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Prince Charles leads Chinatown revolution
Move to remodel London’s Chinese quarter seen as way of making amends for Olympic snub
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Gareth Hoskins' Scottish pavilion is stairway to Venice
Hoskins' structure saw off competition from more than 50 other schemes: more pictures