All UK articles – Page 660
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AnalysisAre architects ready for a retrofit revolution?
Getting energy-efficient retrofits through planning is tough at the best of times, but the Green Deal is set to bring the issue into sharp focus
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Building StudySolving the panel puzzle
The Maggie’s Centre certainly provided a stern test of the capabilities of precast concrete supplier Thorp Precast. The job involved creating 56 precast panels, and although many of these were similar, very few were identical
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NewsPermission for Fletcher Rae’s £100m marina plans
Go-ahead for mixed-use project on Isle of Anglesey
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NewsRichard Murphy Architects submits Dunfermline arts centre for planning
Competition winning-design revised after more land bought
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NewsKengo Kuma submits V&A Dundee plans
Museum to be built on site extending from Dundee waterfront
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NewsMcCloud's eco-homes stall over land row
Glenn Howells-designed project would be TV presenter’s second in Swindon
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NewsConstruction orders fall 3.6% year on year
Public sector housing worst hit, but infrastructure booms
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NewsStride Treglown chairman to stand down
Bob Whittington will leave the practice at the end of this year
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NewsSuccess of Victoria public realm depends on materials, says Cabe
Design review panel urges council to ensure quality of architecture
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Building StudyThe ‘cosmic whirlpool’ and other Maggie’s Centres
When writer and garden designer Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, together with her husband, the architectural writer Charles Jencks, she set about her creating a charity project to provide cancer sufferers with expert support within a more sympathetic built environment
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NewsStudents central to Southbank festival bandstand
Students get together with RIBA London and Studio AR
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NewsArchitecture students’ Olympic designs to decorate London
Barlett, London Met and Westminster reveal innovative ideas
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NewsFoster and Holl chosen for next Maggie’s centres
Holl’s designs include a bamboo interior and a yoga garden
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AnalysisCan the RIBA build a better framework?
The procurement process is accused of inflexibility and exclusivity. But what do the alternatives offer?
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OpinionBomber Command memorial desecrates Green Park
Liam O’Connor’s unsuitable scheme has none of the dignity of Lutyens’ Cenotaph
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TechnicalUndulating concrete wall shows potential of rubber formwork
Walter Jack’s Crushedwall celebrates Cornish mining heritage
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson back in the black
Listed architect turns around loss-making performance
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NewsCalls for Hemel Hempstead mail depot to be saved
Twentieth Century Society points to Sainsbury Centre similarities
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NewsClash Associates shows way to Churchill War Rooms
New entrance said to echo the bulldog character of Churchill