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AnalysisGlasgow masterpiece under threat
The owner of Alexander ’Greek’ Thomson’s Egyptian Halls says he has no option but demolition. James Benedict Brown reports
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour offsets slump with overseas work
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has made up for a major drop in British work by expanding overseas, its latest accounts reveal
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FeaturesJames Soane of Project Orange on bedroom design for the Hoxton Hotel
Most hotel rooms are no less than 24sq m, but the Hoxton Hotel wanted to test the market to see how it would respond to a 16sq m room, which is about as small as it can get without being a cabin or capsule room.
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NewsPlanning decisions within a year, promises Shapps
Housing minister Grant Shapps has announced a 12-month time limit for decisions on planning applications.
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NewsPeter Bishop joins Allies & Morrison Urban Practitioners
Former London Development Agency design director Peter Bishop has been made a director of Allies & Morrison Urban Practitioners, the new firm formed this month by the long-time collaborators.Bishop has worked with both firms in the past.As head of planning at Hammersmith & Fulham Council and then Camden, Bishop worked ...
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NewsRobin Partington plans for Swindon submitted
Robin Partington Architects’ plans for the redevelopment of Swindon town centre have been submitted to the council for approval
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NewsZogolovitch launches mews housing scheme in south-east London
Developer Roger Zogolovitch has announced his latest project, a private mews of three detached, contemporary houses designed by local practice MW Architects in south-east London.It is the third project by Solidspace, the developer led by Zogolovitch and his son Gus.Its first, One Centaur Street, designed by dRMM, won the RIBA ...
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NewsCity agrees air-rights deal to secure future of Viñoly's Walkie Talkie
Extraordinary planning powers will be used to protect Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower from possible objections
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NewsSpurs launches second Olympic stadium legal challenge
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has launched a second judicial review attempt over its failed bid to secure a lease on the Populous-designed Olympic stadium
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NewsConran & Partners to design 1 Tower Bridge interiors
Conran & Partners has been appointed as interior designer at One Tower Bridge, the controversial development designed by Squire & Partners.
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Building StudyHolburne Museum of Art extension, Bath, by Eric Parry Architects
Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum pavilion has emerged from protracted battles with planners to reflect the best of its former pleasure garden setting.
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NewsMagma Architecture reveals designs for Olympic shooting
Events will be held in temporary venue at Woolwich
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NewsTony Meadows' 10-year wait ends as Borough Market viaduct installed
The most visible section of the Borough Viaduct has been lowered into place a decade after it was designed by Tony Meadows Associates
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NewsArchitect bids to protect Bristol's Kings Weston House
An architect has formed a community group to try and protect the grade I listed building and find its missing statue
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Scott Brownrigg wins KPMG work in Leeds
Scott Brownrigg has won the contract to design KPMG’s headquarters in Leeds, replacing Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a pair of “kissing towers” on the same site.
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NewsType3 Studio wins green belt consent for Bedfordshire housing
Type3 Studio has won planning permission for four zero-carbon houses on green belt land in central Bedfordshire
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RCA student Joseph Deane awarded RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship 2011
Royal College of Art student Joseph Deane has been awarded the third RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship, to complete his Masters degree in Architecture
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NewsWilkinson Eyre wins competition to design Battle of Britain memorial
Practice picked from shortlist of 13
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NewsCardross Seminary set to be saved after being bought by arts charity
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s St Peter’s Seminary at Cardross near Glasgow could be saved after public arts charity NVA purchased the property from the Archdiocese of Glasgow.The Grade A listed scheme, near Loch Lomond, was completed in 1966 but has since fallen into disrepair.NVA now plans to refurbish the seminary, ...
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NewsFive schemes selected for £52 million lottery funding
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and dRMM’s Hastings pier included