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NewsNew architecture school head for Birmingham City University
Ex-student and acting deputy head Kevin Singh appointed to role
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NewsStudio RHE's east London tower wins planning
Newham Council has approved designs by Studio RHE to build a 24-storey tower in the Royal Docks area of east London.Work on the £80 million scheme, called Silvertree, will start in the summer and is due to finish at the end of next year.The 161-apartment complex will be wrapped with ...
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NewsPhilanthropist's estate boosts Stowe House restoration
The Paul Mellon Estate is to donate $250,000 (£156,000) toward the restoration of part of the grade I listed Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.Stowe House, a neo-classical building, was first constructed in the 17th century and remodelled through the 18th century by architects including Vanbrugh, Gibbs, Kent and Soane.Paul Mellon, who ...
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NewsNeighbouring council backs barracks plans
Plans by Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones and Kim Wilkie Associates for Chelsea Barracks have won the provisional approval of neighbouring council Kensington & Chelsea.
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NewsEnd of Stephenson Bell name as debts mount
Manchester practice Stephenson Bell has entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after accruing £500,000 worth of bad debts.
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NewsMP slams Farrell’s Earls Court scheme
Terry Farrell’s multi-billion-pound plans to redevelop 31ha of land around Earls Court have been attacked by the local MP.
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TechnicalSteel structure at the heart of Bennetts’ Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford
Steel plays both a functional and aesthetic role in the design Bennetts Associates’ RST auditorium.
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NewsRIBA pledges to kick out wage abuse firms
Brady promises to ’go after’ practices that fail to pay students at least minimum wage
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NewsDesign review process comes under scrutiny
Former London Development Agency design director Peter Bishop is examining the way Cabe carries out design reviews as its new parent looks to make the design watchdog self-financing.
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NewsChipperfield's Margate gallery set for launch
David Chipperfield’s £17.5 million Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate opens this month, five years after the original scheme by Snøhetta and Spence Associates was cancelled amid spiralling costs and technical problems.
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NewsZogolovitch not backing down over RIBA Trust
Roger Zogolovitch has refused to withdraw his demand for a special general meeting on the future of the RIBA Trust
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NewsCardigan Castle wins lottery cash
Purcell Miller Tritton’s scheme to build a new heritage centre and carry out repairs at Cardigan Castle is one of the beneficiaries of £10 million handed out by the Heritage Lottery Fund to help three major restoration and education projects linked to the arts in England and Wales.
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NewsNicholas Hare wins planning for Kettering academy
Nicholas Hare Architects has won planning for its Kettering Buccleuch Academy for 1,770 children aged from 4 to 19.The 12,500sq m school, in Northamptonshire, will allow the whole academy to be located together on the same site for the first time, giving all students access to a wider range of ...
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Architects Plus wins yacht club
Carlisle firm Architects Plus has won the competition to design a new clubhouse (pictured) for Ullswater Yacht Club near Penrith in Cumbria.
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OpinionSchool rules
It is interesting that Oliver Wainwright has chosen to bring Catmose Campus into the debate on the role of standardisation in schools design (Buildings March 25).
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Opinion
Sounds as a pound
Despite dismissing accusations of “Legoland” homes (Letters March 25), John Slaughter of the Home Builders Federation must surely accept that hundreds of new housing developments look like Poundbury on a bad hair day.