All UK articles – Page 789
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NewsWonder wall blooms at Bennetts hotel
An 11-storey wall of flowering plants has been planted to cover the full height of the internal courtyard of a new City of London hotel.Designed by Bennetts Associates, the 584-bedroom Mint Hotel - formerly the City Inn - has been built in Pepys Street close to the Tower of London ...
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NewsZaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre will 'look nicer' post Olympics, IOC admits
Appearance of landmark 2012 venue compromised by water wings
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NewsEPR wins go-ahead to transform Gatwick offices into hotel
EPR Architects has been given planning permission to turn an office block at Gatwick Airport into a new 192-bedroom Hilton hotel.
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NewsFuture secured for Haworth Tompkins' Liverpool Everyman theatre revamp
Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the Everyman & Playhouse theatre in Liverpool is set to go ahead following a cash injection from the European Region Development Fund (ERDF).The ERDF granted £5.9 million towards the £28 million project which will see the demolition of the existing theatre and the construction of a ...
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NewsGreen light for Space Group Architects' Westminster scheme
Space Group Architects has received planning permission for a mixed-use development in the London borough of Westminster.The four-storey building, based at Vauxhall Bridge Road near Victoria Station, sits just outside a conservation area and will be clad in basalt lavastone.It will provide retail space over two floors, with offices above ...
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NewsMinister 'surprised' by WWF quitting Zero Carbon Taskforce
Environmental charity quit after government watered down zero carbon definition
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NewsMake's Croydon scheme submitted for planning
Cherry Orchard Road includes tallest building in the area
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TechnicalNew research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
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NewsArchitecture minister unveils Stonehenge funding package
Work on Denton Corker Marshall visitor centre on course to start next year
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NewsFirst images of Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Dutch designer Piet Oudolf will create a garden for the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, designed by last year’s Pritzker winner.
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NewsReed speaks out over RIBA chief executive ousting reports
RIBA president Ruth Reed has refused to deny reports that she made a failed bid to oust chief executive Harry Rich at a board meeting earlier this year.
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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.