All UK articles – Page 795
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NewsChange or die, RIBA tells architects
An RIBA Building Futures report says architects will have to become better businessmen to compete with foreign firms.
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OpinionShould architects offer to work for the Big Society?
Yes, says Pascale Scheurer, pro bono work can be a valuable service; but Jo Wright says it is hard to imagine credible projects emerging from the current set-up
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Brought to book
Thanks, BD, for following up my email drawing attention to the plight of Redcar Library (News February 11).
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Cabe must take a broader view
Your excellent editorial (Leader February 18) reflected upon the future of Cabe.
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Opinion
Heath views
As a supporter of Robert Adam and traditional architecture I am wary of criticising the design of Athlone House (News February 18).
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More with less
It would be interesting to know the cost comparison per sq m covered area between Zaha Hadid’s heavy, over-designed Aquatics Centre, and the elegant cable net structure for Hopkins’ Velodrome (Buildings February 18).
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Sit up and listen
The president of the Institute of Acoustics, Trevor Cox, has quite rightly censured communities minister Andrew Stunell (News February 18) following his announcement of a major review of the building regulations, which include acoustics in schools.
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NewsGovernment is anti-design, architects warned
Architects are facing a period of government hostility and need to find a champion to lobby for the importance of good design, a vice president of HOK has warned.
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NewsPrasad rallies the profession on school design
“There’s a fight on” says former RIBA president as he insists architects can make standardisation succeed
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NewsAdam defends Athlone House designs
Robert Adam has defended his designs for a £20 million neo-classical mansion in Hampstead against stinging attack from critics who described them as “inept”.
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NewsFretton mansion plans anger locals
Tony Fretton has drawn up plans to remodel a London mansion, complete with a vast subterranean complex beneath the one of the capital’s most expensive streets.
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NewsNew images of Faulkner Browns' 2012 canoe course
Olympics venue in Waltham Cross was first new build to open
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NewsNew images released of Reiach & Hall's 1960s revamp
Reiach & Hall Architects has released new images of its refurbished 1960s bungalow at Roslin near Edinburgh.
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NewsDRDH take Best Building prize at Sheffield Design Awards
DRDH Architectshas won the Best Building prize at the biennial Sheffield Design Awards 2010.
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NewsSchools architects likened to oxen
Schools architects in the brave new world of standardisation have been likened to oxen after the invention of tractors
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NewsUK's first bronze-clad house completed
Burrell Architects and BCA London have finished work on home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.
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Building StudyCity of Westminster College by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
City of Westminster College, the Learning & Skills Council’s last grand vision, leaves a dramatic monument to a bygone age.
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NewsAedas set to oversee demolition of Robin Hood Gardens
Practice chosen to work with Glenn Howells and Jestico & Whiles on £500 million East London job
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NewsAllies & Morrison plots Westfield London expansion
Firm asked to work up mixed-use design to extend the White City shopping centre