All UK articles – Page 799
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TechnicalParker Library in Cambridge by Kilburn Nightingale Architects
Bronze and oak created a suitable atmosphere when a vault for vulnerable manuscripts was introduced into a grade I building at Corpus Christi College.
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NewsRIBA launches Oxford College competition
Expressions of interest are invited from architects to design a new lecture theatre and kitchen for Oxford University’s Worcester College
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NewsCartwright Pickard Architects wins planning for PassivHaus homes
West London development tackles cramped plot by using shared spaces
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NewsIt's official: Cabe merges with Design Council
Cabe’s merger with the Design Council has been confirmed following an agreement reached by the two bodies and the government.
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NewsWest Ham wins battle for the Olympic Stadium
West Ham United has been named as the preferred bidder to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 games, it was announced today.The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) unanimously chose the premiership football club’s bid over rival club Tottenham’s, which involved demolishing the Populous-designed stadium and replacing it with ...
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NewsBattersea Power Station architects appointed
Ian Simpson and DRMM are first to be selected as Viñoly’s Battersea masterplan wins final approval.
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NewsHigh Court rules that axing BSF was unlawful
Michael Gove’s decision to stop funding later-stage schools was “an abuse of power”
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NewsDe Botton’s Living Architecture to build Grayson Perry’s Essex temple
Architect Fat is collaborating with cross-dressing artist Grayson Perry to build a temple for client Living Architecture.
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OpinionA purpose far beyond books
Libraries provide communities with a vital physical infrastructure, so closures sit ill with the notion of the Big Society.
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NewsTwo landmark library buildings under threat
ABK’s Redcar Central Library faces demolition and Basil Spence’s Swiss Cottage library may close
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NewsRed tape set to foil Marks Barfield’s school plans
A controversial scheme by Marks Barfield to extend Britain’s first state-funded Muslim primary school could be scuppered by Treasury red tape
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Parry to assess Waterloo church
Eric Parry Architects has been commissioned to draw up a feasibility study for St John’s Church opposite London’s Waterloo Station
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TechnicalDiscover Children’s Story Centre by Carmody Groarke
A children’s literacy centre in London’s East End required the creation of durable, child-friendly surfaces
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OpinionPop-ups: has innovation been replaced by exploitation?
Yes, says James R Payne, it’s a symptom of how young architects are treated today; but Andrew Waugh says this is recycling at its best
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OpinionPrefabs need not be box-like
I read with interest your article “Architects start work on prefab school templates”.
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FeaturesHyde and seek
Forty years before the Candy brothers, Basil Spence was bringing controversy to Hyde Park
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NewsHopkins wins planning for ultra-green WWF headquarters
Hopkins Architects has won planning for a sustainable UK HQ for the conservation body in Surrey.