All UK articles – Page 801
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NewsJestico & Whiles completes Leicester Square scheme
A luxury hotel by Jestico & Whiles on the site of the former Swiss Centre building in London’s Leicester Square will open next week.Called the W London, the hotel provides 192 guest rooms, including 17 suites, across 10 storeys. It also includes 11 two and three bedroom penthouses. It will ...
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NewsGovernment claims to support architects under localism
The government has spoken out in support for architecture and the role of architects under localism.
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NewsPlanning success for Austin-Smith Lord's Scottish housing
South Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a mixed-use development in Greenan designed by Austin-Smith Lord for Mactaggart & Mickel Homes.
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NewsMurphy’s octagonal plans for Edinburgh site
Richard Murphy Architects has unveiled images of its £24 million housing-led scheme on the site of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
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NewsCabe looks locally to ensure survival
Cabe has begun holding meetings with design review panels around the country as part of its new localism brief ordered by the government to ensure its survival.
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NewsArb’s ‘double standard’ challenged
The campaigner trying to get architectural assistants recognised as architects has fired his first legal shot across the Arb’s bows
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NewsZaha Hadid cashes in as firm's profits treble
Zaha Hadid received a personal dividend of £1.5 million in the last financial year on the back of a near trebling of profits at her practice.Accounts filed for the world-renowned signature firm show announced a year of “significant success” with pre-tax profits at the company leaping to £4.1 million in ...
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NewsArchitects start work on prefab school templates
Government looks to slash time and construction costs through standardised designs
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NewsPrince Charles driven 'insane' by classicist label
Work with the Foundation for the Built Environment not about style, HRH insists
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NewsIkea appoints architects for Stratford masterplan
Ikea has appointed a team of architects to draw up a 1,500-home masterplan for the Swedish superstore’s first regeneration scheme in the UK.
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NewsGoods yard to host first pop-up shopping mall
Waugh Thistleton has unveiled images of Boxpark, the world’s first pop-up shopping mall, in Shoreditch, east London
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OpinionGove cannot go it alone
The government announced last week that Building Schools for the Future is to be replaced by a programme within which all projects will be based on one of six standardised templates.
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FeaturesNegative response
Residents gather at Southgate School in Enfield to protest a proposed extension by Rock Townsend
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InspirationsSergison Bates’ inspiration: Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire
Stephen Bates and Jonathan Sergison explain how studying Hardwick Hall has helped them broaden their architectural education.
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NewsV&A U-turn over Cast Court architect
The Victoria & Albert Museum is facing questions after apparently replacing Griffiths with Harrap
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NewsDavid Chipperfield: ‘In London there is no discussion about what the city should look like’
On the eve of the 2011 RIBA Gold Medal presentation, this year’s winner gives Ellis Woodman a preview of his lecture
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NewsPublic inquiry set for Adam Smith house
Plans to renovate the derelict former home of Scottish economist Adam Smith have been called in by the government after Edinburgh Council approved them against the wishes of its officers
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OpinionArchitecture student won’t play ball
Boots tips her cap to any youngster passionate enough to embark on a course of architectural training
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Opinion
Blame game
Education has been a political football in the UK since 1945 and this has been, and continues to be, detrimental to the progress of this country