All UK articles – Page 821
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NewsStephen Bayley backs BD's Carbuncle Cup in attack on bad modern architecture
Stephen Bayley has announced his support for BD’s Carbuncle Cup in a scathing attack on “bad buildings”, including Renzo Piano’s Central St Giles.
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NewsQueen venue gets thumbs up for refurb
John McAslan & Partners’ plans to revamp a town hall in north London have been given the green light by local planners.
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NewsCabe must cut back to core, say former bosses
Lipton and Rouse call for watchdog to focus on design reviews and produce fewer reports.
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NewsTax row could still see Foster lose his title
Norman Foster and other individuals who gave up their membership of the House of Lords for tax reasons could now face being stripped of their titles under forthcoming legislation.
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NewsPractices gloomy about future, warns RIBA
The latest Future Trends Survey from RIBA is warning that architects are expecting to find it harder to win work in the future.
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NewsFree schools ‘offer new market for architects’
As BSF bites the dust, campaigner claims initiative provides opportunity.
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NewsPhoenix set to rise after HMDW refurb
Work has begun on HMDW Architects’ restoration of London’s oldest cinema in its centenary year.
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NewsViñoly fits state-of-art glazing
A 40-tonne glass facade has been installed in the entrance space to Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester Arts Centre, bringing the long-awaited and troubled project a step closer to its completion, expected in September 2011
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Team sought for Manchester site
A competition has been launched to find a design team to create the public realm element of a masterplan for an 8ha regeneration site in central Manchester
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NewsHarris Partnership’s Hull Travelodge gets on the road
Work has begun on Harris Partnership’s new 80-bedroomed Travelodge hotel in Hull
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Planning review set to raise fees
The Scottish government has launched a major review of the country’s planning system, which is likely to result in a hike in fees
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NewsKaye takes over as BCO president
The British Council for Offices has appointed Gerald Kaye as its new president
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NewsJerwood Foundation gallery survives battle of Hastings
Groundbreaking is due to take place next week on Hat Projects’ £4 million gallery for the Jerwood Foundation in Hastings, East Sussex
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NewsCardiff honour for Atkins' Clarke
Cardiff University has given an honorary fellowship to the architect boss of the UK’s biggest multi-disciplinary design consultancy.
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Talk covers appliance of science
How architects use “scientific” research to justify their work is the subject of a conference later this month
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NewsPractice gets on board with sculpture park amphitheatre
Practice Architecture has completed work on a £10,000 outdoor events space in the grounds of the New Art Centre at the 19th century Roche Court in Wiltshire.
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NewsBid to save Plymouth's Hoe Centre as demolition begins
Campaigners have made an 11th-hour bid to save one of Plymouth’s key post-war buildings after its owner began demolition work.
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NewsPFI protest casts shadow on Liverpool hospital plans
Architects hoping to win work on a major hospital project are waiting to learn if it will be held up by a campaign group opposed to PFI.
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NewsTheatre ghost backs architect’s renovation
A leading theatre architect working on the renovation of the Bristol Old Vic has had a run in with the theatre’s former manager – who worked there 200 years ago.
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NewsSimpson’s loggia fails to convince
John Simpson’s controversial loggia for Kensington Palace has been rejected.