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NewsStudio Weave at Glastonbury
Studio Weave’s dystopian dance platform has been unveiled at the Glastonbury festival and is so convincing some revellers believe it is genuinely on fire.
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NewsImpressive volumes
Next week sees the official opening of the second phase of Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the London Library.
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NewsFive-star praise for Heron’s hotel neighbour
Cabe has praised PLP’s plans for a new five-star hotel next door to the Heron Tower in the City of London. The scheme is part of a mixed-use development, including public space and private residences.
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NewsHayward Smart wins planning for Henley family house
Hayward Smart Architects has won planning permission for a large family house (pictured) in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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Community centre go-ahead
Belfast-based McCaw Architects has won planning permission for a new community centre and retail unit in the Upper Ardoyne area of the city
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Cuts also hit hospital and BFI Film Centre
A £450 million hospital and a £166 million centre for the British Film Institute are among other projects derailed by government cuts.
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HCA presses ahead with design standards
The Homes & Communities Agency is hoping to make public the findings of a consultation on housing design standards by September
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NewsGove to relax planning rules so disused buildings can become schools
Architects have given a cautious welcome to education secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that he will relax planning rules to make it easier to turn derelict hospitals, shops and pubs into “free schools”.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands to masterplan UCL campus
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been appointed by University College London to masterplan its Bloomsbury estate – beating 120 others to win the job.
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NewsNewport station starts on site
Work to clad the new Newport train station with 31 air-filled plastic cushions has begun.
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NewsRIBA voices relief over Osborne’s Budget
The RIBA has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Budget, praising the Chancellor’s commitment to maintain capital spending and predicting that there will still be money for well-designed schools, housing and hospitals.
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NewsRIBA takes the Stirling Prize to the BBC
The RIBA has announced that this year’s Stirling Prize will be shown on BBC Two’s The Culture Show, after viewing figures dipped to an all time low on Channel 4 last year.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley's structural spaghetti
Feilden Clegg Bradely challenged eight other practices in London’s Fitzrovia and members of the public to build a structure using spaghetti as part of the London Festival of Architecture last weekend.
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NewsNew Whitechapel Crossrail scheme by BDP
The first images of a new, improved – and significantly cheaper – scheme for the proposed Crossrail station at Whitechapel by BDP have been revealed.
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NewsCarmody Groarke builds east temporary restaurant on east London building site
Carmody Groarke has completed work on a temporary restaurant structure, 35m above ground level on top of the still-under-construction Westfield Stratford City in east London.
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NewsGuide Dogs halt legal challenge against Exhibition Road scheme
The legal challenge against Dixon Jones’ £25 million Exhibition Road scheme has been “put on ice”.
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£50 million fund for colleges hit by funding scandal
Colleges caught up in last year’s Learning & Skills Council fiasco have been handed an extra £50 million ahead of today’s budget.
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NewsArchitects fear double dip recession, RIBA reveals
Architects are suffering a crisis of confidence as fears for a double dip recession grow.
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NewsRIBA issues warning over housing design standards
The RIBA has warned that architects working in London could be swamped by competing housing design standards when they come into force next year.
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FeaturesThe Architects and Developers Bike Race
50 architects and developers took to the streets of Smithfield in London to compete against each other in the London Festival of Architecture Smithfield Nocturne bike race.