All UK articles – Page 858
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NewsOlympic Park turbines branded as ‘greenwash’
Critics slam showpiece after it emerges wind farm will not run at night.
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NewsViñoly and Bennetts set for Oxford green light
Plans for two major Oxford University buildings look set to win planning consent next week, despite heated objection from conservation groups and questions over their funding status
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NewsMason allegation as three stand for RIBA president
Institute’s investigation into RIBA London hears claims it is manipulated by freemasons
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NewsConservatives attack architects working on Building Schools for the Future
The Conservative Party’s education spokesman has accused architects of “creaming off cash” under the government’s £55 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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New Part L regulations published
The government has published new amendments for Part L of the Building Regulations, which are due to come into force this October.
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De Botton holiday rentals launch
Living Architecture, the organisation set up by Alain de Botton and former Peabody Trust development director Dickon Robinson to bring contemporary architecture to the holiday rental market, has opened for bookings.
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2,000 sign up for Facebook group
The Facebook group Architects Against Low Pay has passed the 2,000-member mark just four weeks after it was founded.
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NewsFraser slams Maldevic demolition
Architect Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against plans by Edinburgh Council to demolish the listed Maldevic electric car factory in the Granton area of the city to make way for new houses.
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NewsKing’s Cross go-ahead for Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios
Camden Council has given planning approval to three office buildings — by David Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates — at London’s £3 billion King’s Cross Central scheme.
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NewsTurley Associates plans canal bridge for Hungerford
Urban design firm Turley Associates is set to submit a planning application for a 100m-long footbridge in Hungerford, Berkshire.
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NewsFoster’s to masterplan Imperial War Museum site
The Imperial War Museum has appointed Foster & Partners to masterplan its main site in London.
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Top practices fail to make Guy’s cancer centre shortlist
Foster & Partners, Zaha Hadid and Will Alsop have been knocked out of the star-studded race to build a new £90 million cancer treatment centre in London.
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NewsChetwoods offers students and new architects free London work space
Chetwood Associates is opening up its offices to students and newly qualified architects who need a London base as they try to establish themselves.
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NewsArchitect to row from Big Ben to Eiffel Tower
Architect Andrew Jones is attempting to row 480 miles from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower – down the Thames, across the English Channel and up the Seine.
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NewsAedas school wins Manchester Society of Architects’ design awards
Aedas has won the Manchester Society of Architects’ 2010 design awards with a small primary school in the shadow of the Blackpool Tower.
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NewsAngela Brady set to run for RIBA presidency
Angela Brady is making a bid to become RIBA president, becoming the first person to publicly throw their hat into the ring.
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NewsRIBA London chair resigns
Chair of RIBA London Azar Djamali resigned last night at the start of a meeting in which she was expected to face a vote of no confidence.
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NewsSunderland to approve the tallest bridge in UK
Spence Associates’ plans to build the country’s tallest bridge were expected to win approval from Sunderland City Council this week — five years after the architect won an RIBA competition to design it
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NewsUngar negotiates green belt and pub garden to rethink cottage
London-based practice Ungar Architects has won planning permission for a 290sq m four-bedroom family house to replace an 1860s cottage in Mill Hill, north-west London
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