All UK articles – Page 864
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NewsBad reception at the Beeb
The NAO’s scathing report on the corporation’s building projects may offer short-term schadenfreude to certain architects — but what are the longer-term consequences for the profession
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NewsCity farm to go on site of van Egeraat scheme
A “pop up” city farm is to be created on the site of Erick van Egeraat’s multi-billion-pound masterplan to regenerate east London’s Canning Town and Custom House, which starts in 2012
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NewsHCA sees scores for Kickstart rocket
Kickstart-funded housing developments given low Building for Life scores by Cabe were reassessed for the Homes & Communities Agency and subsequently scored far higher
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NewsEnvironment key to shaping university’s £1.2m design centre
Work has started on Niall McLaughlin Architects’ £1.2 million Centre for Design at Cranfield University in Bedford
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NewsNew cladding competition launched for Guy's Hospital
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London has launched its second architectural competition in less than a month, seeking expressions of interest for a £21 million cladding project.
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NewsMarsh plants seeds of Meadows
Nottingham-based practice Marsh Grochowski has revealed images of its £8 million 38-home sustainable housing development for developer Blueprint.
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Home emissions plan welcomed
The RIBA and the UK Green Building Council have welcomed the government’s latest strategy to reduce household energy emissions.
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Bomber memorial design on show
Liam O’Connor has unveiled his design for a £3 million memorial in London’s Green Park to the 55,573 men of the Bomber Command air crew who died during the Second World War.
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NewsCyclists gear up for Cannes ride
Riders participating in Cycle To Cannes, the annual sponsored bicycle ride to Mipim, have reached the last leg of fundraising before the ride starts next Thursday.
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Fretton associate forms new practice
Sandy Rendel, an associate at Tony Fretton Architects, has announced that he is to set up a new London-based Sandy Rendel Architects.
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NewsBattersea Power Station project threatened by heritage row
A row has erupted over a little-known pumping station that threatens to derail Rafael Vinoly’s entire £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
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Strong shortlist for new Design Museum
Tony Fretton, Stanton Williams, David Chipperfield, John Pawson, Caruso St John, Haworth Tompkins and Dutch firm Claus en Kaan are in the race to create a new home for the Design Museum inside London’s former Commonwealth Institute building.
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NewsAberdeen graduates visualise controversial City Square project
A group of young graduates have created a series of visualisations of how the controversial £140 million redevelopment of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens could look.
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NewsProminent 1930s office building refurbished by DLG Architects
DLG Architects has completed a £3 million renovation of the grade II-listed Sunlight House in Spinningfields, Manchester’s new commercial district.
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NewsPrince's letter that helped sink Chelsea Barracks plan revealed
Prince Charles described Richard Rogers’ designs for Chelsea Barracks as “brutalist” in a letter which helped thwart the landmark development.
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Competition launched to design new River Severn crossing
Architects, engineers and students of both disciplines are being given the chance to design a potential new crossing of the River Severn under a new ideas competition.
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New Cabe guide seeks to engage pupils in school design
Cabe has launched a guide for schools undergoing building or refurbishment projects which is designed to help teachers engage pupils in the process.
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NewsPlanning granted for Robert Adam's Jersey development
Robert Adam Architects has been granted planning consent for three major new houses in Jersey.
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NewsUK firms to design area around US embassy
Farrells to masterplan 6ha site, as Kieran Timberlake wins building
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There go the events, here comes the bride
The RIBA is radically scaling back its key exhibition space at its Portland Place HQ so that it can use it as a wedding venue