All UK articles – Page 885
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RIBA's choice of Stirling sponsor 'undermines UK firms'
Outcry as Chinese visualisation company Crystal is picked as a sponsor of Stirling Prize
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NewsWindow on Manchester
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has been appointed to design an extension to the faculty of art and design at Manchester Metropolitan University
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NewsSimpson moat for Kensington Palace
Classicist practice John Simpson & Partners has submitted a planning application for the most major renovation of Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens for a century
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Foster win prompts US row on overseas firms
Foster & Partners’ victory in a competition to renovate a major San Francisco federal building has sparked protests over the awarding of public projects to overseas firms
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NewsRefurb may be factor in tower fire tragedy
Building experts question why fatal blaze was able to spread so quickly
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Members plan no confidence vote
A vote of no confidence against senior managers at the Landscape Institute is scheduled to take place next week
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NewsCash plea by special needs college hit in LSC debacle
An appeal has been made to further education minister Kevin Brennan to support a college for people with learning difficulties in what could be a test case for institutions hit by the Learning & Skills Council fiasco
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Board of trustees proposed for RIBA
The RIBA could be radically restructured if members approve a proposed by-law ahead of a special general meeting next week
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NewsBid to list Goldfinger Kensington estate
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a bid to list Erno Goldfinger’s Cheltenham Estate, part of the original complex around the grade II* listed Trellick Tower in north Kensington
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Competition for Bexhill seafront
The RIBA has launched a competition to design a series of shelters and a kiosk on East Sussex’s coast
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NewsCivic Trust awards need £50,000 to keep going
The popular Civic Trust awards look set to continue but will need a further £50,000 to be held next year
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Prince Charles’s Dimbleby Lecture sets challenges for more sustainable architecture
Prince Charles has made a fresh call to architects and planners to put nature and traditional thinking at the centre of how new settlements are designed.
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Mayor sets minimum housing space limits
The London mayor’s housing guide has set out minimum internal floor space standards for all future developments in the capital.
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Judge reprimands Aukett's for cover-up after project architect quit
A High Court judge has reprimanded Aukett Fitzroy Robinson for misleading a billionaire client after the architect working on his high-profile scheme quit.
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NewsCouncil asks OMA to scale down Commonwealth Institute
OMA and West 8’s contentious plans to redevelop the former Commonwealth Institute building have been sent back to the drawing board, amid concerns about the scale of the scheme.
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Bleak outlook for architects in Europe, shows survey
The economic outlook for the architectural sector across Europe is getting progressively worse, according to the Architects’ Council of Europe’s quarterly survey.
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Architects to look at making housing better for elderly
Architects Richard MacCormac and managing director of PRP Architects Roger Battersby are to look at making Britain's housing stock more elderly-friendly.
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Housing agency gives £32 million to kick-start London housing schemes
The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) is to invest more than £32 million to kick-start two major London housing schemes.