All UK articles – Page 907
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NewsPermission for pathology facility
Nightingale Associates and Make have won planning permission for a new science building at Oxford University
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EH decides whether to appeal over Doon Street
English Heritage has 12 days to decide whether to continue its battle against Lifschutz Davidson Sandiland’s controversial 43-storey Doon Street tower after a High Court judge backed the scheme
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NewsMayor’s adviser Rogers may have been upset by Chelsea Barracks criticism
Architect may have been upset by Chelsea Barracks criticism
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Robert Adam replaces Robert Stern on Chelsea Barracks shortlist
Robert AM Stern Architects has dropped out of the competition to design a new masterplan for the troubled Chelsea Barracks development in London.
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NewsHadid made Praemium Imperiale architecture laureate
Zaha Hadid has been awarded the Japan Art Association’s Praemium Imperiale Architecture Laureate for 2009.
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NewsAlison Brooks wins Northampton University redevelopment project
Alison Brooks Architects has won her biggest project yet – a major RIBA competition to masterplan the redevelopment of Northampton University over the next 20 years.
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NewsWassenaar to head Welsh arm of RIBA
Pierre Wassenaar of Stride Treglown’s Cardiff office has been named as the new president of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales.
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NewsAllies & Morrison west London masterplan faces new setback
Allies & Morrison’s £4 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood masterplan is facing a further setback just days after Barnet Council's planners came out in favour of the scheme.
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RIBA trends survey shows architects’ confidence faltering
Optimism among architects is on the wane, with increasing numbers reporting a lack of work and fearing job cuts.
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NewsDownland Prize recognises South’s best low-budget buildings
The RIBA has announced the winners of this year’s Downland Prize, for schemes in south and south-east England with a budget of less than £1 million.
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NewsBuckminster girl gives thumbs up
The only surviving child of Buckminster Fuller, the architect who invented the geodesic dome, has visited Nicholas Grimshaw’s Eden Project for the first time and declared it “beyond my wildest dreams”.
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Opposition grows to plan to sell off parkland to fund regeneration
Opposition is mounting to plans to sell off a tranche of west London parkland to fund its regeneration.
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Builders fined £130m for bid rigging
The Office of Fair Trading has fined more than 100 builders a total of nearly £130 million after finding them guilty of anti-competitive practice such as bid-rigging and cover pricing.
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NewsMargaret Hodge is architecture minister again
Margaret Hodge has been reappointed as architecture minister, in a shock move by 10 Downing Street.
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NewsDesign Engine's Oxford Brookes scheme refused planning
Design Engine’s £132 million redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University has been refused planning permission.
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NewsM&S 1930s Oxford Street store is grade II listed
Marks & Spencer’s flagship Pantheon store on Oxford Street was granted grade II listed status today.
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NewsJournalist and archivist Monica Pidgeon dies at 96
Monica Pidgeon, the grande dame of British architecture, has died aged 96.
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NewsArchitects on the dole pass the 2,000 mark
The number of architects on the dole has passed the 2,000 mark, a doubling of the figure signing on just seven months ago.
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Singing plan to save threatened churches unveiled
Choirs will perform in 40 of the most significant disused churches in England over the first weekend of October as part of a campaign to save the buildings for future generations.
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NewsRichard Rogers quits role as advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson
Richard Rogers is resigning from his role as an advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson, he announced today.