All UK articles – Page 920
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NewsMoh Architects wins RIBA contest for Urban Splash’s Walsall waterfront regeneration
Vienna-based Moh Architects has won the RIBA competition to design a new waterfront project in Walsall for Urban Splash.
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Killian Pretty review calls for streamlining of planning system
The government's latest planning review, published today, has called for an overhaul of the system to save up to £300 million and reduce red tape.
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Cabe urges Oxford University to ditch Vinoly's masterplan for Radcliffe Infirmary scheme
Cabe has laid into a new framework document for a site at Oxford University developed from a previous masterplan by Rafael Viñoly Architects.
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NewsSeven shortlisted for Liverpool’s Royal Court Theatre refurb
Seven practices, including AHMM and Studio 3, have been shortlisted for the competition to refurbish and update the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool.
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Public row over Conran & Partners’ Sheffield tower
A bitter public row has broken out over Sheffield’s £67 million St Paul’s Tower designed by Conran & Partners, in a dispute between developer and council that could leave the residential building unfinished.
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NewsSuperquango could save stalled schemes
Mothballed residential, office and retail schemes across the country could be revived by cash injections from the government’s new Homes & Communities Agency, its chairman has claimed.
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Recession stalls Wapping HQ
News Corporation has put Future Systems’ design for a new headquarters at Wapping in east London on hold until the market picks up.
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NewsRIBA to refurb HQ roof terraces
A competition to redesign three roof terraces at the RIBA’s London headquarters at 66 Portland Place has been launched.
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NewsNew shades of grey
Duggan Morris Architects has won planning permission for a revised £1.5 million residential scheme in Lewisham, south London, after local opposition led to the withdrawal of an earlier application.
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Mayor under fire on open spaces
The London Assembly has called on mayor Boris Johnson to reverse his decision not to redevelop London’s Parliament Square with a design by DSDHA, Hawkins Brown, and Vogt.
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NewsUpset at Follett delisting
Architecture minister Barbara Follett has delisted a London building by Colin St John Wilson, against English Heritage advice.
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NewsCabe unveils Crossrail design panel
Cabe and Crossrail have announced the full line-up of the review panel that will scrutinise plans and provide advice on the design of new train stations.
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NewsBooming Leicester to redevelop
Leicester University has announced a £1 billion redevelopment of its estate by Shepheard Epstein Hunter.
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NewsCounterterrorism competition blasted
Gough asks students to boycott contest that ‘propogates paranoia’
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Planning bill gains design safeguards
The government performed an “elegant U-turn” on the planning bill at its third reading in the House of Lords this week, giving local authorities the power to turn down planning applications on the basis of poor design.
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NewsConservation expert Bernard Feilden dies
Conservation expert Bernard Feilden, one of the founders of Feilden & Mawson, died last week at the age of 89.
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NewsPawson’s sunken storey stays in keeping with Battersea skyline
Terry Pawson Architects has submitted this “low-key” three-home scheme in Battersea, south-west London, for planning.
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Tories decry likely axing of heritage bill
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid into the government’s policy on heritage following BD’s report that the bill was likely to be dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech.
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Entry call for school awards
Architects have been invited to enter next year’s British Council for School Environments’ Industry Awards.