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NewsDeveloper challenges Manchester Council’s Jackson Wharf rejection
A major housing development in Manchester by Ian Simpson Architects is set to face a public inquiry after developer Peel Holdings lodged an appeal.
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NewsHolburne Museum alternative presses ahead
The Holburne Museum has accused the Bath Heritage Watchdog (BHW) of wasting tax-payers’ money by pursuing listed building permission for an “irrelevant” alternative to Eric Parry’s already-approved modernist extension.
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NewsRogers recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
Richard Rogers joined an elite order of distinguished figures in the Queen’s birthday honours list announced last weekend.
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NewsBetter Public Building shortlist unveiled
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, Allies & Morrison’s Festival Hall revamp and MUMA’s Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall are among the 21 buildings shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, the annual gong that rewards design-led regeneration projects.Credit: Peter Cook Royal Festival Hall, LondonOther firms ...
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NewsOMA to build mixed-use scheme around Rotterdam bank building
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has released an image of its plans for a mixed-use building space in Coolsinge, Rotterdam’s shopping district. It would contain retail, cultural, residential and office space.
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NewsCouncil backs Everton stadium scheme for Kirkby
Knowsley Council has approved Broadway Malyan’s controversial scheme in Kirkby for a new 50,000-seat stadium for Everton FC, and an adjacent retail development led by Tesco.
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Competition launched to design public square for King's Cross station
Camden Council and Network Rail have launched an RIBA competition to design a new public square at King’s Cross in central London.
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NewsThree shortlisted for RIBA's Lubetkin Prize
Three architects have been shortlisted for RIBA’s Lubetkin prize for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the UK and the European Union by an RIBA member.
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NewsLondon mayor set to ditch Rogers as adviser
London mayor Boris Johnson has indicated that Labour peer Richard Rogers is unlikely to continue as the city’s adviser on architecture and urbanism under his administration.Speaking at City Hall on Wednesday, Johnson said: “I’ll certainly be maintaining the role of an adviser on architecture or urbanism, but you’ll have to ...
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NewsLe Corbusier's Ronchamp chapel stirs passions online
An online war is pitting some of the biggest names in world architecture against each other in a bid to influence the French Minister of Culture over the future of Le Corbusier’s world famous Ronchamp chapel.
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NewsEIB takes quantum leap
The European Union’s international financing arm, The European Investment Bank, will this week unveil its new 10-storey headquarters in Kirchberg, Luxembourg, designed by German architect Ingenhoven.
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NewsLiving Steel shortlist announced
British architects make up three of the 12 teams shortlisted for Living Steel’s third International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing.
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BSF boosted by new design director role
The role of design within the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme is set to be boosted thanks to a raft of reforms including a powerful new architect role within delivery body Partnerships for Schools.
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NewsRitchie hits out at Southwark Council over Potter’s Field
Ian Ritchie has spoken out against Southwark Council’s decision to engage a new architect for Potter’s Field.
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NewsWait pays off for new-build scheme
After four years of trying, David Nossiter Architects has won planning consent for a new-build timber and glass house on a prominent corner of Honor Oak conservation area in south-east London.
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News2012 Velodrome set to ditch timber roof
Hopes that the London 2012 Olympics might be a beacon for the use of sustainable wood could be dashed after it emerged that the Hopkins-designed Velodrome is set to boast a steel roof rather than a timber one as originally planned.
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NewsIOC gives London 2012 preparation “clean bill of health”
Preparations for London 2012 were given a clean bill of health yesterday at the end of a three-day visit by an international team of Olympic inspectors.
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NewsCaruso St John and dRMM among seven architects picked to join 2012 Athletes Village team
Seven leading architects have been appointed to join the team designing the £2 billion London Athletes Village amid a renewed focus on design quality.As the International Olympic Committee visited the capital to check on 2012 progress this week, Athletes Village developer Lend Lease announced it had appointed de Rijke Marsh ...
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NewsLipton warns that London's planning sector is over-reliant on Australians
Developer and former Cabe chairman Stuart Lipton has warned MPs that London’s planning sector is over reliant on short-term agency staff from Australia — a situation he claimed is creating a “stop-go” development culture.Speaking at a Parliamentary debate on Monday hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group, Lipton ...