All UK articles – Page 950
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NewsArt beside the seaside
Rick Mather Architects’ new Eastbourne art gallery, the Towner, is near completion in preparation for an opening in early 2009.
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Councils will audit homes design
Local authorities will now have to report annually on the design quality of new housing built in their areas by marking their performance against a set of 20 Building for Life criteria.
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NewsPractices battle for Southwark schools
Studio E Architects and Jestico & Whiles are competing against BDP and Haverstock Associates to win Southwark Council’s £200 million Building Schools for the Future programme.
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RIBA calls for Norwich designs
The RIBA has launched an invited competition to design up to 100 homes on the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich, less than a mile outside the city centre.
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NewsChocolate scheme to York’s taste
Planning officers in York have recommended for approval a scheme by Red Box Design Group to turn the former Terry’s chocolate factory into a mixed-use development boasting 225 residential units.
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Tyneside student wins clinic prize
A speech and language therapy clinic by Elaine Neish has won the Architect for Health 2008 health student award.
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Parry to design Palladio galleries
Eric Parry Architects has been appointed by the Royal Academy of Arts to design the gallery space for an exhibition about 16th century architect Andrea Palladio, which opens next January.
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NewsLiverpool hospitals officially open
Health secretary Alan Johnson (right) has officially opened the redevelopment of two Liverpool hospitals by Nightingale Associates.
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NewsJewel of Oxford St
The newly completed facade of Future Systems’ £2.3 million Oxford Street office scheme replaces a three-storey brick and glass frontage above two floors of retail near Oxford Circus.
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NewsMcCloud worried about presenting Stirling Prize after architect controversy
TV presenter Kevin McCloud has revealed his worries about presenting the Stirling Prize in October following BD’s revelation that his development firm had dumped its architect Wright & Wright.
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HOK wins London 'super lab' project
HOK has beaten Rafael Viñoly and NBBJ to design a £500 million "super laboratory" in central London.
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NewsBeijing Olympics used to promote UK architects
British architects’ hopes of landing work abroad have received a huge boost thanks to intensive lobbying during the Beijing Olympics by the RIBA and trade minister Digby Jones, it has emerged.
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Four shortlisted for Waterloo redevelopment
Four design firms have been shortlisted to develop concept designs for a new public square at Waterloo.
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NewsSlavery monuments given new protection
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has given new protection to eight monuments associated with the slave trade.
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NewsBirmingham tower faces year delay as site reduced
A landmark leisure and observation tower intended to boost Birmingham’s image as a “global city” has been delayed by at least a year.
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NewsWestminster Council and EH attack Doon Street tower go-ahead
Westminster City Council has joined English Heritage in attacking Communities secretary Hazel Blears’ approval of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower.
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NewsSarah Ichioka becomes new Architecture Foundation director
The London Festival of Architecture’s deputy director Sarah Ichioka has been appointed as director of the Architecture Foundation.
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NewsHodge grants Sherborne’s Shell House grade I listing
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has listed the Shell House in Sherborne, Dorset, at grade I, labelling it a “great example of British craftsmanship at its best”.
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NewsRIBA launches competition to give Salisbury a “grand square to rival any in Europe”
Salisbury’s historic city centre could be transformed thanks to a new RIBA design competition.
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Croydon considers appeal after new blow to Gateway
Croydon Council is considering a last-ditch appeal to push through plans by Michael Aukett Architects for the area’s Gateway site after another setback to its proposals.