All UK articles – Page 950
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Call to ‘get angry’ on space standards
Speakers at an RIBA housing conference this week called for new legislation on space standards for all new-build homes.
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Eric Parry Architects, PRP headline BD seminar
Eric Parry Architects, PRP Architects and English Heritage are to take part in a refurbishment conference hosted by BD next month.
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Teachers join architects to demand Smart PFI
Architects and teachers joined forces at this week’s Labour Party Conference to demand that the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme allows for better interaction between the two professions in a bid to boost design.
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NewsHere’s the design Boris binned
This is how Parliament Square would have looked under radical designs by Hawkins Brown, Swiss firm Vogt and DSDHA — which have been controversially dropped by mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
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Music box is clad in rubber quilt
Carey Jones Architects’ music studio and practice facility for the University of Sheffield has been completed.
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NewsLancashire CC designs revealed
BDP has unveiled its design to redevelop Lancashire County Cricket Club’s 150-year-old home at Old Trafford, Manchester.
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NewsPublic sector must wake up to crisis, says housing chief
The government’s new housing and regeneration agency leader has warned public sector clients to wake up to the credit crunch, saying it could be “significantly worse than the early 1990s”.
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NewsGo-ahead for Stoke college
Broadway Malyan has won outline planning permission for this £24 million sixth-form college in Stoke-on-Trent.
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NewsUrban Splash and Muse launch homes competition
Urban Splash today joins forces with Muse Developments to launch a competition.
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U-turn on Hadrian’s Wall feedback
The National Trust has performed a U-turn and agreed to give feedback to architects who took part unsuccesfully in its controversial competition for a new visitor centre at Hadrian’s Wall.
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ODA promises inclusive games
The Olympic Delivery Authority has promised that the venues and infrastructure for the London 2012 games will make it the most accessible Olympics to date.
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Arb imposes 10% fee hike to help fund spending spree
Regulator to consider scrapping profession’s right to elect architect board members
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McAslan to restore Hornsey town hall
John McAslan & Partners has been appointed to restore the grade II* listed Hornsey Town Hall in north-west London.
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Cabe unimpressed by latest BSF designs
Another Building Schools for the Future school design has been deemed ‘mediocre’ by Cabe’s dedicated review panel and a further three have been labelled ‘not yet good enough’ in the most recent publication of results.
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NewsWilkinson Eyre building dropped in Land Sec’s latest Victoria Transport Interchange proposal
Land Securities has submitted a slimmed-down planning application for its Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in central London.
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NewsRace Cottam’s Bexley waste plant gets under way
Construction has begun on a multimillion-pound riverside waste treatment facility for London by Race Cottam, which is expected to generate enough energy to power 66,000 homes.
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Virtual Graduate Fair for architecture students launches
A three-day Virtual Grad Fair for those interested in the built environment industry has been launched by the publishers of BD.
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NewsSix compete for Weston’s 'modern' pier
Six architects including Grimshaw, Stride Treglown, Atkins and Acanthus Ferguson Mann are competing for a redevelopment of Weston Super Mare’s burnt-out Grand Pier. The project will be worth at least £10 million.
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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to redevelop London fire station
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been selected to refurbish the listed 8 Albert Embankment building on London’s South Bank.