All UK articles – Page 953

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    Work to stabilise Silbury Hill starts

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Work has begun to stabilise the 4,400-year old Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.

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    ...as Foster’s faces share plan probe

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Foster’s faced a further headache this week as financial watchdog the Employee Share Ownership Centre raised detailed questions over the winding-up of the firm’s employees’ trust before private equity group 3i’s investment in the practice.

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    HIPs face final hurdle

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Legal action by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will be the last hurdle for the government’s controversial Home Information Pack proposals after the failure of a Parliamentary challenge by the Tories.

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    V&A picks Findlay for Dundee site

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The Victoria & Albert Museum is planning its first outpost in Scotland under a collaboration with the University of Dundee and architect Kathryn Findlay.

  • Square dancing: OMA’s plan
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    Koolhaas, Foster clash over ‘similar’ designs

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    No plagiarism but we were first, says Rem, as Foster’s deny any real likeness between schemes

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    Four on Olympic media centre list

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    BDP, Hopkins, Allies & Morrison and Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson Architects have been short-listed by the Olympic Delivery Authority to design the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre for the 2012 games.

  • Undershaw, where Doyle wrote the Hound of the Baskervilles.
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    Case of the empty house

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Urgent repairs to save the grade II listed Surrey home of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle are being carried out by local authority workmen.

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    Brown under fire on building policies

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Leadership challenger attacks eco-towns, housing failures and PFI

  • The Dollar Academy building needs extensive modernising.
    News

    Nord joins big timers

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    YAYA winner on prestigious short list

  • Alsop: doctor of law.
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    UEA to honour Will Alsop

    2007-05-18T00:00:00Z

    The University of East Anglia is to award an honorary degree in civil law to Will Alsop.

  • News

    This week

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Hot and not

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    New life for Spitalfields

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Jestico & Whiles’ refurbishment of the Victorian Spitalfields market has received planning permission and is now on site.

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    Mann Island project kicks off

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Demolition work has begun on the site of Broadway Malyan’s controversial £120 million Mann Island scheme at Liverpool’s Pier Head.

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    Henry Moore Square opens

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    A public square by Hudson Architects has opened at the heart of the world’s first televised regeneration project.

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    Grimshaw wins Miami museum

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Grimshaw Architects has beaten Zaha Hadid Architects by one vote in the contest for the £138 million Museum of Science in Miami, Florida.

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    SMC Gower keeps on growing

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    Leeds firm SMC Gower will become the biggest architectural practice in Yorkshire after merging with another SMC Group practice.

  • The tower will help regenerate the Old Town Dock area.
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    Newport project goes to planning

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    A project involving a £20 million landmark tower and 230 apartments by Stride Treglown Davies has been submitted to Newport City Council for planning.

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    Silvertown go-ahead

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The London Borough of Newham has granted planning permission for the £1.5 billion regeneration of Silvertown Quays.

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    Croydon scheme goes to inquiry

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    A public inquiry into Croydon Council’s controversial decision to push through plans for a massive arena-led regeneration project, Croydon Gateway, will be heard this autumn.

  • The entrance in the north-east corner follows Hindu principles.
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    Cottrell & Vermeulen designs Hindu school

    2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s first government-funded Hindu faith school has been submitted for planning by architect Cottrell & Vermeulen.