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Mayor moves on Waterloo towers
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.
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NewsWeston pier pavilion owners vow to rebuild
The owners of Weston-super-Mare’s grade-II listed Grand Pier have vowed to rebuild its famous pavilion after it was destroyed by fire on Monday.
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News100 Public Spaces axed in London design shake-up
Flagship programme abandoned as Design for London subsumed into development agency
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NewsBoris blocks progress of A&M towers in Lambeth
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.
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NewsRuth Reed elected first woman RIBA president
Ruth Reed has been elected the first woman president of RIBA.
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NewsCalling all carbuncles
This year’s award for the most hideous buildings in the country — the Carbuncle Cup — is now calling for entries.
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Listing bid threatens Waterloo ambitions
Argument brews over architectural merits of London station
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Housing scheme wins on appeal
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects has won a planning appeal for a residential scheme on a derelict brownfield site in Aylesbury.
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NewsSoane launches restoration appeal
One of Britain’s quirkiest museums, Sir John Soane’s Museum, is appealing for benefactors to contribute to an ambitious £6.3 million restoration project.
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NewsBristol wildlife park plan gets right back to nature
White Design, Kay Elliott Architects and Quattro Design have unveiled £70 million plans for a new wildlife conservation park outside Bristol.
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NewsPractice grows its own benefits
David Morley Architects has installed an experimental green wall project in its office courtyard.
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NewsPublic rally to best-ever festival
The London Festival of Architecture busted its own budgeted visitor numbers by attracting 250,000 people, compared to the 140,000 it expected, festival director Peter Murray revealed this week.
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Most BSF designs ‘not good enough’
Cabe has found 80% of schemes reviewed by its schools design review panel were “mediocre” or “not yet good enough”.
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Crunch scales down Jewish centre plans
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been forced to scale back its designs for a flagship home for London’s Jewish Community Centre amid fundraising fears.
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NewsKeeping in context
Sheffield architect Race Cottam Associates has completed the latest phase of plans to build new teaching facilities for Sheffield Hallam University behind a row of Victorian villas.
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Flint responds eight months later
Housing minister Caroline Flint has responded to the Callcutt Review, eight months after it recommended a significant expansion of national design reviews.
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North-west takes most honours
Winners of this year’s Green Flag Awards have been announced, with 743 green spaces across the UK being recognised for achieving the national quality standard.
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Capita Architecture reports bumper first-half results
Capita Symonds, parent company of Capita Architecture, has reported a strong set of mid-year results, despite the impact of the credit crunch.
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Government announces standards for eco-town buildings and green space
The government has set out standards for eco-towns that would require all buildings in an eco-town to be zero carbon and for 40% of land within the town to be designated as green space.