All UK articles – Page 976
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ODA issues media centre notice
The ODA has called for proposals for the legacy use of the Olympic Park’s media centre, one of the landmark built projects of London 2012.
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Foster hospital wins planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, has been granted outline planning approval.
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News...as young UK practice comes 2nd
While Future Systems will see its Prague library scheme realised, clinching second place could lead to even bigger projects for former David Chipperfield staffers Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke.
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News‘This seems about safety rather than innovation’
A war of words has broken out over the first open competition for a 2012 Olympic venue after high-level advisers to ODA bosses raised fears over design quality.
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Golden hellos aim to tempt staff
Competition between practices to recruit the best staff for their burgeoning workloads is pushing salaries up, with some practices offering “golden hellos” to the right candidates, BD has discovered.
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NewsArgent blasts protestors’ victory
The developer behind the £2 billion scheme to regenerate London’s King’s Cross area has hit out at local opponents, following news that they have been granted a High Court hearing.
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NewsChurch plans carbon audit of bishops’ residences
Among the issues facing the Church of England’s 43 bishops the carbon footprint of their residences — from palaces to humble houses — may not seem pressing.
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NewsAward will open new doors for Fobert
Jamie Fobert Architects has won this year’s Next Generation Award (NGA), giving the 10-year-old practice a huge opportunity to break into the commercial market.
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Jowell backs Manchester
The government will press ahead with plans to locate the first super casino in Manchester, culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed.
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NewsBrent PFI care centre finished
A £63 million PFI healthcare project by HLM Architects has been completed.
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NewsBridge Is a star turn
This design by McChesney Architects is one of four shortlisted entries in a competition for a footbridge in Manchester which will link Urban Splash’s landmark New Islington development with the neighbouring Ancoats urban village.
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NewsHeritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers
Over £1.5 billion of private investment to improve one of the capital’s worst transport blackspots could be threatened by tough new measures to protect world heritage sites.
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NewsDigital cuts build house in four days
This prototype house, built using a digital component-making system, has gone on show at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London’s Old Street.
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Call to regenerate seaside towns
The Commons local government committee has called on central government to help boost the quality of life in England’s most run-down seaside towns.
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NewsFuture Systems triumphs in Prague library competition
This design by Future Systems will become the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building after the British firm triumphed in one of the most hotly contested open architectural competitions ever held.
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Twist in Supreme Court project
The battle over the future of the grade II listed Middlesex Guildhall has taken a fresh twist after a new planning application was submitted.
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...as Viñoly defends his ‘walkie talkie’
Rafael Viñoly was quizzed over the sustainability of his proposed “walkie talkie” tower this week as a landmark public inquiry on the scheme got under way.
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NewsSpot-list delays Dyson’s design school by a year
A high profile scheme in Bath by Wilkinson Eyre Architects will be delayed by at least a year because of local opposition.
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NewsLandmark Trust founder dies
John Smith, founder and major financial backer of the Landmark Trust, died last week.
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White paper extends protection
A buffer zone around the UK’s 24 world heritage sites will be proposed in the long-awaited heritage White Paper.