All articles by Damian Arnold – Page 3
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EC cracks down on fee scales
In a move that could affect fee charging in the UK, the European Commission has fined the Belgian equivalent of the RIBA €100,000 (£66,700) for “helping price co-ordination” by publishing fee scales.
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End of the iconic age?
Black week for star architects as public funding bodies turn against ‘Golden Banana’, ‘Spiral’ and ‘Cloud’
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Second tower mooted for Waterloo skyline
Lifschutz Davidson scheme could include 40-storey landmark tower
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Public sector on road to hell
Resentment over the government‘s handling of public building boiled over at the RIBA conference in Dublin last weekend with dire warnings that Britain is heading for a “hellish world” of poor-quality buildings.
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Airy offices create 15% work boost
Offices designed with more light, better air quality and acoustics increase staff productivity by up to 15%, according to a major new study encompassing research from all over the world. The study, on behalf of the Commission or Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) and the British Council ...
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No housing targets in Gateway plan
Architects were left bemused this week after the government's Urban Development Corporation for London's Thames Gateway was launched without any targets for boosting housing in the area.
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Council admits collapse danger
Islington council confirmed this week that the Packington Housing estate was in immediate danger of a Ronan Point-style progressive collapse.
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Aukett Group recovery cut short by losses
Britain’s only listed practice — Aukett Group Plc — is operating at a loss once again, only six months after coming back into profit amid claims that its long malaise was over.
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Hospital design ‘too inflexible’
Hospital designs are too fixed to cope with changing health service requirements, NHS chief executives warned this week.
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Design chair to be shared
Ken Shuttleworth unlikely to be sole chair of Cabe design review committee after conflict of interest audit
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Nimbys become Imbys
Housing surveys find that local residents would welcome high-density development in the South-east
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Architecture poll reveals public’s modern malaise
It’s official: British people do not like modern architecture.
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Elite school makes way for fresh creativity
The vacant role of chair at the Architectural Association could be split in two to allow one of the UK's major up-and-coming architects to steer its creative direction unburdened by management and administrative responsibilities.
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NewsCabe rethink after audit into conflict of interest
Design watchdog will change appointment process
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Is Europe playing our tune?
As UK contests continue to falter, practices are looking increasingly to design competitions in continental Europe and beyond. Damian Arnold speaks to three architects that have found greener pastures
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NewsCrossing the line
Station designs are being worked up in readiness for Crossrail to go before Parliament. Damian Arnold takes a sneak preview
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Opinion
Fees need to fund better planning
Should you or your client be made to pay for pre-planning discussions?
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