All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 253
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NewsBennetts completes Stratford upon Avon theatre revamp
Bennetts Associates’ £112.8 million transformation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon has reached practical completion.
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FeaturesHow British practices are changing the face of Libya
As BD reported in our last issue firms are increasingly looking abroad to find work during the recession, and Libya and Brazil are two of the most popular countries.
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NewsRockheim opens in Norway
A new museum of popular music in Norway designed by local practice Pir II and specialist museum designer Parallel World Labs, opens today, almost a year late.
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NewsBoris Johnson and Oona King to debate diversity
Boris Johnson and Oona King will discuss how to keep diversity on the agenda during a recession when they take part in the 10th Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture.
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NewsLondon mayor's new Housing Design Guide released
The London Housing Design Guide is published today, containing the generous space standards demanded by the Mayor of London.
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NewsPractices vie to create sustainable neighbourhood at Royal Docks
Maccreanor Lavington, Jestico & Whiles, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and PRP Architects are all in the running to design a new sustainable neighbourhood in east London.
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NewsLandscape architect wins Goldfinger Scholarship
This year’s RIBA Goldfinger Scholarship has been awarded to Luca Csepely-Knorr, a landscape architecture graduate and PhD student at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
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NewsWork starts on agricultural training centre for people with autism
Work has begun on Gradon Architecture’s agricultural training centre for people with autism on a 30ha site in County Durham.
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NewsJohn Thompson's Ealing scheme wins planning
John Thompson & Partners’ mixed use scheme for the centre of Ealing has won detailed planning permission.
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Information - BDGareth Hoskins to refurbish Aberdeen shopping centre
Gareth Hoskins Architects has been appointed to oversee the £6 million refurbishment of an Aberdeen shopping centre.
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NewsFrom New Zealand to Ukraine, Carbuncle Cup receives global coverage
BD’s Carbuncle Cup attracted headlines around the world over the weekend, as well as pieces in the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent and Daily Mail.
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NewsPractices look abroad as double dip looms
Libya, Brazil and Egypt emerge as lucrative new markets as architects give up on Britain.
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NewsIndustry leaders fear weakening UK market
RIBA survey confirms that architects are anticipating a second downturn.
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Jailed architect struck off Arb register
An architect who was jailed for seven years for attempting to murder his wife has been struck off by the Architects Registration Board.
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NewsSchool listing hits Islamic community centre plans
An architect’s plan to turn a former Victorian primary school in east London into an Islamic-run community centre has been hit because the building has now been listed by architecture minister John Penrose
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NewsLondon boroughs gain more control over housing budgets
The Homes & Communities Agency suffered a major blow today when London mayor Boris Johnson announced plans to hand most of the agency’s power in the capital back to the boroughs.
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NewsBblur go-ahead for Slough Centre
London based practice Bblur Architecture has won planning permission for a new 4,447sq m library and cultural centre for Slough.
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NewsSquire's submits housing and cultural proposal for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has submitted a planning application for nine blocks of flats and a cultural facility on Potters Field, the Thames-side park between City Hall and Tower Bridge in London.
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NewsEH report boosts listing bid for War Graves HQ
The campaign to have Fitzroy Robinson & Partners’ Commonwealth War Graves Commission headquarters listed has received a boost following a positive report by English Heritage, claim campaigners.
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NewsEH explains decision not to list Hoe Centre
English Heritage has said it was against listing Plymouth’s 1951 Hoe Centre because it did not meet the standards required.