All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 256
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NewsReinvent terraces as eco-housing, says report
Save calls for upgrading of homes emptied under Pathfinder scheme
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NewsWalsall tree building starts on site
Work will start on site next week to create Bisset Adams’ £6.5 million office building for Walsall Housing Group.
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NewsGehry's mystery building for Sydney
Frank Gehry’s designs for a building to rival Sydney Opera House have been approved by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
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NewsBoris seeks to scrap London Development Agency
The mayor of London has made an audacious bid to extend his powers by setting out proposals to scrap the London Development Agency and take over the functions of a range of other bodies.
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NewsLee Fitzgerald Architects refurbish bookshop at Oxford College
Lee Fitzgerald Architects has won planning permission to refurbish and adapt Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s grade II listed bookshop at Oxford University’s Wadham College.
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NewsCapita Symonds designs Roman Maryport visitor centre
Capita Symonds has won the contract to design and build a £6 million visitors’ centre at a Roman fort at Maryport in Cumbria.
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NewsQatari Diar deleted emails that harmed its barracks case, court told
A Qatari Diar executive deliberately destroyed emails that would have damaged the developer’s case against the Candy brothers, including several mentioning Prince Charles, the High Court was told today.
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NewsStudio Weave create 'dance podium' for Glastonbury
Studio Weave has been commissioned to create an installation for Glastonbury that will go on to tour music festivals around the country this summer.
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NewsPenrose comments hailed as ‘promising’
Leading architects have welcomed new architecture minister John Penrose’s first public comments on the profession as “promising”
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NewsCould green technology be the games’ greatest legacy?
How does the Olympic Park stack up against the ambitious environmental bid pledges of 2005
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Presidential boost for low-pay issue
Parnaby makes pledge as BD readers are given a final chance to question three candidates.
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NewsArchitects slam 'garden grabbing' law as naive
Architects have criticised the government’s much-vaunted changes to planning law, dubbing them a “charter for nimbyism” that will scupper many housing projects.
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NewsBelsay Fellowship awarded to architecture student
Newcastle University architecture student Ciarán Treanor has won the prestigious Belsay Fellowship which allows young artists to exhibit their work alongside leading contemporary artists.
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NewsNominations open for the Hackney Design Awards
Nominations for the Hackney Design Awards 2010 have opened, with any building completed in the borough since September 2008 eligible.
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NewsUse architects to drive up housing standards, Cabe argues
Every publicly funded housing project should involve a competition or interview to select an architect, Cabe’s chief executive has argued in a new report on how to drive up design quality.
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NewsFears for court plans as axe falls on Birmingham
Denton Corker Marshall scheme indefinitely postponed in savings drive.
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NewsCouncil accused over building demolition
Campaigners have accused Hackney Council of cultural vandalism after it began demolishing a building while it was being considered by English Heritage for listing.
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NewsArup Associates shortlisted to design a five-star hotel for insects
Arup Associates and the team behind the Pinnacle have been shortlisted for an architectural competition to design a five-star hotel for insects.
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NewsFerguson dismissive of Luder’s RIBA Council bid
George Ferguson has criticised fellow past RIBA president Owen Luder for his attack on Portland Place staff, telling him to “get back in his box”