All articles by Elizabeth Hopkirk – Page 261
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NewsMather Oxford plan fails to win over EH
Watchdog speaks out over proposed demolition in Keble campus scheme
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NewsBad reception at the Beeb
The NAO’s scathing report on the corporation’s building projects may offer short-term schadenfreude to certain architects — but what are the longer-term consequences for the profession
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NewsHCA sees scores for Kickstart rocket
Kickstart-funded housing developments given low Building for Life scores by Cabe were reassessed for the Homes & Communities Agency and subsequently scored far higher
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NewsBattersea Power Station project threatened by heritage row
A row has erupted over a little-known pumping station that threatens to derail Rafael Vinoly’s entire £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
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Strong shortlist for new Design Museum
Tony Fretton, Stanton Williams, David Chipperfield, John Pawson, Caruso St John, Haworth Tompkins and Dutch firm Claus en Kaan are in the race to create a new home for the Design Museum inside London’s former Commonwealth Institute building.
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NewsProminent 1930s office building refurbished by DLG Architects
DLG Architects has completed a £3 million renovation of the grade II-listed Sunlight House in Spinningfields, Manchester’s new commercial district.
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New Cabe guide seeks to engage pupils in school design
Cabe has launched a guide for schools undergoing building or refurbishment projects which is designed to help teachers engage pupils in the process.
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Entries open for station and housing student competitions
Two design competitions for students were launched this week, both with work at architectural practices as the prize.
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NewsLobbyists’ influence over listing denounced
Wilson’s Hereford House could be relisted after evidence questioned
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NewsHodge lists Abbey Road Studios at grade II
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge today spot-listed the world-famous Abbey Road Studios at grade II in response to a public outcry about its possible sale.
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NewsHodge rejects EH's advice to list Slough town hall
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has rejected English Heritage advice on Twentieth Century buildings again and refused to list Slough’s 1937 town hall.
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Ministry of Sound says Allies & Morrison housing could shut club down
The Ministry of Sound nightclub is objecting to an Allies & Morrison development in south London on the grounds that it could force the world-famous club to close
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NewsHodge to prioritise Abbey Road listing application
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge is urgently considering listing Abbey Road Studios, the government has said.
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Prasad backs Come Clean on Kickstart campaign
Sunand Prasad has become the latest past president of the RIBA to lend his weight to BD’s Come Clean on Kickstart campaign.
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NewsHowells' Cambridge Fire Station secures funding
Glenn Howells’ plans to redevelop Cambridge Fire Station have taken a step forward with two property firms agreeing terms to fund the project
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NewsHCA cuts Cabe’s role in Kickstart round 2
Fears over squeezing of design quality under the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme intensified this week as details emerged of a substantial reduction in Cabe’s scrutiny of the initiative
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NewsPractices fail to find partners for Alder Hey
Architects interested in working on the £175 million project to rebuild Alder Hey children’s hospital in Liverpool have complained there are not enough contractors to partner with
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NewsStudio E to look at London velodrome
Heritage campaigners have welcomed the news that Studio E has been asked to look at the future of London’s only velodrome.
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NewsAdjaye and AECOM's Watford regeneration plans set for consultation
Plans to regenerate Watford by AECOM and Adjaye Associates are to be put out to public consultation this summer.
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University buildings 'unfit for purpose', database reveals
University buildings across the country were condemned as “unfit for purpose” or “at serious risk of major failure” in a secret database obtained by the Guardian newspaper.