All Heritage articles – Page 75
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Historic cinemas at risk claim campaigners
Dozens of Britain’s 1930s cinemas face demolition as investors eye them up as ripe for development, campaigners fear.
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Culture secretary rejects EH advice to list Preston bus station
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has rejected English Heritage’s recommendation to list Preston Central Bus Station and car park.
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Prince Charles joins heritage body
The Prince of Wales has become the new patron of heritage group the Historic Towns Forum (HTF).
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Simpson's Kensington Palace plans to be redrawn
John Simpson has been sent back to the drawing board to redesign a controversial extension to Kensington Palace.
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NewsTear down 60s and 70s buildings, says government adviser
The government’s new chief construction adviser has said buildings put up in the sixties and seventies should be torn down because it would be impossible to refurbish them to a sufficient standard laid down by green targets.
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NewsCabe unhappy with Denton Corker Marshall’s Stonehenge centre
Cabe has criticised the design and layout of Denton Corker Marshall’s Stonehenge visitor centre.
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NewsBritish Museum extension avoids call in
Communities secretary John Denham has refused to call in the £135 million plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour to extend the British Museum in central London.
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NewsRogers' British Museum extension gets planning
Work on Rogers Stirk Harbour’s £135 million British Museum extension is set to begin next month after the controversial scheme was approved last night by Camden Council.
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NewsBaroque treasure Seaton Delaval saved for nation
The grade I listed Seaton Delaval Hall in Northumberland has been saved for the nation, following a fundraising campaign, supported by some of the leading lights of British architecture.
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NewsNew chair for ancient buildings society
English Heritage’s former chief conservation architect, David Heath, has been named as the new chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
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NewsHeritage groups link up to release manifesto
Tory spokesman says proposals are unrealistic in the face of imminent spending cuts
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NewsHodge refuses to list Birmingham Central Library
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has rejected the advice of English Heritage and an appeal in BD by architect John Madin to list his 1970s Birmingham Central Library.
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Building StudyTony Fretton shows the art of merger
Tony Fretton’s bringing together of two buildings into a home and studio was just the beginning of a work in progress for artist Brad Lochore
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NewsHaworth Tompkins reveal details of National Theatre revamp
Haworth Tompkins has revealed early details of its masterplan for the renovation and extension of Denys Lasdun’s Grade II* listed National Theatre building on London’s South Bank.
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NewsSquire & Partners' cylindrical hotel plan revealed
Squire & Partners has revealed its plan for a new cylindrical hotel in Hoxton, East London.
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Heritage bodies attack new planning proposals
The Royal Town Planning Institute has savaged the government’s PPS15 heritage proposals as a serious risk to the nation’s historic buildings and places.
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NewsFoster's Bishops Place tries again for planning
Norman Foster’s controversial Bishops Place scheme in the East End of London has moved a step forward.
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NewsVictorian Society highlights at risk buildings
The top 10 most endangered Victorian and Edwardian buildings in England and Wales have been named by The Victorian Society.
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NewsDudley Zoo on World Monuments Fund's watchlist
Dudley Zoological Gardens, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton, has been placed on the World Monuments Fund’s 2010 watchlist alongside Machu Picchu in Peru and Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia.
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Heritage groups welcome Tory lottery pledge
Conservation groups have welcomed a pledge from the Conservatives to channel an extra £40 million of lottery money directly into built environment heritage projects.