All Heritage articles – Page 83
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Building StudyThin end of the wedge
A house built on an unusually awkward site proves full of surprises.Pictures by Hélène Binet
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News
Heritage fund will lose out
The government has said the Heritage Lottery Fund will lose more than £160 million of funding between 2009 and 2012 because of the spiralling cost of the 2012 Olympics — now £9.3 billion.
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Building StudyMoving to a different beat
Eric Parry Architects’ music building for an independent boys’ school takes its place confidently among the hotchpotch styles of previous eras. Pictures by Hélène Binet
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NewsHeritage funding gap feared
The government’s long-awaited white paper on heritage has sparked fears of a looming funding gap in the sector.
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NewsHeritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers
Over £1.5 billion of private investment to improve one of the capital’s worst transport blackspots could be threatened by tough new measures to protect world heritage sites.
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...meanwhile Unesco warns of danger to historic Palace of Westminster
Unesco has threatened to put several of Britain’s world heritage sites, including the Palace of Westminster, on its endangered list.According to documents obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, in June the body will rule on whether the palace will join its Heritage in Danger List, along with places such as earthquake-torn ...
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OpinionIs money at the root of the crisis at English Heritage?
Paul Velluet blames government underfunding for the heritage body's woes but Robert Adam argues the crisis runs much deeper
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Building StudyHanging around
A school of circus skills has made its home in a former electricity generating station. Ellis Woodman looks at how Tim Ronalds Architects has helped make the arrangement more permanent
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NewsEnglish Heritage slams Viñoly icon as ‘oppressive’
The battle lines have been drawn for a fight over the future of the London’s skyline, with English Heritage ranged against Rafael Viñoly, Land Securities and the City in a landmark public inquiry.
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Jowell’s search for new heritage boss goes on
The Department for Culture Media & Sport will readvertise the post of English Heritage chair after culture secretary Tessa Jowell rejected two leading candidates.
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NewsErskine’s Ark is rebuilt as Byker wins listing
The legacy of legendary architect Ralph Erskine received a double boost this week as his famous Byker Estate in Newcastle was listed and work began on restructuring the interior of his Ark office in west London.
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Building StudySint Lucas Art Academy, Netherlands by Fat
Kester Rattenbury enjoys Fat’s reworking of a Dutch art school, but wonders whether the practice’s quirkiness is a cover for something more serious.
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Heritage lobby demands huge funding hike
Britain’s leading heritage bodies have formed an unprecedented coalition to bid for an extra £37 million-a-year from taxpayers to protect the country’s historic buildings.
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Plea to end loophole on listing
Buildings damaged while awaiting assessment, says Victorian Society
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NewsLloyd’s and listing lobby choose to collaborate
The Twentieth Century Society has put on hold its controversial plan to apply for the spot-listing of the Lloyd’s of London headquarters after meeting the building’s managers this week.
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Building StudyGeorgian on their minds
John McAslan & Partners has stripped an unlovable 1960s office building back to its frame and remodelled it as a stone obelisk in a nod to its 18th century neighbours
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Building StudyTrinity and Darwin College, Cambridge refurbishments by Fifth Studio
Fifth Studio has remodelled two buildings at Cambridge University, subtly substituting 1960s brutalist astringency with something more luxurious.
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News
1000 ancient monuments still at risk, says English Heritage
More than 1,000 grade I and II* listed buildings and structural Scheduled Ancient Monuments remain “at risk”, according to English Heritage’s annual report, released on Tuesday.
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OpinionBreak free of World Heritage tyranny
If a two-level planning system wasn’t hard enough, we now a have third level — and it’s global.
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Building StudyRoyal Court, Guernsey by Nicholas Hare Architects
At Guernsey’s new Royal Court complex, the majesty of the law is given a commanding hill-top position and a contemporary welcoming feel