All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 13
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Six in frame for Walsall library
Fat, Featherstone Associates and Panter Hudspith are among six practices shortlisted in an RIBA competition to design a new landmark library building in Walsall
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NewsSchool keeps ‘fabulous design’ by dumping BSF
The £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme is incapable of delivering “fabulous design”, Kensington & Chelsea council has claimed
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NewsHodder's Clissold Leisure Centre reopens - images
The first images of the completed Clissold Leisure Centre, designed by Stephen Hodder Associates, have been revealed.The long-awaited building, in Hackney, east London, is due to reopen on December 15, after being shut for four years to rectify a series of major problems client Hackney Council blames on design errors.The ...
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NewsDeveloper ordered to rebuild flattened Goldfinger cottage
A property developer who illegally demolished a grade-II listed cottage by Erno Goldfinger has been ordered to rebuild it to the architect’s original design.Rajiv Laxman, sole director of Croydon-based Abrus, was told by Wandsworth Council to rebuild the caretaker's cottage at the Brandlehow School in Putney to match "exactly" its ...
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NewsSheppard Robson’s Trocadero plan rejected
A landmark 500-bed hotel proposed by Sheppard Robson on the site of London’s famous Trocadero complex has been sent back to the drawing board by Westminster City Council’s planning committee.
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NewsSheppard Robson forced to rethink Trocadero plans
A landmark 500-bed hotel proposed by Sheppard Robson at the site of London’s famous Trocadero complex has been sent back to the drawing board by Westminster City Council’s planning committee.The £145 million scheme, for Criterion Capital, which was backed by the Greater London Authority, would have seen the six upper ...
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NewsYvette Cooper pledges range of styles for eco-towns
Housing minister Yvette Cooper's rejection of a single grand vision sparks fears among architects of ‘dog’s dinner’ design
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NewsDarbourne & Darke house saved from demolition
Geoffrey Darke's acclaimed 1960's house is grade II listed
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NewsYAYA finalist Carmody Groarke wins Architecture Foundation competition
Young Architect of the Year shortlisted practice Carmody Groarke has won an Architecture Foundation competition to design a new pavilion in Regent’s Place, London.The pavilion is part of Terry Farrell’s masterplan for the Regent’s Place Estate for developer British Land and creates a new entrance to Osnaburgh Street.The practice beat ...
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NewsMilton Court loses battle to survive
Purnell rejects EH and Cabe’s advice to issue certificate of immunity
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NewsCampaigners fight Foster’s Ealing tower
Group vows to fight size and design of Foster's intimidating “penny whistle” tower
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NewsCabe slams Brum’s ‘vertiplex’
City’s aspiration for global status in jeopardy as watchdog joins fray
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NewsBoris blasts Ken’s high rise housing
Tory hopeful Boris Johnson has kicked off his mayoral campaign by accusing Ken Livingstone of “wrecking London’s skyline”.
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NewsBack winning Causeway scheme, says watchdog boss
The chair of Northern Ireland’s Ministerial Advisory Group, the region’s answer to Cabe, has called on the Northern Ireland Assembly to back Heneghan Peng’s competition-winning Giants Causeway visitor centre design over a private developer’s rival proposal.
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Design skills shortage predicted
England will face a severe lack of design professionals including architects by 2012, according to a new report by the Academy for Sustainable Communities (ASC).
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NewsUK’s lack of planning vision ‘tragic’ says Farrell
Britain’s planning system suffers from a “tragic” lack of vision, according to Terry Farrell.
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NewsFarrell launches broadside against planning in the UK
Britain’s planning system suffers from a "tragic" lack of vision, Terry Farrell has claimed.