All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 16
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RTPI slams call to relax planning regulations
Little support for right-wing think-tank’s recommendations
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Welsh design panel admits it has failed
The Design Commission for Wales has admitted that its efforts to improve the province’s built environment have failed, in a brutally honest review of its first three years.
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NewsThe cost of going global
Top architects’ green credentials in doubt as their international flights create huge quantities of carbon
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King’s Cross plan flawed says Cabe
Cabe has found major flaws in John McAslan & Partners’ designs for King’s Cross station in London, which were submitted for planning in May.
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NewsBarker planning advice offers work windfall
Architects face a bonanza of work following Kate Barker’s recommendation that minor projects should go ahead without the need for planning consent.
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NewsRevisit fire advice, urges timber lobby
The UK Timber Frame Association has called for an overhaul of fire guidelines a week ahead of an emergency summit on the implications of the blaze that destroyed a building site in Colindale, north London, in July (News July 21).
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Adams Kara Taylor keeps brand after takeover
Leading engineer Hanif Kara has pledged that his company, Adams Kara Taylor, will retain its name and brand following its acquisition by White Young Green for a reported £10.5 million, with a further £5 million over the next three years depending on performance.
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TechnicalOff-site and housing: Architects and manufacturers team up to invent new modular systems
Architects are cross-breeding onsite and offsite construction, write Marguerite Lazell and Elaine Knutt
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Off-site and housing: SmartLIFE project aims to find the best modern construction method
Cambridgeshire research project compares three MMC's to find the best possible way to build a house, writes Marguerite Lazell
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White paper seeks more power for planners
Radical reforms outlined in the local government white paper could give planning authorities the confidence to take controversial decisions, an expert has said.
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NewsJean Nouvel in running to convert EH’s former HQ
The ultra-fashionable Jean Nouvel could be drafted in to save English Heritage’s “iconic” former home from the bulldozers.
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NewsHopkins favourite for Chiswick House work
English Heritage interviewed Hopkins Architects and five other shortlisted contenders for the hugely controversial extension and regeneration of Chiswick House and Gardens last week.
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Cut obesity with design, says Cabe
In the same week the Department of Health announced Britain was the fattest nation in Europe — with 24% of adults clinically obese — Cabe has released a report that champions urban design as the key to tackling the problem.
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RIBA hotel contest hit by PPS7 difficulties
A high-profile RIBA competition to design a boutique country-house hotel is likely to fall at the first hurdle as it comes up against PPS7, the legislation which governs development in rural areas.
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Gehry Hove scheme gets more ‘wiggle’
Frank Gehry has redesigned his controversial King Alfred scheme in Hove to have “more of a wiggle factor”.
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Cabe knocks fail to dent Cube
Ken Shuttleworth’s landmark Birmingham development, Cube at the Mailbox, received planning despite mixed comments from a Cabe design review, it emerged this week.
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NewsEx Grimshaw firm to restore Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark restoration, now being led by former Grimshaw architects Youmeheshe, is to go ahead after being awarded an £11.75 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant.