All articles by Marguerite Lazell – Page 9
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Birmingham leader begs Hodge not to list library
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has pleaded with architecture minister Margaret Hodge to grant the city’s Central Library immunity from listing in an extraordinary 4,500-word letter.
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Architects blamed for unsustainable schools
Cabe chief attacks profession’s lack of skills for design review failures
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NewsViñoly says Battersea Power Station scheme could change substantially
Rafael Viñoly’s controversial designs for Battersea Power Station could change substantially before being submitted for planning, the architect has admitted.
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NewsPartnerships for Schools appoints new design director
Partnerships for Schools, the delivery body for the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme, has appointed Mairi Johnson as its director of design.
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NewsNational Trust bids to restore Vanbrugh masterwork
A grade I listed Northumbrian house widely seen as the finest work of English baroque is set to be restored and converted for public use under a radical plan by the National Trust.
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NewsFaulknerBrowns reveals its 2012 White Water Canoe Centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled designs for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects. The scheme, which also includes landscaping by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, has now been submitted for planning.
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RIBA launches drive to help large practices
The RIBA has launched a new drive to engage with large practices across the UK, claiming it has not done as much as it could for bigger firms.
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MultimediaPringle launches campaign to rebuild Skylon tower (video)
The campaign to rebuild the famous Skylon tower has been officially launched this week, as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
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NewsProtestors set to fight on as Holland Park wins planning
Kensington & Chelsea Council has granted planning permission for Aedas’s highly controversial design for the west London borough’s Holland Park School.
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NewsNo contest for Stonehenge visitor centre, says EH
English Heritage has confirmed it will not hold a design contest to find an architect for the proposed Stonehenge temporary visitor centre.
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NewsFosters' Rimini waterfront scheme unveiled
Foster & Partners has revealed designs for its waterfront development in Rimini, Italy
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Boris to boost London “low-carbon” zones
Mayor of London expands Ken Livingstone’s policy to cover 10 areas by 2012
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NewsCredit crunch threatens Gehry's Hove scheme
Frank Gehry's controversial scheme for the Hove sea front has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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NewsProtestors set to fight on as Holland Park wins planning permission
Kensington & Chelsea Council has granted planning permission for Aedas’s highly controversial design for London’s Holland Park School.
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NewsEnglish Heritage looks to public in latest round of Stonehenge visitor centre saga
English Heritage is to launch a public consultation to find a new site for its long-planned Stonehenge visitor centre.
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NewsCouncil anger as EH asks for Birmingham library listing
Birmingham Council has harshly criticised the city’s central library after English Heritage recommended the 1973 building be grade II listed.
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NewsEH slams design of Holland Park school
English Heritage has slammed a design by Aedas for the famous Holland Park School in Kensington, west London, as “visually intrusive” and called on the local council to make sweeping changes.The project, which is due to go before Kensington & Chelsea’s major planning development committee on Thursday, involves a substantial ...
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FeaturesStudent installation enlivens RIBA awards
This 24-metre long installation – designed by a group of five architecture students – will be on display Friday evening at the London Hilton Hotel at the RIBA’s national and international awards dinner.
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NewsConsarc wins iHub research centre design
Consarc Architects has beaten firms including BDP in an RIBA competition to design the “iHub” — an innovative construction research centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
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NewsFoster’s set to prune Leaf tower
Ealing scheme cut as new mayor plans halt to suburban high rise