All Offices articles – Page 64
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NewsMake resubmits Octopus scheme
Make has resubmitted plans for its Octopus office development at Chiswick Roundabout in west London following a long battle with planners at Hounslow Council.The architect agreed to make changes to the proposals, including lowering the height of the building by 3m and increasing the volume of office space provided from ...
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NewsSouthwark calls for more Shards
The London Borough of Southwark hopes to become home to more “landmark buildings”, following the success of the Shard.
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NewsMunkenbeck & Partners Clerkenwell scheme tops out
Munkenbeck & Partners seven-storey mixed-use scheme designed in Clerkenwell, central London, has topped out.The 3,159 sq m project will include retail, office and residential space, with an experimental air mixing oversized ventilation system .Founding partner Alfred Munkenbeck said: “Gee Street is designed to be the first breathing skin building which ...
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NewsEngland's first Passivhaus office fully let
England’s first Passivhaus office, designed by Dudley Marsh Architects has been fully let to Viking Recruitment on a 10-year lease
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NewsIngenhoven Architects to design Google's new California HQ
Google has appointed German practice Ingenhoven Architects to design new sustainable offices next to its existing “Googleplex” in Mountain View, California.It is the first time the web giant has commissioned a building, having previously moved into existing reconditioned offices.Google, which has a rapidly expanding workforce, won outline planning from Mountain ...
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Scott Brownrigg wins KPMG work in Leeds
Scott Brownrigg has won the contract to design KPMG’s headquarters in Leeds, replacing Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a pair of “kissing towers” on the same site.
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NewsZaha Hadid reveals ambition to change London's skyline
Zaha Hadid is hoping to start winning high-rise commercial projects in London to mitigate against the collapse of work in Libya and Egypt.The practice announced at the end of March that a quarter of its 350 staff were facing redundancy after being hit hard by the combination of economic downturn ...
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AnalysisVictoria development is Lynch’s big break
The massive commission for Kingsgate House in central London signals a major step up for Lynch Architects.
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NewsLynch submits major Victoria plans
Former BD Young Architect of the Year, Lynch Architects, has submitted a major mixed use development on London’s Victoria Street for planning permission.
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NewsMake wins planning approval for 5 Broadgate
The City of London’s planning and transportation committee today resolved to grant planning permission for Make’s giant new UBS headquarters at 5 Broadgate.The move was today welcomed by Broadgate owner British Land and paves the way for the demolition of 4 and 6 Broadgate, designed by Arup Associates and developed ...
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NewsSheppard Robson opens first overseas office
Practice sets up Abu Dhabi studio on the back of Masdar win
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NewsBroadgate plans only attract two objections
Just two people have objected to Make’s proposal for a huge new banking headquarters in London’s Broadgate, paving the way for the scheme to win planning permission.
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OpinionMore than the sum of its parts
Broadgate is the unique example in the Square Mile of a large but coherent urban development that has become an integral extension of the City at this point. This should be treated as whole and not as separate buildings.
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NewsMake's Broadgate scheme up for approval
The City of London’s planning officers have paved the way for the approval of Make’s proposals for British Land to build a new headquarters for Swiss bank UBS.In a report prepared for the planning and transportation committee it said the building “would represent a striking and eye-catching addition to the ...
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NewsB3 Architects submits major plans for Norwich
City’s ’ugliest’ building would be razed to make way for £75 million regeneration
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NewsSOM team bags permission for huge east London scheme
Revised plans for Leamouth Peninsula approved by London Thames Gateway Development Corp
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NewsTP Bennett to oversee Sea Containers House revamp
Fourteen-storey Thames-side block could be turned into luxury hotel
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NewsGreen light for Space Group Architects' Westminster scheme
Space Group Architects has received planning permission for a mixed-use development in the London borough of Westminster.The four-storey building, based at Vauxhall Bridge Road near Victoria Station, sits just outside a conservation area and will be clad in basalt lavastone.It will provide retail space over two floors, with offices above ...
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NewsMake's Croydon scheme submitted for planning
Cherry Orchard Road includes tallest building in the area
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NewsKPF's Paris tower revamp completes
Construction work has completed on the refurbishment of the “First Tower” in the La Defense business district in Paris, making it the tallest office block in France.KPF and French practice SRA Architectes designed the €300 million revamp of the building, which saw its height raised from 155m to 230m through ...