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BlogsAnother Ground Zero row breaks out
A row has broken out Stateside over the plans to replace The Winter Gardens at Ground Zero, one of the first pieces of Ground Zero to be rebuilt after the 9/11 attacks, with a deisgn by Cesar Pelli’s son.
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NewsRegional design bodies to close
The Architecture Centre Network is applying for a series of European Union grants following the government’s decision this week to wind down Cabe, but admitted that some of the 22 regional bodies it helps fund will close.
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NewsArb fines architect £4,000 following 'aesthetic disaster'
The Arb’s professional conduct committee has fined Richard Lewis of Lewis Patten Chartered Architects in Hertford £4,000 following an “aesthetic disaster” on a project to build two detached houses in north-west London.
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NewsPlymouth Civic Centre up for sale
Council says it cannot afford to restore grade II listed 1962 building
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NewsArchitecture PLB wins competition to build Winchester student halls
Architecture PLB has won a competition to design a £14 million student residence for the University of Winchester.
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NewsAlsop berates council over go-ahead for Norfolk Tesco
Will Alsop has hit out at his local council for handing planning permission to a highly controversial Tesco development designed by Wilkinson Eyre
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NewsLast of the big spenders - Schmidt Hammer Lassen's City of Westminster College
Against news of higher education cuts the finishing touches are being made to a college building from another era – Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s City of Westminster College
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NewsEarle Architects reveals school plans for Aylesbury Estate
Earle Architects has designed an extension to a London school – complete with a playground on the roof
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Number of architects on the dole still rising
The number of architects on the dole rose again last month in a further sign that recent unemployment trends have reversed.
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NewsPascal & Watson unveils station concourse at the Shard
Renzo Piano Building Workshop working with Pascall & Watson has revealed its reworked station concourse at London Bridge, showing for the first time how the base of the Shard will integrate with the rail terminus
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NewsCouncil backs Make’s Stratford project
Make this week won approval for a major university building in the heart of East London’s Olympic zone, and also unveiled plans for a mixed scheme in Croydon with a 53-storey tower as its centrepiece
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NewsGreen outlook for new distillery by Austin-Smith Lord
A new distillery designed by Austin-Smith Lord for drinks firm Diageo has been opened.
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NewsMurphy unveils revised scheme for Haymarket site
Richard Murphy Architects has revealed revamped plans for Edinburgh’s troubled Haymarket with the centrepiece hotel building now nine storeys lower
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Building StudyEvelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
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NewsOlympic chiefs scrap stadium wrap plans
Plans by Olympic bosses to provide a colourful wrap for Populous’s Olympic stadium have been scrapped following yesterday’s spending review.
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NewsHeritage experts protest at savage EH cuts
Heritage experts have slammed the government’s decision to slash the resources of its statutory advisor English Heritage by a third.The DCMS announced today that EH is facing a 32% cut, well above its own cut of 24%.Jane Kennedy, chairman of Purcell Miller Tritton, said that the move - combined with ...
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NewsRIBA's plea to government over Cabe
The RIBA has called on the government not to abandon good design following DCMS and CLG’s decision to end funding to Cabe
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NewsPenrose lists Stratford's Shakespeare Centre
Architecture minister John Penrose has listed Stratford-upon-Avon’s Shakespeare Centre at grade II.
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FeaturesFormer GLC chief architect Roger Walters dies aged 93
Roger Walters, chief architect at the Greater London Council during most of the 1970s, has died aged 93.
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NewsExclusive: first look inside the new London Playboy Club
The Playboy Club is to return to London with a new premises designed by Jestico & Whiles, 30 years after its profitable casino at 45 Park Lane closed down.