All articles by Tom de Castella – Page 2
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Government names first four eco-towns
The government has announced the location of the first four eco-towns.
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NewsBridge and car park feature on Yorkshire awards shortlist
A Sheffield car park designed by Allies & Morrison and a footbridge featured in Channel 4’s the Castleford Project are among 16 projects shortlisted for the RIBA White Rose Awards.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ wins RIBA Lubetkin award
Herzog & de Meuron’s ‘Bird’s Nest’ stadium in Beijing has beaten off competition from the likes of Foster & Partners and Sauerbruch Hutton to win the RIBA’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize.
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NewsArts Council shake-up cuts offices and staff
Arts Council England has responded to mounting criticism by announcing an organisational restructure that it claims will save £6.5 million a year.
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NewsTributes paid to modest modernist HT Cadbury-Brown
Tributes have poured in for HT (Jim) Cadbury-Brown, who died last week at the age of 96.
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Prince Charles’s Dimbleby Lecture sets challenges for more sustainable architecture
Prince Charles has made a fresh call to architects and planners to put nature and traditional thinking at the centre of how new settlements are designed.
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RIBA database will help students find work placements
The RIBA has launched an online database to help architecture students find practices willing to provide work placements. Called HostPractice, the scheme is intended to help students who may be struggling to find a placement during the economic downturn. It will also introduce graduates to universities that have highlighted ...
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens faces £40m cash gap
Number of proposed new homes almost halved owing to falling demand
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Government puts £1.5bn towards new affordable housing
Gordon Brown has pledged £1.5 billion to build an extra 20,000 new affordable homes over two years.
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NewsO’Donnell & Tuomey wins competition for LSE student centre
Leading Irish practice O’Donnell & Tuomey has won the RIBA’s design competition for a new £21.5 million student centre at the London School of Economics.
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Lottery blow to Manchester museum
City’s ‘Guggenheim’ ambitions felled as funds go to historic ships
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NewsCouncil sues over illegal work to Putney Bridge
Disgraced architect Clifford Gardner could face jail after drilling holes in listed bridge
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Analysis2012 claims fail to make a splash
Architects have been promised that the Olympic boom will spread outside London as teams seek training bases. But will inadequate existing facilities mean they look outside the UK instead?Tom de Castella investigates
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NewsCouncil sues over illegal work to Putney bridge
Disgraced architect Clifford Gardner could face jail after drilling holes in listed bridge
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NewsUnesco danger list reprieve for London
Capital gets a year’s grace but critics blast heritage decision as a ‘fudge’
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NewsRIBA Awards process ‘not working’
The RIBA’s latest system for selecting award winners has led to a clash between the regions and London over who has ultimate control over nominations.
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NewsContest may save Rudolph high school
A British-backed campaign to save a seminal Florida high school designed by Paul Rudolph has received a huge boost after plans for a new design competition focusing on reuse of the building were announced.
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NewsRykwert furious as his one surviving building faces demolition
Renowned architect and academic Joseph Rykwert has publicly slammed proposals by Foster & Partners to demolish his last surviving building and replace it with a “gated community” for the super rich.
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NewsPoland calls for its architects to return
Exodus is denting ability to deliver major projects and infrastructure
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