All articles by Will Henley – Page 3
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NewsArchitect and developer decline to defend Lancaster scheme at inquiry
Architect 3D Reid and developer Centros have ducked out of defending their £150 million retail-led scheme in Lancaster at public inquiry, leaving the city council to fight their case.
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Mipim 2009: Boris Johnson on Great Spaces (video)
The London mayor and advisors Peter Bishop and Simon Milton outline their new strategy for London's public spaces
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NewsBoris bashed over ‘pocket money’ for Great Spaces
London mayor Boris Johnson faced ridicule this week after unveiling a public realm strategy for the capital funded with what critics described as “pocket money”.
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NewsZaha Hadid profits soar by 400% in pre-recession period
Turnover at Zaha Hadid Architects doubled to £26.2 million in the 12 months to April 2008, with pre-tax profits leaping fivefold from £1 million to £5 million, accounts filed at Companies House last week revealed.
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NewsDan Cruickshank attacks Tower Hamlets and English Heritage over Robin Hood Gardens
Architectural historian and TV personality Dan Cruickshank has given the east London council and heritage body a drubbing over the Smithson’s estate.
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News‘Decades till City’s next tall building’
It could be 20 years before another tall tower is built in the square mile, the City of London’s planning chief has predicted, in a dire assessment of the future for skyscrapers in the capital.
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NewsBoris Johnson's plan to retrofit London (video)
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced plans to help retrofit the capital with the launch of a new skills academy.
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NewsGehry admits to 50% cut in staff
Starchitect Frank Gehry has been forced to cut his staff count by 50% over the past year, the architect, who turned 80 this week, has revealed.
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NewsArchitecture shortlist for World Photography Awards unveiled
The shortlist for the prestigious 2009 Sony World Photography Awards has been unveiled with ten candidates competing in the amateur architecture category.
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ReviewLe Corbusier's lyrical legacy
Jean-Louis Cohen’s lecture at the Barbican last week painted an unexpected picture of Le Corbusier. The academic from New York University Institute of Fine Arts spoke of the architect’s capacity for “lyricism in the machine age”.
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Public sector focus buoys Capita
Capita Architecture has reported an uplift in pre-tax profit of 20% to £3 million, on turnover of £30 million for the year ending December 2008. Turnover was up slightly from £29.5 million the year before.
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News20th Century Society seeks more power on delisting
The 20th Century Society is seeking more influence on delisting decisions after Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House was controversially stripped of its grade II status.
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Hopkins wins Brent civic centre competition
Hopkins Architects is to design a landmark civic centre for Brent council, opposite Wembley Stadium in north London, according to council papers seen by BD.
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NewsVinoly's Battersea eco-tower scrapped
Back to the drawing board for power station developer after mayor signals his opposition
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Approvals system delays nine PFI hospitals
Hold ups fly in face of government pledge to speed up public works
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HCA offers Urban Splash project emergency funding
Urban Splash’s scheme to redevelop the grade-II star listed Park Hill estate in Sheffield has been hit by a shortfall in private financing, prompting the government’s new Homes and Communities Agency to offer it emergency funding.
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NewsCabe says half of school designs aren’t good enough
Half of the most recent Building Schools for the Future schools reviewed by Cabe at planning stage have been slammed as “not yet good enough”.
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NewsRow over de-listing of Sandy Wilson building
Co-architect and widow refute evidence that led to minister’s decision
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NewsIslington offers hope for future of Lubetkin health centre
Islington Council has voted to refer the proposed sale of Berthold Lubetkin’s Finsbury Health Centre to health secretary Alan Johnson, raising hopes that the grade I listed building could yet be retained for healthcare use.