All articles by Will Hurst – Page 32
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Public procurement to take in long-term costs
A new era of high-quality public architecture beckons after a government body which oversees a staggering £64 billion of public spending on the public estate ruled that the long-term costs of buildings — such as maintenance and energy use — must be taken into account.
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NewsAUU payments revealed
BD uncovers £100,000 paid to senior designer’s former practice as GLA concludes conflict of interest inquiry
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NewsA&DS blasts ‘uncohesive’ Edinburgh masterplans
Plans by Make, Norman Foster & Partners and Robert Adam that would increase the number of homes in Edinburgh by 5% have come under fire from Scotland’s design watchdog.
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NewsLondon's new cultural heart
The sheer number and quality of schemes waiting to be built in Southwark will transform London’s oldest borough into a showcase for architectural talent.
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NewsLast Rykwert building in danger
Campaigners rally to save 1970s Chelsea housing from Foster & Partners’ luxury apartment scheme
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NewsHpod set to radically change hospital design
Nightingale Associates is to put a decades’ worth of research into the healing aspects of design to the test, under a unique project also involving the Building Centre, Arup and electronics giant Philips.
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NewsPortsmouth John Lewis revised after protests
Designs for a flagship John Lewis department store in the centre of Portsmouth have been substantially revised after earlier efforts were slammed by local architecture and civic groups.
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NewsFarrell races proteges for MOD super-site
Terry Farrell is facing competition from no less than three of his former proteges in the race to masterplan what is thought to be the most valuable site in Britain.
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NewsMajor names vie to design Jewish centre
Chipperfield, FOA and Viñoly contenders for flagship London building
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Government slashes density requirements
The government has scrapped its plans to force local authorities to build to densities of up to 70 dwellings per ha, it was announced this week.
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NewsA slammer with glamour
Nightingale’s works with ex-prisoner to produce scheme where construction training rehabilitates inmates
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Cambridge launches earn-and-learn part II
Cambridge’s School of Architecture has come back fighting, with plans to introduce a radical new part II that would see students spending half of a two-year course with practices such as Foster & Partners, Allies & Morrison and BDP.
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AnalysisTessa’s poor performance
Just days before outgoing ODA chairman Jack Lemley revealed his frustrations with the British government, BD met Olympics minister Tessa Jowell at the RIBA conference in Venice, and found she had a very shaky grip on her brief.
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News2012 dreams dashed
Risk-averse Jowell abdicates design responsibility for London Olympics to contractors
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‘Stop making excuses and tackle diversity’
The profession needs to “stop making excuses” and tackle its lack of diversity, according to a fiery speech that reignited the debate on discrimination in architecture this week.
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Livingstone weighs in to defend AUU procurement
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone this week broke his silence over the ongoing inquiry into conflicts of interest at his Architecture & Urbanism Unit following a formal question by the London Assembly’s deputy chair.
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London set for Games face-lift
Councils unveil £200m revampCentral London’s public realm is set to be transformed in time for the 2012 Olympics under £200 million proposals revealed by three powerful local authorities.Camden, Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea councils have joined forces to mastermind the “major refurbishment” project and recently met sports minister Richard Caborn ...