All articles by Will Hurst – Page 34
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NewsWatch the birdie!
Pigeon population rockets as architects’ use of louvres on eco-friendly buildings provides ideal nesting
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NewsMcCloud’s grand designs for prefab
Channel 4 presenter invites architects to help design up to 100 homes for new sustainable development
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NewsScottish watchdog calls for tougher design policy
Architecture & Design Scotland this week called on the Scottish Executive to forge a tough new policy on architecture by introducing targets on key issues such as skills, leadership and PFI.
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NewsAlsop to bid for London design job
Will Alsop made a dramatic bid to run design in London this week, turning his longheld frustrations with the Richard Rogers-led orthodoxy into action.
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NewsFury at Barbican building threat
Chamberlin Powell & Bon’s Milton Court building would make way for £100 million Guildhall development
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NewsHeat alert at Hopkins hospital
An urgent investigation has been launched after patients at a flagship hospital nominated for this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building award allegedly sweltered in temperatures of up to 32°C (90°F) during the recent hot weather.
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Tate in a state as gallery seeks to soothe St Ives
One of architecture’s most celebrated clients, the Tate, faced embarrassment this week after admitting that Jamie Fobert Architects’ proposed extension to Tate St Ives might never be built.
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NewsArchives become a goldmine
No longer just dusty old drawings, the value now attached to architects’ archives has turned them into international commodities. Will Hurst looks at the impact this could have on the UK’s public collections
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Elephant & Castle delays raise fears over project
Fears were raised this week over delays to one of the largest regeneration projects in the country — London’s £1.5 billion Elephant & Castle scheme.
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NewsRenault Centre seeks one careful owner
A careful owner, preferably an architecture or design practice, is being sought to occupy Norman Foster’s iconic Renault Centre in Swindon after its future was secured through a new restoration scheme.
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NewsRem spurns archive offer
OMA says £900,000 deal proposed by Netherlands Architecture Institute is too low
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Six vie to transform Swindon
Architects including Make, Marks Barfield and Fletcher Priest are bidding this week for a £300 million development to transform Swindon.
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NewsNew Alsop building set for green retrofit
The mayor of London’s advisers on climate change have revealed ambitious plans to retrofit Will Alsop’s Palestra office building to make it the most environmentally advanced in the country.
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Fight of the Sloane arranger
Radical designs for London's historic Sloane Square by Stanton Williams Architects are to face a third public consultation after a local campaign group collected 3,700 protest signatures.
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Anshen Dyer to split as US tensions grow
Relationship with parent company troubles UK healthcare practice
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NewsChipperfield's class act for Candy bros
UK favourite comes home for luxury Kensington apartment project