All articles by Will Hurst – Page 42
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Opinion
Start listening to the kids
Sometimes it’s difficult to know how much responsibility to give children. Let them set their own school lunch menus and society’s efforts to combat obesity would sink quickly in a sea of fizzy drink and chips. Besides, that’s a job for Jamie Oliver,
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Gateway panel on hold
London mayor suspends design panel to allow time to develop ‘3D vision’ for growth area
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NewsCommunes make comeback
The first new-build “co-housing” estate in the UK, featuring the largest-ever collection of solar panels used for a private scheme, is to officially open next month.
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Salisbury quits Arb board
A two-year war of attrition between Arb and its rebel board member, Ian Salisbury, has ended after Salisbury unexpectedly resigned and reached a legal settlement with the regulator
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Rethink after student village fails design test
Vehement protest forces FaulknerBrowns to redesign Sheffield scheme
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NewsEllen who?
Forget Ellen McArthur’s world record, one of the most prestigious prizes in sailing remains up for grabs this year at the Little Britain Challenge Cup regatta held from September 8-11 at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
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‘No design vision’ in Belfast plan
A huge development plan aimed at transforming Belfast has been slammed by a leading city architect for lacking a “design vision” and coming too late.
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Bath's blame game
The Bath Spa project became engulfed in a bitter political battle this week amid widening allegations of blame aimed at the architect, contractor and client.
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Planning crisis in N Ireland
Northern Ireland’s planning system is in the grip of a severe and worsening crisis largely of its own making, prominent architects claimed this week.
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NewsMad over Barking
Failure of Barking Riverside could be a ‘catastrophe’ for government’s housing policy
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News‘More vision needed’ for Thames Gateway
Panel member Will Alsop leads call for London design committee to look at wider picture
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New collapse danger
BD uncovers risk of Ronan-Point-style disaster on third and largest London estate as council orders probe
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US firm beats UK stars to Creative Planet job
US practice William McDonough & Partners has beaten competition from Will Alsop and Grimshaw, among others, to design a groundbreaking new exhibition and collections centre in Wiltshire thought to be the largest in Europe.
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Ian Simpson attacks ordinary architecture
Rising star of commercial architecture Ian Simpson has slammed architects for filling Britain’s cities with “ordinary” buildings, and immediately won the backing of RIBA president George Ferguson.