Archive for August, 2009

Oxford Brookes plans face planners

Design Engine’s £75 million redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University was set to go before planners this month

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Foster’s directors’ pay soars by 42%

Directors’ pay at Foster & Partners Group has shot up by a massive 42% — despite the firm plunging further into the red following the cost of having to make a quarter of its staff redundant

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Massie double for rescheduled housing fair

Graeme Massie Architects has unveiled the latest images of its designs for the Highlands Housing Fair which is due to go ahead in August 2010 after delays forced organisers to reschedule the event

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Bid to save Scottish architecture centre

Adminstrator in talks with funders to bail out Glasgow’s Lighthouse

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“Remote” Stirling connection

The RIBA’s claim that there is “a remote connection” between Stirling judge Stephen Bates and Tony Fretton, tipped to win this year’s prize, seems a little bit of an understatement if you read Ellis Woodman’s interview with the former in...

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Council rejects Hopkins’ Greenwich Market revamp

Hopkins Architects’ plan to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market has been unexpectedly thrown out by council planners.

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Heritage: let’s consign the word to history | Jonathan Jones

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Engineers suggest attaching tubes of algae to buildings

Transparent plastic tubes filled with green algae should be attached to the side of buildings to help limit carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME).

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LDA draws up plans for 2012 park revamp

LDA Design has drawn up a masterplan for a £10 million revamp of an east London park expected to be a key route into the 2012 Olympics.

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DLG’s RAF scheme to be grounded

DLG Architects' scheme for a new headquarters for the RAF Benevolent Fund is set to be rejected by Westminster Council.

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