Archive for September, 2009

Ramblers tell Prince Charles to take a hike over plans to develop Poundbury

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Robert Adam to renovate London’s largest house for Russia’s richest woman

The Witanhurst mansion in north London, the capital’s largest private residence, is to be extended under an extravagant scheme by Robert Adam.

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Adjaye: Financial troubles were a ‘hell of a lesson’

David Adjaye has spoken in detail for the first time about his financial troubles, claiming that grappling with the prospect of insolvency has proved to be a “hell of a lesson”.

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Architecture student wins Women in Property award

Anjna Farmah, a second-year architecture student at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, has been named as Women in Property’s “Best of the Best”.

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Chipperfield’s Zurich art gallery scheme revised

David Chipperfield Architects’ competition winning design for an extension to a Zurich art gallery has been modified following the jury's recommendations.

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Cycle to Cannes ride to MIPIM registration opens

Registration has opened for next year’s Cycle to Cannes sponsored ride for professionals working in architecture, development or planning.

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Keith Williams wins Vauxhall tower approval

Keith Williams has won permission for his controversial 24-storey tower for Vauxhall after a four-day planning inquiry.

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English Heritage backs OMA’s Commonwealth Institute revamp

English Heritage has backed OMA’s plans to transform London’s former Commonwealth Institute into a new home for the Design Museum, it was announced today.

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Princes Foundation cleared over lobbying claims

The Charity Commission has exonerated the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment over claims it was being used as the Prince of Wales’s “private lobbying firm”.

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Crisis of confidence batters large practices

RIBA survey shows 90% do not predict workloads to rise, as top brass quit to go it alone

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