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网页Not in my Brick Lane: Truman Brewery’s uphill struggle to win support for development plans. The last time the East End land owner tried to bring change to the iconic London thoroughfare, it was met by fierce resistance.
Studio E: Anatomy of the death of a practice - Building Design
网页Studio E has been wound up owing £144,014 to its remaining four staff and other creditors. Documents filed with Companies House show it has just £15,688 to its name. Yet just 12 years ago it employed 45 staff and had assets of £168,048.
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网页New content streams for 2024: What made this project: Firms outline what they have specified on a certain project, the reasons for these decisions and what challenges the choices help address. Materials Q&A: We speak to material specialists and present our readers’ burning questions. Covering everything from fire safety and durability to the common benefits and barriers that prevent design ...
BD Film Club: Empire of Light revisited - Building Design
网页2024年8月29日 · The fictional cinema scenes in Empire of Light were brought to life by transforming the real-life Dreamland Cinema, where the iconic “DREAMLAND” signage was replaced by the letters “EMPIRE” for the exterior shots.Designed by J.B. Iles, Julian Leathart, and W.F. Granger, the building was erected on the site of a former theatre and completed in 1935, boasting a grand cinema with 2,050 ...
Expectations vs reality: The truth about architecture as a career
网页2024年1月22日 · Having been involved with the UK architectural sector for many years, I am fully aware of the challenges professionals face, such as low pay, unpaid overtime, student debts, cost of living, and more.
The Grenfell Inquiry’s final report: what to look out for
网页2024年8月30日 · Clockwise from top left: Bob Ledsome, senior civil servant at the then DCLG (now the DLUHC); Eric Pickles, secretary of state for housing 2010-15, now Lord Pickles; Gavin Barwell, housing minister 2016-17 before losing his seat, now Lord Barwell; Brian Martin, civil servant to whom everyone at the DCLG would turn for fire safety advice; Brandon Lewis, housing minister 2014-16, now secretary of ...
RSHP’s proposed British Library extension is like a bull in a china ...
网页2023年1月10日 · In February 2021 RSHP published its initial proposals for a British Library extension scheme. These immediately caused great concern, due to the immense bulk of the extension against Colin St John Wilson’s Grade I listed building and the vast imbalance between the provision of space for commercial uses and that for the library itself.
Gove refuses M&S Oxford Street redevelopment in landmark ruling
网页2023年7月20日 · Gove argues the height and appearance of the corner of the proposed scheme would be “prominent and distracting from the Selfridge’s façade”, especially when compared with the deferential appearance of the existing Orchard House.
Government gives go-ahead to 350-home Cockfosters station …
网页2024年9月4日 · A long-delayed 350-home housing development designed by Mae and Hawkins\Brown has finally been given the go-ahead. The scheme, located adjacent to Cockfosters station, has been given the green light following approval from the …
Charles was mostly right. It’s a shame we architects couldn’t see it
网页2022年9月11日 · Far from decrying his past interventions and sincerely-held views about some modern architecture, the profession would do well to consider how it missed an opportunity to harness that passion to its wider advantage, writes Ben Flatman