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David Chipperfield to restore historic palace on Venice’s Piazza San Marco

October 6, 2017 India Block 0

British architect David Chipperfield is to carry out major restoration works on the Procuratie Vecchie on Venice’s Piazza San Marco, which will see the palace opened to the public for the first time in 500 years. Due to be completed in 2020, the project will be a multi-million pound undertaking for its owners, the Italian insurance company the

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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities

October 6, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.  Initiated by Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper and Architectural Review journalist Tom Wilkinson, New Architecture Writers (NAW) is a free programme that aims to equip aspiring critics with basic journalism skills

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Free writing course opens to aspiring design journalists from racial minorities

October 6, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

A new education programme has launched in London, to encourage young people who are black or minority ethnic to embark on careers in architecture and design journalism.  Initiated by Dezeen columnist Phineas Harper and Architectural Review journalist Tom Wilkinson, New Architecture Writers (NAW) is a free programme that aims to equip aspiring critics with basic journalism skills

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Heatherwick’s overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped

October 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio’s plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced they are scrapping London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects’

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Heatherwick’s overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped

October 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio’s plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced they are scrapping London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects’

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Heatherwick’s overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped

October 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio’s plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced they are scrapping London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects’

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Heatherwick’s overhaul of New York Philharmonic concert hall scrapped

October 5, 2017 Eleanor Gibson 0

Thomas Heatherwick has suffered his third cancelled project in as many months, with his studio’s plans to revamp the David Geffen Hall at New York’s Lincoln Center now no longer going ahead. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic announced they are scrapping London-based Heatherwick Studio and Canadian firm Diamond Schmitt Architects’

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UK government’s £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire

October 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. Derbyshire, who took on the role of RIBA president last month, said that much more funding is necessary

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UK government’s £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire

October 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. Derbyshire, who took on the role of RIBA president last month, said that much more funding is necessary

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UK government’s £2 billion housing pledge is not high enough, says RIBA president Ben Derbyshire

October 5, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

UK prime minister Theresa May has committed an extra £2 billion to building new affordable housing – but the figure is nowhere near high enough to solve the housing crisis, according to Royal British Institute of Architects president Ben Derbyshire. Derbyshire, who took on the role of RIBA president last month, said that much more funding is necessary

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