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Government moves to cut red tape on historic home retrofits
The government has taken the first steps towards making it easier to retrofit historic homes
Tag: heritage
Angry residents say council heating upgrade will destroy listed Neave Brown estate
Residents, including architects, of London’s celebrated Alexandra Road estate are in uproar over council proposals to fit new heating systems
In praise of cooling towers
Cooling towers such as those at Fiddler's Ferry power station in Cheshire are disappearing, leaving Britain on the brink of losing a unique part of its industrial heritage, argues Catherine Slessor
Studio Weave wins Walthamstow museum commission
Studio Weave has won a £4.5 million open tender process to revitalise the Vestry House Museum in Walthamstow, north-east London
Buttress’s Manchester plan is simply wrong, SAVE tells planning inquiry
SAVE Britain’s Heritage has described a controversial plan by architect Buttress and developer Interland Holdings to replace a historic building in Manchester city centre with tower blocks of up to 19 storeys as ‘simply the wrong approach’
Foster + Partners to masterplan Turkey earthquake rebuild
Foster + Partners has been appointed to masterplan the rebuild of Turkey’s Hatay province in the aftermath of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes early this year
Al-Jawad Pike to turn ANC’s former London home into Anti-Apartheid heritage centre
Al-Jawad Pike has revealed designs to transform the former headquarters of the African National Congress in London into a £3 million Anti-Apartheid heritage centre
Why is Lasdun’s towering homage to Mackintosh still under threat?
Denys Lasdun's ‘glass castle’, Milton Gate in the City of London, inspired landmarks like the Gherkin and the Cheesegrater. How can Historic England have refused it listing? asks Jon Wright
Purcell wins approval for £6 million Shoemakers Museum in Somerset
Purcell has been handed planning permission for a new Shoemakers Museum in the village of Street in Somerset
Gove’s M&S Oxford Street decision could be great for cities
Though painted as a damaging act based on resistance to change, Michael Gove’s seismic decision to stop Marks & Spencer demolishing its Oxford Street store is actually a positive move, argues Rab Bennetts