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The latest bid to grant listing status to the Brutalist Robin Hood Gardens estate in east London has failed and the local MP has called for it to be "brought down ASAP". Public body Historic England – which administers and maintains the register of England's listed buildings – has announced that the UK government will not list the historic 1970s complex designed by architects Alison and Peter Smithson. This is in spite of the revived campaign by heritage organisation the Read more [...]

Glasgow Airport has been listed as one of the fastest growing airports in Europe for its size in the first six months of 2015. Figures from the European airport trade body, ACI Europe, suggest Glasgow Airport was the third fastest growing airport in its category in the six months to June 30 with passenger traffic up 13. 8 per cent. Glasgow Airport said 3,958,094 passengers passed through its terminals in the first six months of 2015. Glasgow Airport is listed in Group 3 of the four Group categories Read more [...]

The plan also involves the building of two new houses and a farm road at Manor Farm, on Back Lane and Village Farm on Church Road. Egglescliffe, an historic village, is in a specially designated conservation area, which makes it harder for new developments to be approved. The Old Hall has not been occupied since the 1960s and is in multiple ownership, but the application has been made by the farmer of Manor Farm. Its adjoining buildings are used for farming purposes. The application is Read more [...]

4 August, 2015 | By Laura Mark ACCA at Sussex University. Copyright Jim Stephenson 2015. Britain’s first university campus arts centre, designed by Basil Spence, has undergone a revamp The building at the University of Sussex has been transformed into a flexible space for exhibitions, performances, research and teaching by AJ120 firm RH Partnership.The 1969 curved-brick building, which was previously known as the Gardner Read more [...]

A sheriff has outlined four "reasonable precautions" which might have avoided a Dumfries woman's fatal bicycle fall while delivering phone directories.Sheila Hyslop, 50, died four days after the incident on Albert Road in March last year.A fatal accident inquiry concluded a number of actions might have helped to avoid her death.They were not overloading her bike with directories, reducing her speed, Read more [...]

A records office in Bury St Edmunds is among eight libraries in the country to have been granted listed building status. Suffolk Record Office, in Raingate Street, has been awarded a Grade II listing for its ‘architectural interest as a refined historicist post-war design’. It joins seven other libraries to be listed including The British Library, Bourne Hall Library and Social Centre, in Epsom as well as those in Bebington, in The Wirral; Milton Keynes; Chandler’s Ford, in Read more [...]

Famous for her sloppy, unmade bed exhibited at Tate Britain, Tracey Emin is now embroiled in a messier dispute over her plan to demolish a listed building in the East End of London. One of the leading members of the Young British Artists movement, Emin is working on a regeneration project of a 1920s locally listed building that she owns in Spitalfields. The release of the plans at the end of last week provoked a strong response from the East End Preservation Society and Save Britain’s Heritage, Read more [...]

Milton Keynes Central Library has been listed by Historic England - and named in the top eight cutting-edge libraries of the late 20th century. Historic England, a public body that looks after England’s historic environment, said the grade II listed building respresented the “very best in public architecture”.The 1979-81 building was ranked as the third most cutting-edge library of the late 20th century after extensive research. Historic England said: “The central Read more [...]