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• Diane Haigh obituary

  05-09-2022 18:57
  Architect who updated the fabric of the Royal Festival Hall in line with the spirit rather than the letter of its original designThe Royal Festival Hall, London, opened in 1951. After half a century of constant use, the building and its auditorium found themselves stranded in a lifeless setting, unloved by musicians and losing money. For an upgrading in 2005-07 to enable the RFH to flourish again, the spirit of the original conception needed to prevail over the literal preservation of the struct
  
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• Ivy owner Richard Caring defies order to remove £40m home’s incongruous windows

  05-09-2022 09:28
  Billionaire appeals against Kensington’s ruling that he installed windows without permissionRichard Caring, the billionaire nightclub and restaurant entrepreneur, is refusing to remove three “incongruous and dominant” windows from his £40m house in South Kensington despite the council issuing an “enforcement notice” ordering him to do so.Caring, 74, who owns the celebrity hotspot restaurants the Ivy and Sexy Fish as well as the private members’ club Anna
  
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• Billionaire defies order to remove £40m house’s incongruous windows

  05-09-2022 09:00
  Richard Caring appeals against Kensington’s ruling that he installed windows without permissionRichard Caring, the billionaire nightclub and restaurant entrepreneur, is refusing to remove three “incongruous and dominant” windows from his £40m house in South Kensington despite the council issuing an “enforcement notice” ordering him to do so.Caring, 74, who owns the celebrity hotspot restaurants the Ivy and Sexy Fish and the private members’ club Annabel&
  
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