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‘Almost modernist’: appeal launched to save derelict RAF airbase building

09-07-2023 16:02

Watch station at RAF Ibsley is thought to be structurally unique as well as historically importantIts walls are made of crumbling concrete and covered in graffiti, its windows shattered or stolen, and the landscape it was built to oversee has long since been dug up and carted away.But this derelict shell in a corner of rural Hampshire, once a wartime RAF watching station, is so rare and important that it must urgently be saved, according to building conservation campaigners. Continue reading...

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First Oxford Street M&S, now Euston Tower: don’t pull them down, renovate

09-07-2023 13:00

Plans to redevelop London’s 36-floor Euston Tower would save 25% of the old building. That’s better than most – but the climate emergency requires a more radical rethink of constructionSome time between now and the 20th of this month, Michael Gove is due to make one of the more momentous planning decisions of recent times. In his capacity as secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities, he has to determine whether Marks & Spencer can or cannot demolish its f

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Architect Norman Foster: ‘I suppose in another life it would have been exciting to fly fighters’

09-07-2023 10:30

The designer of the Gherkin on collaborating with Steve Jobs, feeling positive about humanity’s future and the strong work ethic of the northSir Norman Foster, 88, is one of the world’s leading architects. His works include Apple’s headquarters in Silicon Valley, the Gherkin in London and the Sage music centre in Gateshead. His Norman Foster Foundation, based in Madrid, aims to “help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future”. A

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Architecture is built on the cult of stardom – its #MeToo moment is no surprise | Rowan Moore

09-07-2023 08:34

Allegations of sexual harassment against David Adjaye are shocking, but at least expose toxic practices in the industryLast week the Financial Times published an article in which the celebrated architect Sir David Adjaye, winner of the 2021 Royal Gold Medal for architecture, once described by Barack Obama as “genius, pure and simple”, was accused by three women formerly employed by him of sexual assault, sexual harassment and a toxic work culture in his practice. Adjaye has denied th

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