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• Four London Underground phone kiosks given Grade II-listed status

  20-07-2023 06:00
  
  K8s installed on tube stations between 1968 and 1983 are listed for architectural and historic interestFour rare phone boxes on London Underground stations have been given Grade II-listed status by the government for their architectural and historic interest.The phone boxes are among 11,000 K8 kiosks that were installed across the UK between 1968 and 1983. Only about 50 remain, mostly in Hull where they were part of an independent phone network rather than the property of British Telecom. Contin
  
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• Riba launches Reinvention prize to encourage refurbishment over demolition

  20-07-2023 01:01
  
  Shortlist of award for repurposed buildings rather than new-builds includes Wolverhampton School of Architecture and Museum of the Home in LondonThe Riba Stirling Prize for flamboyant new architecture faces a humble challenger – the Reinvention award for the transformation of second-hand buildings. The Royal Institute of British Architects has created the new prize to encourage architects to pour their creativity into refurbishing existing buildings, rather than demolishing them in favour
  
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• Riba launch Reinvention prize to encourage refurbishment over demolition

  20-07-2023 01:01
  
  Shortlist of award for repurposed buildings rather than new-builds includes Wolverhampton School of Architecture and Museum of the Home in LondonThe Riba Stirling Prize for flamboyant new architecture faces a humble challenger – the Reinvention award for the transformation of second-hand buildings. The Royal Institute of British Architects has created the new prize to encourage architects to pour their creativity into refurbishing existing buildings, rather than demolishing them in favour
  
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