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• Michael Gove approves ‘derided’ £400m development on London’s South Bank

  06-02-2024 21:18
  
  Office complex nicknamed the Slab given go-ahead despite fierce opposition from green and modernist architecture campaigners A £400m office complex nicknamed “the Slab” has been given the go-ahead to replace ITV’s former headquarters on London’s South Bank despite fierce opposition from green campaigners and modernist architecture fans.Opponents said the proposals ofthe 72 Upper Ground scheme would generate more carbon emissions in its construction than if the 4,000
  
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• Attacked by an ice-cream scoop? The story of London’s ‘gouged’ building

  06-02-2024 15:45
  
  In a rare instance of love-thy-neighbour design, a new building enables people to enjoy the view of a nearby church window. No wonder it’s been stopping passersby in their tracksLurking down a side street, in the tangled maze of lanes and railway viaducts south of the River Thames, stands one of the strangest new sights in the capital. Look up on the corner of Union Street and O’Meara Street, and you will see a white brick building with a great furrow gouged out of its facade, as if
  
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