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• Tracey Emin among hundreds opposing changes to Margate ‘brutalist masterpiece’

  16-09-2024 17:01
  
  Managers of building in which Emin owns a flat want to replace windows but opponents say they are a key featureThe 18-storey Arlington House in Margate has long been considered a brutalist masterpiece. It inspired the English rock band Hawkwind’s song High Rise and recently featured in Sam Mendes’s Bafta-nominated film Empire of Light.But now, the building, which sits on Margate seafront next to the railway station and the amusement park Dreamland, has become the cause of a bitter di
  
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• Fifteen architecture firms shortlisted for NSW competition aimed at alleviating housing crisis

  16-09-2024 09:57
  
  Six student teams named as finalists in pattern book contest to develop pre-approved designs and cut red tapeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMore than a dozen architecture firms from across Australia and overseas will vie to design homes for five Sydney sites set aside by the New South Wales government to help alleviate the state’s housing crisis.The 15 finalists in the government’s pattern book design c
  
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• Solved: the mystery of how Victorians built Crystal Palace in just 190 days

  16-09-2024 08:00
  
  Rapid assembly of structure for 1851 Great Exhibition in London was possible thanks to nut-and-bolt revolutionIt was built at unprecedented speed to exhibit the globe’s greatest treasures and manufacturing achievements to the world. Now, the mystery of how the Victorians managed to erect the Crystal Palace so quickly in 1851 has finally been solved.Experts have discovered that the answer to this 173-year-old riddle lies in the first known use of standardised nuts and bolts in construction
  
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