The battle of Greenside

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The Twentieth Century Society (C20) was outraged when faced with the shocking news that Connell, Ward and Lucas' fine Grade II-listed 1937 Greenside house, is illegally demolished by its owner. The Society claimed that David Beadle, the owner of Greenside had no appreciation for modernism, as it emerged that David Beadle proposed to demolish the Surrey house and replace it with a new building he could sell on for a profit.

Land Subdivision and Land Development, Subdividers & Developers, Subdividers and Developers, Real estate developers, Company legal issue, Cases, History, Historic buildings, Destruction, Historical associations

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London plan 'will damage design'

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The draft London Plan from London mayor Ken Livingstone could lead to interference from planners in building design, according to various business leaders. The organizations CBI and London First feel that the plan could grant excessive power to planners in dictating architecture. A public inquiry on the matter is presently being carried out.

England, London, England, Architecture, Livingstone, Ken, Planners

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Design codes 'to become law.'

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The efforts by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to convert design codes into law, and the resistance by the Royal Institute of British Architects, stating that the draft for the bill is too vague, are discussed.

Strategy & planning, Office Design, Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Royal Institute of British Architects, Industrial design, Administrative agencies, Government agencies, Company business planning

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