Monument to science, if not to style

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Down House, Charles Darwin's family house on the edge of south-east London, England, has been restored and will shortly open to the public. The house was purchased in 1996 by English Heritage, which invested 2.2 million pounds sterling of lottery money in its restoration. Old photographs and paintings were used as reference material for the reconstruction of the five period rooms downstairs, with each room illustrating a different element of Darwin's personality. Seven bedrooms upstairs have been converted into exhibition rooms.

London, England, Historic sites, Darwin, Charles, Homes and haunts

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A monument to cancer care

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The first Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre was opened in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1996, a year after the death from cancer of Maggie Keswick Jencks, wife of architecture critic and author Charles Jencks. A second centre, designed by Frank Gehry, a close friend of Keswick Jencks, has been constructed in Dundee, Scotland. This building shows great sensitivity and attention to detail. It has facilities including a relaxation room, an information and library area, two small counselling rooms and two therapy rooms.

Services information, Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals, Care and treatment, Health care industry, Hospitals, Health facilities, Design and construction, Cancer patients

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Mackintosh's first building lights up the best in design

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Architect Ben Tindall has been responsible for converting a former church with a tower by Augustus Pugin in Edinburgh, Scotland, into the Hub, which contains rehearsal rooms, study centres, cafes, offices, shops and a ticket office. In Glasgow, Scotland, Charles Rennie Mackintosh's first building, a former warehouse for the Glasgow Herald, has been converted into the Lighthouse. This building now contains IT suites, lecture and conference theatres and galleries.

All Other Heavy Construction, Public affairs, Public Construction NEC, Construction industry, Construction, Public works, Buildings and facilities, Edinburgh, Scotland, Glasgow, Scotland

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