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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash

A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading →

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Corbyn joins protest against RIBA and honours for developers

Piers Corbyn, the brother of the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, was among the activists who gathered in central London this week to protest at the Royal Institute for British Architects’ Stirling Prize awards dinner, over the organisation’s support for … Continue reading →

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Negrini’s fellowship and council’s deal with architects’ firm

STEVEN DOWNES, the Editor of Inside Croydon, on the unhappy coincidence of the award of an honorary fellowship to the council’s chief executive RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects, was unable to offer any explanation last week for its … Continue reading →

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For she’s a jolly good fellow, but no one seems to know why

Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s new chief executive, has been made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Trouble is, no one seems to know quite why… RIBA made its announcement of its latest 18 fellows yesterday, when … Continue reading →

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Architects’ top work goes on display in Fishers’ Folly

Fisher’s Folly, the Croydon Council office building on Mint Walk sometimes called Bernard Weatherill House, is hosting a special exhibition of the best of architecture from Sutton, Bromley and Croydon over the next fortnight. This first competition has been organised … Continue reading →

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