16 h. ago Drone pictures show dramatic collapse of part of city centre building

The building, Alberton House off Bridge Street, collapsed with scaffolding sent crashing into the River Irwell

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46 h. ago Mother's despair as 'arrogant' developers refuse to knock down concrete wall that has taken £50,000 off her seaside flat even though it has been refused planning permission

Outlandishly Vivir Estates, the developers involved in the spat, latest application to legalise the wall claims they have done Liz Bates (pictured) a favour by building it.

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3 w. ago Architect Sir Terry Farrell who designed MI6 headquarters and station Brits walk past every day dies aged 87

The designer was the brains behind the foreign intelligence service's unique base (pictured), which opened in 1994, on the south bank of the River Thames.

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3 w. ago Architect Sir Terry Farrell who designed MI6 headquarters and massive Tube station Brits walk past every day dies aged 87

The designer was the brains behind the foreign intelligence service's unique base (pictured), which opened in 1994, on the south bank of the River Thames.

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3 w. ago ‘His buildings were always ready for their closeup’: how Terry Farrell’s postmodern exuberance conquered the world

From the ziggurats of the MI6 HQ to TV-am’s eggcups and a Hong Kong tower that featured on a banknote, Farrell strived to make uplifting architecture• ‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building dies – news• Spies, eggcups and penthouses: Farrell’s best buildings – galleryTerry Farrell made his mark on London. All his buildings had a certain postmodernist swagger, but one of his most conspicuous (ironically, in view of its function) was the headquarters of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service, better known as MI6, on the site of the former Vauxhall pleasure gardens.Completed in 1994, MI6 showed Farrell, who has died aged 87, in his postmodern pomp, energetically juggling historicist motifs to conjure a flamboyant, flesh-coloured fortress, replete with ziggurats and crenellations, dominating its Thames-side locale. Deyan Sudjic described MI6 as “an epitaph for the architecture of the 80s”, and its styling that which “could be interpreted equally plausibly as a Mayan temple or a piece o...

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3 w. ago Spies, eggcups and penthouses: Sir Terry Farrell’s best buildings – in pictures

Sir Terry Farrell, the UK’s leading architect-planner and postmodernist, has died aged 87• ‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building dies – news Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘Nonconformist’ architect of MI6 building Terry Farrell dies aged 87

Farrell was a key member of the hi-tech movement of the 1980s and 90s, with buildings including the TV-am studios and Embankment Place in London, and the Deep in HullSir Terry Farrell, the “nonconformist” architect and planner, whose bold designs defined the “hi-tech” era and included the MI6 headquarters in London, has died aged 87.The architect’s studio in London confirmed the death in an Instagram post, writing: “It is with deep sadness that, on behalf of his family, the partners and practice of Farrells acknowledge the death of our founder, Sir Terry Farrell.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pictured: Man whose body was found in derelict Lewisham building as suspect charged with murder

The victim’s family have been informed and are being supported by specialist officers

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