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This week on Dezeen, the UK government came under fire as it announced its plans to deregulate and automatically grant planning permission for housing in England. Alongside housing, the new planning system will also see schools, hospitals, shops and offices “automatically secured” planning on land that is designated for growth. The regulations have been described

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This week on Dezeen, a group of 17 of the UK’s leading architecture studios wrote a letter to American software maker Autodesk criticising the cost and lack of development of its Revit application. In the letter, the architecture studios, which included Zaha Hadid Architects, Grimshaw and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, stated that the rising cost of Building

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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating car makers rebranding with flat versions of their logos and sharing their views on other top stories. Nissan, BMW and numerous other car manufacturers have reverted back to flat designs of their logos having rebranded with three-dimensional, chrome-effect logos in the 80s and 90s. Thanks to advances

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Rhode Island School of Design president Rosanne Somerson has announced a series of initiatives to address the racism that has “pervaded systems and structures at RISD for decades”, following pressure from students and staff. Somerson revealed the school’s plan to tackle racism in an open letter sent to the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) community,

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In this week’s comments update, readers are debating whether Foster + Partners should pull out of designing a controversial new private airport in Saudi Arabia and sharing their views on other top stories. In a letter to Foster + Partners, climate activist group Architects Climate Action Network has called on the firm to pull out

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