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From: Architexturez <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 14:56:38 +0530
Architecture Week suspended
Source: Online
Publication date: 10 July 2007 11:39 AM
Author: Gina Lovett
The architecture community has been left ‘baffled’ by the Arts Council’s
decision to suspend Architecture Week, according to a senior
architectural commentator.
New London Architecture exhibition director Peter Murray says the move
is ‘bizarre’ given the success of this year’s event.
‘If you look at the way architecture is moving up the political agenda –
planning legislation now requires the public to get involved – it is
clear that it’s an area moving more and more into public consciousness,’
says Murray.
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A spokeswoman for the Arts Council attempts to explain the reasoning
behind the move. ‘The scene of architecture has changed so much over the
last decade,’ she explains. ‘The UK is undergoing the largest public
building programme ever, with major urban regeneration programmes going
on. The Arts Council has supported Architecture Week for over 11 years,
it was time to review the value of its investment. It takes such a long
time and large amount of money to bring to fruition,’ she says.
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http://www.designweek.co.uk/Articles/135354/Architecture+Week+suspended+.html