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'Iconic' Renault building at risk
Norman Fosters distinctive Renault Centre - now called Spectrum,
above, and empty since 2001 - is under a fresh threat, according to the Steven Pinder
(Brookside's MaxJF^mha
September edition of The Architects' Journal as ^apain Hook i.
Architects are working on outline J
Representatives from Burford supermarket or an Ikea there.
Properties. the new owners of the Burford have refused to rule out
1982 building, have met Swindon the possibility of demolishing parts I
Council planners to discuss a re- of the building, which is not listed,
development of one of Foster's to increase the scope of the site. L
earliest and most-lauded works.
Apparently, beyond stipulations proposals for the council.
by the council to 'incorporate ele- The Twentieth Century Society ^:+, ^ the naK11y 1M Barne by f ^ S j,k nt
m Great Ormond S f — 1W, /w SW_
ments of the existing building' into and Swindon Civic Trust are call- GNdrm and Samuel Eren<h ltd. In auocistia^ ^y F
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a new development, it seems that ing for the building to be listed by
anything is fair game. Neverthe- the Department for Culture. Media
less it is regarded as a landmark and Sport to ensure proposals for
and planners do not want a budget change meet a high standard.

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