All Building Design articles in 03 April 2009
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Tories outline new housing policies
The Conservative Party has launched a policy green paper outlining its approach to social housing, the private rented sector and energy-efficient homes.
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Architect erased from Arb register over Legionnaires' disease case
Architect Gillian Beckingham was removed from the Arb register on Tuesday, almost three years after she was convicted of a breach of health and safety regulations in a case which involved the deaths of at least five people from Legionnaires’ disease.
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Sunand urges Prince Charles not to interfere over Chelsea Barracks
RIBA president Sunand Prasad today made a direct appeal to Prince Charles, calling on him to not interfere with Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Chelsea Barracks scheme.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Ferrier Estate masterplan wins planning
The Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' masterplan for the £1 billion redevelopment of London’s worst sink estate has been approved.
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NewsNew images of Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern extension
Two new images of Herzog & de Meuron's extension of the Tate Modern have been released following last week's granting of planning permission.
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NewsToyo Ito's Barcelona towers take shape
These construction images show Toyo Ito’s extension to an events and trade fair complex in Barcelona, Spain, taking shape.
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NewsPrince Charles urges Chelsea Barracks owner to scrap Rogers Stirk Harbour design
Prince Charles is attempting to derail Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ plans for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks.
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NewsWork starts on Foster's Shanghai Expo pavilion
Work has begun on Foster & Partners' design for the United Arab Emirates pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
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NewsPrasad and NHF lobby government for £3bn housing retrofit pilot
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has joined forces with the National Housing Federation to call for a £3 billion pilot to retrofit social housing stock across the UK.
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NewsRIBA told conservation architecture accreditation scheme 'unwise'
Heritage bodies have warned RIBA it will cause confusion by setting up its own accreditation system for conservation architects in direct competition with the existing Architects Accredited in Building Conservation Register (AABC).
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Liam O'Connor Architects to design Bomber Command memorial
Liam O’Connor Architects has won the competition to design a national memorial for the Second World War’s Bomber Command.
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NewsCaltongate architects fear new investors will cut design quality
Architects behind the frozen £300 million Caltongate scheme in Edinburgh have raised fears that new investors could seek to cut corners on design quality.
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ReviewBD’s guide to your cultural week: April 6 to April 12
This week, works by Caruso St John go on show in Zurich, a star-studded Barbican debate asks if good design can change the world, and an exhibition of photos of interiors from high-rise Ethelburga Tower, Battersea, opens in London.
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NewsAHMM reveals design for academy on Olympic Village site
The Olympic Delivery Authority has released images of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s Chobham Academy in the Olympic Village.
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NewsNew Arb guidance as bankruptcies double
The Architects’ Registration Board has issued new guidance for architects worried about individual and company insolvency after a near doubling in personal bankruptcies.
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CompetitionsHoliday Let: Lamu UNESCO Heritage Site, Kenya
Leave recession behind you and chill out in a hammock in our 300yr old swahili Arab traders' Mansion overlooking the waterfront on the Island of Lamu off the Kenyan Coast.
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NewsMichelle Obama meets Rogers Stirk Harbour
America’s first lady Michelle Obama has met Richard Rogers and Ivan Harbour on a tour of Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre in Hammersmith, west London.
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NewsHigh times ahead as Romford infants get rooftop play space
Anne Thorne Architects has opened the doors of its £1.8 million building for Furze Infants’ School in Romford, Essex
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NewsStem cell scheme to regenerate Nottingham
Studio Egret West has designed this £100 million MediPark, a "life sciences community" in Nottingham. The scheme, for council vehicle Nottingham Regeneration, is intended to house more than 200 medical firms
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NewsBrace of Oxbridge modernists listed
Modernist university buildings in Cambridge and Oxford by James Stirling and Powell & Moya have been listed, to the delight of heritage groups