All Building Design articles in 12 June 2009
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RIBA warns architects against cutting fees
The RIBA has renewed its campaign to stop architects working for reduced fees — or even for free — as the recession continues.
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson's profits nosedive
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson is still to experience “firm evidence” of green shoots in the economy, its interim results show.
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NewsChelsea Barracks developer draws up new shortlist
Call for boycott of new competition after Rogers sacking is branded ‘undemocratic’
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NewsPrasad made Royal Town Planning Institute honorary member
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has been made an honorary member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
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NewsRay Hole's Snowdon visitor centre opens
The new visitor centre at the summit of Snowdon – the highest mountain in England and Wales – has officially opened.
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NewsBlears defended in Doon Street hearing
Former communities secretary Hazel Blears did not behave “irrationally” when she gave planning permission for the controversial Doon Street tower, the High Court heard this week.
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NewsSt Pancras architect honoured with CBE
Alastair Lansley, lead architect on the St Pancras redevelopment, has gained a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to transport-related buildings.
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NewsSchool-build plans spark scepticism
Fears have been raised that up-and-coming practices could lose out on designing primary schools after it was announced the quango delivering BSF will take control of the school building programme.
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NewsHugill to chair HCA finance group
Former chairman of Lend Lease Nigel Hugill is to chair the new Housing Finance Group advising the Homes & Community Agency on private investment.
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RMJM will deliver Delhi Commonwealth Games venues
RMJM has been announced as the planning consultant on the delivery of key venues for next year’s Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
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NewsHopkins Greenwich plan in conservation row
The Victorian Society has called on Hopkins Architects to go back to the drawing board with its plans to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market.
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Positive signs in RIBA trend survey but students hit hard
The RIBA’s latest Future Trends survey shows tentative green shoots for the industry after months of gloom.
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Oldham and Gibb vye for Arb vice-chair
Two architects — the Arb Reform Group’s George Oldham and new Arb board member Gordon Gibb — have been nominated for the position of vice-chair of the organisation’s board.
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NewsGo-ahead for massive Thames Gateway housing project
The first phase of Barking Riverside – the largest single housing development in the Thames Gateway – has won planning permission.
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NewsStride Treglown Goldsmiths college building starts on site
Work on a Stride Treglown-designed building for London’s Goldsmiths College has begun on site.
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NewsCouncil approves EPR’s extension to Royal Automobile Club
EPR Architects’ scheme to extend central London’s Royal Automobile Club has been approved after a row over affordable housing threatened to scupper the plan.
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NewsMake's Vauxhall Octave tower in for planning
Make has submitted a mixed-use tower development in Vauxhall, south London, for planning.
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NewsDe-merger sparks London MD’s move
The managing director of Land Securities' London arm is leaving at the end of the month after seven years with the firm.
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NewsRogers demands inquiry into Charles's interventions in Chelsea Barracks
Richard Rogers has called for an official inquiry into the constitutional validity of Prince Charles’s interventions into the Chelsea Barracks project.
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NewsTonkin Liu sculpture will reflect the wind
A 15m-high wind-powered flower sculpture designed for the Mersey waterfront in Widnes by Tonkin Liu has been granted planning permission.