James Rose Editorial
Building Design
James Rose is news reporter of BD
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King’s Cross leaps over final hurdle
01 June 2007
The £2 billion redevelopment of King’s Cross, masterplanned by Allies & Morrison, is finally set to go ahead after local campaigners lost a last-ditch court battle.
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King's Cross judicial review - verdict
25 May 2007
Argent wins the battle to redevelop London's King's Cross - unless protestors appeal
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Manchester’s Simpson is reaching for the heights
25 May 2007
Ian Simpson has been asked by developer Albany Crown to add an extra 10 storeys to his approved 44-storey design for its Albany tower in Manchester. The extra height would make it the city’s tallest building.
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Planning white paper to fast-track big infrastructure projects and domestic applications
24 May 2007
Proposals to speed up and simplify the creaking UK planning system have won a cautious welcome from architects
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Planning red tape set to be slashed
25 May 2007
Work for small practices likely under new proposals, say experts
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Brown under fire on building policies
18 May 2007
Leadership challenger attacks eco-towns, housing failures and PFI
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Moscow replicas mock Russia’s past, says Save
18 May 2007
Moscow’s architectural heritage is under an “immediate, extensive and overwhelming” threat, a report published this week warns.
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EH brain drain risks reputation
11 May 2007
Number of in-house architects at English Heritage falls by 40% in three years
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More open Arb scraps near-miss exam resits
11 May 2007
Arb has reformed its hated exams for foreign architects amid signs of a new mood of openness at the regulator.
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Georgian Group is now estate agent too
04 May 2007
Heritage organisation hopes selling to the ‘right hands’ will pre-empt questionable planning applications
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‘Stand-off’ drives new embassy design
04 May 2007
HOK chosen for Jakarta as US terrorist fear prompts Grosvenor Square sale
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Crystal Palace towers to be rebuilt
30 April 2007
Brunel's 280ft water towers at south London's Crystal Palace Park will be recreated as sustainable energy towers under plans drawn up by German landscape architect Latz & Partner.The two original towers, which were removed during the second world war, stored water to feed a series of spectacular fountains at a rate of 120,000 gallons a minute in the site's 1850s heyday.Under Latz & Partner's regeneration plan for the London Development Agency, the spirit of the Victorian towers
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Retirement ‘time bomb’ threatens conservation
27 April 2007
The UK’s historic built environment could be damaged because of a retirement “time-bomb” among local authority conservation officers, experts have warned.
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Farrell’s Edinburgh extension scrapped
27 April 2007
Designs by Terry Farrell to extend his International Conference Centre in Edinburgh have been scrapped following the shock withdrawal of the developer.
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Will outsourcing take the heat off Arb?
20 April 2007
The controversial validation process for foreign-trained architects may be resolved, as architecture schools welcome Arb’s invitation to take over the exam.
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Candys’ sweet deal for Rogers
13 April 2007
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners gets off to a flying start with £600m Chelsea Barracks win
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RIBA bids to assess foreign architects
13 April 2007
A much hated exam that foreign architects must take to qualify in the UK is set to be overhauled after the Arb offered other institutions the opportunity to run it.
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Blackpool’s regeneration hopes look up
05 April 2007
Regeneration task force launched as Lords reject casino decision
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Richard Rogers clinches the Pritzker Prize for 2007
23 March 2007
Richard Rogers has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2007, becoming only the fourth British architect to take the award. Judges praised the RRP founder as "a champion of urban life".
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Salisbury takes on Arb over proof of insurance
30 March 2007
Arb critic and former board member Ian Salisbury has revealed legal advice that he hopes will stop the Arb board disciplining architects who fail to provide evidence of their professional insurance.
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More Cabe reviewers to tackle workload
23 March 2007
Review panel soars to 37 members
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Heritage funding gap feared
16 March 2007
The government’s long-awaited white paper on heritage has sparked fears of a looming funding gap in the sector.
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ODA issues media centre notice
9 March 2007
The ODA has called for proposals for the legacy use of the Olympic Park’s media centre, one of the landmark built projects of London 2012.
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Future Systems triumphs in Prague library competition
09 March 2007
This design by Future Systems will become the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building after the British firm triumphed in one of the most hotly contested open architectural competitions ever held.
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Church plans carbon audit of bishops’ residences
09 March 2007
Among the issues facing the Church of England’s 43 bishops the carbon footprint of their residences — from palaces to humble houses — may not seem pressing.
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Future Systems wins huge Czech library competition
2 March 2007
British firm will design the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building.
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Young Brits up for Bloc house job
23 February 2007
A rising star of British architecture is the only UK firm shortlisted to design a house in the modernist hot spot of Meudon, near Paris.
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Blackpool competes for Libeskind’s Eden forest...
16 February 2007
Blackpool plans to bounce back from losing in its bid to host the UK’s only supercasino by installing a Daniel Libeskind-designed indoor rainforest on the same site.
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UK cities bow to Unesco heritage site pressure
09 February 2007
Unesco’s bid to influence development in historic British cities has borne fruit after both Lon-don and Liverpool announced changes to planning guidance to safeguard their world heritage status.
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Arb battle looms as Lloyd quits
09 February 2007
Reform Group offers no candidate
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Liverpool spurns advice and backs development
02 February 2007
Cabe not shown revised plans for Project Jennifer
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2012 green targets met with scorn
26 January 2007
Pringle: ODA’s missed opportunity
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Erskine’s Ark is rebuilt as Byker wins listing
26 January 2007
The legacy of legendary architect Ralph Erskine received a double boost this week as his famous Byker Estate in Newcastle was listed and work began on restructuring the interior of his Ark office in west London.
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Council set to approve Bath housing scheme
19 January 2007
Feilden Clegg Bradley plan for 2,000 homes attacked as ‘out of scale’
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Heritage lobby demands huge funding hike
19 January 2007
Britain’s leading heritage bodies have formed an unprecedented coalition to bid for an extra £37 million-a-year from taxpayers to protect the country’s historic buildings.
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Plea to end loophole on listing
12 January 2007
Buildings damaged while awaiting assessment, says Victorian Society
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Study will probe ‘the possible’ for Lambeth Palace
12 January 2007
Church of England managers have commissioned a new study to explore possible alterations to the “charmingly chaotic” Lambeth Palace, home of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Haringey council axes its architects
05 January 2007
Switch to design-and-build blamed for architect redundancies
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Lloyd’s and listing lobby choose to collaborate
15 December 2006
The Twentieth Century Society has put on hold its controversial plan to apply for the spot-listing of the Lloyd’s of London headquarters after meeting the building’s managers this week.
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Mather Liverpool academy hit by science park row
15 December 2006
A flagship building for Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 is at the centre of a furious row between architect Rick Mather and local developers.
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Save may fight Supreme Court proposal
15 December 2006
Feilden & Mawson’s planned conversion of the grade II* listed Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square could face a legal challenge from Save Britain’s Heritage.
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RMJM sees 15-fold leap in profits
15 December 2006
Firm says designer freedom is key
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Battersea sale raises design fear
08 December 2006
New owner to meet architects
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Young firms lined up for Liverpool housing
01 December 2006
Urban Splash has assembled a crack team of young practices for a trailblazing housing scheme in south central Liverpool.
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1,160 enter Stockholm library competition
01 December 2006
An astonishing 1,160 entries have been submitted for an open competition to design a £60 million extension to Gunnar Asplund’s iconic public library in Stockholm.
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Arb hikes cost of exam for foreigners by 20%
17 November 2006
The Arb has hiked the cost of the exam that foreign architects must take to qualify in the UK by a staggering 20%, to £1,210.
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Ryder Cup resort ‘neglect’
17 November 2006
The host club for golf’s 2010 Ryder Cup has been attacked by a leading heritage group for “neglect” of a listed farmhouse before an application to demolish it.
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Public building targets in danger, warns CPA
10 November 2006
Hundreds of schools and thousands of new homes will not be built on time, the Construction Products Association (CPA) has warned the government.
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Unesco tight-lipped over Tower
10 November 2006
Complaints that officials from Unesco are a bunch of interfering busy-bodies did not stop last week’s tour of the Tower of London, following concern that the building’s World Heritage status is being threatened by new development.
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Second bite at Warsaw museum
03 November 2006
Zaha Hadid and Tony Fretton have been approved to enter the new design competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, four months after they were disqualified from its abortive first running.
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Liverpool clings to status
27 October 2006
Unesco visits spark tougher rules for World Heritage Sites as city ducks demotion over Three Graces row
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Second Arb fine for PII rebel
27 October 2006
An architect and protester against the Arb’s policies on professional insurance has been disciplined for a second time by the organisation’s conduct committee, sparking claims that he is being victimised.
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RIBA proposals offer peace to Arb
20th Ocotber 2006
Institute drops campaign for regulatory reform order as part of package to end hostilities with regulator
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Liverpool’s status in danger
13 October 2006
Unesco to consider whether city retains World Heritage status, following concern over new developments
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Civic Trust has radical plans for Huntingdon
13 October 2006
Radical plans to transform the historic Cambridgeshire town of Huntingdon have been proposed by the Civic Trust.
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Shared surfaces are ‘death traps’ for blind
6 October 2006
Shared surface schemes which remove boundaries between pedestrians and vehicles have been attacked in a report by the charity Guide Dogs for the Blind, which describes them as “death traps”.
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New twist in saga of Stonehenge visitor centre
6 October 2006
English Heritage’s tortuous struggle for a new visitor centre at Stonehenge descended into farce last week when it withdrew its approved planning application for a £65 million scheme by Denton Corker Marshall.
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Reform group anger as Arb uses loophole to raise fees
29 September 2006
A further schism opened in the troubled Arb board last week when the chair and chief executive approved the use of an extraordinary postal vote to pass an increase in Arb’s retention fee.
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SMC moves north of the border
29 September 2006
Architecture & Design Scotland says quality is paramount
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Leeds takes the high-rise lead
29 September 2006
While in London the debate over tall towers rages, Leeds is ploughing ahead.
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Class not colour, says Prasad
22 September 2006
Richard Rogers’ call for ‘positive action’ to encourage more diversity is contested by RIBA president-elect
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Foster to open new office in Istanbul
22 September 2006
Foster & Partners’ bid for global domination in architecture has gathered pace with the opening of a new office in Turkey.
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24-hour boat party people
22 September 2006
James Rose was at Cowes last weekend for construction industry regatta Little Britain, looking forward to genteel boating and industry chit-chat. He found a whirlwind of tough competition and gruelling late nights
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Hyams leaves Aedas in dispute over studio role
15 September 2006
Design director’s desire for unit’s autonomy led to clash
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Liverpool battle for Grace site
15 September 2006
Heritage groups lobby council
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Scots row over arena rethink...
1 September 2006
...as masterplan gets the green light
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Anger as Bristol council scraps framework
1 September 2006
Architects in Bristol have condemned their city council after it took applications for an architects framework but cancelled the scheme a month later.
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Investment boost for Central Spine
1 September 2006
Manchester development re-energised by deal
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Park Hill estate saved from the bulldozers
25 August 2006
Sheffield’s growing reputation as an architectural hotspot was sealed this week with planning permission for Hawkins Brown and Studio Egret West’s revamp of the grade II* listed Park Hill housing estate.
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TfL heritage adviser aims to banish roads ‘mayhem’
25 August 2006
Architects have found an unlikely ally in their ongoing battle with traffic engineers. Transport for London’s newly appointed heritage adviser has pledged to create pedestrian-friendly shared public spaces across the capital.
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Reform group welcomes new Arb chief executive
25 August 2006
The appointment of new Arb registrar and chief executive Alison Carr has been welcomed by both chairman Humphrey Lloyd and Arb Reform Group leader George Oldham.
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New Orleans jeopardised by shortage of planners
04 August 2006
A shortage of planning officers is jeopardising the reconstruction of New Orleans nearly a year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and killed more than 1,300 people last August.
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Manchester proposal axed
28 July 2006
A competition to design a new building in a prominent location in St Peter’s Square, Manchester, has been scrapped following the selection of GMW Architects and Sheppard Robson as joint winners.
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Playing the games
BD Plus July 2006
The London Olympics promise a wealth of new projects, but architects waiting for information deserve a medal for patience
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Arb chair hits out at rebel five
21 July 2006
Reform group walk out of meeting
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Mayor ready for rows with boroughs over new powers
21 July 2006
Ken Livingstone has braced himself for “spectacular rows” with the London boroughs, and pledged to use his new planning powers to force them to accept development whether they like it or not.
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Mixed use for former Rover site
21 July 2006
Practice consults with community
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Architects back RIBA in anti-nuclear stance
14 July 2006
Leading architects have joined the RIBA in condemning the government’s lurch towards a new generation of nuclear power stations, set out in this week’s energy review.
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Renault Centre seeks one careful owner
14 July 2006
A careful owner, preferably an architecture or design practice, is being sought to occupy Norman Foster’s iconic Renault Centre in Swindon after its future was secured through a new restoration scheme.
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Supermarkets choose timber
14 July 2006
Supermarket giants Tesco and Asda are planning to replace their standard steel frames with timber in selected new stores to reduce their ecological footprint.
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Olympics’ pledge to new blood
7 July 2006
Young designers given a boost
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Aedas beats RRP in bid for Welsh Assembly offices
7 July 2006
Richard Rogers’ bid to design a second building for the Welsh Assembly has been foiled by Aedas Architects.
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RHWL scoops Pall Mall
30 June 2006
RHWL has beaten Allies & Morrison to the development of a key regeneration site in central Liverpool.
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Policy for N Ireland welcomed
23 June 2006
Support to raise design standards
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LDA U-turn could save Crystal Palace centre
16 June 2006
The country's first purpose-built sports centre could be saved from demolition following a surprise U-turn from the London Development Agency.
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Lloyd flak over Arb vice chair
16 June 2006
Arb chairman Humphrey Lloyd has come under fire from architect board members over his role in the controversial election of vice-chair Sarah Lupton.
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Pressure on BBC over move north
9 June 2006
The BBC is coming under increasing pressure to confirm its intention to move thousands of jobs north. Schemes by Ian Simpson and the Fairhurst Design Group in Manchester and Salford respectively have been shortlisted as the broadcaster's new headquarters, but fears are growing that it may stay in London to save money.
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Commonwealth threat spurs heritage groups
9 June 2006
Heritage groups have sprung into action to oppose the leaked government proposal to delist the Commonwealth Institute via a parliamentary bill (News June 2).
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English Heritage sidelined from DCMS listings review
2 June 2006
Commonwealth Institute demolition plan sparks row over future of heritage protection
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Surprise winner in country house stakes
2 June 2006
A new contender has emerged for the title of the first country house to be approved under PPS7 legislation, which allows schemes of exceptional quality to be built in protected rural areas.
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Cloud descends on City
26 May 2006
GLA gives reassurances that Foster/Nouvel scheme will not be blocked by protected views
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Capita gobbles another to make it UK's second
26 May 2006
Capita Percy Thomas's spending spree has come to an end following this week's acquisition of Ruddle Wilkinson for undisclosed millions.
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Studio Egret West brings design flair to Edaw masterplan
26 May 2006
Masterplanning giant Edaw has beaten MacCormac Jamieson Prichard and Maxwan to the lead role in masterplanning a £500 million redevelopment of the Holt Town Waterfront on Manchester's city fringe.
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Olympic copyright claim
19 May 2006
Lone architect Stephen Lawrence says designs for Olympic Park were based on his uncredited ideas
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Arb reformers fall at first hurdle
19 May 2006
The Arb Reform Group suffered two defeats in its first board meeting last Thursday, indicating the struggle it faces influencing the 15-strong board with eight appointed members from outside the profession.
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EH: Pray and pay for these buildings
12 May 2006
England's houses of worship are crumbling under £118 million shortfall in repair and maintenance funding
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Architects for Aid in Pakistan relief
25 November 2005
Shelter solution comes out of charity’s first mission
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Business advice could boost fees
25 November 2005
Architects are missing out on a golden business opportunity to get involved in new buildings much earlier, according to a report from one of the construction industry’s leading reformers.
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SMC snaps up DTR:UK for £4.5m
4 November 2005
SMC Group, one of the few UK practices listed on the stock market, has bought Manchester-based DTR:UK for a potential £4.5 million.
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Raising the roof
4 November 2005
A ceiling that changes to suit the performance answers the need for acoustic flexibility.











