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Architects called on to enter Grand Design Awards 2010

9 February, 2010

The deadline is looming for this year’s Grand Design Awards which will be hosted by TV presenter Kevin McCloud.

Demolition starts for tallest tower

9 February, 2010

Demolition work has begun to make way for the Architects Design Group’s £89 million Oceanique development in Plymouth, which will be the tallest building in the South-west.

Jobs agency collapses despite fragile recovery

5 February, 2010

Adrem enters administration as RIBA figures claim 15% unemployment

Plane Stupid co-founder attacked Grimshaw HQ

5 February, 2010

The co-founder of campaign group Plane Stupid was one of the three men who attacked the offices of Heathrow Airport third runway masterplanner Grimshaw last month, it has emerged

Mayor confident about Viñoly Battersea plan

5 February, 2010

London mayor Boris Johnson has announced that Rafael Viñoly’s £5.5 billion scheme to redevelop Battersea Power Station does not yet comply with the London Plan, but praised its architecture

Boyes Rees new Welsh laboratory opens

9 February, 2010

A £6 million laboratory building designed by Boyes Rees Architects has opened at Glamorgan University.

Lend Lease boss to chair UK Green Building Council

8 February, 2010

The chief executive of developer Lend Lease’s European arm Lend Lease has been appointed chairman of the UK Green Building Council.

Balls under fire for zero carbon U-turn

5 February, 2010

The Tories and Lib Dems have attacked schools secretary Ed Balls for abandoning his pledge to make all new schools in England zero-carbon from 2016

Government pledges £3m to complete Cutty Sark restoration

5 February, 2010

The restoration of historic clipper the Cutty Sark has been secured after the Department of Culture Media & Sport announced this week it would commit £3 million to the project.

Muf to curate UK pavilion at Venice

5 February, 2010

London-based practice Muf has been named curator of the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale with a playful concept that turns the spotlight on the 1887 UK pavilion building itself

HOK opens spine centre

5 February, 2010
FOA's Birmingham New Street station wins approval

4 February, 2010
‘Green building boosts jobs’

4 February, 2010
Architects named for Essex BSF

4 February, 2010
Harwell medical complex finished

3 February, 2010
Anger over refusal to list Preston bus station

2 February, 2010
Hawkins Brown's Stoke Newington town hall opens

2 February, 2010
Historic cinemas at risk claim campaigners

1 February, 2010
Approval for Huddersfield scheme too late for firm

29 January, 2010
Straight As for Brighton

29 January, 2010

Call for best buildings of the past 50 years

5 February, 2010
Hackney to demolish Foundry to make way for Squire & Partners' Art'otel

4 February, 2010
Students urged to design for death

4 February, 2010
Call for upgrade to Rhodes listing

4 February, 2010
Cook to be new Atkins chairman

3 February, 2010
Foster Wilson’s Cheltenham Parabola starts its rise

2 February, 2010
Savoy Hotel refurbishment nears completion

1 February, 2010
V&A invites 10 firms to draw up new extension

29 January, 2010
Take off for mixed-use RAF Uxbridge plans

29 January, 2010

Greenwich peninsula puts on its dancing shoes

5 February, 2010

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has submitted for planning its 58,500sq m hotel, serviced apartments and events complex for a site adjacent to London’s O2 Arena

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RIBA calls for radical solutions for British coastal cities

15 January, 2010

British cities near the coast are at risk of extreme flooding with urgent action needed now to protect them, the RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers have claimed.