All Building Design articles in 17 July 2009
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Brown's £1.5bn social housing programme to siphon funds from existing projects
A £1.5 billion social housing programme announced by the government is being funded by money earmarked for hundreds of other public building projects.
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NewsLondon museum projects at risk due to DCMS budget shortfall
A budget shortfall of £100 million at the Department of Culture Media & Sport could threaten publicly funded projects including Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension.
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Welcoming City theme for 2010 London Festival of Architecture
Next year’s London Festival of Architecture is to take place around the theme of “The Welcoming City”.
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AIA billing index dashes recovery hopes for US construction and architecture industry
The American Institute of Architects’ monthly billings index has dropped sharply, dashing hopes of a recovery for the sector in the US.
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NewsDevelopment is putting Russia's architectural heritage at risk, says Moscow preservation society
The Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS) has warned that the city’s identity and architectural heritage is at risk from the furious pace of development in the Russian capital.
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NewsAdjaye brought to brink of insolvency
Shelved projects around the world the cause of Adjaye's financial woes
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CompetitionsTo Let: Office Space in Swiss Cottage
Range of offices to let from £80 per week. Excellent, peaceful and clean location and only 5 minutes walk from Swiss Cottage and Finchley Road.
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CompetitionsOffice Let: 560 sq ft Office: W1 Fitzrovia
562 sq ft Ground floor open-plan office to let.
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Middle-aged good, middle-class bad
Builders and other tradespeople should be encouraged to retrain as architects in mid-career, in an attempt to make architecture less exclusive, RIBA president Sunand Prasad said this week.
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NewsGlenn Howells delivers for McCloud
Kevin McCloud’s development company Hab Oakus and housing group Green Square have submitted their long-awaited first scheme for planning.
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Crisis talks over future of Glasgow's Lighthouse
A crucial board meeting to decide the future of the cash-strapped Lighthouse in Glasgow will be held at the start of next month.
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News2009 Stirling Prize shortlist unveiled
The Stirling Prize shortlist includes some unexpected choices, and at least two extremely strong ones, says Ellis Woodman
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Regenerate London suburbs’ town centres, says report for mayor
A report for the mayor of London says the capital’s suburbs should be regenerated through investment in existing town centres and the transport links between them.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton’s Martime Museum extension has go-ahead
Purcell Miller Tritton has secured planning permission and listed building consent for a new £35 million wing at London’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
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New deal to save Elephant & Castle redevelopment
The £1.5 billion redevelopment of London’s Elephant & Castle has been thrown a lifeline.
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NewsUNStudio unveils Raffles City development
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled images of its design for the Raffles City development in Hangzhou, China.
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Landscape Institute management survive no confidence vote
A vote of no confidence in senior managers at the Landscape Institute has been lost by a margin of more to two to one.
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Purcell Miller Tritton in the running for Bath Abbey redevelopment
Purcell Miller Tritton is one of six firms in the running for a major redevelopment of the grade I listed Bath Abbey.
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MultimediaBD Podcast: Falling tender costs and remembering Cadbury-Brown
Architect and developer Roger Zogolovitch joins the discussion on what renegotiation of tender bids means for architects and his memories of HT Cadbury-Brown.
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Aukett shares tumble as Moscow scheme stalls
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has said it expects its full-year results to be “significantly worse” than previously expected.