All Building Design articles in 30 July 2010 – Page 2
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EH report boosts listing bid for War Graves HQ
The campaign to have Fitzroy Robinson & Partners’ Commonwealth War Graves Commission headquarters listed has received a boost following a positive report by English Heritage, claim campaigners.
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Architects seek guidance on timing of Part L regs
Architects are calling on the government for clarification on when the new version of Part L of the building regulations will be introduced.
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Kevin McCloud and DSDHA to redevelop hospital site
The Homes & Communities Agency has named Kevin McCloud’s joint venture Hab Oakus as the delivery partner to redevelop the former hospital site at Cashes Green in Stroud, with DSDHA as lead architect.
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Reprieve for 33 BSF 'sample' schools
Education secretary Michael Gove has revealed that all 33 of the Building Schools for the Future “sample” schools left in limbo by the bungled scrapping of BSF will go ahead with full funding.
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Cabe still unconvinced by Barking redevelopment proposals
Cabe has given a lukewarm reception to revised proposals by Jestico & Whiles and Glenn Howells Architects for the redevelopment of a former wharf and industrial site in Barking, east London.
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Aecom buys Davis Langdon for £204m
Aecom has announced a takeover deal of UK consultant Davis Langdon for $324 million (£203.6 million).
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Soane Museum holds blind auction to raise funds for expansion
Sir John Soane’s Museum in London is to give away original art works by artists and architects in a blind sale to raise money for its expansion and refurbishment project.
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Birmingham planners slam Davis Weatherill's Morrisons design
Birmingham city planners have strongly criticised plans for a new Morrisons supermarket drawn up by Davis Weatherill Partnership.
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MSA wins go ahead for parrot house
London-based practice Matthew Springett Associates has won planning permission for the first stage of its project to build the largest aviary in the world at the National Parrot Sanctuary in Lincolnshire.
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David Lock wins planning for Derbyshire brownfield scheme
David Lock Associates’ masterplan for a major brownfield regeneration scheme near Burton-upon-Trent has been approved by planners at South Derbyshire District Council.
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Formroom designs £9 million project for Everton
Manchester-based Formroom Architects has designed a new retail and administration development for Everton Football Club, set to be built adjacent to the club’s Goodison Park stadium.
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Covent Garden Apple store set to open in refurbished grade II-listed building
Work has completed on Apple’s 300th shop designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects and Gensler on a site in London’s Covent Garden.
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V&A seeks architect for Cast Courts
The V&A is seeking an architect to act as the lead consultant on a major renovation of the London museum’s Cast Courts.
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RIBA joins alliance against coalition planning policies
The RIBA has joined a group of 29 national bodies in an unusual alliance against the coalition government’s proposed planning policies.
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Government funding row erupts in Birmingham
A row has erupted over the government’s decision to slash funding for a £5 million youth centre by Associated Architects after Birmingham Council spent some £500,000 getting it to the planning stage.
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Edinburgh Council drops Allan Murray's Caltongate scheme
Edinburgh Council has abandoned its efforts to revive the controversial £300 million Caltongate scheme by Allan Murray.
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UK's largest planning application approved for Liverpool's Wirral Waters
Wirral Planning Committee has granted permission for the UK’s largest planning application – the £4.5 billion Wirral Waters scheme in Liverpool.
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London housing schemes rescued by £50m funding
Sixteen stalled housing schemes, by firms including Rick Mather Architects, CZWG and Maccreanor Lavington, have been saved after the London Homes & Communities Agency (LHCA) came up with an extra £50 million funding.
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Nightingale Associates given green light for school near Newbury
Nightingale Associates has won planning permission from West Berkshire Council for a £2 million school for teenagers with learning difficulties.
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BDP’s winning designs for Nanjing Medical University in China
BDP has won an international design competition to create a new faculty of medicine and administrative building at Nanjing Medical University in China.