All articles by Dave Rogers – Page 46
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More delays on LSC college rebuilding programme
Architects hoping for work on the troubled Learning & Skills Council college rebuilding programme now face weeks more of delays to find out if stalled jobs they are working on have been saved from the axe.
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NewsGlasgow School of Art wins Stirling of Stirlings vote
Rennie Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art has been named the RIBA Journal's Stirling of Stirlings in a vote to find the best building of the RIBA’s 175 year existence.
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NewsScottish firms favoured in Mackintosh shortlist
Hadid and Rogers both overlooked in seven-strong race for art school
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NewsRyder's £23m Newcastle library set for opening
A £24 million library designed by Ryder Architecture is due to open to the public in less than two weeks time.
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NewsRIBA 2009 awards winners unveiled
Allies & Morrison and Niall McLaughlin Architects are the big winners in this year’s RIBA Awards, collecting four prizes each for architectural excellence.
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen’s Barking revamp wins planning
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s plans to revamp part of Barking in east London have been given the all-clear.
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NewsNo let-up as HOK slashes UK staff
Architects are continuing to haemorrhage staff, with the fourth biggest firm in the world the latest to cut UK jobs, despite growing evidence of green shoots of recovery in other areas of construction
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Government to set minimum design standards for all public buildings
The government is setting minimum design standards for every public building in the country.
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Alsop and Wilkinson lead calls for Prince Charles speech boycott
A group of leading architects are calling on their peers to boycott tomorrow night’s lecture at the RIBA by Prince Charles.
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NewsODA’s green credentials marred by use of plastic
The sustainability group monitoring the 2012 Olympic Games building process has given the Olympic Delivery Authority’s green credentials the thumbs-up — but warned it must sharpen up its act on using plastics.
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News£13 million HCA bailout for Clapham Park scheme
The Homes & Communities Agency has announced it is bailing out two more cash-strapped schemes in a boost to architects including Levitt Bernstein and BDP.
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NewsAukett chief takes pay cut as practice plans lay-offs
The chief executive of Aukett Fitzroy Robinson is taking a pay cut of more than £30,000 as the firm prepares to make at least 20 redundancies.Nicholas Thompson said his 20% drop in wages from this month was part of a wider attempt to save money which will see pay cuts ...
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NewsSnohetta wins Mies van der Rohe Award
This year’s Mies van der Rohe Award has been won by Norwegian firm Snohetta for its design for the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet in Oslo.
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NewsNorman Foster's recession-defying super yacht launched
A credit crunch-defying ‘super yacht’ designed by Norman Foster has been launched at the Italian port of La Spezia.
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Aukett Fitzroy Robinson set to lay off staff after predicting a loss
One of the two dedicated architectural practices listed on the London Stock Exchange has said it will be making redundancies because of bigger than expected losses when it publishes its interim results in June.
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Budget gives £600m boost to slump-hit housing sector
Homes & Communities Agency to bail out struggling schemes after chancellor’s windfall
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NewsFirm marks colleague’s death with ‘ghost bike’
The colleagues of an architectural assistant killed by a lorry at a notorious central London junction paid an emotional tribute to her this week by placing a “ghost bike” at the scene of her death
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NewsRIBA president disappointed by Budget
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has complained that this week’s Budget represents a disappointment for construction compared with the multi-billion rescue given to the banking sector.
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Bristol Council picks consortium to refurbish six schools
Walters & Cohen and Batterham Matthews are among the architects who will redevelop six Bristol schools as part of a £100 million Building Schools for the Future deal.