All articles by Ellen Bennett – Page 3
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South-east ‘solution’ to Westminster overcrowding
An independent commission chaired by Richard Best and including Terry Farrell has recommended moving social housing tenants from Westminster to the four South-east growth areas to ease the borough’s housing crisis.
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NewsAdjaye not our idea, says jury
Central awards committee added Idea Store to RIBA Award list and overrode other nominations
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NewsTimber row turns incendiary
In the wake of the massive Colindale fire, the timber-frame industry again finds itself fighting for survival — and traditional manufacturers have not been slow to fan the flames.
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Competition re-run is next chapter of library saga
There is set to be yet another design competition for a library for Birmingham, according to newly appointed project manager Capita Symonds.
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Gateway boss out the door
The civil servant in charge of the Thames Gateway has left the Department for Communities & Local Government by “mutual consent” as the government attempts to breathe life into the flagging project.
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NewsRival building methods face time and cost test
Modern and traditional methods of construction are set to go head to head for the first time in a government-funded project to find out which are really the cheapest and quickest.
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Rogers scoops Stirling double
Richard Rogers has bagged two nominations on the shortlist for the Stirling Prize 2006, giving him a strong chance of winning the one honour that has so far eluded him.
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Olympic sustainability targets are too vague
Experts say delivery authority must sign up to specific targets now
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Poles put pressure on Arb over registration
Pressure is mounting on the Arb to relax the rules allowing foreign architects to register in the UK.The Arb Reform Group is gathering evidence of cases which, it claims, expose inconsistencies in the standards expected of foreign architects attempting to have their qualifications recognised in the this country by taking ...
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Fire-gutted building to be rebuilt with concrete
Broadway Malyan’s timber frame building that was gutted by fire last month will be rebuilt using concrete, the developer has said.
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Poor Edinburgh part I results buck UK upturn
Only two-thirds of third-year undergraduate students at the Edinburgh College of Art have gained their part I.
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OpinionPlace your bets...
...for your guess as to which UK location will host the first supercasino — and who will design it. Ellen Bennett chronicles the high-stakes story
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19% back BNP man
Profession welcomes Sunand Prasad as next RIBA president after controversial election
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Prescott’s scrapped summit costs £310,000
The Sustainable Communities summit that communities secretary Ruth Kelly scrapped on coming into office had already cost her department £310,000.
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Fire hits timber-frame industry
Questions raised over eco-friendly material as Broadway Malyan apartment block burns for five hours
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NewsRogers proteges miss out on Lloyd's redesign
Unknown practice replaces Flacq in cost-cutting move at insurance firm
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Manser cries foul over hotel
A leading architecture practice has accused a hotel developer of using its designs without copyright in a case that highlights the confusion and waste surrounding major building projects.
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Building StudyThe cost of living
John Prescott’s Design for Manufacture competition sparked a serious debate about the economics of housing provision
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Barker may call for end to householder consent
Planning experts have called on economist Kate Barker to recommend that householder consents, which account for 55% of planning applications, are taken out of the planning system.