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NewsStop proceedings against Djamali, urges former RIBA president Owen Luder
A former RIBA president and one of the most respected figures in the profession has made an urgent call for the institute to halt a proposed vote of no confidence in the chair of RIBA London this evening.
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NewsCameron and Brown both back memorial
Architect Liam O’Connor has achieved the almost impossible and managed to unite Gordon Brown and David Cameron less than a week before the general election.
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NewsArchial mental health unit starts on site
Work has begun on a £27 million mental health facility in Dumfries by Archial Architects.
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NewsRIBA/ICE bursary award winners named
Two architecture graduates and a civil engineer have won this year’s RIBA/ICE Bursary Awards for projects based in Kenya and an English seaside resort.
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NewsHomage to estate icon
Assael Architecture has secured planning consent from Wandsworth Council for a residential scheme in south-west London for developer Hausman Hughes.
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NewsWork gets underway on Williams’ Chichester Museum
Building work has begun on Keith Williams Architects’ £6.9 million Chichester Museum.
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NewsRIBA London in crisis as chairwoman faces no-confidence vote
RIBA London is in the grip of a full blown crisis which has left it apparently “unable to govern itself” according to the minutes of a recent council meeting of the regional branch.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton wins Dickens museum job
Purcell Miller Tritton has won the contract to carry out a £2.7 million refurbishment and expansion of the Charles Dickens Museum in central London.
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NewsCountryside appoints new boss
Countryside Properties has appointed Andrew Carr-Locke as executive chairman, following the death of the firm’s founder Alan Cherry.
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Skyline competition to promote London Festival of Architecture
A competition to design a 21st century view of the London skyline has been launched in the run up to the London Festival of Architecture 2010.
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NewsBennetts’ Amsterdam hotel is topped out
Bennetts Associates’ first project outside the UK, the City Inn Amsterdam, has been topped out.
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Conference to discuss new housing standards
Architects will have the chance to discuss the impact of new minimum standards for housing with some of the key people responsible for delivering homes in London at a half-day conference on May 17.
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National Gallery announces architecture festival events
The National Gallery has announced a series of events to coincide with the London Festival of Architecture, including an architectural guided tour and a talk on the controversial Sainsbury Wing.
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NewsCouncil backs Aedas crematorium for West Yorkshire
Plans by Aedas for a new £2.6 million crematorium in West Yorkshire have been given approval by the local authority.
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Arup to slash 100 jobs
Arup is looking to make close to 100 job cuts in the UK by the end of the month.
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NewsFoster is the only architect in Sunday Times Rich List
Norman Foster has slipped down the Sunday Times Rich List for the second year running.
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NewsBFI launches competition for new film centre
The British Film Institute has launched an international competition for an architect to design its new headquarters and film centre on the South Bank.
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NewsTallest tower outside London wins Birmingham Council go-ahead
Britain’s tallest tower outside of London has been given planning permission.
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NewsTories would cut Cabe’s size, hints shadow minister
A Conservative government would slash the size of Cabe, shadow architecture minister Ed Vaizey has hinted.
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NewsRIBA says press is to blame for low pay row
The RIBA has been criticised for attempting to pin blame on the press for the huge row raging over low wages in the profession