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NewsEco-pods for stalled construction sites?
US practice Howeler & Yoon has proposed plans to fill a stalled construction block with a series of eco-pods capable of being moved by robotic arms in its home town of Boston.
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NewsBuckminster girl gives thumbs up
The only surviving child of Buckminster Fuller, the architect who invented the geodesic dome, has visited Nicholas Grimshaw’s Eden Project for the first time and declared it “beyond my wildest dreams”.
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Builders fined £130m for bid rigging
The Office of Fair Trading has fined more than 100 builders a total of nearly £130 million after finding them guilty of anti-competitive practice such as bid-rigging and cover pricing.
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NewsMajor boost for RMJM's Gazprom tower
RMJM’s proposals for Europe’s tallest skyscraper have received a major boost after authorities in St Petersburg agreed to waive planning rules banning buildings taller than 100 metres in the city.
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NewsMargaret Hodge is architecture minister again
Margaret Hodge has been reappointed as architecture minister, in a shock move by 10 Downing Street.
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NewsDesign Engine's Oxford Brookes scheme refused planning
Design Engine’s £132 million redevelopment of Oxford Brookes University has been refused planning permission.
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NewsWaghorn Gwynne's carbon neutral farmhouse gets planning
Dumfries & Galloway council has given Waghorn Gwynne Architects the green light for a sustainable farmhouse building.
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NewsJournalist and archivist Monica Pidgeon dies at 96
Monica Pidgeon, the grande dame of British architecture, has died aged 96.
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NewsCruickshank plans to reconstruct Euston Arch
Detailed plans for the £10 million reconstruction of the Euston Arch in London have been unveiled by TV presenter Dan Cruickshank.
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NewsArchitects on the dole pass the 2,000 mark
The number of architects on the dole has passed the 2,000 mark, a doubling of the figure signing on just seven months ago.
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Singing plan to save threatened churches unveiled
Choirs will perform in 40 of the most significant disused churches in England over the first weekend of October as part of a campaign to save the buildings for future generations.
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NewsM&S 1930s Oxford Street store is grade II listed
Marks & Spencer’s flagship Pantheon store on Oxford Street was granted grade II listed status today.
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NewsBiggest practices hit by collapsing profits
HOK, Hamiltons and Broadway Malyan all face bleak news with little respite forecast
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NewsRichard Rogers quits role as advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson
Richard Rogers is resigning from his role as an advisor to London mayor Boris Johnson, he announced today.
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NewsOMA's Commonwealth Institute scheme wins planning
OMA’s long-awaited plans for the former Commonwealth Institute have been given the go-ahead by Kensington and Chelsea council.
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NewsFirms vie for £355m Coventry schools deal
Contract for nine schools and 11 refurbs is biggest BSF project ever
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NewsBlackheath modern
Shoreditch-based AAVA Architects has submitted plans for a £550,000 contemporary house in Blackheath, south-east London
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NewsPlatform 5’s Garden City brings open space to high street homes
Platform 5 Architects has submitted a planning application for a £2 million mixed-use scheme in Wanstead, north-east London
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HCA plays down design criteria for Kickstart
The Homes & Community Agency has downplayed Cabe’s role in vetting hundreds of major housing projects hoping to be bailed out under its £1 billion Kickstart initiative
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NewsNew foyer adds brass section to Bristol’s Colston Hall
Levitt Bernstein Associates’ £21 million copper-clad foyer building for Bristol’s Colston Hall opens today