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NewsRefurb may be factor in tower fire tragedy
Building experts question why fatal blaze was able to spread so quickly
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NewsBid to list Goldfinger Kensington estate
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a bid to list Erno Goldfinger’s Cheltenham Estate, part of the original complex around the grade II* listed Trellick Tower in north Kensington
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NewsCash plea by special needs college hit in LSC debacle
An appeal has been made to further education minister Kevin Brennan to support a college for people with learning difficulties in what could be a test case for institutions hit by the Learning & Skills Council fiasco
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NewsCivic Trust awards need £50,000 to keep going
The popular Civic Trust awards look set to continue but will need a further £50,000 to be held next year
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NewsSimpson moat for Kensington Palace
Classicist practice John Simpson & Partners has submitted a planning application for the most major renovation of Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens for a century
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Board of trustees proposed for RIBA
The RIBA could be radically restructured if members approve a proposed by-law ahead of a special general meeting next week
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Foster win prompts US row on overseas firms
Foster & Partners’ victory in a competition to renovate a major San Francisco federal building has sparked protests over the awarding of public projects to overseas firms
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NewsChrist & Gantenbein Swiss Church refurbishment goes the white way
Construction work has begun on Swiss practice Christ & Gantenbein’s £2 million refurbishment of the grade II listed Swiss Church in London’s Covent Garden
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NewsWindow on Manchester
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has been appointed to design an extension to the faculty of art and design at Manchester Metropolitan University
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Members plan no confidence vote
A vote of no confidence against senior managers at the Landscape Institute is scheduled to take place next week
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Competition for Bexhill seafront
The RIBA has launched a competition to design a series of shelters and a kiosk on East Sussex’s coast
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Class of 2009 nominations
Once again, BD has asked all the UK's architecture schools to submit their top diploma student for consideration in our annual student awards. From the projects documented here, our jury will select six that will comprise our Class of 2009, to be published in the July 31 issue of ...
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Prince Charles’s Dimbleby Lecture sets challenges for more sustainable architecture
Prince Charles has made a fresh call to architects and planners to put nature and traditional thinking at the centre of how new settlements are designed.
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Mayor sets minimum housing space limits
The London mayor’s housing guide has set out minimum internal floor space standards for all future developments in the capital.
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Judge reprimands Aukett's for cover-up after project architect quit
A High Court judge has reprimanded Aukett Fitzroy Robinson for misleading a billionaire client after the architect working on his high-profile scheme quit.
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RIBA database will help students find work placements
The RIBA has launched an online database to help architecture students find practices willing to provide work placements. Called HostPractice, the scheme is intended to help students who may be struggling to find a placement during the economic downturn. It will also introduce graduates to universities that have highlighted ...
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NewsCouncil asks OMA to scale down Commonwealth Institute
OMA and West 8’s contentious plans to redevelop the former Commonwealth Institute building have been sent back to the drawing board, amid concerns about the scale of the scheme.