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HCA offers Urban Splash project emergency funding
Urban Splash’s scheme to redevelop the grade-II star listed Park Hill estate in Sheffield has been hit by a shortfall in private financing, prompting the government’s new Homes and Communities Agency to offer it emergency funding.
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NewsDavid Rockwell's 2009 Oscar's set
This year's Oscar's stage was designed by David Rockwell – the first architect to win the commission.
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NewsToyo Ito leads donations to Australia bushfire recovery
Japanese star architect Toyo Ito has boosted fundraising efforts to help victims of the bushfires in Victoria, south Australia, which have left more than 180 dead and 7,000 homeless.
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NewsGehry’s Vegas brain building nears completion
While other starchitects’ projects falter in the global recession, it’s reassuring to see progress being made on Frank Gehry’s Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas.
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NewsPrasad urged to resign over Arb election ‘endorsement’
RIBA president accused of influencing poll after supporting Reform Group policies
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NewsMake staff set up new practice
7N Architects emerges from the ashes of Shuttleworth’s Scottish office
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NewsDiamonds in the rough
Norwegian practice Various Architects’ pavilion design is one of three finalists in an international RIBA competition to design a £650,000 travelling events space for the county of Yorkshire.
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NewsCoop Himmelb(l)lau's Shenzhen competition win
Coop Himmelb(l)lau has beaten practices including MVRDV and Thomas Mayne's Morphosis in an international competition to design a new headquarters for the China Insurance Group in Shenzhen.
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Tories pledge abolition of RDAs
The Conservative party has revealed proposals to give more planning power to local authorities.
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NewsFinal two battle it out in tram test
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ redesign of a major tramway in Luxembourg (pictured) is one of two competition finalists competing for the job.
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Boris demands cash for Crossrail
Boris Johnson has approved the latest designs for Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower and David Chipperfield’s Seal House project in the City of London.
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NewsHandbook says buckle up for flood-risk future
Architects must radically rethink the way they design communities to “embrace” the inevitable flooding caused by climate change, experts warned this week.
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It could be history for Stonehenge bid
Designs by Denton Corker Marshall for the long-awaited visitor centre at Stonehenge could be scrapped because of lack of government funding.
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NewsCart lodge conversion will create new front for Ditchling Museum
Adam Richards Architects has won an invited competition to carry out a £650,000 conversion of a grade II listed cart lodge into museum space.
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NewsCabe says half of school designs aren’t good enough
Half of the most recent Building Schools for the Future schools reviewed by Cabe at planning stage have been slammed as “not yet good enough”.
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NewsBD Conference: Beyond Britain - Succeeding Internationally - 21st May 2009
Capitalising on global opportunities through international expansion
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NewsRow over de-listing of Sandy Wilson building
Co-architect and widow refute evidence that led to minister’s decision