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NewsLiverpool to limit number of towers
Tall towers in Liverpool ’s historic centre are set to be restricted to two clusters to help preserve the city’s world heritage status, according to recent guidance drafted by council planning officers.
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NewsSheppard Robson's Bristol scheme submitted
Sheppard Robson has submitted designs for two new department buildings at the University of Bristol for planning.
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NewsHugill to advise HCA on financial models
The Homes and Communities Agency has appointed former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill as a special adviser to help devise credit crunch-beating funding strategies.
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Cabe says Donington plans not up to speed
Cabe has mauled proposals to transform Derby’s Donington Park into a new Formula 1 British Grand Prix venue, damning the designs as “disappointingly weak”.
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NewsJean Nouvel’s Copenhagen Concert Hall opens
Jean Nouvel’s Copenhagen Concert Hall for Danish public broadcaster DR opened this weekend.
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NewsEH unchanged in opposing Robin Hood Gardens listing
English Heritage has refused to alter its opposition to the proposed listing of Robin Hood Gardens.
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NewsBlears calls in 3DReid’s £150 million retail scheme for Lancaster
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has called in a controversial £150 million retail-led scheme for Lancaster by 3DReid following protests by English Heritage and campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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American Institute of Architects says US construction set to slow in 2009
Construction activity in the US is set to slow sharply during 2009, with office and retail schemes likely to be particularly hard hit, according to a survey by the American Institute of Architects.
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NewsStowe & Beale’s £4 million revamp for Westminster Abbey Chapter House
Conservation architect Stowe & Beale and English Heritage have announced a £4 million project to refurbish Westminster Abbey’s 13th century Chapter House in central London, considered to be the birthplace of the UK parliamentary system.
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NewsLava’s Green Void fills Sydney Customs House
This 20m-high architectural installation of green Lycra — inspired by the geometrics of plants, spider webs and soap bubbles — has been hung in the central atrium of Customs House in Sydney.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron plans London towers
Swiss practice is working with Shard developer on UK’s tallest residential development
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Atkins cuts 200 staff following Middle East slowdown
Atkins is to make more than 200 staff redundant following a major slowdown in its work in the Middle East, it announced today.
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NewsCentre Point fountains make way for Crossrail
But heritage groups argue they should be reinstated once work is done
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NewsCambridge anger over Schosa table
Cambridge School of Architecture has hit out at school heads organisation Schosa over its interpretation of the latest official rankings of research performance.
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NewsPrasad backs fair access
RIBA president Sunand Prasad is to sit on a high-level government panel to help open up professions including architecture to those from less privileged backgrounds.
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NewsConcrete is key to Woodland Trust’s green offices
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning permission for a headquarters for the Woodland Trust in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
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NewsDCMS warned over Chelsea chapel
The developer behind the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Chelsea Barracks scheme in London has warned the DCMS not to list a chapel (pictured) on the site.
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Architects call for Gaza ceasefire
Charles Jencks, Cezary Bednarski and Asif Khan have joined more than 50 architects from around the world in signing a letter from Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine to foreign secretary David Miliband, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.