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NewsMurphy’s law prevails as council overturns refusal
Edinburgh City Council has overturned a recommendation to refuse planning permission for a house designed by and built for Richard Murphy.
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NewsTower inquiry dubious over mayor’s opposition
Planning inspector gives hope to South Bank schemes’ prospects
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NewsRIAS announces Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award shortlist
The 2008 shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, which is given by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, has been announced.
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NewsDavid Burney on why New York city is paying architects better (video)
David Burney, commissioner of New York’s Department of Design and Construction (DCA) talks to news editor Will Hurst on paying architects better and reaching out to smaller firms.
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Rule change for non-European workers
Practices employing workers from outside Europe after November must apply to sponsor them by the end of that month.
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NewsBath adds a black splash
Bath & North East Somerset Council has granted planning for Mitchell Taylor Workshop’s complementary health clinic and martial arts centre in Bath city centre.
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Welsh Assembly should use architects to cut CO2
The Design Commission for Wales has called on the Welsh Assembly to use architects to help address the country’s carbon reduction and house-building agenda.
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Study to overhaul regional network
A comprehensive study of all design review bodies in England is to provide the basis for a new network of panels and advisers as Cabe, the RIBA, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Landscape Institute join forces to boost the quality of design across the country.
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Gedling Mission Hall starts on site
Weston Williamson Architects’ £5 million Gedling Mission Hall development in Southwark, central London, has started on site.
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NewsWork under way on retail park
Work has begun on a “green” retail park on the outskirts of Peterborough.
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NewsSoho hotel to get 1930s refurb
Celebrity haunt and art deco masterpiece, the Regent Palace Hotel in London’s Soho, is being converted into a mixed-use development, with its bars and restaurants refurbished to their original state by Donald Insall Associates.
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NewsEH lists its top 20 heritage projects
Liverpool’s Bluecoat arts centre, King’s Cross Central in London and Sheffield’s Park Hill have been named in an English Heritage list of England’s 20 best conservation-led developments.
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NewsHidden hideaway wins planning as area’s ‘best design statement’
Architects Sarah Featherstone and Jeremy Young have designed an idyllic second home for themselves that takes full advantage of its riverside location in Pontfaen, a small Welsh hamlet.
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Foster, Rogers join NT campaign
A campaign to save John Vanbrugh’s grade I listed masterpiece, Seaton Delaval Hall, has been boosted by support from Richard Rogers and Norman Foster.
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NewsAHMM’s Saatchi gallery opens
The new AHMM-designed Saatchi Gallery in the listed Duke of York’s Headquarters building in Chelsea opened to the public on Thursday.
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Hopkins’ exemplary aim for WWF
Hopkins Architects is to design a UK headquarters for conservation body WWF-UK in Surrey that aims to be an exemplar of sustainable design.
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Book a table for BD awards
BD will celebrate the crème de la crème of UK architecture at the annual Architect of the Year Awards on 30 October at Park Lane’s London Hilton.
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NewsSt Patrick’s bold plans
RMJM, in collaboration with Irish practice Taylor Architects, has submitted plans for a £40 million redevelopment of St Patrick’s College, the education department at Dublin City University.
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Eyre and Wilkinson devolve control
Wilkinson Eyre founders Jim Eyre and Chris Wilkinson have transferred company control and substantial shareholdings to the firm’s board of directors as part of a “succession strategy” for the future.
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