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  • Paul Davis will not now be running for the RIBA presidency.
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    Davis quits RIBA presidency race citing work pressures

    2008-05-06T16:25:00Z

    The battle for the RIBA presidency took a dramatic twist this week as Paul Davis pulled out, leaving Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson in a two horse race.Davis, founder of Paul Davis & Partners and a past president of the Association of Consultant Architects, said his practice’s growing workload had ...

  • Bishopsfield Green.
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    Demolition threat to Harlow's Bishopsfield estate

    2008-05-02T11:29:00Z

    A 1960s housing estate is threatened with demolition despite its popularity with residents, after a survey by the local council quoted a prohibitive cost for bringing it up to Decent Homes standards.Bishopsfield estate in Harlow, Essex, was designed by Michael Neylan and Bill Ungless following a competition win in 1963, ...

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    Architects double up for Athletes Village

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Development goes high-rise as Lend Lease boss unfazed by credit crunch

  • Engineering block: an asset?
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    Gowan seeks clarity over Leicester landmark

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    James Gowan has called on Leicester University to explain its plans for the landmark engineering laboratory that he designed with James Stirling.

  • Low-density town houses and duplexes occupy the third zone in the Nikolo Khovanskoye suburb.
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    McAdam and Jan Störmer masterplan new Moscow suburb

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    London-based McAdam Architects and Hamburg-based Jan Störmer Partners have revealed plans for a new suburb for Moscow.

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    Foster's tax status questioned in parliament

    2008-05-02T16:26:00Z

    Norman Foster’s tax affairs have been raised in Parliament following BD’s exclusive report last week that he has become a Swiss resident.Liberal Democrat peer and treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott — who aims to force “tax-dodging” peers out of the House of Lords — questioned the actions of the Foster & ...

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    New Scottish schools are too cramped, warns tsar

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Scotland’s school design “tsar” has warned that new-build schools have compromised on space standard and comfort to the detriment of both pupils and teachers.

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    Isn’t it good, Swedish wood

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Architect Brunnberg & Forshed has beaten 205 nominations to win Sweden’s prestigious Wood Prize for this residential scheme Östra Kvarnskogen in Sollentuna.

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    Capita buys civils firm Bobrowski

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Capita Symonds has bought structural and civil engineering firm NRM Bobrowski for an undisclosed sum.

  • 11.04 Architects’ design will create a landmark by Lake Ruzinov.
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    UK hopes rest on 11.04 Architects

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    London-based 11.04 Architects is the only British practice to reach the final shortlist for a £30 million residential development in Bratislava.

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    Planning granted for largest school

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for a scheme that will create the city’s biggest secondary school.

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    AFL to design Salford stadium

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    AFL Architects has been appointed to design the City of Salford Stadium, the new home of the Salford City Reds rugby league team, for developer Red City.

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    Stanton Williams wins last design

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Stanton Williams has won the last major architectural design contact for the London 2012 Olympics.

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    Muf’s Barking design scoops prize

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Muf’s design for Barking Town Square (pictured) in east London has become the first UK scheme to win the European Prize for Urban Public Space.

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    Tickets for London festival on sale

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Tickets for the London Festival of Architecture go on sale this Monday May 5. This year’s festival — formerly known as the biennale — is set to be the biggest to date, with more than 500 events between June 20 and July 20.

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    Murcutt joins Living Steel jury

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Pritzker Prize winner Glenn Murcutt (pictured) is on the jury for Living Steel, an international architecture competition for sustainable housing.

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    Council approves Woolwich Tesco

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    A huge Sheppard Robson scheme for Tesco and St James’s Investments has been fully approved by Greenwich Council.

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    RIBA initiatives to tackle equality

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA has unveiled a range of new initiatives to encourage equality and diversity in the profession.

  • Richard Parnaby
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    Parnaby to review Cabe

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Richard Parnaby, professor of architecture at the University of the West of England and on the board of the Design Commission for Wales, is to carry out a long awaited government review of Cabe.

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    BPF to research impact of towers

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The British Property Federation plans to carry out research into the environmental and economic impact of tall buildings.