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Darling cash boosts green housing
Chancellor Alistair Darling has announced that he will pour £26 million into the government’s Green Homes Service from next year in a bid to improve the sustainability credentials of the UK’s housing stock.
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Artists oppose Foster’s scheme
Artists Tracy Emin, Dinos Chapman and Rachel Whiteread have joined the campaign opposing the redevelopment of Bishop’s Place, between Shoreditch and Brick Lane in east London, masterplanned by Foster & Partners for Hammerson.
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NewsConcrete creates elegant pavilion
The Architectural Association’s pavilion at Bedford Square in London opened on Thursday 13 March.
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NewsMartin Pawley dies
Martin Pawley, architect, critic, teacher, and a former editor of BD, died on Sunday aged 69, after a long illness.
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Bid to stop Jewish charity dinner
Charles Jencks, Eva Jiricna and recent RIBA gold medal winner Ted Cullinan are among 45 architects who have signed a letter calling for the cancellation of a dinner at Windsor Castle in aid of a Jewish charity, claiming the organisations is oppressing Palestinians through construction work.
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News‘Delighted’ Edinburgh champions Farrell
Terry Farrell will remain as Edinburgh City Council’s design champion, despite earlier rumours that the local authority was poised to scrap the position.
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NewsDuggan Morris victory at Mersey Observatory
Duggan Morris Architects is to design the new Mersey Observatory in Crosby after seeing off competition from Studio 8, Phos Architects, Farrell & Clark, and Ellis Williams Architects.
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NewsManchester is banking on Reid to fuse new design with the old
Reid Architects is about to go on site with this competition-winning £8 million design which will fuse a five-storey grade II listed former bank and a new 10-storey building in Manchester, near the city’s Piccadilly station.
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BPF chief calls for green incentives
The British Property Federation has called on ministers to offer financial incentives in return for better environmental performance in buildings.
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NewsFosters Abu Dhabi WTC
Foster & Partners’ latest Middle East project, the Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre, has been unveiled at the Mipim property fair in Cannes.
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NewsFat wins in Walsall
Fat has triumphed in an RIBA competition to design a community library facility in Walsall, the first time it has won a competition to design a public building.
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NewsBath Council set to reject Wilkinson Eyre design school
Wilkinson Eyre’s troubled scheme for James Dyson’s School of Design Innovation in Bath looks set to be rejected next week after planning officers recommended that the scheme be denied planning permission.
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EH joins in criticism of Luton retail scheme
English Heritage has joined the Victorian Society in condemning a £150 million Broadway Malyan retail scheme which involves demolishing two grade II listed buildings in Luton’s historic hat-making district.
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Wifi to boost new city development
Southampton’s architecture centre is to use wireless technology to transmit site-specific stories to the public in a bid to increase architectural awareness in the city.
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Mixed response on Hips – survey
Six out of ten homebuyers in home information pack (Hip) trial areas did not see a Hip last year, according to government research.
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NewsRIBA calls for medal nominees
The RIBA is calling for nominations for next year’s RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
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NewsFCB Studios wins castle consent
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ visitor centre for the Museum of Somerset at grade I listed Taunton Castle has won planning.
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Enter our contest to revive Robin Hood Gardens
BD and the Architecture Foundation have teamed up to organise a contest for architects to bring a new lease of life to Robin Hood Gardens. A group of architects and buildings experts including Simon Smithson and Peter Cook, Rowan Moore of the Architecture Foundation and engineer Matthew Wells, will produce ...