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    Rogers, Prasad, Smith on bikes

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers, RIBA president Sunand Prasad and designer Paul Smith have become patrons of Cycle to Cannes for the epic event’s third year.

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    CPRE concedes on housing need

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    The Campaign to Protect Rural England has conceded this week that, in order to meet Britain’s housing needs, it may be necessary to undertake “a small readjustment” of some green belt boundaries.

  • Carey Jones’s city scheme
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    44 Westgate wins planning

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Planning permission has been granted for this £30 million office development in Newcastle city centre, designed by Carey Jones Architects.

  • A magnet-shaped tower will dominate Bolzano’s Science Park.
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    Chapman Taylor wins in Bolzano

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Chapman Taylor has won an international competition to regenerate part of the northern Italian city of Bolzano.

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    This week

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    This week’s ups and downs

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    Profession rallies to rescue Smithsons' Robin Hood Gardens

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    NEWS: Extraordinary response to BD campaign as council seeks to ratify demolition ANALYSIS: "It's a great place to live" PLUS: Our petition, comment and archive photographs

  • Richard Rogers
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    Demolition would be a “real tragedy”, says Rogers

    2008-02-28T11:18:00Z

    Spurred into action by BD's campaign, Richard Rogers has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham calling Robin Hood Gardens one of the greatest modern buildings in Britain and protesting about its “appalling” neglect.

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    Heatherwick wins project in Leeds regeneration

    2008-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Mixed-use scheme will be practice’s biggest UK commission

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    Eco-towns can't replace cities, says TCPA chief David Lock

    2008-02-26T12:17:00Z

    Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.Town & Country Planning Association chairman David Lock, author of a report on the proposals, told delegates at the Architecture Foundation’s New New Town conference last week that the contribution such ...

  • Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown have added their names to BD's Rescue Robin Hood campaign
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    Venturi, Scott Brown and Hutton among over 500 supporting BD campaign

    2008-02-26T16:24:00Z

    Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Louisa Hutton of Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog & de Meuron's Harry Gugger, Benedetta Tagliabue and Tony Fretton are among the international names to join BD's campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.In an extraordinary response from the profession, more than 500 people have added their weight ...

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    All new homes to be 'future-proofed' for the elderly

    2008-02-25T13:36:00Z

    Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced today.Ministers at the Department for Communities & Local Government said that in light of the country's ageing population, all new homes should be “future proofed” to include 16 features ...

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    BD launches first virtual sustainability event

    2008-02-25T15:48:00Z

    Free to register Sustainability Now show will focus on key green issues such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and energy

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    Only listing can save it

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Simon Smithson spearheads BD’s campaign to list his parents’ Robin Hood Gardens estate

  • A concept sketch of Allies & Morrison’s Tesco for Dartford.
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    Allies & Morrison signs up for huge Tesco store

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket accused of architectural ‘charm offensive’ to pass planning

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    MacCormac leads eco-suburb plan

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Architect will test high-density proposals for suburban living

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    Jenkins: architects are littering the UK

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Journalist and author Simon Jenkins has launched a broadside against architects, accusing them of being behind a drive to use the planning system to litter the country with unpopular “iconic” buildings.

  • Doon Street: “neutral effect”.
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    GLA defends Doon Street

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The Greater London Authority has publicly defended Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower as the second week of the public inquiry got under way.

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    Madrid art world in suspense

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    A major cultural centre in Madrid by Herzog & de Meuron was opened this week by the king and queen of Spain.

  • David Miller Architects’ redesigned mixed-use building will include two penthouse apartments.
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    Putney block given new facade as Miller rethinks sixties design

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    David Miller Architects has submitted a planning application for a 2,800sq m mixed-use building in Putney town centre, south-west London.

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    Big names join BD’s campaign to list Robin Hood Gardens

    2008-02-22T17:20:00Z

    Writer Alain de Botton, property developer Stuart Lipton and architectural historian Alan Powers have all added their weight to BD’s Rescue Robin Hood Gardens campaign. Within hours of BD launching its campaign to list the landmark Alison and Peter Smithson housing estate, dozens had joined the fight.Peter Cook, Joseph Rykwert, ...