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    DCM to build Birmingham court

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Denton Corker Marshall has been appointed by HM Courts Service to design a new magistrates’ court for Birmingham. The 20,000sq m building, in the centre of the city, will house 24 courts over 15 storeys.

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    Tories call for planning reform

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The planning system should be reformed to “incentivise the use of an architect for both applicants and local authorities”, shadow architecture minister Ed Vaizey said this week.

  • Model of Wilkinson Eyre’s proposal for the school.
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    EH says OK to Dyson’s Bath school

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    English Heritage has told Bath & North East Somerset Council it has no objections to Wilkinson Eyre’s plans for a school for entrepreneur James Dyson in the city’s South Quays district.

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    ‘Credit crunch’ does for Hadid HQ

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed HQ, blaming the “credit crunch”.

  • YRM’s Maratex scheme.
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    YRM wins planning at Baia Mare

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    YRM has won planning for a huge, mixed-use scheme at Baia Mare in Romania, for client Red Projects.

  • Guide Dogs for the Blind says shared space can be dangerous.
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    Report drops barriers to shared space

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The controversial concept of “shared space” — which would transform Britain’s streets by abolishing “barriers” such as kerbs, railings, traffic lights and white lines — has taken a major step forward with the publication of a report recommending its use.

  • Patel Taylor’s Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall at Essex University.
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    Prince does it again with Essex ‘dustbin’ comment

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The Prince of Wales has once again ruffled feathers in the architectural community by branding a building by Patel Taylor a “dustbin”.

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    Arresting copper

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Multidisciplinary firm McBains Cooper has designed a contemporary police station in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire.

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    Cheltenham gallery win

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Oxford-based practice Berman Guedes Stretton has won an RIBA competition to design a £4 million extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum.

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    Cabe cautious on Simpson’s Owen St

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has criticised the quality of public space proposed for Ian Simpson Architects’ Owen Street scheme in the practice’s home city of Manchester.

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    EH upgrades listed synagogue

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Ernest Alfred Shennan’s 1936 New Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Liverpool has been upgraded to grade II* listed status.

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    RIBA showcase on CPD hits road

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA is to kick off its biggest programme to date of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Providers Network roadshows.

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    £14m Southwark scheme go-ahead

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Alan Camp Architects has won planning approval for a £14 million, five-storey, mixed-use development in the London Borough of Southwark.

  • The family home features Thames views, two terraces and a pool.
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    Berkshire home given green light

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Gregory Phillips Architects has won planning permission for this modern family home near Reading, Berkshire.

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    This week

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    This week’s ups and downs:

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    Venturi, Scott Brown and Hutton join Robin Hood Gardens campaign

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    LATEST: Over 500 join BD fight to rescue Smithson's estate PETITION: Add your name PLUS: Comment and interviews

  • Amanda Baillieu
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    To the rescue of Robin Hood

    2008-02-21T11:24:00Z

    Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it

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    Sign up to save Robin Hood Gardens now!

    2008-02-21T12:24:00Z

    For the next two weeks, Building Design will be collecting signatures in favour of listing Robin Hood Gardens before presenting our petition to English Heritage by March 7th.

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    Zero-carbon homes face delivery issues

    2008-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Government plans to roll out thousands of low and zero-carbon homes by 2016 have been dealt a serious blow by a National Trust report which says build quality and supply chain problems could jeopardise delivery.

  • Graeme Massie Architects’ masterplan for the Vatnsmyri district of the Icelandic capital will exploit existing sustainable features.
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    Massie wins Reykjavik scheme

    2008-02-21T00:00:00Z

    Graeme Massie Architects has won a competition to masterplan a 150ha site in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, scooping €60,000 (£45,000) in the process.