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DCM to build Birmingham court
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
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.
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NewsEH says OK to Dyson’s Bath school
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
The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed HQ, blaming the “credit crunch”.
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NewsYRM wins planning at Baia Mare
YRM has won planning for a huge, mixed-use scheme at Baia Mare in Romania, for client Red Projects.
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NewsReport drops barriers to shared space
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.
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NewsPrince does it again with Essex ‘dustbin’ comment
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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NewsArresting copper
Multidisciplinary firm McBains Cooper has designed a contemporary police station in Cambourne, Cambridgeshire.
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NewsCheltenham gallery win
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
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
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
The RIBA is to kick off its biggest programme to date of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Providers Network roadshows.
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News£14m Southwark scheme go-ahead
Alan Camp Architects has won planning approval for a £14 million, five-storey, mixed-use development in the London Borough of Southwark.
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NewsBerkshire home given green light
Gregory Phillips Architects has won planning permission for this modern family home near Reading, Berkshire.
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Venturi, Scott Brown and Hutton join Robin Hood Gardens campaign
LATEST: Over 500 join BD fight to rescue Smithson's estate PETITION: Add your name PLUS: Comment and interviews
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NewsTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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NewsSign up to save Robin Hood Gardens now!
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
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.
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NewsMassie wins Reykjavik scheme
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.