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Arb member evaluation a waste of time and money, say reformers
Arb members have slammed plans to perform yearly evaluations of the board at an annual cost of £22,500, calling them an expensive waste of time.
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NewsOnly listing can save Robin Hood Gardens
BD launches campaign, spearheaded by Simon Smithson, to save his parents' 1972 Robin Hood Gardens estate
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NewsMcAslan’s Olympic Energy Centre Unveiled
John McAslan and Partners’ designs for an energy centre to power the Olympic development in east London were unveiled on Tuesday. The centre is part of a scheme to provide electricity, heating and cooling for the entire Olympic site and for the legacy community once the games have finished. ...
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NewsGraeme Massie wins Reykjavik masterplanning competition
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.The Edinburgh-based Yaya runner-up triumphed over French firm Jean Pierre Pranlas-Descours and Dutch architect Studio Irander in the final of the contest, triumphing over other practices from Australia, ...
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NewsPrince Charles labels building 'a dustbin'
The Prince of Wales has once again ruffled feathers in the architectural community by branding a building by Patel Taylor a "dustbin". Speaking to an audience of paratroopers about to leave for Afghanistan, he said: "I understand around 1,700 of you are crammed in what looks like a dustbin from ...
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NewsBerman Guedes Stretton wins Cheltenham Museum extension
Oxford-based practice Berman Guedes Stretton have won the competition to design a £4 million extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The new space will include a gallery for temporary exhibitions, educational facilities and a café. The judges said the winning scheme “possessed clarity of vision and an uncomplicated ...
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Last chance to apply for Riba ICE McAslan Bursary
Applications for the Riba ICE McAslan Bursary, which supports environmental or community-focused schemes in deprived areas of the UK or overseas close on March 3.Aimed at students, graduates and newly-qualified architects and engineers, it offers grants of up to £10,000 for projects to be carried out during 2008. Past recipients ...
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NewsVandals attack Adjaye’s Stephen Lawrence Centre
Less than a week after it was officially opened, David Adjaye’s Stephen Lawrence Centre has suffered thousands of pounds worth of damage at the hands of vandals. Six windows by Turner prize winning artist Chris Ofili were smashed by bricks in the early hours of Thursday morning, according to a ...
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NewsBenefits of BDP’s ‘beehive’ school stack up
BDP has designed this innovative vertical primary school, set in the six lowest levels of a residential tower in east London.
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NewsStars compete to bring ‘magic’ to New Street station
A star-studded shortlist of international architects is to bring “magic and excitement” to a £600 million overhaul of Birmingham New Street station.
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NewsNew design guidance on school science labs
The latest guidance on how to design school science laboratories so that the next generation of students is switched on by science is due to be released by the Department for Children, Families & Schools by the end of this month.
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NewsHow does Fat's garden grow?
The Belvedere, a 19-storey, mixed-use timber-clad tower designed by Fat, has been put in for planning.The tower, to stand in Mile End Park in east London, has a vertical garden, a ground floor restaurant and 27 flats, designed to meet level four of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The building’s ...
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NewsLifschutz: Doon St redesign is an option
Alex Lifschutz has conceded that he will redesign his 43-storey Doon Street tower, near Waterloo in London, to get planning, as a public inquiry into the controversial scheme begins.
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News2012 substation clears planning hurdle
Nord’s electricity substation for the 2012 London Olympics has won planning permission.
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Embassy backs Dutch designers in UK
The Dutch embassy has revealed details of its support for Dutch architects working in the UK amid a boom in British work for the country’s architects and urbanists.
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NewsMake to turn Edinburgh Odeon into hotel
Make plans to convert an art deco former Odeon cinema in Edinburgh into an arts hotel.
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NewsChichester College revamp takes lessons from town and country
Hawkins Brown has been appointed lead architect on an £80 million scheme to redevelop Chichester College’s two campuses.
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NewsHigher Education Funding Council launches fund to help universities cut carbon
The Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has launched its Revolving Green Fund to help universities cut their carbon emissions.
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NewsThe big education question
Does the profession have the resources to deliver Building Schools for the Future? We asked three architects for their views - and now we want to know what you think