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NewsLDA strategy failure risks Olympic legacy
Dynamic new boss sought to bring ‘focus and energy’ to London’s 2012 regeneration team
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NewsHive of activity in Manchester
Piercy Connor Architects has applied for outline planning permission for this striking 400-unit housing scheme in Manchester.
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NewsBattersea Power Station upgraded to grade II*
Revised listing status will open the door to English Heritage repair grants
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NewsSMC Group ‘teetering’ on the edge, say accountants
Troubled architectural SMC Group is “teetering” on the brink of a cash flow crisis, analysts are warning.
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City cash pledge boosts Crossrail
Architects working on plans for Crossrail, the troubled cross-London railway line, received a boost this week when the City of London agreed to provide up to £300 million in funding for the scheme.
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NewsFormer BP chief to sit on Foster’s board
Foster & Partners is to expand its international operations and infrastructure work following the appointment of former BP chief executive John Browne to its board of directors.
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Architecture festival grows to last a month
The London Festival of Architecture is to expand to become a month-long event next year, organiser Peter Murray has revealed.
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NewsSports centre regenerates brownfield Paris site
Brisac Gonzalez Architects has won a competition with this design for a new sports centre in Rue Pajol in Paris, close to the Gare du Nord.
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Second contractor ditches Olympic Aquatic Centre bid
German contractor Hochtief has become the second contractor in the space of a month to pull out of the contest to build Zaha Hadid’s Olympic Aquatic Centre.Balfour Beatty is now the only firm in the running for the contract, after Hochtief announced it had withdrawn, citing a busy workload. In ...
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Urban Splash scheme for Sheffield
Urban Splash has won planning permission for the first phase of its redevelopment of Sheffield’s Park Hill flats.
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NewsControversial academy go-ahead
Peter Clegg has defended a controversial west London city academy (model pictured) by Feilden Clegg Bradley in the face of sustained protests from residents.
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Capita seizes initiative on CO2 cuts
Capita Architecture has announced an ambitious sustainability strategy that exceeds the government’s carbon guidelines set for 2015.
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London targets affordable homes
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has welcomed a government decision to halt a mutiny by 21 councils over the affordable housing targets set out in the 2004 London Plan.
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NewsHKR’s Red Cow to rise over Dublin
HKR Architects has won planning permission for a £70 million hotel (pictured) in Dublin, which will be the tallest in Ireland when it goes on site.
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NewsLord’s expansion plan set to boost capacity
The owner of Lord’s has launched a consultation on plans for a massive overhaul of the historic cricket ground which could see its capacity boosted by 12,000.
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£90 million facelift for Scottish seaside towns
Five seaside towns in western Scotland are to be rejuvenated with a £90 million makeover grant.
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NewsRevamped theatre brings added drama to Livingston parkland
Scottish practice Nicoll Russell Studios has gone on site with this £5.3 million theatre and community complex in Livingston.
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NewsMaidstonemarries new and old
Hugh Broughton Architects’ RIBA competition-winning design for Maidstone Museum has won planning permission and listed building consent.
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Blears calls in Lifschutz’s South Bank tower plan
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ controversial 43-storey tower on Doon Street in London’s South Bank has been called in by communities secretary Hazel Blears.