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Doubt cast on PM’s eco-towns plan
A leading sustainability expert, whose firm is working on plans for one of Gordon Brown’s first eco-towns, has questioned the viability of the prime minister’s conference pledge to double the number of schemes.
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NewsHolburne extension appeal wins more time
Eric Parry’s controversial Holburne Museum extension proposals have been given a stay of execution after the Heritage Lottery Fund gave the museum more time to convince Bath planners of the £10 million scheme’s merits.
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NewsChipperfield tunes in to Scots’ BBC
BBC Scotland’s new £180 million headquarters building, designed by David Chipperfield, has won the praise of Gordon Brown. Officially opening the building last week, the prime minister described it as a “design classic”.
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NewsMurphy: ‘cynical’ Cala broke contract
‘Bitterly disappointed’ architect says developer used him as trophy
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Planners want more green space
The Town & Country Planning Association has called for more green space in urban developments to help combat climate change and flooding.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron honoured
Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (pictured) have won the architecture category in the world’s most lucrative art award, the prestigious Japanese Praemium Imperiale.
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DRMM to work on a mobile Tate
De Rijke Marsh Morgan has seen off international rivals to the contract for a feasibility study for a mobile Tate gallery. The practice will also provide design advice for the preliminary stages of the project.
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Perkins & Will opens UK office
Perkins & Will, the second largest architect in the US, has opened its first UK office to handle its work as executive architect on the Merchant Square scheme in Paddington, west London.
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NewsMargate Beach contest winner
Collado Collins has won a competition to design this £600 million mixed-use scheme (pictured) at Margate Beach in Kent.
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Aedas profits fall back
Aedas, ranked fourth in BD’s World Architecture 2007 survey, has recorded an 8% drop in its 2006 pre-tax profit, to £1.58 million, even though its 2006 turnover of £41.6 million represented a 7% rise year on year.
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Six firms shortlisted for garden history museum
AOC, Sarah Hare Architects and Ullmayer Sylvester are among six young firms shortlisted for a competition at the Museum of Garden History on the banks of the Thames at Lambeth.
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NewsContemporary centre set to face Riga’s medieval heritage site
Fletcher Priest has won an international competition to design this 46ha urban centre in the capital of Latvia, Riga.
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NewsSheffield master work
Urbed has submitted its competition-winning masterplan for Sheffield’s £400 million West Bar scheme for outline planning.
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RIBA seeks development chief to boost public face
The RIBA is searching for a £70,000 development boss in a bid to broaden its public appeal.
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NewsWarm wood at Salford
This 19-storey timber-clad tower by Conran & Partners is the latest arrival at Salford Quays.
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Foster and Hadid in bid to save arts funding
Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid have waded into the debate over arts funding by calling on the government to protect the amount of cash allocated to the arts in an imminent spending review.
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Cabe attacks ‘generic’ tower near Olympic site
Cabe has slammed a proposed Stock Woolstencroft scheme near the 2012 Olympic site in Stratford, east London, suggesting its 45-storey tower is not good enough to risk cropping up in international coverage of the event.
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Tony Wilson scheme lives on
Local architects are being sought to bring legendary music boss Tony Wilson’s Weave project in Burnley to fruition.
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LDY wins King’s Lynn marina
Llwelyn Davies Yeang has been appointed to masterplan a 250-berth marina in Norfolk.
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Big names kick off Big Draw ‘07
Staff from Future Systems, Make, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, and Foster & Partners are to give the public a hand with its drawing skills this Sunday, September 30.