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Birmingham transformation beckons
Urban Initiatives will masterplan the £10 billion regeneration of Birmingham city centre in one of the largest projects of its type ever seen in the UK
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LDA to form post-Olympic design team
A design team is being sought to masterplan the Olympic park site after the 2012 Olympics by the London Development Agency
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NewsNews Junkie: 11 and 12 August
This week: John Redwood's plan for a mega-eco-city, 17 tequila sunrises a day in an orbiting space bar, and why practices should be run like the army.
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...while ODA calls in experts to vet stadium
Designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium by Peter Cook and HOK Sport are to be reviewed by a rival practice appointed by the ODA, raising fears the organisation is pursuing an ultra-cautious approach based on minimising risk.
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NewsGrowing old with grace and style
Biking around Milton Keynes is a wonderful way to view the city’s housing heritage, most of which is holding up extremely well, says Matthew Wood, a director at Conran & Partners Architects
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NewsSMC/Aukett set to be UK’s largest practice
Proposed merger could see Stewart McColl’s comeback with a place on the board
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Page & Park nets Dollar Academy
Page & Park has beaten several of Scotland’s leading practices to land the masterplanning contract for the grade A listed Dollar Academy, one of the country’s most prestigious public schools.
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NewsNew Street station design under threat
John McAslan & Partners’ £550 million design for the redevelopment of Birmingham’s New Street Station is under threat after the government asked for further proof that it offers value for money.
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Engineers and architects clash on bridge design
Architects and engineers clashed this week over the design of bridges, after the collapse of a US road bridge put the safety of the structures in the public eye.
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NewsBold scheme corners Moorgate gateway site
Allies & Morrison has gained planning permission for this striking £33 million development in London’s Moorgate for client Redevco.
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MPs demand design principles
An influential committee of MPs has called for general design principles to be introduced for aspects of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsBirnbeck Island to be revamped
The search is on for a team of architects to revive Birnbeck Island and its pier in Weston-super-Mare.
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RSHP designs landmark centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is to design a “landmark” health centre for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Merger creates mega-consultancy
Leading engineer Whitbybird has merged with Nordic firm Ramboll to create a European consultancy with more than 6,000 staff and 140 offices worldwide.
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NewsSimpson helps improve standards
Ian Simpson has joined the board of the Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder to help improve the design quality of the 2,500 homes to be delivered there in the next three years.
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NewsTollbooth to be axed after just one year
A landmark structure in Scotland by Reiach & Hall Architects is facing demolition less than a year after completion.
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NewsSquire wins scheme for Bucharest factory site
Squire & Partners has beaten firms including Foreign Office Architects and Metropolitan Workshop in a competition to design this mixed-use scheme on the site of a modernist Ford factory in Bucharest, Romania.