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NewsPlymouth shows an art for mixing it
Henning Larsen Architects’ £36 million arts complex for the University of Plymouth is about to open its doors.
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NewsShock as Bath rejects Parry’s museum plan
An expert design panel, whose members include Richard MacCormac, has blamed Bath’s “hostile” traditionalists for the shock rejection of Eric Parry’s landmark extension to the city’s Holburne Museum of Art.
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NewsAll single-room hospital on course
The first major public hospital in the UK to give every patient their own room — a £200 million PFI scheme by Anshen & Allen — has been submitted for planning.
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SMC cuts cost base in bid for stability
Troubled architectural giant the SMC Group has announced that it has “significantly reduced” its cost base following an internal review which prompted the departure of 11 senior employees.
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News2010 expo designs on course to produce a Shanghai surprise
Eight, Marks Barfield and Heatherwick Studio have unveiled these designs for the £10 million UK pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.
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NewsThreat to views delays Oxford book depository
Plans for a £29 million building for the University of Oxford by Scott Brownrigg have been delayed amid fears it would increase flooding and threaten views of the city’s famous dreaming spires.
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NewsDesign lessons: shortlisted schemes for Southwark primary schools
An RIBA competition for Southwark Council encouraged architects to talk to the staff and pupils of the three primary schools being upgraded
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Blears reopens inquiry into bridge
The proposed Thames Gateway bridge has been delayed once more after a public inquiry into the scheme was reopened by communities secretary Hazel Blears.
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Foster’s sponsors young delegates
Foster & Partners will sponsor 50 places for young architects and students at this year’s RIBA conference in an attempt to even out the age profile of delegates.
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NewsLottery gives York Minster £10m
York Minster, the largest gothic cathedral in Europe, has been awarded £10 million of Heritage Lottery funding.
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Stadium design row gets political
The Tories have waded into the row over designs for the Olympic stadium, accusing minister Tessa Jowell of using it as a political football.
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NewsGovernment sets industry targets
The construction industry has been set targets to improve its sustainability.
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NewsPlymouth University's new arts complex
The £36 million Roland Levinsky building by BDP and Henning Larsen Architects opens its doors next month
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Cabe wants towers to exceed eco rules
Tall buildings are expected to exceed all current sustainability guidelines under new rules drawn up by Cabe and English Heritage.
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NewsMammoth museum goes back to the ice age
New York practice Leeser Architecture has beaten competition from architects including Massimiliano Fuksas and Antoine Predock to design the World Mammoth and Permafrost Museum in central Siberia.
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Capita aiming for Stirling shortlist
Listed firm Capita Symonds is to merge its three architecture practices and rebrand them collectively as Capita Architecture.
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ODA takes control of Olympic site
The London Development Agency last week handed over the Olympic Park site to the Olympic Delivery Authority, marking the “five years to go” point in the build-up to the 2012 games.
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NewsSite work starts on luxury ski village
Developer Capital Partners has begun construction of HOK’s masterplan for a ski village in the Kazakhstan mountains.