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Hain calls autumn safety summit
Work and pensions secretary Peter Hain has announced a construction summit in the autumn, bringing together key industry figures to find ways of reducing industry fatalities.
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Building of discovery centre starts
Work has begun on the RSPB’s £7 million international nature reserve at Saltholme in Teesside, including a wild bird discovery centre by Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall of Newcastle practice JDDK.
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NewsBath makes King visiting professor
Bath University has appointed Doug King as visiting professor of environmental design.
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Was Bath right to reject the Holburne Museum scheme?
DEBATE: Exemplary architecture or a threat to the historic fabric? OPINION: The planners, not the client, are to blame NEWS: Shock at Bath's rejection and our first news report
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The Dutch come to Barking
NEWS: KCAP and Maccreanor Lavington selected for first phase of Thames GatewayFACTBOX: Briefing on KCAP
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High dropout rate for architecture
Courses report students among most likely to leave after the first year
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NewsNews Junkie: 28 and 29 July
This week: the Tsar of St Partysburg who lives in the Versailles of Hampstead, Jeremy Clarkson's brilliant plan to conserve the countryside, and how architects can spend 'a bearable 23%' of their earnings...
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NewsLandmark Rykwert Inner Court saved from Foster plan
Planning inspector finds in favour of 1970s mews courtyard over Foster’s ‘monolithic’ scheme
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NewsChipperfield named twice on Stirling shortlist
David Chipperfield is widely tipped to win this year’s Stirling Prize, with two of his buildings on the shortlist.
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Tall buildings will have to meet higher eco standards, say Cabe and EH
Tall buildings will be expected to exceed all current sustainability guidelines under new rules drawn up by Cabe and English Heritage.The two watchdogs want skyscrapers to act as “exemplars”, performing above current regulations for minimising energy-use and reducing carbon emissions over the lifetime of the development.Lucy Carmichael, senior design review ...
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Government may boost Cabe’s power
Green paper reveals concern that design standards are still falling short
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NewsRogers’ team wins Elephant & Castle regeneration
Architects including Richard Rogers, Glenn Howells and Allies & Morrison are celebrating after client Lend Lease was picked to develop south London’s run-down Elephant & Castle area, one of Europe’s largest regeneration schemes.
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NewsBeetham tower wins go-ahead
Ian Simpson’s controversial 52-storey Beetham tower in London’s Blackfriars was given planning permission by Southwark Council this week.
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NewsChipperfield flats approved at last
David Chipperfield has won planning permission at the third attempt for his luxury flats scheme in Kensington, west London, for developer Candy & Candy.
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Move to design out crime
Cabe chair John Sorrell and director of Conran & Partners Sebastian Conran are to head a taskforce to highlight the importance of good design in fighting crime.
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Age bias hurts industry — report
The construction industry should be doing more to tackle age discrimination, according to a report by the Department of Work & Pensions.
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St Pancras hotel fire setback
A project to refurbish the grade I listed Midland Grand Hotel above St Pancras Station, by RHWL and Richard Griffiths Architects, was hit by a fire this week.
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NewsHLM’s £5.7m disability unit opens
An HLM-designed £5.7 million mental health unit (pictured) in south-west Yorkshire has been completed.
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Cautious approval for Caltongate
Watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland has given qualified approval for the controversial £300 million Caltongate masterplan in Edinburgh’s Old Town.