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... while handball is still up for grabs
The ODA this week started the Ojeu process to find a design team for the handball arena for the Olympics. The arena will be one of the games’ five permanent venues, and is expected to have a capacity of up to 10,000 spectators.
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NewsCentre ‘does not do justice to Burns’
Designs for a museum to celebrate Scotland’s foremost poet Robert Burns have failed to match the “international significance” of the project, the country’s architecture watchdog claims.
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NewsBath interchange reverts to glass
Panel rejects stone alternative to Wilkinson Eyre’s ‘busometer’
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NewsDerwent London wins top client
Property company Derwent London, which commissioned John McAslan & Partners’ RIBA award-winning Dorset Square (pictured), has scooped the £5,000 RIBA Client of the Year award.
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Page takes up post at Cabe Space
Ben Page, head of Ipsos Mori Social Research Institute, is to chair Cabe Space’s advisory committee.
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Bioregional Quintain and HAB split
HAB Housing and Bioregional Quintain have parted company after Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud’s company scaled down its eco-house project, which is expected to be broadcast on TV. HAB’s original intention was to build a 150-200 unit development in the West Country.
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NewsMurrain takes role at Greenwich
Paul Murrain, senior fellow at the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, has been appointed a visiting professor at the University of Greenwich.
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NewsSteel accolade for Newport bridge
Grimshaw’s £5 million pedestrian and cycle bridge in Newport has been honoured at the Structural Steel Design Awards.
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Cheltenham art gallery to extend
Cheltenham Borough Council has launched an RIBA competition for a “flagship” extension to its 100-year-old art gallery and museum.
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NewsLocal authorities more efficient
The performance of local planning authorities has improved in the past six months, planning minister Kay Andrews said last week.
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OFT launches industry probe
The Office of Fair Trading is to review the UK housebuilding industry.
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NewsCaltongate’s deep heat
Allan Murray Architects is to build what it believes is the biggest-ever ground source heating system in the UK at its controversial Caltongate site in Edinburgh.
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RIBA to help returnees from career breaks
The RIBA has launched a course to help qualified architects returning after career breaks in a bid to cut the number of people disappearing from the profession.
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NewsRIBA Awards process ‘not working’
The RIBA’s latest system for selecting award winners has led to a clash between the regions and London over who has ultimate control over nominations.
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NewsPrinces Docked
This is RMJM’s revised plan for Princes Dock in Liverpool, which was given planning approval this week.
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Traditional homes are greener, says study
But exponents of modern methods reject ‘simplistic’ findings
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NewsMary Wrenn quits RIAS
Mary Wrenn has resigned as chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland so she can be nearer to her husband Richard Parnaby, who works as a professor of architecture at the University of the West of England.
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NewsRIBA London picks Alsop as first patron
Will Alsop has been appointed to be RIBA London’s first patron, to act as a champion for architects in the capital.
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NewsTea in the trees at Chiswick House café
Caruso St John Architects has unveiled its design proposal for the new café at Chiswick House Gardens. The single-storey building will have a white Portland stone facade to match the house and surrounding park pavilions.