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Rogers’ practice posts profit
Richard Rogers’ practice Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has posted an impressive annual pretax profit of £1.2 million for the year ending June 30 2006, compared to a £650,000 loss for the previous 12 months.
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Report: sell public assets for £1
A government report, Making Assets Work, has concluded that public assets such as disused swimming baths, hospitals and pubs should be sold to communities for as little as £1.
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NewsJohn Penoyre 1917-2007
Architect and author John Penoyre, father of Penoyre & Prasad’s Greg, has died at the age of 90.
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NewsHowells wins RIBA Stoke project
Landscaping proposals by Glenn Howells Architects, including kiln-like pavilions (pictured) and shared space street design, have won an RIBA competition as part of the £20 million regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent.
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NewsThey’re on their way to Wembley
Manchester United and Chelsea fans visiting the new Wembley Stadium for tomorrow’s FA Cup Final will be among the first to admire Marks Barfield’s adjacent public square and White Horse Bridge.
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NewsGerman firm beats Adjaye to $100k prize
German firm Barkow Leibinger has beaten architects including the UK’s David Adjaye to triumph in the world’s most lucrative competition for young architects.
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NewsMore artificial cooling takes heat off Evelina
A flagship low-energy hospital designed by Hopkins Architects is to be fitted with extra artificial cooling because of long-term problems with overheating.
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NewsAviation museum gets Gateway regeneration off to a flying start
This £27 million aviation museum by Walker & Martin, planned for a deprived part of the Thames Gateway, has been put forward for lottery funding.
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NewsLab to build in Tanzania
SpaceLab’s 21-unit residential building in Tanzania has been granted planning permission.
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NewsTorquay site is pathfinder
Exeter-based Kensington Taylor Architects has won planning permission for this £24 million community college in Torquay. The scheme is a One School Pathfinder, funded by Building Schools for the Future, to allow Torbay Council a pilot project for its future approach to BSF.
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NewsCase of the empty house
Urgent repairs to save the grade II listed Surrey home of Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle are being carried out by local authority workmen.
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Williams up for Norwegian jazz
Keith Williams Architects has been short-listed to design a jazz house and theatre in Molde, Norway, home of the country’s biggest annual international jazz festival.
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Locals forum for legacy views
The Olympic Delivery Authority is to establish an Olympic Park regeneration steering group to promote local people’s involvement in planning the effective legacy uses of the Olympic Park.
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£1,000 student prize up for grabs
RIBA South East has offered a £1,000 prize for an architecture student from the region to take on an additional research project.
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NewsUEA to honour Will Alsop
The University of East Anglia is to award an honorary degree in civil law to Will Alsop.
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Work to stabilise Silbury Hill starts
Work has begun to stabilise the 4,400-year old Silbury Hill in Wiltshire.
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NewsEast End scheme passes planning
Tower Hamlets Council has granted planning permission for Child Graddon Lewis’s high-density, mixed-use development at the junction of Limehouse Cut and Bow Common Lane in London’s East End.
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Fort William centre opens
A new £9 million community health centre designed by Young & Gault Architects has opened in Fort William.