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NewsHadid’s AF building wins go-ahead after two years
Zaha Hadid’s greatly revised plans for the headquarters of the Architecture Foundation in Southwark received planning permission this week after a two year odyssey of changes by client and architect.
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NewsSupermarket, Bury St Edmunds by SMC Covell Matthews
SMC Covell Matthews has designed this half-submerged supermarket for the historic Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds, and used the roof for 80 new homes.
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Abolish stamp duty on zero carbon homes, says Miliband
Environment secretary David Miliband has called on chancellor Gordon Brown to exempt zero-carbon new homes from stamp duty.
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NewsPortsmouth’s anchor
Developer Centros Miller has revealed Chapman Taylor’s design for the 21,400sq m John Lewis department store, which will anchor its £350 million Northern Quarter development in Portsmouth city centre.
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NewsBlack parade
Black Architects’ mixed-use scheme for Shannon Corner in New Malden has been granted planning permission by London’s Merton Borough Council.
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Scots watchdog slams housing neighbouring Pineapple folly
A proposed housing development at Dunmore Park near Falkirk, home to one of the UK’s most distinctive follies, has been slammed by Architecture & Design Scotland in its latest round of design review reports.
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NewsFarrell’s Gateway triumph
Terry Farrell has won his battle to turn the Thames Gateway into a wetlands park stretching along the River Thames from London into Kent and Essex, with the government set to endorse his vision at next month’s Thames Gateway Forum.
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Livingstone weighs in to defend AUU procurement
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone this week broke his silence over the ongoing inquiry into conflicts of interest at his Architecture & Urbanism Unit following a formal question by the London Assembly’s deputy chair.
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NewsLiverpool clings to status
Unesco visits spark tougher rules for World Heritage Sites as city ducks demotion over Three Graces row
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‘Stop making excuses and tackle diversity’
The profession needs to “stop making excuses” and tackle its lack of diversity, according to a fiery speech that reignited the debate on discrimination in architecture this week.
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DOH was ‘negligent’ in hospital programme
A leading doctor has accused the Department of Health of negligence in its multi-billion pound building programme.
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Second Arb fine for PII rebel
An architect and protester against the Arb’s policies on professional insurance has been disciplined for a second time by the organisation’s conduct committee, sparking claims that he is being victimised.
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NewsJean Nouvel in running to convert EH’s former HQ
The ultra-fashionable Jean Nouvel could be drafted in to save English Heritage’s “iconic” former home from the bulldozers.
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Pelli rethink wins Paradise go-ahead
Just as Broadway Malyan’s Mann Island scheme was delayed yet again by Liverpool’s planners this week (see left), architect Cesar Pelli bowed to the heritage lobby and in so doing received consent for his residential scheme nearby.
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NewsTaking the desert by storm
This is the latest design to burst forth from Foster & Partners — an “ultra-luxury” $2 billion (£1 billion) residential scheme for Egypt’s Red Sea Coast.
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Alsop eyes another at Goldsmiths
Will Alsop this week pledged to compete for a £6 million new building at Goldsmith’s College, the establishment behind his Ben Pimlott visual arts complex.
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Heritage Lottery to grant £13m in Townscape scheme
Lottery funding of £13 million has been earmarked to regenerate towns and cities across the UK in the latest round of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Townscape Heritage Initiative.
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NewsBDP sails into Sefton waterfront
BDP has unveiled images for its £7 million Sefton Water Centre, which it has submitted for outline planning permission.