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Mayor’s design unit under fire
Conflict of interest investigation at the Architecture & Urbanism Unit
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Cabe misses 43% of its targets, says government
Cabe’s chief executive Richard Simmonshas branded the government’s system of rating his organisation “perverse” as its annual report showed it had missed almost half of the quantifiable targets it had been set.
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Hyams leaves Aedas in dispute over studio role
Design director’s desire for unit’s autonomy led to clash
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NewsAdjaye not our idea, says jury
Central awards committee added Idea Store to RIBA Award list and overrode other nominations
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South-east ‘solution’ to Westminster overcrowding
An independent commission chaired by Richard Best and including Terry Farrell has recommended moving social housing tenants from Westminster to the four South-east growth areas to ease the borough’s housing crisis.
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Arb agrees to clamp down on title abuse
Arb is to clamp down on abuse of title, following a rare unanimous vote by its divided board.
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First ‘green charter’ for Thames Gateway site
Medway Council has issued a “green charter” for Rochester Riverside, a key Thames Gateway site.
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Council backs Guildhall conversion into court
Controversial plans to convert the grade II* listed Middlesex Guildhall into a new Supreme Court have been given the go-ahead by Westminster City Council.The proposals, which brought protests from heritage campaigners, involve the adaptation of the early 20th century Guildhall on Parliament Square into a new court which will take ...
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NewsEdge of the Wedge
Wedge House, an office and retail scheme by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, has won planning permission from the London Borough of Southwark.
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Body set to strengthen China links
A new body devoted to collaboration between the building professionals of the UK and China was launched this week at the RIBA.
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NewsWave of relief
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s new Lifeboat Station at Padstow is due to go operational this Sunday.
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Edinburgh council scraps goods yard designs
Edinburgh City Council has scrapped plans by leading Scottish architects to develop the Morrison Street goods yard.
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NewsTowering over Manhattan
Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki have unveiled designs for three skyscrapers, known simply as towers 2, 3 and 4, to join the SOM-designed Freedom Tower (pictured far left), Santiago Calatrava’s transport hub and the September 11 memorial, designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, at the World Trade ...
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Dorset is next to halt heathland development
Local authorities in Dorset have stunned architects by putting an “outrageous” embargo on new housing development until they reach an agreement with English Nature on the protection of heathland.
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NewsMcAslan’s carbon neutral circus comes to Brighton
These are John McAslan & Partners proposals for an eco-friendly development in the heart of Brighton.