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    Tower work grinds to halt as developers strike deal

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    A highly controversial tower proposed for the doorstep of the Tate Modern is set to be abandoned after plans emerged to extend the adjacent Richard Rogers-designed development on to the site.

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    Archive carve-up would be ‘barmy’

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA Trust’s shock plans to revise its long-held commitment to keeping large collections of British architectural archives together and in the UK have been condemned as “utterly wrong” by a former RIBA curator.

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    New life for sport centre

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The national sports centre in Crystal Palace Park is to be given a new lease of life, the London Development Agency has announced.

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    EP’s regeneration funds rocket by 73%

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    English Partnerships has recorded its highest ever investment programme of £836 million for 2005-06 — an increase of 73% on the previous year.

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    Eco warriors shatter glass objection

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Richard Mitzam Architects has fought its way through the planning system to win permission for a modernist, eco-friendly home in London’s Hampstead.

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    Basin cut

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Construction has started on BDP’s new Manchester headquarters on Ducie Street at Piccadilly Basin. Planning has been granted for the 3,000sq m building, and the 275-strong staff should be able to move in during 2008.

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    Lighting up time

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Wind turbines capable of generating 3kW of energy will be added to five residential blocks in Bradford as part of a refurbishment programme by Halliday Clark Architects.

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    Guide helps design homes for elderly

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation is to develop a best practice guide for architects designing supported housing for the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable people. 21st Century Supported Housing will be produced with input from the Department for Communities & Local Government and as yet unnamed design practices, and is due to ...

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    Shortlisted four aim for pinnacle of achievement

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Contenders beat field of hundreds to win final-round place in competition to design Everest base camp

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    Brighton Marina bid turns into a bit of a cliffhanger

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Wilkinson Eyre’s £235 million Brighton Marina development had one final hurdle to jump this week as BD went to press.

  • Tapestry weaver Dovecot Studios is hoping to settle at Edinburgh’s Infirmary Street baths.
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    Spotcheck

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    This week - Scotland

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    Biennale downloads have arrived

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Listen to the best of the Biennale’s talks and debates recorded during the week.

  • Rem Koolhaas: The OMA archive includes his napkin sketches and screenplays.
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    Rem spurns archive offer

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    OMA says £900,000 deal proposed by Netherlands Architecture Institute is too low

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    Architects back RIBA in anti-nuclear stance

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Leading architects have joined the RIBA in condemning the government’s lurch towards a new generation of nuclear power stations, set out in this week’s energy review.

  • The Norman Foster-designed Renault Centre in Swindon will be refurbished by Dennis Sharp Architects.
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    Renault Centre seeks one careful owner

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A careful owner, preferably an architecture or design practice, is being sought to occupy Norman Foster’s iconic Renault Centre in Swindon after its future was secured through a new restoration scheme.

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    Elephant & Castle delays raise fears over project

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Fears were raised this week over delays to one of the largest regeneration projects in the country — London’s £1.5 billion Elephant & Castle scheme.

  • Denton Corker Marshall’s proposal for a visitor centre, 3km away from the stones.
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    Stonehenge centre wins approval

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    An epic 15-year-long struggle to build a new visitor centre at World Heritage site Stonehenge received a crucial boost this week after Denton Corker Marshall’s £65 million project won planning permission.

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    Supermarkets choose timber

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket giants Tesco and Asda are planning to replace their standard steel frames with timber in selected new stores to reduce their ecological footprint.

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    US giant sets sights on London

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    NBBJ to treble British workforce

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    Watchdog slates Glasgow £1.2bn regeneration plan

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A £1.2 billion regeneration project in Glasgow by Chapman Taylor is “fundamentally flawed”, according to watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland.