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Call for clarity for Liverpool towers
Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley has called for the city's tall buildings policy to be scrapped.
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NewsIt's Prasad vs Owen for RIBA presidency
The RIBA presidency contest looked likely to become a two-horse race between Sunand Prasad and Valerie Owen, as BD went to press on Wednesday.
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DTI's PFI principles cost National Lab £100m
The PFI scheme to build a new National Physical Laboratory in Teddington cost the private sector partners involved more than £100 million because of fundamental design problems and flaws in the procurement process, according to the National Audit Office.
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NewsMeanwhile, in Spain...
While its London-based Architecture Foundation HQ will open due to open two years late, Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a dramatic new form on foreign shores.
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NewsUrban Salon cut from £60k house contest
John Prescott's main legacy to the built environment may prove to be the £60,000 homes created through his Design for Manufacture competition.
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NewsTaking a turn on the river
McDowell & Benedetti is to design a footbridge over the River Hull in East Yorkshire to link Kingston upon Hull's historic centre with a new civic quarter, the Boom, being developed on the east bank.
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Biennale cash crisis
Arts Council cuts London Biennale funding amid claims it overshadows Architecture Week
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Cambridge ranks top for architect students
Cambridge University has been rated the best place to study architecture in a survey by the Guardian newspaper, ahead of the Manchester School of Architecture and Cardiff University.
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NewsSchool's out for Rogers
One of the world's great practices wants to know why its designs for schools keep getting turned down
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Design fears as Scotland adopts the Lift system
Scotland is to see its own version of the controversial Lift healthcare procurement system, raising fears over a rise in "generic" design in the sector.
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Southwark sets up a mini Cabe
The London Borough of Southwark has assembled a star-studded design review panel to rival Cabe's, boasting two current and one former member of the commission's design review panel and a host of other well-respected industry figures.
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Stars vie for Singapore project
A shortlist of architects including Norman Foster, Rem Koolhas and Will Alsop is vying for the opportunity to design three large waterfront parks in Marina Bay, Singapore.
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Contract tied up for troubled Barts Royal London hospital
The contract for the troubled Barts & the Royal London hospital, designed by HOK, has finally reached financial close.
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NewsArtisan in Sheffield
Manchester-based developer Artisan has submitted plans for its first project outside the North-west - this £20 million mixed-use scheme in Sheffield city centre.
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SMC Group records huge rise in profits
SMC Group, the Stock Market listed architecture firm which recently acquired Will Alsop's practice, has recorded annual pre-tax profits of £2.9 million on a turnover of £13.5 million.
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Peckham Pulse pool set to reopen in October
Southwark council has appointed contractor Makers to repair the Peckham Pulse, its flagship public swimming pool which has been closed for more than a year because of leaking pipes.
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NewsUrmston regeneration
Planning consent has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £43 million regeneration scheme for the town centre of Urmston, Greater Manchester.