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    It's got Seoul

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Foreign Office Architects has completed the headquarters of Dulnyouk Publishers at Paju Book City, outside the South Korean capital, Seoul.

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    Go-ahead for tallest tower

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    London's skyline is set to keep on rising as the tallest tower yet received the green light.

  • Plans for a £12 million mixed-use scheme designed by Cartwright Pickard have been submitted to Sheffield City Council.
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    Stacked up at Sheffield

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a £12 million mixed-use scheme designed by Cartwright Pickard have been submitted to Sheffield City Council.

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    Safety alert over scaffolds

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    The Health & Safety Executive has issued a safety alert to the construction industry following a major scaffolding collapse in Milton Keynes earlier this month.

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    Gough scheme stalled by Tesco ‘delaying tactics'

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Tesco has been accused of effectively "land-banking" a site in Sunderland proposed for a Piers Gough-designed development, in the week the supermarket announced a 17% rise in profits.

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    Strike up the bandstand

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Make has produced three potential designs for a new £15 million bandstand in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens which could extend the venue's capacity from 3,500 to 10,000.

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    This Week

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    A round up news this week

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    Green approach ‘will pay'

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilding must change its attitude to sustainability as energy prices rise, environmental consultant Elliot Carter was set to tell the Worshipful Company of Constructors this week.

  • A new visitor centre, designed by Allies & Morrison for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, has been completed at Welney, in the Fens.
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    Wet look

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    A new visitor centre, designed by Allies & Morrison for the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, has been completed at Welney, in the Fens.

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    Plan for disaster at design stage, urges Arup expert

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    A survey of 400 British companies has revealed that more than half of organisations have taken no steps to prepare for disruption to their businesses in the aftermath of a terrorist attack or other major incident.The Arup survey found that 60% of senior managers were unsure if their organisations would ...

  • This is GMW Architects’ entry for a competition organised by the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund for the Elisabeth House site on St Peter’s Square.
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    All the angles

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    This is GMW Architects' entry for a competition organised by the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund for the Elisabeth House site on St Peter's Square.

  • Gehry’s plans for Hove include a colourful sports centre and two “crumpled” towers.
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    Revised Gehry plan fails to win support

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    English Heritage and Cabe have both refused to give their support to Frank Gehry's revised plans for the King Alfred site at Hove.

  • Prasad: “Sense of social responsibility.”
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    Prasad set to stand as RIBA president

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Sunand Prasad will be standing as the next president of the RIBA, he confirmed this week.

  • Cambridge University’s troubled School of Architecture has pledged to look to the future with a £3 million extension and refurbishment.
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    Cambridge's new terms

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Cambridge University's troubled School of Architecture has pledged to look to the future with a £3 million extension and refurbishment.

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    Blacklist for bad design

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Housing Corporation chief to target developers

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    Firms queue up to remake Brum

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Make and Farrells show interest in city masterplan

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    Rising fees ‘put quality at risk'

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The presidents of the RIBA and the RIAS expressed concern this week after architects claimed rocketing contractors' fees were putting design quality at risk.

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    Gehry Hove scheme is ‘not viable'

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Frank Gehry's scheme for the King Alfred site in Hove is "not viable" and will not be sufficiently profitable to enable developer Karis to provide the standard 40% affordable housing and pay section 106 contributions, an official valuation report has said.

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    RIBA claims victory over design statements

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Every planning application will have to include a design and access statement from this summer, the government announced last week.

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    Keppie anger as school axes acclaimed courses

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Scottish architectural giant Keppie Design has condemned a leading architecture school after it scrapped two acclaimed courses.