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NewsLewisham Council backs PRP almshouses scheme
PRP’s proposal for a series of almshouses in south-east London has been backed by council planners.
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NewsFoster and Koolhaas unveil rival schemes for Hong Kong cultural district
OMA and Foster & Partners have revealed images and details of their conceptual masterplans for a major new £1.8 billion (HK$21.6 billion) arts district in Hong Kong.
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NewsEx-Jefferson Sheard staff will not receive all of missing cash, says administrator
Employees owed thousands of pounds following the collapse of architect Jefferson Sheard have been told they can expect to be left out of pocket.
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NewsNightingales' Blackpool school survives BSF cull
Nightingales has managed to salvage work from the wreckage of its first Building Schools for the Future contract, which it won just 72 hours before the government scrapped the initiative.
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NewsChurchill Hui homeless centre opens in Brent
Churchill Hui Architects’ new centre for homeless people in north London has opened.
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NewsBDP to look at ways of regenerating Lancashire town
BDP has been asked to carry out a regeneration study for Rawtenstall in Lancashire.
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NewsAmerican billings index bounces back
After a two-month decline that fuelled fears of a double dip recession, the American Institute of Architects’ billings index has leapt up by two points.
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NewsBartlett’s Neil Spiller appointed school of architecture head at the University of Greenwich
The University of Greenwich has appointed the Bartlett’s Neil Spiller as head of its school of architecture and construction.
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NewsBoris Johnson and Oona King to debate diversity
Boris Johnson and Oona King will discuss how to keep diversity on the agenda during a recession when they take part in the 10th Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture.
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NewsRockheim opens in Norway
A new museum of popular music in Norway designed by local practice Pir II and specialist museum designer Parallel World Labs, opens today, almost a year late.
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NewsLondon mayor's new Housing Design Guide released
The London Housing Design Guide is published today, containing the generous space standards demanded by the Mayor of London.
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NewsPractices vie to create sustainable neighbourhood at Royal Docks
Maccreanor Lavington, Jestico & Whiles, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and PRP Architects are all in the running to design a new sustainable neighbourhood in east London.
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NewsWork starts on agricultural training centre for people with autism
Work has begun on Gradon Architecture’s agricultural training centre for people with autism on a 30ha site in County Durham.
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NewsLandscape architect wins Goldfinger Scholarship
This year’s RIBA Goldfinger Scholarship has been awarded to Luca Csepely-Knorr, a landscape architecture graduate and PhD student at the Corvinus University of Budapest.
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NewsBids open for future use of 2012 Olympic stadium
The Olympic Park Legacy Company has formally opened bids for the long-term lease on the 2012 Olympic stadium.
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NewsLaid off staff from Jefferson Sheard 'still waiting' for missing pay
Sheffield-based practice Jefferson Sheard has gone into administration with former staff telling BD they are still owed thousands of pounds in wages and redundancy pay weeks after losing their jobs.
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NewsJohn Thompson's Ealing scheme wins planning
John Thompson & Partners’ mixed use scheme for the centre of Ealing has won detailed planning permission.
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NewsPlanners back Glenn Howells' green transformation for water company
Designs by Glenn Howells Architects to turn an office for water company Severn Trent into a green flagship have been approved by local planners.
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NewsMichael Cook wins planning for sports nutrition HQ in Brighton
Michael Cook Associates has won planning permission for a 3,500sq m company headquarters at Woodingdean Business Park in Brighton.
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NewsJudges announced for Young Architect of the Year
Fashion designer and architecture patron Margaret Howell will join a six strong jury, including BD’s Ellis Woodman, to select the winner of the award which recognises the UK’s most promising new architects or practices.