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NewsAdept and Sou Fujimoto to design Swedish library
Danish firm Adept, along with Japanese practice Sou Fujimoto, has won a competition to design a new library in Sweden.
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NewsHowells' Gloucestershire Gateway service station wins planning approval
Glenn Howells Architects has been granted planning permission for Britain’s most glamorous motorway service station.
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NewsDouble-dip recession fears rise as RIBA reports fall in workloads
Architects have admitted that a double-dip recession is now almost certain.
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NewsPenrose lists two 1960s housing estates in Camden
Architecture and heritage minister John Penrose has announced a series of controversial listing decisions including final rulings on Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House and two housing estates by Benson & Forsyth.
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Acheson to chair Northern Ireland design watchdog
Northern Ireland’s culture minister Nelson McCausland has appointed Arthur Acheson as the new chairman for the Ministerial Advisory Group for Architecture & the Built Environment in Northern Ireland, the country’s design watchdog.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley go-ahead for 13th century priory scheme
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning for its £5.8 million “language immersion centre” at a 13th century priory in Gloucester.
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NewsCabe says Kapoor's Olympic Orbit needs more design work
Anish Kapoor’s Olympic Orbit could be “severely compromised” without detailed design work being carried out before it goes for planning, a Cabe design review panel has claimed.
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NewsGovernment cash set to boost new housing
Housing minister Grant Shapps has sparked hopes of a new housing boom by announcing extra funding for councils that approve new developments.
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NewsSquire's submits housing and cultural proposal for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has submitted a planning application for nine blocks of flats and a cultural facility on Potters Field, the Thames-side park between City Hall and Tower Bridge in London.
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NewsEH report boosts listing bid for War Graves HQ
The campaign to have Fitzroy Robinson & Partners’ Commonwealth War Graves Commission headquarters listed has received a boost following a positive report by English Heritage, claim campaigners.
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NewsArchitects seek guidance on timing of Part L regs
Architects are calling on the government for clarification on when the new version of Part L of the building regulations will be introduced.
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NewsKevin McCloud and DSDHA to redevelop hospital site
The Homes & Communities Agency has named Kevin McCloud’s joint venture Hab Oakus as the delivery partner to redevelop the former hospital site at Cashes Green in Stroud, with DSDHA as lead architect.
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NewsReprieve for 33 BSF 'sample' schools
Education secretary Michael Gove has revealed that all 33 of the Building Schools for the Future “sample” schools left in limbo by the bungled scrapping of BSF will go ahead with full funding.
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NewsCabe still unconvinced by Barking redevelopment proposals
Cabe has given a lukewarm reception to revised proposals by Jestico & Whiles and Glenn Howells Architects for the redevelopment of a former wharf and industrial site in Barking, east London.
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Aecom buys Davis Langdon for £204m
Aecom has announced a takeover deal of UK consultant Davis Langdon for $324 million (£203.6 million).
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NewsSoane Museum holds blind auction to raise funds for expansion
Sir John Soane’s Museum in London is to give away original art works by artists and architects in a blind sale to raise money for its expansion and refurbishment project.
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Birmingham planners slam Davis Weatherill's Morrisons design
Birmingham city planners have strongly criticised plans for a new Morrisons supermarket drawn up by Davis Weatherill Partnership.
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NewsMSA wins go ahead for parrot house
London-based practice Matthew Springett Associates has won planning permission for the first stage of its project to build the largest aviary in the world at the National Parrot Sanctuary in Lincolnshire.
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David Lock wins planning for Derbyshire brownfield scheme
David Lock Associates’ masterplan for a major brownfield regeneration scheme near Burton-upon-Trent has been approved by planners at South Derbyshire District Council.
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Formroom designs £9 million project for Everton
Manchester-based Formroom Architects has designed a new retail and administration development for Everton Football Club, set to be built adjacent to the club’s Goodison Park stadium.