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NewsGovernment gives £390 million boost to new housing
Beleaguered housing architects have received a boost with the news that the government has found £390 million to help fill the Homes & Communities Agency’s funding black hole.
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NewsNew win for Brisac Gonzalez, Space Group and CF Moller in Norway
Brisac Gonzalez, working with Space Group, and CF Møller are the joint winners of an international design competition to build an opera house and cultural centre in the Norwegian city of Kristiansund.
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NewsCapita Symonds help engineer Goodwood sculpture
Capita Symonds helped engineer a central sculpture at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed held in the Sussex Downs over the weekend.
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NewsRoof in place on Hopkins’ Olympic Velodrome
The ODA has released new photographs showing the timber ceiling on the roof of Hopkins’ Olympic Velodrome in place.
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NewsGovernment confirms scrapping of Building Schools for the Future
BD reveals full list of BSF projects scrapped, under review or set to continue under new system.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton completes Carlton Club dining room refurb
Purcell Miller Tritton has completed the latest stage of its restoration work at the Carlton Club in London’s St James’s Street.
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NewsLondon mayor opens roof-top green research centre
The UK’s first inner-city green technology research centre has been officially opened by London mayor Boris Johnson.
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NewsVan Egeraat wins Moscow stadium competition
Erick van Egeraat has won an international competition to design a 300,000sq m stadium complex in Moscow.
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NewsNew Islington Site Life competition launches
BD’s sister title has Property Week has teamed up with developer Urban Splash to launch a competition for a vacant site within the New Islington development in Manchester.
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NewsChetwood's student display space opens
Work by architectural students has gone on display at Chetwood Associates’ free exhibition space in east London.
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NewsBath Spa compensation revealed as £7 million
Grimshaw and Carillion paid Bath Council £7 million in compensation over the Bath Spa fiasco, it has emerged.
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NewsWright & Wright to masterplan AA campus
Wright & Wright Architects has been appointed to draw up the masterplan for the Architectural Association School’s newly expanded campus in Bedford Square.
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NewsCabe forced to consider paid-for design reviews
Local communities are set to be handed sweeping new powers over the architecture on their doorsteps amid growing fears that central government is abdicating responsibility for design standards.
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NewsTeachers strike over BDP revamp of school
Design flaws are endangering quality of education, claim staff at Islington secondary.
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NewsRobert Adam's Witanhurst mansion refurbishment wins planning appeal
Robert Adam has scored a massive victory in his plans to revamp the largest private house in London not owned by a member of the royal family.
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NewsDoubts grow over future of Kickstart
Only one fifth of the half-a-billion pound budget earmarked for the second round of Kickstart has been committed amid growing doubts over the future of the controversial stimulus programme.
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NewsHopkins sues Dubai firm for unpaid fees
Hopkins is suing a Dubai property business for more than $7 million (£4.7 million) for alleged unpaid fees on a delayed tower scheme in the emirate’s financial district.
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NewsMinister hints at Finsbury closure
The government has given the strongest hint yet that it is siding with the local health authority wanting to shut down Finsbury Health Centre.
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NewsFraser branches out for art studio
Malcolm Fraser Architects has completed work on a 9sq m tree house studio in Glen Nevis for collaborative arts group London Fieldworks.
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NewsThe Union Street Urban Orchard
A lush urban orchard and community garden has been created on the south bank for the London Festival of Architecture and beyond.