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NewsEH holds out hope for Stonehenge visitor centre
A crunch meeting will be held next week to examine the prospects for pursuing Denton Corker Marshall’s £27.5 million Stonehenge Visitor Centre despite the government’s withdrawal of £10 million worth of funding.
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NewsHaiti housing competition launched
An international competition to design new housing in Haiti has been launched on behalf of the Haitian government.
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NewsStudio Weave at Glastonbury
Studio Weave’s dystopian dance platform has been unveiled at the Glastonbury festival and is so convincing some revellers believe it is genuinely on fire.
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HCA presses ahead with design standards
The Homes & Communities Agency is hoping to make public the findings of a consultation on housing design standards by September
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Green is go at Public
Architect Flannery & de la Pole has put the finishing touches to the final £1.4 million phase of Will Alsop’s troubled West Midlands landmark, The Public
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Cuts also hit hospital and BFI Film Centre
A £450 million hospital and a £166 million centre for the British Film Institute are among other projects derailed by government cuts.
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NewsCollective approach
Glasgow practice Collective Architecture has lodged a planning application for a £5.5 million housing and shopping development in the city.
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NewsHayward Smart wins planning for Henley family house
Hayward Smart Architects has won planning permission for a large family house (pictured) in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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Community centre go-ahead
Belfast-based McCaw Architects has won planning permission for a new community centre and retail unit in the Upper Ardoyne area of the city
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NewsImpressive volumes
Next week sees the official opening of the second phase of Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the London Library.
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NewsFive-star praise for Heron’s hotel neighbour
Cabe has praised PLP’s plans for a new five-star hotel next door to the Heron Tower in the City of London. The scheme is part of a mixed-use development, including public space and private residences.
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NewsGove to relax planning rules so disused buildings can become schools
Architects have given a cautious welcome to education secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that he will relax planning rules to make it easier to turn derelict hospitals, shops and pubs into “free schools”.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands to masterplan UCL campus
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been appointed by University College London to masterplan its Bloomsbury estate – beating 120 others to win the job.
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NewsArb unveils cost-cutting measures
Architects are set to see a reduction in the fees they pay to be on the register after The Arb unveiled plans for a series of cost-cutting measures including slashing all staff bonuses.
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NewsNewport station starts on site
Work to clad the new Newport train station with 31 air-filled plastic cushions has begun.
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AHMM disputes breach claim
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has said it will “vigorously defend” a legal claim made by Wickham van Eyck that it breached a joint venture agreement the pair struck in order to bid for a job at Amsterdam University.
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NewsRIBA voices relief over Osborne’s Budget
The RIBA has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Budget, praising the Chancellor’s commitment to maintain capital spending and predicting that there will still be money for well-designed schools, housing and hospitals.
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NewsConservationists fight to save iconic New York building
Conservationists have denounced plans to demolish IM Pei’s award-winning 1970 Sundrome building at New York’s JFK Airport.
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NewsRIBA takes the Stirling Prize to the BBC
The RIBA has announced that this year’s Stirling Prize will be shown on BBC Two’s The Culture Show, after viewing figures dipped to an all time low on Channel 4 last year.