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Boris calls for new financing model to enable Battersea tube extension
London mayor Boris Johnson has written to chancellor George Osborne urging him to introduce a novel form of financing seen as crucial to the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
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Qatari Diar deleted emails that harmed its barracks case, court told
A Qatari Diar executive deliberately destroyed emails that would have damaged the developer’s case against the Candy brothers, including several mentioning Prince Charles, the High Court was told today.
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Hanif Kara joins Architecture Foundation board
The engineer Hanif Kara has been appointed to the board of trustees of the Architecture Foundation.
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Bill Dunster and Donald Insall honoured by the Queen
Conservation architect Donald Insall and green pioneer, Bill Dunster, are among those recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours.
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Studio Weave create 'dance podium' for Glastonbury
Studio Weave has been commissioned to create an installation for Glastonbury that will go on to tour music festivals around the country this summer.
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Piercy Conner Architects’ Restello
An innovative residential block, the winner of Living Steel’s 2006 international architecture competition, has started on site in India.
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Heritage fears for Stratford
English Heritage has attacked plans by Studio Egret West and Gross Max for Stratford town centre in the run-up to 2012.
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'Market garden' plans for Chelsea Barracks
Chelsea Barracks will be transformed into a sustainable “market garden” complete with beehives, orchards, vegetable plots and a nuttery, under plans outlined by landscape architect Kim Wilkie.
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Penrose comments hailed as ‘promising’
Leading architects have welcomed new architecture minister John Penrose’s first public comments on the profession as “promising”
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Could green technology be the games’ greatest legacy?
How does the Olympic Park stack up against the ambitious environmental bid pledges of 2005
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Outrage at gutting of landmark listed block
The City of London has been accused of ruining the interiors of flats at Chamberlin Powell & Bonn’s renowned 1950s Golden Lane Estate by carrying out modernisation work without listed building consent
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Cardiff firm recruiting as business booms
Holder Mathias Architects has announced a recruitment drive in the wake of a “flow of new contracts”, including a £62 million shopping mall in eastern Europe.
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DRMM puts a fresh stamp on Oxford’s exhibition space
DRMM’s trademark cross-laminated timber panels have transformed an old loading yard into a new 155sq m exhibition and entrance space for Modern Art Oxford
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Presidential boost for low-pay issue
Parnaby makes pledge as BD readers are given a final chance to question three candidates.
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Granary revamp gets under way
Work has begun on Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects’ £3.5 million restoration and extension of a derelict 19th century granary building in east London.
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Architects slam 'garden grabbing' law as naive
Architects have criticised the government’s much-vaunted changes to planning law, dubbing them a “charter for nimbyism” that will scupper many housing projects.
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RIBA Manser Medal for housing comes out of Stirling's shadow
Significant changes have been made to the RIBA Manser Medal to give the award a higher profile.
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Reiach & Hall Glasgow hospital wins international prize
Reiach & Hall’s £65 million New Stobhill Hospital in Glasgow has been named the world’s best health care building of its size.
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Court boost to RMJM’s Gazprom tower
A Russian court has thrown out an appeal against RMJM’s Gazprom skyscraper in St Petersburg.