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NewsMinister still getting to grips with new brief
New architecture minister John Penrose is expected to break his silence once he has got to grips with his brief after the shock decision to replace Ed Vaizey after just a few days in the job.
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NewsWinner announced to build new headquarters for Japan Tobacco International
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has won an international design competition to build a new headquarters for Japan Tobacco International in Geneva.
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The Decentralisation and Localism Bill
The Queen’s speech is rarely an edge-of-the-seat affair. But with a new government comes new policies and the announcement of the Decentralisation and Localism Bill by Her Majesty on Tuesday has prompted a mixed, and occasionally worried, response from the architectural and construction communities.
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NewsArchial boasts £60m of lined up work
Archial has said its pipeline of future work now stands at a record £60 million.
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NewsAberdeen competition to launch this autumn
An international design competition to find a design to replace a planned scheme by Brisac Gonzalez in Aberdeen is due to be launched this autumn.
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NewsLA art museum shortlist includes Koolhaas, Herzog & de Meuron and Foreign Office
American philanthropist and art collector Eli Broad has confirmed a six-strong shortlist for his new art museum in Los Angeles.
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NewsApproval for Feilden Clegg Bradley observatory
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s new visitor centre at Manchester University’s Jodrell Bank Observatory has been approved.
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NewsIn Detail: Haworth Tompkins submits Everyman Theatre plans
Haworth Tompkins’ competition-winning scheme for a new £28 million theatre in Liverpool has been submitted for planning this week.
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NewsHousebuilding hit as government cuts £50m from Kickstart
The Homes & Communities Agency’s Kickstart programme will bear the brunt of the £230 million of cuts the government has imposed on the agency.
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NewsUS survey shows hopes of recovery
Latest results from the American Institute of Architects monthly billings index have bolstered hopes of a recovery for the profession in the US.
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NewsUK practice lands China role
Milton Keynes practice David Lock Associates is the only UK firm invited to work on plans to build a new town in the middle of China.
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NewsPrix's European Central Bank rises as Euro falls
As the Euro continues to fall, the new £740 million European Central Bank building in Frankfurt, Germany, by Wolf D. Prix’s practice Coop Himmelblau has begun to rise out of the ground.
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NewsQatari Diar MD had doubts from start about Rogers scheme
The managing director of Qatari Diar, one of the companies behind the proposed redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks, said he had concerns from the start that the scheme by Rogers Stirk Harbour did not represent value for money.
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NewsCabe and EH and Tate all face cuts this year
Cabe, English Heritage and the Tate Gallery are being asked to cut a combined £7 million from their budgets this year as part of the government’s £6.2 billion in spending cuts.
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NewsSix shortlisted to reclad St Thomas' Hospital tower
AHMM, Grimshaw and Hopkins are among six teams shortlisted for a second RIBA competition for Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.
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NewsDan Brill's surfers' bridge is people's choice in California
Hampshire practice Dan Brill Architects has won a People’s Choice award in an international bridge competition on America’s west coast.
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NewsLubetkin health centre's future will be decided in July
The health authority in charge of Lubetkin’s threatened Finsbury Health Centre is expected to make a decision on its future in July.
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NewsAberdeen arts centre commissioner loses her job
The client on Brisac Gonzalez’s scheme for an arts centre in Aberdeen has lost her job after the project was scrapped in favour of a rival.
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NewsKent school building programme in limbo as major cuts loom
Architects await government decision on future of £1.2bn second phase.
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NewsNomination shortfall foils Oldham’s bid for president
Low pay candidate George Oldham has failed in his eleventh hour bid to become the next president of the RIBA.