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NewsManchester library win sparks row over fee bid
Ryder Architecture has been forced to defend its competition winning-bid to revamp Manchester’s grade II* listed Central Library after being accused of submitting an "extraordinarily low" fee proposal.
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NewsWestminster double for RIBA student medals
The RIBA has announced the winners of the President’s Medals Student Awards, which promote excellence in the study of architecture.
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NewsBuilding for Life winners
Housing developments by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Cole Thompson Anders have been awarded the highest-ever scores in the annual Building for Life awards, announced this week.
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Call to design modern housing for elderly
Architects have been urged to design more contemporary homes for older people in a new report out this week.
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NewsCandys demand sweet £68.5m
The High Court is expected to rule Monday whether a court case between the Candy Brothers and Qatari Diar will go ahead next spring.
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NewsCentral St Martins site to Make impact
Make's proposed refurbishment of the Soho faculty of Britain’s most famous fashion school is expected to be granted planning permission this week.
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Elephant & Castle developer to pick architect in 2010
The architects that will design Lend Lease’s £1.5 billion redevelopment of Elephant & Castle will be hired next year.
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Low carbon group launched
Peter Mandelson has launched the government’s low carbon construction innovation and growth steering group, which will review the industry’s fitness for reducing carbon emissions.
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NewsPiano puts UK and Qatar in tune
Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass (pictured) at London Bridge is a symbol of the close ties between the UK and Qatar, the head of the financier bankrolling the scheme said during a site visit this week.
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£10 million pledged for eco-towns
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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£800 million of BSF projects to go ahead
A dozen school building projects worth £800 million across England have been given the green light by the government.
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NewsWestminster University offers free courses to recession-hit architects
Westminster University is offering 1,500 free places on career development courses for unemployed, or under-employed, architects and other built environment professionals.
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NewsBarrett Lloyd Davis wins planning for Chelsea private house
Barrett Lloyd Davis has won planning permission for a new six storey private house in a conservation area in the heart of Chelsea, west London.
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Heatherwick to design biomass power plant in Stockton
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has been appointed to design a £150 million, 49 megawatt biomass power plant in Stockton on Tees, north-east England, BD can exclusively reveal.
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NewsNeu Architects picked to transform Lancashire town of Bacup
London-based Neu Architects in collaboration with LOCI Design has won the final contest in a series of competitions aiming to transform six Lancashire towns.
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Government introduces design threshold for all public buildings
The RIBA has welcomed government plans to draw up a design threshold for all new public building projects.
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Grimshaw, Mather and Gehl to masterplan Essex development
Grimshaw, Rick Mather and Jan Gehl have been appointed to design a masterplan for the development of North Harlow in Essex by developers Land Securities and Places for People.
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NewsTube art goes on display at King’s Cross
The first permanent piece of artwork on the London Underground since Paolozzi’s mosaics at Tottenham Court Road in 1984 has opened.
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Candy brothers name Charles and Boris in Chelsea Barracks case
Nick and Christian Candy have called for Prince Charles to be examined as a witness in their £81 million case against the Qatari Royal family over the collapse of the £3 billion Chelsea Barracks project.