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Outlining planning application submitted for 50,000sq m US Embassy
An outline planning application for a new US London Embassy in Battersea has been submitted.
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NewsCabe under scrutiny as Tories get thrifty
Conservatives plan crackdown on quangos if they win next election
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NewsHackett Hall McKnight wins Navan civic centre competition
Hackett Hall McKnight has won a competition to design a €43 million (£38 million) complex for Meath County Council and Navan Town Council on the edge of Navan in the Republic of Ireland
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NewsODA’s green credentials marred by use of plastic
The sustainability group monitoring the 2012 Olympic Games building process has given the Olympic Delivery Authority’s green credentials the thumbs-up — but warned it must sharpen up its act on using plastics.
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Six on RIBA Worthing swimming pool competition shortlist
Six architects, including AHMM, Thomas Heatherwick, Ian Simpson and Wilkinson Eyre, have been shortlisted for the design phase of the Worthing swimming pool competition.
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Ancient bones discovered at Farringdon Crossrail site
Preparation work has been halted on a Crossrail station after human remains were discovered
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NewsCivic Trust carve-up could save its legacy
Plans are being made to carve up the work of the Civic Trust, after it was put into administration last month.
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NewsChipperfield’s City of Justice opens in Barcelona
David Chipperfield Architects’ largest project to date, the City of Justice in Barcelona, was formally opened last Saturday.
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NewsGreen design key theme at Sustainability Now
Green architecture is set to play a key part of the upcoming Sustainability Now virtual event this week.
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Graduates: how to work and claim
Unemployed architecture graduates looking for practical experience after completing part I will be able to undertake an unpaid placement of up to 13 weeks without forfeiting their £64.30 jobseeker’s allowance, under new rules
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Faber Maunsell renamed Aecom
The 80-year-old engineering giant Faber Maunsell, whose recent projects include Crossrail and the Halley VI Research Centre in Antarctica, has announced it is to adopt the name of its parent company Aecom
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Secret garden for Blackburn
Studio Weave and Mesh Partnership have won a competition to design a new public space in Blackburn, with a proposal for a “secret garden”
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Skilled jobs for migrants to be cut
The government’s Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that more than 100,000 skilled construction jobs should be immediately closed to migrant workers, due to the current job shortage in the UK
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News£1m media facelift
Maber Architects has designed a £1 million entrance for the media centre at Nottingham Trent University
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NewsSouth-west stands tall
Revised plans for south-west England’s tallest building have been approved by Plymouth City Council
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NewsBack to nature as Rural Design’s Skye house celebrates the shed
Architectural practice Rural Design has completed work on The Black Shed, a £115,000 private house on the Isle of Skye
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NewsPitt Rivers opens after facelift
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has reopened to the public following a £10 million refurbishment by Pringle Richards Sharratt.
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HCA encourages homes for rent
The Homes & Communities Agency has announced a new initiative, which it hopes could attract significant investment into the housing market by encouraging institutions to fund new homes specifically for private rent.
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Zero carbon cost ‘underestimated’
The cost of zero carbon homes has been underestimated, research by the Zero Carbon Hub suggests