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Concern as English Heritage cites Wikipedia in listing submission
Heritage body included user-edited website in key listing submission to government
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NewsHadid: too many teams will produce a mediocre Paris
Zaha Hadid has hit out at French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s competition to rethink Paris, claiming that seeking advice from 10 teams of multidisciplinary consultants and architects is set to produce a “mediocre” city.
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NewsAdjaye's Wakefield market under fire
Wakefield Council insisted this week it had no plans to knock down a controversial David Adjaye-designed market hall, despite calls for its demolition from a council watchdog
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Tube cost threat to Vauxhall cluster
Plans to see London’s Vauxhall area emerge as a new cluster of skyscrapers could be threatened by a proposed development tax.
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NewsHakes’ bridge design takes it to Moscow
London practice Hakes Associates has won the competition to design a £75 million bridge in Moscow which will link the main part of the city with a new town being built on its western outskirts.
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NewsMcChesney’s black gloss house has conservation area go-ahead
McChesney Architects has won permission for a controversial modular black house in the heart of a south-east London conservation area.
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NewsKazakhstan beckons for jobless architects
Highly qualified architects who have been made redundant are having to take jobs in “unusual” locations including Kazakhstan, Armenia, Libya and Nigeria, recruitment experts claim.
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Call for schools to relax work experience rules
The Association of Consultant Architects has called on schools of architecture to urgently drop work experience as a part II entry requirement, as recession-hit students struggle to find placements.
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NewsDavid Lunts: housing’s Renaissance man
David Lunts, London director for the Home & Communities Agency, talks about why he sees the Medicis as role models, and the mayor’s plans for the capital
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NewsNew York Times backs Robin Hood Gardens
BD’s campaign to rescue Robin Hood Gardens has been picked up by the New York Times, which has published an article urging a “spirited renovation” of the east London estate.
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AHMM, Buschow Henley, Rogers Stirk Harbour in frame for £3bn NHS ‘Express Lift’ projects
Architects including Buschow Henley, AHMM, Rogers Stirk Harbour, and Penoyre & Prasad are among dozens of practices in line to win a slice of a £3 billion NHS framework following the appointment of development teams.
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NewsRogers and Hoskins among winners at this year’s Civic Trust Awards
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, west London, Pollard Thomas Edwards’ Brockwell Lido in Brixton, and Gareth Hoskins’ Culloden battlefield visitor centre in Inverness are among the winners of this year’s Civic Trust Awards.
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AIA billings index shows signs of hope
The American Institute of Architects billings index has reported a rise of 2 points in February after falling for 12 consecutive months.
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NewsPersepolis shot wins amateur architecture photography awards
British photographer David Watts has won the amateur architecture category in the Sony World Photography Awards.
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20% of Adams Kara Taylor staff facing redundancy
Up to 20% of staff at engineer Adams Kara Taylor are facing the axe, the firm admitted today.
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NewsBroadway Malyan's Longbridge scheme wins planning
Planning has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £84 million redevelopment of the former MG Rover works at Longbridge in the West Midlands.
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NewsOlympic basketball arena wins planning
The Olympic Delivery Authority has won planning permission for its 12,000 seat basketball arena, the third largest venue for the London 2012 games.