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NewsRadical plans to streamline the planning process announced
Radical plans to streamline the planning process to help small firms weather the recession were announced by government today.
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NewsFairfield Shipyard flats go ahead
Glasgow City Council has approved a multimillion pound redevelopment of the Fairfield Shipyard building in Govan by Clydeport.
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NewsBoris Johnson's plan to retrofit London (video)
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced plans to help retrofit the capital with the launch of a new skills academy.
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NewsEnglish Heritage faces critics at Robin Hood Gardens debate (audio)
At a debate on Robin Hood Gardens at Ecobuild yesterday English Heritage was outnumbered four-to-one by those in favour of listing the estate.
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NewsGareth Hoskins makes music on Shetland
Construction on Gareth Hoskins’ £10 million music and cinema venue in Shetland is due to start next month, nine years after the project for the remote archipelago community was first conceived.
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NewsBishopsfield housing estate saved
The 1960s Bishopsfield housing estate in Harlow is being recommended for listing at grade II after it was saved from demolition by the credit crunch.
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NewsGehry admits to 50% cut in staff
Starchitect Frank Gehry has been forced to cut his staff count by 50% over the past year, the architect, who turned 80 this week, has revealed.
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MPs: DCLG is failing to deliver
The Department for Communities and Local Government is failing to deliver some of its key policies and needs to raise its game to become a "big hitter" in Whitehall, a select committee report claims.
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NewsExplorations Architecture's twin bridges
Explorations Architecture has won an RIBA competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge across the River Soar in Leicester.
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Aedas's John Nordon and this year's Cycle to Cannes
Aedas's John Nordon, one of the founding riders of Cycle to Cannes, will be covering the event live this year for BD. Here he talks about how the event has developed and calls for donations – even if it just a fiver.
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Architects Benevolent Society campaign to help those made redundant
The Architects Benevolent Society is to launch a new campaign to help architects who have been made redundant.
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NewsArchitecture shortlist for World Photography Awards unveiled
The shortlist for the prestigious 2009 Sony World Photography Awards has been unveiled with ten candidates competing in the amateur architecture category.
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NewsUtzon honoured with state memorial
Jørn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House, is to be honoured with an Australian state memorial service this month.
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour to make 35 redundancies
Richard Rogers has announced plans to make 35 redundancies at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, describing the recession as “the most ruthless and wide-ranging” he can remember.
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NewsStephen Lawrence Trust scheme to help ethnic minority young people become architects
The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence is backing a new competition to encourage disadvantaged young people from ethnic minorities to become architects.
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News20th Century Society seeks more power on delisting
The 20th Century Society is seeking more influence on delisting decisions after Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House was controversially stripped of its grade II status.
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NewsBelfast faculty completed
Work has been completed on a landmark campus building by Todd Architects for the University of Ulster in Belfast
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Public sector focus buoys Capita
Capita Architecture has reported an uplift in pre-tax profit of 20% to £3 million, on turnover of £30 million for the year ending December 2008. Turnover was up slightly from £29.5 million the year before.