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NewsToday tracks architect jobseeker
Thirty-year-old architect Lucy Bennett appeared on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme on Thursday as part of a long-running feature on people who have lost their jobs during the recession.
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Approvals system delays nine PFI hospitals
Hold ups fly in face of government pledge to speed up public works
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News3XN wins competition for Danish arts museum
3XN has won an architecture competition to design the new Randers Museum of Art in Denmark, beating a shortlist that included Zaha Hadid and Coop Himmelb(l)au
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NewsSubstantial changes made to Chelsea Barracks scheme
Plans by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks have been substantially overhauled, with Thomas Heatherwick brought on board to oversee a new landscaping strategy reflecting the site’s military history.
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Barker calls for £6.3bn investment in affordable homes
Economist and housing expert Kate Barker has called on the government to invest £6.3 billion in building 100,000 affordable homes in the next two years.
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Grimshaw to develop Reading Station
Grimshaw has been appointed by Network Rail as part of a multi-disciplinary team to redevelop Reading Station.
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NewsHelsinki Zoo’s redevelopment by Beckmann-N’Thépé Agency
French architect Beckmann-N’Thépé Agency has unveiled images of its proposed redevelopment of Finland’s largest zoo on Korkeasaari island near Helsinki.
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Japan's Sanaa to design this year's Serpentine Pavilion
First English project for practice founders Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa
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HCA offers Urban Splash project emergency funding
Urban Splash’s scheme to redevelop the grade-II star listed Park Hill estate in Sheffield has been hit by a shortfall in private financing, prompting the government’s new Homes and Communities Agency to offer it emergency funding.
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NewsDavid Rockwell's 2009 Oscar's set
This year's Oscar's stage was designed by David Rockwell – the first architect to win the commission.
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NewsToyo Ito leads donations to Australia bushfire recovery
Japanese star architect Toyo Ito has boosted fundraising efforts to help victims of the bushfires in Victoria, south Australia, which have left more than 180 dead and 7,000 homeless.
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NewsGehry’s Vegas brain building nears completion
While other starchitects’ projects falter in the global recession, it’s reassuring to see progress being made on Frank Gehry’s Lou Ruvo Brain Institute in Las Vegas.
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NewsPrasad urged to resign over Arb election ‘endorsement’
RIBA president accused of influencing poll after supporting Reform Group policies
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NewsMake staff set up new practice
7N Architects emerges from the ashes of Shuttleworth’s Scottish office
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NewsDiamonds in the rough
Norwegian practice Various Architects’ pavilion design is one of three finalists in an international RIBA competition to design a £650,000 travelling events space for the county of Yorkshire.
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NewsCoop Himmelb(l)lau's Shenzhen competition win
Coop Himmelb(l)lau has beaten practices including MVRDV and Thomas Mayne's Morphosis in an international competition to design a new headquarters for the China Insurance Group in Shenzhen.
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Tories pledge abolition of RDAs
The Conservative party has revealed proposals to give more planning power to local authorities.
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NewsFinal two battle it out in tram test
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ redesign of a major tramway in Luxembourg (pictured) is one of two competition finalists competing for the job.