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BDP’s Nick Terry dies
Nick Terry, a director and former chairman of BDP, has died following a year-long battle with cancer. He was 61.
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NewsMVRDV wins Seoul new town comp
Dutch architect MVRDV has won a design competition for a new town near Seoul in South Korea.
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Sibir bail-out offers hope for Foster’s three Moscow projects
Russian oil company Sibir Energy has agreed to buy the property portfolio of Shalva Chigirinsky, the struggling Russian developer behind Foster’s Russia Tower, and Zaryadye and Crystal Island projects in Moscow.
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NewsHOK reveals St Petersburg masterplan
HOK has revealed the first images of a 60ha masterplan for a Techno Park on the outskirts of St Petersburg in Russia.
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NewsGreen Guide ‘flawed’, says lobby group
Report says it is likely to worsen buildings’ environmental impact
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NewsCouncil urged to reject Terry hotel opposite Hampton Court
Historic Royal Palaces has made a last-ditch plea to local councillors to reject a hotel development by Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects proposed for a site directly opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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NewsA second bite at Stonehenge centre
Two architects who have drawn up unrealised designs for a visitor centre at Stonehenge are on a new shortlist for a slimmed down version of the scheme, BD can reveal.
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NewsCZWG's Arsenal towers
CZWG has submitted plans for a £160 million mixed-use scheme opposite Arsenal football club in north London.
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NewsSheppard Robson’s college days
Sheppard Robson’s designs for this £27 million, 13,000sq m school in Wokingham, Berkshire, have been given the go-ahead by planners.
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Retrofitting programme revealed
Deputy London Mayor Simon Milton has revealed plans for a retrofitting programme to improve the energy of existing commercial building stock.
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Titanic project gets £43.5 million
Eric Kuhne’s scheme for a £97 million development in Belfast has received a massive boost after the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to offer £43.5 million worth of funding.
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BD wins best magazine award
BD has been named Weekly Magazine of the Year at the International Building Press awards, with BD’s news editor Will Hurst taking home News Reporter of the Year.
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NewsNew verse for Lake District’s poetic site
Small practice Knox Bhavan Architects has won planning approval for a £1 million retirement house in the Newlands Valley in the Lake District National Park.
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HCA launches without any housing targets
The Homes & Communities Agency has not yet drawn up targets to improve the supply of housing and kick-start regeneration schemes across the country, its chief executive has admitted.
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Williams to head up Polish office
Matthew Williams, director of Rolfe Judd Architecture, has been appointed divisional director for its Polish office, Rolfe Judd Polska, in Katowice.
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News50 years not out for heritage firm
Donald Insall launched his latest book, Living Buildings, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his firm, Donald Insall Associates, at a reception at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London last month.
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Mayor consults on accessibility
London mayor Boris Johnson has commissioned a major survey to discover how the city can be made more accessible in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Professional bodies unite to fight slump
The RIBA and the Association of Consultant Architects have joined forces to establish a Recovery Task Force, which they hope will help architects and others through the recession and beyond.
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NewsHadid’s Hoxton Square project wins approval
Zaha Hadid Architects’ gallery and residential scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, east London, has won planning permission from Hackney Council despite strong objections from English Heritage.