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NewsSuperquango could save stalled schemes
Mothballed residential, office and retail schemes across the country could be revived by cash injections from the government’s new Homes & Communities Agency, its chairman has claimed.
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NewsUpset at Follett delisting
Architecture minister Barbara Follett has delisted a London building by Colin St John Wilson, against English Heritage advice.
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NewsNew shades of grey
Duggan Morris Architects has won planning permission for a revised £1.5 million residential scheme in Lewisham, south London, after local opposition led to the withdrawal of an earlier application.
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Tories decry likely axing of heritage bill
Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has laid into the government’s policy on heritage following BD’s report that the bill was likely to be dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech.
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NewsConservation expert Bernard Feilden dies
Conservation expert Bernard Feilden, one of the founders of Feilden & Mawson, died last week at the age of 89.
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Work begins on £30m academy
Work has begun on a £30 million further education building in Bristol by local firm AWW.
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Pylons removed from 2012 site
Work has begun on the removal of 52 pylons that dominate the site for London’s Olympic Park between Hackney and West Ham.
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Entry call for school awards
Architects have been invited to enter next year’s British Council for School Environments’ Industry Awards.
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NewsRIBA to refurb HQ roof terraces
A competition to redesign three roof terraces at the RIBA’s London headquarters at 66 Portland Place has been launched.
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NewsRoyal College of Art appoints Paul Thompson as rector
Paul Thompson, a former director of the Design Museum, has been unveiled as the rector of the Royal College of Art.
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NewsBoris makes Farrell buddha of suburbia
Role as voice of design for outer London signals break with Livingstone’s inner city focus
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NewsEra of Parker Boris dawns as mayor sets minimum space standards for London housing
Mayor Boris Johnson will introduce minimum space standards for new homes in his upcoming London Plan.
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NewsBDP Khandekar's first Dutch job
BDP Khandekar has beaten four other Dutch practices to win its first project in the Netherlands just seven weeks after establishing a Dutch architecture studio.
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NewsCarmody Groarke's double vision opens
The Double Club installation, conceived by artist Carsten Höller, and realised by 2007 Yaya winner Carmody Groarke, will open in London this weekend.
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RIBA opens Singapore chapter
RIBA's first international chapter in 11 years has officially opened in Singapore.
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NewsFoster's latest plans for Ealing
Foster & Partners has revealed its latest design for a landmark residential tower in the London borough of Ealing.
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AIA billings index tumbles
October figures from the Architectural Billings Index compiled by the American Institute of Architects have dropped five points to the lowest level since records began.
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NewsArchitects reveal designs for Whitechapel Gallery extension
Belgian architect Robbrecht en Daem and former Yaya nominee Witherford Watson Mann Architects have unveiled their designs for a wide-ranging extension and renovation of the Whitechapel Gallery.
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NewsCredit crunch bites into Middle East architecture projects
In a sign of the weakening market in Dubai, state-owned developer Nakheel has announced it is to scale back projects in the emirate.
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Part-time architecture education in question after EU ruling
Arb is seeking legal advice over a new EU directive that could prevent those who studied part time being recognised as architects.