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NewsMandelson praises ‘perfect’ Benoy
Government minister Peter Mandelson has heaped praise on Benoy Architects as the practice joined a British business delegation to the Gulf this week.
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Lords design bill victory
The cross-party campaign in the House of Lords to put design quality at the heart of the planning bill scored a significant victory this week as the government put in two key amendments.
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NewsDesigners get their teeth into dental practice’s natural setting
Devon-based practice David Sheppard Architects has been granted planning permission for a £1.5 million dental practice and medical centre in Plymouth.
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NewsRock steady in Dhahran
Construction is under way on Snøhetta’s King Abdul Aziz Centre for Knowledge & Culture in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
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NewsBarnet aims high
Work has started on the £28 million redevelopment of Barnet College, north London, by education specialist Perkins Ogden Architects.
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Renewed Shaw House lives again
Purcell Miller Tritton has completed its £6 million restoration of Shaw House, a 16th century manor in Newbury which was once the scene of an assassination attempt on Charles I.
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NewsCardiff training centre approved
A £3 million vocational training centre for people with learning difficulties, by Design Research Unit Wales, has won planning permission.
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Planners express key concerns
Trying to manage the impact of development and increase planning capacity are the two main challenges that face planning systems around the world, a survey has revealed.
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NewsConran replaces Foster on Weston hotel scheme
Foster & Partners has been dropped from a plan to redevelop the Royal Pier Hotel site in Weston-super-Mare and replaced by Conran & Partners.
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RIBA launches facility to predict buildings' energy use
The RIBA has launched Carbon Buzz, an online facility that lets practices monitor their projects’ energy-use.
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RIBA launches research project into opportunities for disabled architects
RIBA, in collaboration with the University of the West of England, has launched a year-long study of the opportunities available to disabled architects, and how they are treated at work.
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NewsStephen Holl Architects wins Copenhagen gateway contest
US-based practice Steven Holl Architects has won an international competition for a gateway tower development for Copenhagen harbour, called the LM Project.
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Five shortlisted for flood-proof house
Five practices have been shortlisted in the RIBA competition to design a flood-proof house.
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NewsObama, architect of change, wins
While Democrats celebrate a momentous victory in the US, we review Barack Obama’s urban policies and hear how American architects are reacting.
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Nightingale closes its Bristol and Exeter offices
Nightingale Associates is to shut offices in Bristol and Exeter in a move that could see up to 17 staff members leave the company.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron Tenerife Arts Space officially opens
Herzog & de Meuron's Tenerife Arts Space (TEA) has been inaugurated in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
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NewsCash shortfall could close Lighthouse architecture centre
The Lighthouse, Scotland’s architecture and design centre, could face imminent closure unless Glasgow City Council agrees a financial rescue package later this month.
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Government may drop heritage bill to tackle credit crunch
The heritage protection bill may be axed from next year’s parliamentary programme to make way for legislation to help beat the credit crunch, culture minister Andy Burnham has signalled.
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NewsKyo Sung Woo’s graduate housing opens at Harvard
US-based architect Kyu Sung Woo’s graduate housing complex, 10 Akron Street, for Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has opened.