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Pitt report urges shake-up in flood planning
A major report into the 2007 floods has rejected calls for an end to building on flood plains.
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Atkins posts strong financial results
Design and engineering giant Atkins has brushed off credit crunch woes with a strong set of figures in its annual results.
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NewsConsarc wins iHub research centre design
Consarc Architects has beaten firms including BDP in an RIBA competition to design the “iHub” — an innovative construction research centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
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NewsWobbly bridge is Foster’s trump card in jelly competition
Foster & Partners’ enigmatic Top Secret Jelly for the wobble-fest Architectural Jelly Design Competition has been unveiled as an interpretation of the Millennium Bridge.
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NewsFoster's LFA installation lives for a day
Foster & Partner's 10m-high installation was erected and dismantled in a single day to mark the opening of the London Festival of Architecture.
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2008 London Festival of Architecture kicks off
One of the largest contemporary showcases of architecture in Britain began on Friday with the opening of the London Festival of Architecture 2008.
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NewsFerguson: Vinoly's Battersea design is a menace to London
Former RIBA president George Ferguson has attacked Vinoly's new design for Battersea Power Station, branding Vinoly a "major menace to London".
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NewsLetters reveal bitter tussle of MacCormac and BBC
Correspondence exposes how loss of the iconic newsroom proved final straw for MJP
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NewsBoris set to keep Rogers as adviser
Richard Rogers will continue to advise the mayor of London on design alongside a host of other architects, new incumbent Boris Johnson revealed.
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Crossrail rejects calls for design champion
Delivery agency is instead set to appoint expert architectural panel
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NewsLightweight stadium floats into Portsmouth
Herzog & de Meuron has revealed the first images of its redesigned 36,000-seat stadium for Portsmouth Football Club.
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NewsNew doubt cast on 2012 funding
Advisers to London mayor Boris Johnson have cast renewed doubts over the funding of the 2012 Athletes Village.
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NewsCabe cautious on Sheffield John Lewis
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s design for a new John Lewis store in Sheffield has been given a cautious welcome by Cabe.
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Prasad warning over presidential campaign
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has delivered a stern warning to presidential candidates Andrew Hanson and Ruth Reed to steer clear of attacks on the organisation that risk damaging staff morale.
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NewsFoster’s set to prune Leaf tower
Ealing scheme cut as new mayor plans halt to suburban high rise
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Cutty Sark ready to start museum
The Cutty Sark conservation project led by Grimshaw and Youmeheshe this week passed a major milestone on its path to full restoration with the removal of its final piece of planking.
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NewsChipperfield house wins go-ahead
David Chipperfield Architects has won planning permission for a private house in Oxfordshire under the rarely tested PPS7 planning policy for country houses.
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RTPI urges greater scrutiny
The Royal Town Planning Institute is calling on the government to amend the planning bill to subject major infrastructure projects to much greater parliamentary scrutiny.