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NewsPrewett Bizley scoops Sheffield Europan site
Prewett Bizley has been named as the third British winner of Europan 9, the competition for architects under 40.
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Hadid not a factor in Moore’s resignation
Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore resigned this week, strongly denying the institution’s recent decision to scrap plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters had prompted the move.
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NewsNew Maggie's by Wilkinson Eyre
A sneak preview of Wilkinson Eyre's new Maggie's cancer care centre in Oxford
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NewsExperts back modernist extension for listed house
Wide support for intervention to 16th century building in Edinburgh
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Health trusts are bypassing PFI for major new projects
A healthcare procurement system which architects claim is a massive improvement on PFI is to be used for the first time on some of the largest hospital building projects in the pipeline.
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Minister approves £237m spend
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation has been told it can spend £237 million regenerating the area over the next three years.
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NewsThird tower design seeks approval
Developer Oakmayne Properties expects a planning decision this summer on a new 47-storey tower by Allies & Morrison in the London Borough of Southwark.
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WWM is Antwerp Museum finalist
Witherford Watson Mann Architects is the only UK firm among five shortlisted to design an extension for the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Cumbria plans £160m investment
The University of Cumbria has outlined proposals for £160 million worth of development on its estate across Cumbria and north Lancashire.
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NewsKnight backs new process for BSF
A new procurement process for Building Schools for the Future will be rolled out before the end of the year after being approved this week by schools minister Jim Knight (pictured).
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NewsPassport for Pimlico
Haworth Tompkins has won planning permission from Westminster City Council for a new 55-unit mixed residential scheme at a conservation site in Pimlico, south-west London, for the Peabody Trust.
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Make sustainable drainage compulsory, says RTPI
The government urgently needs to make sustainable urban drainage systems (Suds) compulsory in all new developments, the Royal Town Planning Institute said this week.
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NewsLiving amid the trees
Multi-disciplinary practice Zebrano has revealed designs for a contemporary villa as part of its redevelopment of the Edwardian Broomfield Estate in Perthshire.
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NewsDavis pulls out of race for president
The battle for the RIBA presidency took a dramatic twist this week as Paul Davis pulled out, leaving Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson in a two-horse race.
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Piano still working on Shard’s design
Renzo Piano is still finalising designs for Europe’s tallest skyscraper nearly five years after it was approved, it emerged this week.
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Foster prizewinner to study transport links
Foster & Partners has awarded a £6,000 travelling scholarship to a student of Rizvi College of Architecture in Mumbai.
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NewsUrmston’s new Eden
Broadway Malyan has unveiled this apartment scheme, designed as the centrepiece of a major urban regeneration project in Manchester.
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Digital images library to expand
The Chicago-based Society of Architectural Historians has received a $2.7 million grant to develop its online library of architectural images.
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NewsRotunda reopens after restoration
Scarborough’s grade II* listed Rotunda museum reopens today following a two-year, £4.4 million restoration programme.
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Powell Dobson opens London HQ
Welsh practice Powell Dobson has opened an office in London, relocating four staff from its base in Cardiff.