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    Egret West scoops £75m Clapham scheme

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Studio Egret West has beaten Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and S&P Architects to a £75 million mixed-use scheme in south-west London.

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    2008-02-01T13:45:00Z

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    Chester tower in landmark refurb

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    McCormick Architecture has won full planning for a mixed-use scheme in Chester which includes refurbishing the city’s tallest building — the grade II listed, 51m-high Lead Shot Tower, empty since 1986.

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    Kids’ hospital gets trials unit

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Health secretary Alan Johnson has officially opened a medical research unit at Sheffield Children’s Hospital, designed by local practice Race Cottam Associates.

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    Haringey plaque to WJ Collins

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Haringey Council has commemorated architect and property developer William Jeffries Collins (1856-1936), a former resident of the north London borough.

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    Studio Egret West’s tower ‘comb’

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The first images of Studio Egret West’s design (below) to remodel the base of Richard Seifert’s iconic Tower 42, also known as the Nat West tower, in the City of London have been unveiled.

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    HKS reworks Liverpool stadium

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    HKS has reworked its designs for Liverpool Football Club’s new £310 million stadium after the club confirmed that the practice was still on board.

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    DSDHA tops out Guildford school

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    A new-build school at Guildford in Surrey by DSDHA has been topped out.

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    Cambridge gets little bit of Malmö

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    A residential scheme for Cambridge (above) by HTA Architects has won planning permission after an appeal.

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    Clash at EH’s CO2 cuts conference

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Speakers at English Heritage’s conference on climate change in central London last week clashed over CO2 cuts in historic buildings.

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    Architects blast RMJM’s docks plan

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Leading architects have joined a campaign against RMJM’s 144ha Leith Docks masterplan, calling for a radical rethink before planning approval is given by Edinburgh City Council.

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    Page & Park wins Scottish portrait gallery refurb

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Glasgow-based Page & Park has won the contract for the £18 million refurbishment of Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery.

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    McAslan to move office as profit soars

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    John McAslan & Partners is to move to new offices as part of a major expansion, the firm announced this week.

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    Rosy future for Syrian kids’ centre

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Henning Larsen Architects and landscape architect Martha Schwartz Partners have won an international competition for a children’s “discovery centre” and public park in Damascus, Syria, a country where 40% of the population is under the age of 16.

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    Children’s building blocks

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has revealed images of its £925,000 Heathfield Children’s Centre & Nursery School in Richmond upon Thames.

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    RIBA lobbies new ministers on design

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA has called on new culture secretary Andy Burnham and housing minister Caroline Flint to keep design at the top of the government agenda.

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    Koolhaas heads Hermitage plan

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Rem Koolhaas is to work with the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, on a cultural masterplan to mark the Hermitage’s 250th anniversary in 2014.

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    Littlemore takes the helm at SMC

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    SMC Group has appointed Chris Littlemore as managing director.

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    RTPI opposes appeals charge

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a campaign to scrap a proposed £120 charge on planning appeals tabled as part of a range of reforms within the planning bill.

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    Clearance to start on BDP’s university campus site

    2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

    BDP has revealed the first images of its Newport city centre campus for the University of Wales, which will sit on the banks of the River Usk.