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MPs question Building Schools for the Future programme
An influential group of MPs has questioned whether the ambitious scale of the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme is justified.The authors of the education select committee report - Sustainable Schools: Are we Building Schools for the Future? –said that the ambition to replace or refurbish all ...
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NewsEgret West tower rejected by council
Studio Egret West is to redesign a landmark tower scheme in south London after Bexley Council’s in-house architect launched a fierce attack on the project.
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SMC/Auketts set to be UK’s largest practice
Proposed merger could see Stewart McColl’s comeback with a place on the board
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NewsLooking to the future
Alison Brooks, Rick Mather and HTA Architects have all designed schemes for a new development in Central Milton Keynes
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NewsFive teams on shortlist to regenerate Hull fruit market site
A team including Surface, Sarah Wigglesworth and celebrated urbanist Jan Gehl has been shortlisted for one of Hull’s largest regeneration projects. The team, which also includes Bauman Lyons and Hodson Architects, is competing against four others — BDP, Chetwood Leeds, DLG Architects, and Turley Associates working with Fat — ...
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NewsCarey Jones's Sheffield Soundhouse wins planning
Sheffield City Council has approved plans for Carey Jones’ new music and studio facility for the University of Sheffield. The Soundhouse will provide 450 sq m of rehearsal space, practice and recording studios over three floors, and will be clad in a quilt of black rubber, intended to provide a ...
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NewsNews Junkie: 4 and 5 August
In the news this week: the Association for Home Information Pack Providers, a 'builderer', the self-styled Lord Marcher of Trelleck, the Consulting Arborist Society, 'resomating funeral bosses' and the culture secretary's mum.
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NewsPlymouth shows an art for mixing it
Henning Larsen Architects’ £36 million arts complex for the University of Plymouth is about to open its doors.
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NewsShock as Bath rejects Parry’s museum plan
An expert design panel, whose members include Richard MacCormac, has blamed Bath’s “hostile” traditionalists for the shock rejection of Eric Parry’s landmark extension to the city’s Holburne Museum of Art.
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NewsAll single-room hospital on course
The first major public hospital in the UK to give every patient their own room — a £200 million PFI scheme by Anshen & Allen — has been submitted for planning.
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SMC cuts cost base in bid for stability
Troubled architectural giant the SMC Group has announced that it has “significantly reduced” its cost base following an internal review which prompted the departure of 11 senior employees.
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News2010 expo designs on course to produce a Shanghai surprise
Eight, Marks Barfield and Heatherwick Studio have unveiled these designs for the £10 million UK pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.
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NewsThreat to views delays Oxford book depository
Plans for a £29 million building for the University of Oxford by Scott Brownrigg have been delayed amid fears it would increase flooding and threaten views of the city’s famous dreaming spires.
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NewsDesign lessons: shortlisted schemes for Southwark primary schools
An RIBA competition for Southwark Council encouraged architects to talk to the staff and pupils of the three primary schools being upgraded
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Blears reopens inquiry into bridge
The proposed Thames Gateway bridge has been delayed once more after a public inquiry into the scheme was reopened by communities secretary Hazel Blears.
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Foster’s sponsors young delegates
Foster & Partners will sponsor 50 places for young architects and students at this year’s RIBA conference in an attempt to even out the age profile of delegates.
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NewsLottery gives York Minster £10m
York Minster, the largest gothic cathedral in Europe, has been awarded £10 million of Heritage Lottery funding.
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Stadium design row gets political
The Tories have waded into the row over designs for the Olympic stadium, accusing minister Tessa Jowell of using it as a political football.