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RIBA backs flood plain innovation
Architects should design temporary homes and houses on stilts for the flood-prone Thames Gateway, a new RIBA report suggests.
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NewsBaker wins Vauxhall FOI ruling
Former Tory environment secretary Kenneth Baker (pictured) has won a freedom of information ruling that will force the DCLG to disclose advice given by civil servants to ministers on major planning decisions that are called in.
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UK buildings on global watch list
Four British buildings have been named on the World Monument Fund’s watch list of the planet’s 100 most endangered sites, alongside threatened buildings and monuments in war-torn Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Reid-3D merger secures practice spot in top 10
Reid Architecture and 3D Architects have announced that they are to merge, securing a place in the UK’s top 10 practices.
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News‘Pavilion’ housing for east London
Rivington Street Studio has received planning permission for this £2 million concrete and timber office building, the final element of its Back Church Lane scheme in London’s Tower Hamlets.
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NewsMarsh view’s low profile
LSI Architects has completed this £675,000 Norfolk Wildlife Trust visitor centre on the north Norfolk coast, featuring a double-curved, moss-covered roof.
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Aedas, HLM scoop Welsh health work
Aedas and HLM have scooped more than £200 million worth of health projects in Wales under the Designed for Life procurement system.
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NewsMartello Tower take two
Work has been completed on a boutique office building in Jersey designed by Buckley Gray Yeoman.
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NewsABS raises £70,000 in ‘fantastic’ auction
Founder of Make Architects Ken Shuttleworth has been named as the new president of the Architects’ Benevolent Society as a star-studded auction raised more than £70,000 for the organisation.
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Bid in for People’s Playground cash
Urban regeneration company ReBlackpool and LDA Design have submitted an application for £25 million of lottery funding for their People’s Playground.
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Scottish heritage HQ split into flats
Oberlanders Architects has won planning permission for a £5 million project to convert Scottish National Heritage’s former headquarters in Edinburgh into flats.
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NewsRES gives Strong sustainable role
The former managing director of the Building Research Establishment’s environment division, David Strong, has been appointed chief executive of the Renewable Energy Systems’ (RES) new sustainable buildings consultancy.
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NewsMilliner’s Wharf set to go on site
The first phase of an £80 million mixed-use development in east Manchester by Design Group 3 Architects is due to start on site next month.
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NewsRIAS says competitions back in vogue
Three contests aim to boost opportunities for young practices
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NewsSquare launched for Greenwich Peninsula
This is Barr Gazetas’ £15 million Peninsula Square, which was launched today to serve as a focal point for the planned Greenwich Peninsula development.A big as Leicester Square, it incorporates a stainless steel spire more than 40m tall, a “video wall” and several fountains which use mains water and gathered ...
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NewsTop names for RIBA’s Paris bash
Conference will major on how architects collaborate with others
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NewsShuttleworth to head Architects' Benevolent Society
New president's appointment announced in wake of last week's successful fundraiser at RA
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NewsNews Junkie: 9 and 10 June
In this week's patchwork quilt of contemporary Britain: BAA's portfolio of thatched cottages, concerns over our 'cyber carbon footprint', flash mobbers in a silent disco at the Royal Festival Hall and Stephen Bayley, 'weathering nicely in the spume...'
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NewsFoster hits bum note on U2 hotel
Plans to extend famous Dublin landmark fall foul of heritage lobby