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Israel petition ‘misguided’
Architects including Will Alsop, Terry Farrell, Richard MacCormac and Ted Cullinan were wrong to attack Israeli architects for working in disputed territories, British and Israeli professionals said this week.
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Bristol seeks design experts
Bristol City Council has appealed for up to 20 expert advisers to serve on its new urban design forum. Supported by the council’s urban design team, it will review major schemes and provide independent advice on design quality.
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South Yorkshire museum opens
Grade I listed Cusworth Hall in Doncaster has reopened to the public following the £7 million restoration by historic building specialist Purcell Miller Tritton.
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NewsDCLG says local service is failing
Only 54% of the population is satisfied with local council services, a survey by the DCLG has revealed.
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NewsLiverpool to get green OAP home
McHugh Stoppard Architecture has received planning consent for this sustainable old people’s care home in Liverpool.
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NewsRefurbished Festival Hall rejects claim of ‘vandalism’
Allies & Morrison was forced to defend its £111 million Royal Festival Hall refurbishment at its official unveiling this week.
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NewsSOM Docklands towers go ahead
SOM has been granted detailed planning permission for a twin-tower, 4,900sq m mixed-use development in London’s Docklands.
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Bruce-Lockhart to chair EH
Sandy Bruce-Lockhart (pictured) has been appointed chair of English Heritage.
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RSHP wins British Museum centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has been appointed to design a conservation centre and temporary exhibition space and at the British Museum in London.
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RIBA partners BBC on new series
A drive to improve public access to the RIBA’s archive is to be boosted by a major new BBC TV programme, How We Built Britain, to be presented by David Dimbleby and screened on BBC1 from this Sunday, June 3.
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Aedas sets out Edinburgh options
Aedas has revealed three separate options for the redevelopment of Edinburgh’s grade A listed Haymarket Station, including demolition.
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NewsForeign Office Architects reveals art school plan
Foreign Office Architects has submitted a planning application for its relocated base for Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London.
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NewsFour Brits on Sheffield Media Centre shortlist
Four British practices and two foreign firms have been short-listed by the RIBA to design a £3 million festival centre in Sheffield.
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NewsThe way opens up for green Greyfriars Gate scheme
This sustainable residential development in Hereford has been submitted for planning, by RRA Architects.
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Brown ‘inspired’ by Swedish eco-town
A 9,000-home development in Sweden has emerged as a key inspiration behind prime minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown’s eco-town initiative announced last month.
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NewsMake out by the river
This mixed-use, 400-home development by Make and Carey Jones Architects has been granted planning permission by Wandsworth council.
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NewsCampus beats Kyoto targets
This central lightwell is part of a state-of-the-art university campus building designed by Atkins.
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The Tories attack on tall buildings
NEWS: Conservatives blast Livingstone over skyscraper frenzyOPINION: The Tories haven't thought this through