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Livingstone calls for world-class towers
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has called for “world-class” architects to design tall buildings at London’s key transport hubs such as Waterloo and King’s Cross stations.
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Hone green skills or miss the boat, warns Prasad
The president-elect of the RIBA has warned architects to widen their skills and “get to grips” with the sustainability issue if they are to avoid losing influence to other professionals.
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Education ‘not good enough’
A major Scottish practice has urged the RIAS to improve the quality of education at architecture schools after admitting it is offering its own training for newly qualified architects who are not up to practice standard.
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NewsBridge wins top prize
Gareth Hoskins Architects’ Bridge Arts Centre (pictured) has won the architecture grand prix at this year’s Scottish Design Awards.
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NewsMilton Court reprieve as City planners reject replacement
Moves to demolish the first block built at the Barbican complex by Chamberlin Powell & Bonn have been put on hold after a £100 million redevelopment plan by David Walker Architects failed to win planning approval.
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NewsAll lit up at John Lewis
Architect Wilson Mason & Partners has revealed images of its ongoing £62 million refurbishment of John Lewis Partnership’s flagship Oxford Street store.
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Government advises on building in flood plains
The government has published a new guide to building in flood-risk areas because of expectations that climate change will lead to an increase in flooding in the UK.
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Call for cheap rural homes
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called on the government to do more to secure affordable housing in rural areas.
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NewsHRK to develop world hospitality
Anglo-Irish firm HKR has appointed hotel specialist Bernard Lee as director-in-charge of resorts, hotels and leisure.
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Web resource to save landfill
A free “materials dating” website for the east of England will now cover Yorkshire too as a precursor to a hoped-for national roll-out.
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NewsBDP wins people’s award for new Aintree grandstand
BDP’s new grandstand at Aintree racecourse (pictured above) has won the people’s property award at the north-west of England’s Insider Property Awards.
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NewsManchester’s Simpson is reaching for the heights
Ian Simpson has been asked by developer Albany Crown to add an extra 10 storeys to his approved 44-storey design for its Albany tower in Manchester. The extra height would make it the city’s tallest building.
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NewsPlanning red tape set to be slashed
Work for small practices likely under new proposals, say experts
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NewsFoster's plans for Faustino revealed
Foster & Partners' latest Spanish project embodies the wine-making process
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NewsPlanning white paper to fast-track big infrastructure projects and domestic applications
Proposals to speed up and simplify the creaking UK planning system have won a cautious welcome from architects
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NewsSpending on streets pays back
Well-designed public space raises property prices, says Cabe report
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NewsNews Junkie: 26 and 27 May
This week's harvested zeitguff includes spidery organograms, taste validation, jitter-scrubbing architecture...and how one practice landed a massive job with 'a geography lecture'.
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NewsCutty Sark could be "salvageable", says architect involved in restoration
Simon Beames of youmeheshe has been working on temporary and permanent structures at the south-east London berth of the famous tea clipper. He spoke to Elaine Knutt earlier today to update BD from alongside the ship
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NewsKoolhaas, Foster clash over ‘similar’ designs
No plagiarism but we were first, says Rem, as Foster’s deny any real likeness between schemes