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...as Foster’s faces share plan probe
Foster’s faced a further headache this week as financial watchdog the Employee Share Ownership Centre raised detailed questions over the winding-up of the firm’s employees’ trust before private equity group 3i’s investment in the practice.
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NewsHelp for architects under the hammer
As the Architects’ Benevolent Society’s Big Auction approaches, James Rose finds out what the charity does and why it needs the profession to sit up and take notice
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NewsBrown under fire on building policies
Leadership challenger attacks eco-towns, housing failures and PFI
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NewsMoscow replicas mock Russia’s past, says Save
Moscow’s architectural heritage is under an “immediate, extensive and overwhelming” threat, a report published this week warns.
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Four on Olympic media centre list
BDP, Hopkins, Allies & Morrison and Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson Architects have been short-listed by the Olympic Delivery Authority to design the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre for the 2012 games.
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HIPs face final hurdle
Legal action by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will be the last hurdle for the government’s controversial Home Information Pack proposals after the failure of a Parliamentary challenge by the Tories.
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NewsV&A picks Findlay for Dundee site
The Victoria & Albert Museum is planning its first outpost in Scotland under a collaboration with the University of Dundee and architect Kathryn Findlay.
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NewsYet another system in safety scare
Widespread problems with Reema system-built flats prompted urgent investigations by several local authorities in 1985
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NewsToo many mediocre schemes in Gateway, says report
The Williams report on the design of affordable housing says the Housing Corporation must change its method of procurement to improve the quality of design
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Make’s Birmingham revamp
Planning has been granted for Make’s City Park Gate masterplan, which will link Birmingham’s city centre with the Eastside area.
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Rogers’ practice posts profit
Richard Rogers’ practice Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has posted an impressive annual pretax profit of £1.2 million for the year ending June 30 2006, compared to a £650,000 loss for the previous 12 months.
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Report: sell public assets for £1
A government report, Making Assets Work, has concluded that public assets such as disused swimming baths, hospitals and pubs should be sold to communities for as little as £1.
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NewsJohn Penoyre 1917-2007
Architect and author John Penoyre, father of Penoyre & Prasad’s Greg, has died at the age of 90.
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NewsHowells wins RIBA Stoke project
Landscaping proposals by Glenn Howells Architects, including kiln-like pavilions (pictured) and shared space street design, have won an RIBA competition as part of the £20 million regeneration of Stoke-on-Trent.
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NewsThey’re on their way to Wembley
Manchester United and Chelsea fans visiting the new Wembley Stadium for tomorrow’s FA Cup Final will be among the first to admire Marks Barfield’s adjacent public square and White Horse Bridge.
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NewsGerman firm beats Adjaye to $100k prize
German firm Barkow Leibinger has beaten architects including the UK’s David Adjaye to triumph in the world’s most lucrative competition for young architects.
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NewsMore artificial cooling takes heat off Evelina
A flagship low-energy hospital designed by Hopkins Architects is to be fitted with extra artificial cooling because of long-term problems with overheating.
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NewsAviation museum gets Gateway regeneration off to a flying start
This £27 million aviation museum by Walker & Martin, planned for a deprived part of the Thames Gateway, has been put forward for lottery funding.
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NewsLab to build in Tanzania
SpaceLab’s 21-unit residential building in Tanzania has been granted planning permission.