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NewsLarnaca Works passes planning
Hawkins Brown has won planning for its proposed redevelopment of Larnaca Works in Southwark.
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First Procure 21 project finished
The first phase extension of Friarage Hospital in North Yorkshire has been completed. The scheme, designed by P&HS Architects in Northallerton, is the first in the UK to be procured under Procure 21, the NHS’s framework agreement for the delivery of new capital-funded health schemes.
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NewsGrants to aid low- scoring homes
Buyers of energy-inefficient homes will get £100 to £300 in grants for improvements such as insulation, housing minister Yvette Cooper announced last week. Energy suppliers will give the grants to homes scoring low in their Energy Performance Certificates, mandatory for homes marketed from June 1.
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NewsWeymouth plan sails in
Barlow Henley’s masterplan for the £120 million regeneration of the Weymouth Ferry terminal has been approved by Weymouth & Portland Borough Council.
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London probes value of section 106 deals
The London Assembly has launched an investigation after raising doubts that section 106 agreements are fully benefiting local communities.
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DCLG ‘failing to deliver sustainable communities’
A government adviser has attacked the DCLG’s record on delivering sustainable communities.
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NewsSpiralling Serpentine
Designs for this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Scandinavian duo architect Kjetil Thorsen and artist Olafur Eliasson were unveiled this week.
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NewsHong Kong research win
Woods Bagot has seen off competition from Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster & Partners to design a new research complex for the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
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NewsDesign’s the thing in masterplan for Shakespeare’s old school
Wright & Wright Architects has beaten practices including Allies & Morrison to design this project for William Shakespeare’s old school in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Toilets for schools to flush out bullies
New design guidelines for school toilets aim to reduce bullying by promoting unisex hand-washing areas, and eliminating urinals.
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NewsArts boost at the Winter Gardens
Grimshaw has won planning permission for its Winter Gardens project, a new centre for the performing arts in Bournemouth.
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Commonwealth Institute saved
The future of west London’s grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute has been secured 10 months after an abortive attempt by culture secretary Tessa Jowell to delist it for demolition.
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NewsCalatrava’s Chicago Spire
Santiago Calatrava’s 610m-tall Chicago Spire, set to become the tallest tower in the US, has received planning consent from the city.
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NAO slates Blair on green targets
The government’s green credentials have been attacked in a National Audit Office report, which found that 80% of government building projects surveyed failed to meet the standards it has set itself.
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NewsBennetts go-ahead at RSC Stratford
Bennetts Associates has received planning consent for its £112 million scheme for Stratford-upon-Avon’s 1932 art deco Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
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Argent does deal at King’s Cross
Developer Argent has agreed a deal with campaign group King’s Cross Think Again not to demolish the grade II listed Stanley Buildings North before the group’s judicial review is heard on May 24.
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NewsHome of the Future shortlist revealed
Nine practices have been shortlisted in the new Home for the Future category of the British Homes Award, including entries from HTA, Gaunt Franics Architects and Higgs Young Architects.
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Cabe audits its ecological footprint
Cabe has carried out the most comprehensive audit of an ecological footprint ever conducted by a British public sector organisation which it will reveal at Think07 next week
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NewsEight shortlisted for 2012 Velopark
Eight teams of architects have been shortlisted to design the Velopark for the 2012 London Olympics. David Chipperfield, David Morley Architects, Dominique Perrault, Flacq, Faulkner Browns with Heatherwick Studio, Foreign Office Architects, Hopkins Architects with Sanda Douma Associates and Wilkinson Eyre will submit their proposals for the venue in June. ...