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NewsReading regeneration
This substantial apartment scheme by Cartwright Pickard Architects, part of a £250 million regeneration project undertaken by developer Amec, starts on site at Chatham Place in Reading, Berkshire, this month.
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AHMM’s quality affordable housing is topped out
A scheme to boost the number of high-quality affordable homes in London has reached a milestone with the topping out of the first development.
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Olympic ‘year of design’ starts here
This is “the year of Olympic design,” 2012 organisers promised on Wednesday, as they submitted what is thought to be the largest planning application in British history.
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NewsBattersea plans dumped
Foster, Viñoly and SOM in running for power station, as new owner prepares to dump Arup masterplan
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Changes proposed to tall buildings policy
Tall buildings could be given outline planning consent under new guidance put out for consultation by Cabe and English Heritage.
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NewsRace on to design supercasino
Surprise winner Manchester will make Ian Simpson compete for design, despite his hand in the winning bid
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NewsGLA probes decline of London’s street trees
The Greater London Authority has launched an inquiry into the loss of street trees in London amid growing concern that they will die out, leaving the capital’s public spaces exposed to rising temperatures.
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NewsLiverpool spurns advice and backs development
Cabe not shown revised plans for Project Jennifer
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NewsStar auction for architect charity
Collectors of architectural paraphernalia will gather at the Royal Academy on June 6 for an all-star auction of architects’ drawings, models and sketches, including work by Will Alsop, Norman Foster, Massimiliano Fuksas, Marks Barfield, Richard Rogers, Rafael Viñoly and Chris Wilkinson.
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Scottish watchdog blasts ‘it’ll do’ culture
The chair of Scotland’s design watchdog has attacked the “it’ll do” culture, which he believes has led to a poor standard of development north of the border.
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NewsZaha’s latest performance
Zaha Hadid has released this image of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre, one of five major institutions to be developed as a new cultural district on the Gulf state’s 270ha Saadiyat Island.
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Minister defends planning system
Planning and housing minister Yvette Cooper hit back at critics this week during a parliamentary seminar on the “overburdened” planning system.
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NewsRegency refurb
Tim Foster Architects has won planning consent for this performing arts centre at Cheltenham Ladies’ College.
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Farrell takes vision for Gateway to Tories
Terry Farrell is promoting his idea for a national park in the Thames Gateway to leading figures in the Conservative Party following growing disillusionment with the government’s approach.
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NewsCollege plan steps up
City of Westminster College has selected this £90 million design by Danish architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen for its new Paddington Green HQ building.