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‘Stop making excuses and tackle diversity’
The profession needs to “stop making excuses” and tackle its lack of diversity, according to a fiery speech that reignited the debate on discrimination in architecture this week.
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DOH was ‘negligent’ in hospital programme
A leading doctor has accused the Department of Health of negligence in its multi-billion pound building programme.
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Second Arb fine for PII rebel
An architect and protester against the Arb’s policies on professional insurance has been disciplined for a second time by the organisation’s conduct committee, sparking claims that he is being victimised.
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NewsJean Nouvel in running to convert EH’s former HQ
The ultra-fashionable Jean Nouvel could be drafted in to save English Heritage’s “iconic” former home from the bulldozers.
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Pelli rethink wins Paradise go-ahead
Just as Broadway Malyan’s Mann Island scheme was delayed yet again by Liverpool’s planners this week (see left), architect Cesar Pelli bowed to the heritage lobby and in so doing received consent for his residential scheme nearby.
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NewsTaking the desert by storm
This is the latest design to burst forth from Foster & Partners — an “ultra-luxury” $2 billion (£1 billion) residential scheme for Egypt’s Red Sea Coast.
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Alsop eyes another at Goldsmiths
Will Alsop this week pledged to compete for a £6 million new building at Goldsmith’s College, the establishment behind his Ben Pimlott visual arts complex.
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Heritage Lottery to grant £13m in Townscape scheme
Lottery funding of £13 million has been earmarked to regenerate towns and cities across the UK in the latest round of the Heritage Lottery Fund’s Townscape Heritage Initiative.
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NewsBDP sails into Sefton waterfront
BDP has unveiled images for its £7 million Sefton Water Centre, which it has submitted for outline planning permission.
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Stoke bids for world fame
Architects have been handed the challenging task of turning Stoke-on-Trent into a “city that will be internationally acclaimed for its public realm.”
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NewsPut out to grass
Architect Andrew Wright Associates has beaten practices including DRMM and Jestico & Whiles to design a £15 million sports academy and park.
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NewsBranching out
Architectural practice Clague has unveiled this new building for the “Re-ability” centre, a rehabilitation centre for adults with physical disabilities.
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650-home development planned for Hastings
An ambitious 650-home development in Hastings working to a design code by Urban Initiatives has been submitted for outline planning.
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Investment rockets in Clyde area regeneration
Investment to regenerate the area around the River Clyde could rise to a staggering £5.6 billion, a major waterfront conference held in Glasgow heard last week.
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PM’s award goes to city academy
A city academy by Studio E Architects has won this year’s Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, prompting a senior government adviser to say he would like to see it replicated “200 times”.
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NewsExclusive: Zaha’s UK debut
Next Friday, chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown will open Zaha Hadid’s first building to be completed in the UK.
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Olympic stadium ‘will be no white elephant’
The main Olympic stadium will not turn into an “expensive white elephant,” Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins promised MPs this week.
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NewsIt’s a peach
This striking facade is part of David Chipperfield’s competition-winning design for a £70 million luxury apartment building for Atlanta, Georgia.
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Architect sought for East London stations
A Balfour Beatty/Carillion consortium is looking for an architect to design four new train stations — Dalston, Hoxton, Haggerston and Shoreditch High Street — after winning a contract to extend the East London Line.