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Body set to strengthen China links
A new body devoted to collaboration between the building professionals of the UK and China was launched this week at the RIBA.
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NewsWave of relief
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s new Lifeboat Station at Padstow is due to go operational this Sunday.
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Edinburgh council scraps goods yard designs
Edinburgh City Council has scrapped plans by leading Scottish architects to develop the Morrison Street goods yard.
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NewsTowering over Manhattan
Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Fumihiko Maki have unveiled designs for three skyscrapers, known simply as towers 2, 3 and 4, to join the SOM-designed Freedom Tower (pictured far left), Santiago Calatrava’s transport hub and the September 11 memorial, designed by Michael Arad and Peter Walker, at the World Trade ...
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Dorset is next to halt heathland development
Local authorities in Dorset have stunned architects by putting an “outrageous” embargo on new housing development until they reach an agreement with English Nature on the protection of heathland.
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NewsMcAslan’s carbon neutral circus comes to Brighton
These are John McAslan & Partners proposals for an eco-friendly development in the heart of Brighton.
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Don’t be fooled — on all other issues they’re split
Arb’s new chief executive must be dreading her second board meeting.
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NewsHealing landscape
David Morley Architects has revealed details of this innovative mental health facility in Northern Ireland, which has won planning permission.
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Venice Biennale report 2006
Ellis Woodman's reviews an architecture show without architecture; Amanda Baillieu is disappointed by the limits to our thinking about cities; Zoe Blackler reports on the future for Sheffield, the focus of the British Pavilion; and our reviews team offer 20 top tips on how to get the full Venice experience
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Gateway boss out the door
The civil servant in charge of the Thames Gateway has left the Department for Communities & Local Government by “mutual consent” as the government attempts to breathe life into the flagging project.
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NewsConservation register ruling angers critics
The controversial RIBA register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation is here to stay following a landmark decision from the Office of Fair Trading.
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Delays and £7m in costs hit FOA’s Ravensbourne College
Foreign Office Architects’ most exciting British project to date has had to be scaled down because of major delays and construction inflation.
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Competition re-run is next chapter of library saga
There is set to be yet another design competition for a library for Birmingham, according to newly appointed project manager Capita Symonds.
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Scottish watchdog signs up Hoskins
Scotland’s design watchdog this week announced a groundbreaking agreement with the Scottish Executive that it claims will give health projects north of the border the edge over those in England.
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NewsPPS7 suffers classic case of identity crisis
The industry was left wondering exactly what constitutes “the highest standards of contemporary architecture” this week as a classical country house won planning permission under PPS7, but a modernist scheme was refused.
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Young firms get chance at Elephant
Up-and-coming firms DRMM and S333 are among five practices chosen for new housing schemes under a novel procurement arrangement pioneered by Southwark Council.
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NewsTimber row turns incendiary
In the wake of the massive Colindale fire, the timber-frame industry again finds itself fighting for survival — and traditional manufacturers have not been slow to fan the flames.
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Sky’s the limit as T5 team turns its sights on Dublin
A consortium including Pascall & Watson Architects, Arup and Mace — already working together on the T5 project at Heathrow — has submitted a planning application for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.
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