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Prescott’s £60k house fades to grey
The reputation of embattled deputy prime minister John Prescott was dealt another blow this week when it emerged that the prototype for his flagship £60,000 house competition had to be rebuilt with new materials after just a year.
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Olympics to get sustainability champion
Ken Livingstone has taken a step towards ensuring the 2012 Olympic games are the greenest yet by launching the search for a sustainability champion.
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RIBA binned student drawings
Years ago, before today’s more stringent requirements came into force, the RIBA used to “chuck in the bin” drawings donated by students, it has emerged.
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NewsLess space means more
Hot on the heels of Tate 2, Herzog & de Meuron has revealed a new extension for the Basel exhibition centre.
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Medway council takes Thames Gateway lead
Medway Council has emerged as a leading light in the struggling Thames Gateway project following its appointment of three internationally acclaimed architects, and the promotion of its chief executive to a key role running the gateway.
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NewsFoster reaches new heights of luxury
Foster & Partners’ designs for 21 Chesham Place, in London’s Belgravia, take luxury living to almost unimaginable levels. It has developed six apartments for developer Candy & Candy, which is rapidly acquiring a reputation for hiring big name architects.
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Camden plans West End ‘gateway’ at Centre Point
Ambitious plans to create a new “Gateway to the West End” at the base of London’s famous Centre Point tower have been revealed.
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NewsWatch the birdie!
Pigeon population rockets as architects’ use of louvres on eco-friendly buildings provides ideal nesting
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NewsCincinnati winner
Bernard Tschumi Architects’ Richard E Lindner Athletics Centre has opened at the University of Cincinnati.
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Poles put pressure on Arb over registration
Pressure is mounting on the Arb to relax the rules allowing foreign architects to register in the UK.The Arb Reform Group is gathering evidence of cases which, it claims, expose inconsistencies in the standards expected of foreign architects attempting to have their qualifications recognised in the this country by taking ...
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NewsCairo terminal revision
GMW Architects has been appointed to refurbish the interior design of the new terminal at Cairo airport.
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Olympic sustainability targets are too vague
Experts say delivery authority must sign up to specific targets now
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Businesses back eco buildings
Almost 90% of UK businesses would be more willing to pay for energy-efficient buildings than for iconic ones, according to new research carried out for architectural consultancy Gensler. The study, which examined the differences in attitudes to energy efficiency between property developers and the companies occupying the buildings they create, ...
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Hospital to pilot single-room ward
The brave new world of healthcare design in Britain is to be put to the test with the building of an entire ward to study the use of single rooms in hospitals.
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School designs menu is ‘possibility’
The newly appointed chief executive of Partnerships for Schools has raised the spectre of a menu of standardised designs for the 13,500 schools to rebuilt or refurbished over the next 13 years.
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Upmarket visitor centre for Loch Ness
Niall McLaughlin Architects has won the competition to design a visitor attraction on the edge of Loch Ness.