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Manser cries foul over hotel
A leading architecture practice has accused a hotel developer of using its designs without copyright in a case that highlights the confusion and waste surrounding major building projects.
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Barker may call for end to householder consent
Planning experts have called on economist Kate Barker to recommend that householder consents, which account for 55% of planning applications, are taken out of the planning system.
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NewsRogers proteges miss out on Lloyd's redesign
Unknown practice replaces Flacq in cost-cutting move at insurance firm
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NewsNew Alsop building set for green retrofit
The mayor of London’s advisers on climate change have revealed ambitious plans to retrofit Will Alsop’s Palestra office building to make it the most environmentally advanced in the country.
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Six vie to transform Swindon
Architects including Make, Marks Barfield and Fletcher Priest are bidding this week for a £300 million development to transform Swindon.
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NewsAedas beats RRP in bid for Welsh Assembly offices
Richard Rogers’ bid to design a second building for the Welsh Assembly has been foiled by Aedas Architects.
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Controversy over Welsh Assembly’s nomination
Red-faced bosses at Richard Rogers’ Welsh Assembly in Cardiff admitted they will spend the summer tackling ongoing snagging problems — just as the building has been nominated for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.
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NewsBehind you...
The 2006 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, is open for business.
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Majority of architects face harsh retirement
Three-quarters of architects do not believe they will have enough pension provision to secure a decent standard of living, according to research carried out by the BD4jobs website.
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Six shortlisted for new Birmingham city park
Six practices have been shortlisted in the competition to design the new City Park in the Eastside area of Birmingham.
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NewsLive and let Dyer
Just weeks after the break-up of mega healthcare practice Anshen Dyer, its parent company the Dyer Group has received government approval for its Gloucester Quays masterplan.
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Boost for Farrell’s Gateway park plan
Terry Farrell’s vision of a Thames Gateway national park was given substance this week when he presented a “manifesto” from a multi-disciplinary study group outlining its potential.
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Serpentine Pavilion by Rem Koolhaas
“A non-pavilion” was what Rem Koolhaas promised and if you walked past the Serpentine Gallery only a fortnight ago that seemed to be exactly what we were getting.
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NewsReligious conversion
Foster & Partners has secured its first church commission, a refurbishment of the grade II listed St Paul’s in Onslow Square, London.
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Murphy upset over best coming second
Leading Edinburgh architect Richard Murphy has criticised the rules of a competition for a £7.5 million music and cinema venue on Shetland, after coming second despite scoring highest marks for design.
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NewsHLM gives civic pride to Woolwich
This arresting £45 million building by HLM Architects is the proposed new civic offices for Woolwich in south-east London.
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White-collar campus
This £29 million office development by RyderHKS architects for London & Regional Properties has begun on site at Park Royal, West London.
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Cabe audit criticises new secondary school designs
Cabe has branded half of all secondary schools built in the last five years “poor” or “mediocre”.