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NewsViews from the Foredeck
David Chipperfield Architects has collaborated with Barcelona-based b720 Arquitectos to design the America's Cup Foredeck Building in Valencia, Spain, now nearing completion after an eight-month construction schedule.
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Cabe urges planners to reject bad designs
Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons has called for local planners to show more courage in refusing poorly designed schemes, saying he wants to "puncture the myth that design-based refusal will not be upheld at appeal".
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Title abuser convicted
An man who advertised using the slogan "architectyourhome" has been found guilty of breaching Section 20 of the Architects Act.
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NewsDesign a base camp for Everest
A design competition, billed as an architectural adventure, begins today. With three diverse briefs run in succession - first to design a base camp for Mount Everest, then an opera house for the Thames Gateway and finally a World Waters Embassy Headquarters in Niger - the Line of Sight ...
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Delays hit first project in schools programme
The first project in the government's £2.2 billion a year Building Schools for the Future programme has been sent back to the drawing board, highlighting the difficulties faced by the mammoth building programme.
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NewsTory vision of freedom
Gummer proposes scrapping planning restrictions and building regs to liberate design
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NewsArchitects relate their bespoke contract hell
Last week, BD reported on attempts by the RIBA and Construction Industry Council to develop standard contracts that would stop lawyers lining their pockets by developing cumbersome bespoke contracts that are unfair to architects (News May 12). This week, readers tell of their own experiences at the hands of lawyers:
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Olympic copyright claim
Lone architect Stephen Lawrence says designs for Olympic Park were based on his uncredited ideas
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Bonanza of work in Wales
Architects BDP, Nightingale Associates, Aedas, Powell Dobson, HLM and Boyce Rees are in line for a bonanza of health work in Wales after making it onto a £1.7 billion framework agreement being drawn up by Welsh Health Estates.
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Arb reformers fall at first hurdle
The Arb Reform Group suffered two defeats in its first board meeting last Thursday, indicating the struggle it faces influencing the 15-strong board with eight appointed members from outside the profession.
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Adam's house fails to impress
Robert Adam has been denied planning permission for a controversial country house in a test case of new planning guidance.
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NewsInternational brigade
Undeterred by the British weather, foreign architects are filling London offices as never before. As a BD survey uncovers the true extent of this influx, architects from six continents tell their stories. Interviews by Zoë Blackler. Photograph by Ed Tyler
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NewsGreen rhetoric exceeds reality
A Dublin conference called for sustainability in offices, but agents are a stumbling block
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Murray defends plans for Edinburgh old town
The architect of Edinburgh's £180 million old town redevelopment, Allan Murray, has blasted critics of the scheme for their lack of engagement.
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NewsBognor's £100m revamp
Bognor Regis may be associated with Butlins and gloomy British seaside holidays, but that is set to change with Lewis & Hickey Architects' plans for a £100 million redevelopment.
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NewsSole practioner joins RIBA president race
Rebel RIBA councillor Peter Phillips has entered the race for the RIBA presidency.
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Eight companies picked to work on BBC projects
The BBC has named the eight companies that will supply, design and manage a range of small to medium construction projects across the UK.