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  • Hong Kong’s One East Island development, the first building to be fully procured and tendered using a building information model, is now on site.
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    Technology could put architects out of a job

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Architects must seize the opportunities offered by new technologies or risk being cut out of the building process, a leading academic has warned.

  • Just what the doctor ordered: Big donors such as Alan Sugar (above) will help Ken Yeang (below) realise his plans for the hospital.
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    Sugar's sweet on Yeang plans

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    £100 million redevelopment of Great Ormond Street Hospital on track despite looming redundancies

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    Croydon deals blow to Foster

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    CPO would secure land for rival plan

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    Zaha starts to rake it in

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Annual turnover soars by 64%

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    Vaughan quits as Arb chief

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Arb chief executive Robin Vaughan has resigned, just days after the profession's damning electoral verdict on the organisation.

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    Part L law is finally published

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The government has finally published legislation aimed at cutting carbon emissions from buildings, to come into force next month.

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    Cabe's balancing act

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Not long ago Cabe was a feisty, youngster snapping at the heels of government, but is the watchdog becoming a lap dog? And do its three new commissioners lack the clout of their predecessors?

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    Cabe's babes join watchdog

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has appointed three new women commissioners - architect MJ Long, engineer Lorna Walker and retired civil servant Joyce Bridges.

  • Richard Rogers Partnership’s £87 million European Law Courts in Antwerp will be opened by the King of Belgium next week.
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    Laying down the law

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers Partnership's £87 million European Law Courts in Antwerp will be opened by the King of Belgium next week.

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    Alsop plans to ‘challenge Foster'

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Will Alsop this week confirmed plans to sell his practice to the SMC Group, one of the few UK practices listed on the London Stock Exchange.

  • This striking £40 million harbour development on the Isle of Skye has been designed by Sutherland Hussey Architects.
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    Over the sea to Skye

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    This striking £40 million harbour development on the Isle of Skye has been designed by Sutherland Hussey Architects.

  • Pringle Richards Sharratt’s Hull History Centre.
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    Heritage projects in jeopardy as lottery funding is slashed

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The single largest source of funding for the regeneration of Britain's rundown built heritage is facing a massive budget cut.

  • The London Borough of Southwark has approved two developments that will play a key role in the £1.5 billion regeneration of Elephant & Castle.
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    Capturing the castle

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The London Borough of Southwark has approved two developments that will play a key role in the £1.5 billion regeneration of Elephant & Castle.

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    Parks agency blasted over Diana Fountain

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The Diana Memorial was poorly managed by the Royal Parks agency leading to costs running "out of control" on the Gustafson Porter designed fountain, says a new government report.

  • Site sketch, showing travelators to upper levels at front of development. Residential blocks are arranged as linked courtyards at the back.
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    Colindale regeneration plan

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    This bold mixed-use development by Sheppard Robson is designed to regenerate the north London suburb of Colindale.

  • John Callcutt: pledging coherence.
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    English Partnerships appoints new chief

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The new chief executive of English Partnerships has pledged to deliver "consistency and coherence" in design.

  • Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects’ plans to transform Brockwell Lido in south London will start on site this summer, last week’s Reviving Lidos conference revealed.
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    Brixton beach blossoms

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects' plans to transform Brockwell Lido in south London will start on site this summer, last week's Reviving Lidos conference revealed.

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    Architecture student numbers still on the rise

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The number of students entering architectural education is set to rocket by around 15% in a single year, latest figures suggest.

  • Construction has started on Denton Corker Marshall’s shopping centre in Beijing, China.
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    Beijing goes shopping

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Construction has started on Denton Corker Marshall's shopping centre in Beijing, China.

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    Woods Bagot to design new Himalayan town

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Architect Woods Bagot is to design a high-altitude town in the shadow of the Himalayas.