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Parties in battle over city policies
The Conservative party attempted to seize back the political ground on regeneration this week, wheeling out Michael Heseltine as the chair of a cities task force that will respond to last year's Urban Task Force report.
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...but second still up in the air
Sheppard Robson still has no formal contract to design the second phase of the controversial BBC Broadcasting House more than four months after MacCormac Jamieson Prichard was unceremoniously dropped from the project.
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NewsBBC first phase emerges ...
Given the acres of news coverage that greeted MacCormac Jamieson Prichard's recent expulsion from the BBC's Broadcasting House project, I had rather figured this episode as the latest instalment in the age-old saga of artistic excellence undone by niggardly accountants.
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Electoral triumph for Arb Reform Group
Five elected to regulator's board with mandate to challenge policies
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Green light at last for Barts plans
The troubled Barts & Royal London PFI hospital in east London has finally been given the official go-ahead, but only after the scheme was scaled back by £158 million to cut costs.
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NewsRibbon development
Denton Corker Marshall has unveiled designs for a new exhibition and events centre at Bluewater.
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Last minute bid to derail King's Cross
As Argent's £2 billion redevelopment of King's Cross Central was set to finally get the green light this week, local campaigners launched a last-ditch effort to derail the scheme, accusing masterplanner and English Heritage adviser Graham Morrison of a conflict of interest.
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FOA: ‘We do pay students'
Foreign Office Architects has strenuously denied claims that it fails to pay student workers, claiming it is the victim of an internet smear campaign.
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NewsSocial experiment
Zaha Hadid's project at Spittelau in Vienna, above, is some of the most expensive social housing in the world, with a staggering £7 million price tag, for 31 mini units.
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Dream team gathers for Alsop's Boro plan
A dream team including Alsop Architects, Grimshaw, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Branson Coates, Fat and Studio Egret West has been drafted in to work on developer BioRegional Quintain's proposed flagship development Middlehaven in Middlesbrough.
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Olympics to have quality watchdog
Revealed: Rogers' lobbying of Ken Livingstone for games design panel
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NewsCouncil to prosecute owner of listed cottage
The owner of a much-loved listed house that became the victim of a "blatant act of architectural vandalism" will be prosecuted by the local council.
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Edaw reworks Aylesbury estate
Southwark council has appointed London Olympics masterplanner Edaw to work on the controversial Aylesbury Estate, which has already racked up bills of £1.5 million on a series of masterplans subsequently scrapped.
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NewsBowater cut down to size
The Richard Rogers Partnership has finally won planning permission for the glamourous revamp of Bowater House in Knightsbridge by reducing the height of the scheme by one floor.
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NewsBreaking down the walls
Last week's bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra was a deliberate act designed to fuel religious tensions. Throughout history, such acts of destruction have served as powerful symbols during conflict.
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