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£100m plans for Barbican
David Walker Architects has been appointed to design a £100-million new development at London's famous Barbican complex.
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UK architects consider Israel boycott
A group of prominent British architects is considering launching a boycott of businesses involved in building Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the construction of the security wall separating Israel and Palestine, its coordinator Abe Hayeem said this week
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NewsRevealed: How Prescott plans to let 40,000 buildings dodge carbon cuts
As many as 40,000 new buildings are set to dodge tough new carbon-cutting laws because the government has been too slow to prepare legislation.
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Robots to build homes
Transatlantic race to research freeform construction will deliver first building in months
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NewsArchigram goes public with £300,000 grant
Archive of 1960s collective's material will appear on a special website
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Liverpool takes heritage hardline
The new leadership of Liverpool City Council will take a strong pro-heritage stance, refusing to "sit back and accept" the kind of proposals it would have "welcomed in the 1990s", it said this week.
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NHS heralds fresh era in hospital design
Health secretary Patricia Hewitt signalled the end of the grand hospital this week when she unveiled a white paper ushering in a new generation of around 50 cottage hospitals providing out-patient services within local communities.
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NewsJackson walks the walk
Richard Jackson, a paediatrician by profession and the former health adviser for California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, was in London last week to tell none other than Prince Charles how the design of our environment has a massive influence on our health.
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NewsAnimal rights group attacks practice
Animal rights activists have claimed responsibility for an attack on the offices of a firm of architects which is working for Oxford University.
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Arb rivals lay into reform candidates
Architect members of the Arb board standing for re-election have launched a fierce attack on rival candidates the Arb Reform Group, accusing it of being an unrepresentative "clique" risking serious damage to the profession.
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BRE: It's time to join the green coalition
Sustainability experts are set to establish a UK Green Building Council to help reduce the environmental impact of buildings.
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Carlisle masterplan on track after flood
Deputy prime minister John Prescott visited Carlisle on Friday to launch a public consultation on a 15-year masterplan to rebuild the city following last year's devastating floods.
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NewsCaruso St John's crowning glory
Caruso St John Architects has beaten a shortlist which included Zaha Hadid and Peter Markli in the competition to build a Centre for Tourism & Culture in the Swiss-Italian town of Ascona.
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Group to campaign over Israel/Palestine projects
A pressure group aiming to spotlight the political role of Israeli architects in the occupation of Palestinian territories was set to be launched yesterday (Thursday) as BD went to press.
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NewsCroydon surprise
Foster & Partners' scheme for the London Borough of Croydon looks set to go ahead after a dramatic u-turn by the council.
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Royal London set to go ahead
The troubled £1.2 billion Royal London & Barts PFI hospital looks likely to be given the go-ahead after an independent report found a strong clinical case for the massive new building.
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NewsThe changing face of healthcare...
The looming revolution in healthcare architecture could even surpass the radical changes which transformed hospitals in Britain with the creation of the NHS in 1947.
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Southwark to set up its own design review panel
An elite team of architects, many building in the borough, will begin advising the London Borough of Southwark on design next week after Cabe complained its design review panel was swamped with schemes from the authority.