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    Dubai, Dai?

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    The £200 million Bay Pointe residential development by Atkins, planned for Cardiff Bay, has been criticised by Richard Weston of the Welsh School of Architecture as being more suited to Dubai than Wales.

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    Lancashire town launches design contest

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    A housing market renewal pathfinder has attempted to buck the trend for poor design by launching a competition for the transformation of the Whitefield ward in Nelson.

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    Cabe’s hit and miss

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    These design details can make a difference to new housing schemes

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    Atlanta’s classical revival

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam Architects has unveiled new images of its proposed triumphal arch in Atlanta.

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    BD wins top magazine prize

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Building Design was named subscription magazine of the year at the PPA’s Magazine Subscriptions Awards last week.

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    Fire guts site set for housing

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    New housing for a high-priority site in the South-east could be delayed after a suspicious fire gutted a historic building in the Severalls former hospital site in Colchester.

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    Battersea woodlouse

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has released concept designs for a new horticultural school building in Battersea Park.

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    This week

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    News summary this week

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    Gough resigns from panel over shortlist

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Leading architect Piers Gough has resigned from the selection panel for a new performing arts centre in Folkestone in protest at the number of large, experienced firms on the shortlist.

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    Pier review

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    This stunning structure has been designed by Glowacka Rennie Architects for the Jaywick Sands regeneration area on the Essex coast.

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    The great fat cat stitch up

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Exclusive: young practices frozen out of 94% of public contracts while large established firms prosper

  • Almost 40% of the materials used in the Wales National Assembly Building are from local suppliers.
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    Welsh splendour

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    An exclusive preview of Rogers’ Welsh Assembly building reveals a gem

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    Sheppard Robson picks up pieces on BBC project

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has been appointed to replace MacCormac Jamieson Prichard for the second phase of the troubled £470 million Broadcasting House project.

  • RRP’s design will be built at Oxley Park in Milton Keynes.
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    Sites picked for £60,000 houses

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Architects have been selected for the first four sites in deputy prime minister John Prescott’s £60,000 home competition.

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    Ministers back home generators

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    Ministers have given unofficial support to legislation that would make micro-generators compulsory in all new homes.

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    Drawings of Hirst’s manor up for sale

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The original collection of drawings for the grade I listed Toddington Manor have been put up for auction just months after the historic property was purchased by millionaire artist Damien Hirst.

  • Prince Charles: Hurricane help.
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    Prince’s Foundation redesigns Gulf Coast

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment has revealed plans to redesign large parts of the US’s hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast along new urbanist lines, as Prince Charles used his tour of the country to launch a fresh attack on modern architecture.

  • Typical woman architect
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    Working in a man’s world

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The typical woman architect is about 40, employed and has a child at primary school. She is poles apart from her typical male colleague. Has the time come for the profession to change its rules?

  • Winner: Weston Adventure Playground.
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    Spotcheck

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    South East

  • Chapman Taylor’s retail scheme for the site of Portsmouth’s Tricorn Centre, which has now been largely demolished.
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    Tricorn site expects green light

    2005-11-11T00:00:00Z

    The redevelopment of the former Tricorn site in Portsmouth looked set to win outline planning permission this week.