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Offices ‘unfit for ageing’
Architects and developers must wake up to the needs of the ageing workforce, according to researchers.
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NewsStation master
This image, seen for the first time, shows the proposed design for the renovated Blackfriars station in central London.
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NewsHit and miss
Marks Barfield’s 50m-long bridge at the new Wembley Stadium is starting to take shape. The four distinctive steel arches, weighing a total of 420 tonnes, were craned into place this week.
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Power play
The Royal Town Planning Institute has criticised a new report by the Campaign for the Protection of Rural England that claimed there would be no countryside left in 30 years. The RTPI said the report would spread “fear of development”.
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NewsSeaside special
There has never been such fantastic incentive to quit your job and slide into penury. Frank Gehry is designing social housing in Hove on the south coast.
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Italians vs Brits abroad
British architects defended their right to work abroad this week following an attack from Italians fed up with them taking prestige jobs.
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Land Securities joins schools market
The country’s biggest property company plans to enter the school-building market and has pledged to work with the best architects and put design at the heart of its bids.
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Aedas to design Scottish schools
Aedas Architects and Aedas Landscape & Environment have been appointed to a £70 million schools project in Scotland.
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£60,000 home can’t be done, says think-tank
One of the most respected housing think-tanks in the country has said a two-bed social housing flat cannot be built for less than £68,000. The verdict calls into question the government’s bid to build a £60,000 home.
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Hurricane destroys landmark buildings
Landmark 19th-century buildings in Biloxi, Mississippi, have been lost in the winds of Hurricane Katrina.
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33 London boroughs launch urban civic design charter
London’s 33 boroughs have launched a charter calling for identity, confidence, freedom and beauty in civic design.
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Katrina cost could treble
The true cost of rebuilding New Orleans after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina could be three times as much as official estimates, American architects have warned.
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Taskforce veterans query Prescott’s way
Government plays down importance of looming verdict from Rogers and Co.
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Arb plans double cost hike
Registration board proposals include raising both annual fee and PII levels, plus professional monitoring
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NewsCabe praises Simpson’s ‘bold addition’ to city
Ian Simpson’s design for the tallest residential building in the country has been praised by Cabe as a “bold addition to the London skyline”.
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Practices split over PFI tactics
Battle lines drawn between ‘boring’ big fish firms and schools of tiddlers in partnerships
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NewsRIBA culture’s latest plan: TV and touring
The new exhibitions boss at the RIBA Trust is looking for a major space in London which would allow the institute to host international shows.
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NewsRestoration drama
Greedy, neglectful owners of historic buildings — often on valuable sites — are holding Britain’s heritage to ransom. But a few recent triumphs bring a glimmer of hope to conservationists.