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Housing panel The North West Development Agency and RIBA North West have revealed plans to establish a design review panel for areas of low housing demand in the region. The new panel will cover East Lancashire, Manchester and Salford, Merseyside and Oldham and Rochdale — housing renewal areas identified by ...
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Erinaceous buys up Leach Rhodes
Listed property giant Erinaceous Group has purchased Manchester practice Leach Rhodes Walker for £9 million.Erinaceous Group bought the practice, which employs 90 staff, to improve its presence in the Manchester area.Leach Rhodes Walker director Peter Roberts claims that the acquisition will lead to new work.The firm was established in 1950 ...
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NewsMarket forces
Foster & Partners has completed the shell of its controversial office development on the western side of Spitalfields Market in on the eastern fringe of the City of London, and is close to completing the retail space and landscaping for the scheme.
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Please don’t bomb this building
Even though British shores have not been invaded by armed forces since 1066, the government, in its wisdom, has drawn up a list of precious buildings that should be protected from armed invasion.
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Original Olypic team shortlisted
The original design team behind London’s Olympic bid has been shortlisted for the detailed masterplan of the Olympic Park.
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NewsLeeds enlightenment
The former site of Europe’s biggest social housing scheme is set to be transformed into a cultural quarter that will complete the regeneration of Leeds’ eastern fringe.
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Heritage groups find strength in numbers to fight owners
The leaders of every major heritage body in the UK are meeting later this month to plan a new campaign to protect Britain’s heritage from neglectful owners.
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Thameslink inquiry opens
The second public inquiry into the £3 billion Thameslink 2000 service began this week. Network Rail opened by stating the case for the creation of the rail link between Bedford and Brighton that would introduce five extra trains an hour at peak times.
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Hit and miss
London-based Make has won a competition to conduct a feasibility study for the Bandstand concert venue in Edinburgh. The appointment has disappointed some Scottish architects who resent Make’s presence in Scotland.
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NewsArchitecture laid bare, raw and wrecked
Whichever way you look at the images from the devastation, the relationship between people and their architecture is displayed in its rawest form.
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Clients get cold feet over Part L delay
Government delay in implementing new building regulations for environmental performance is making major clients reluctant to commission new architecture.
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Fosters Great Court overshadows exhibits
Spatial design expert compares British Museum to ‘bad retail design’
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NewsPringle to look after his own
New RIBA president to stand up for architects, signalling end to predecessor’s outward-looking agenda
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Edinburgh campus slammed
Plans for a £50 million university campus in Edinburgh’s green belt have been dealt a blow after City of Edinburgh Council planners slammed the scheme’s design quality.
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Roman bodies halt project
Discovery of remains delays work on Elephant & Castle flagship library conversion
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NewsMaking their own rules
Women in the property industries are creating opportunities with a new brand of ‘jolly’