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Too good (and cheap) to be true?
Are we set for a housing revolution or has design lost out in the quest for the £60K home.
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EH branded ‘bunch of plonkers’ in listing row
Huddersfield MP hits out at grade II listing of ‘classic bad 1970s design’
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No talking in class gets in way of schools bids
Teams bidding for first Schools for the Future projects bemoan lack of consultation
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Gateway agencies must be cut
The number of agencies with responsibility for the Thames Gateway must be cut, according to the developer appointed by the Greater London Authority to review the project.
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NewsSimpson gets taller in Leeds
Ian Simpson Architects has unveiled designs for its second tall tower scheme in Leeds.
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NewsRichards rare Welsh bit
The long-awaited Welsh Assembly building, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, can be seen taking form for the first time, as the external areas at the front of the building have been opened up.
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Future bleak for Pimlico
The end is once again nigh for the troubled but critically acclaimed Pimlico School in central London.
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Dust off your ditched designs
It is what the country’s thwarted architects have been waiting for. A scheme to celebrate the best buildings that were never actually built has been launched following the success of a similar initiative that unearthed never seen gems from the advertising industry.
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Hit and miss
- Northumbria University has won planning permission for a £25 million development to rehouse its School of Law, School of Design and the Newcastle Business School (pictured). The two buildings, totalling 16,000sq m and 8,000sq m, have been designed by Atkins.- RHWL Interiors has been appointed by P&O to design ...
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- Ricky Burdett has been appointed director of the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. Burdett, a professor at the London School of Economics, also advises London mayor Ken Livingstone on architecture and urbanism.- A residential scheme by PRP Architects in Oxford opposed by celebrated author Philip Pullman (pictured) was rejected by ...
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Power play
- Small businesses have called on the organisers of the 2012 Olympics to ensure they are in the running for contracts for the games. The Forum of Private Businesses told the London Development Agency it must not let big businesses “bully their way to the front of the queue”.- The ...
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Charles plans Highland fling
Hundreds of derelict historic buildings in northern Scotland could be brought back into use under new plans announced by Prince Charles.
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NewsHomes in the sand
As the summer season gets under way, residents of Folkestone can look forward to hitting the beach in more ways than one, following the granting of planning permission for these seafront apartments, designed by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson.
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Emerging firms given masterplan chance
A string of the country’s most hotly tipped practices are competing to design a masterplan for a large former industrial site in Birmingham.
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Sussex towns unite to fight neighbours
The commuter belt of mid-Sussex is set to be transformed by four leading architectural practices.
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Mobile banking
Hudson Architects has revealed £3.5 million plans to turn a grade II listed banking hall in Norwich into a youth venue. The practice beat other architects including Hawkins Brown and Ash Sakula in a competition earlier this year. The scheme, for the Open Youth Trust, would see the 18th century ...
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West meets East
Yorkshire practice Robinson Design Group has forged a joint-venture company with Chinese practice Jizhun Fangzhong Architectural Design Associates to design a 25-storey office tower in China.The practice claimed it is the first such union between Chinese and western architects. The practices also plan to work together on a 1,000ha housing ...