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The seven-year sprint
As the cheers fade away, apprehension mingles with excitement at the sheer scale of the task ahead
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Chaos mires King’s Cross
Developer attacks transport delaysDelays and confusion surrounding transport projects at London’s King’s Cross are a “complete and utter example of public incompetence at the highest level”, according to the site’s developer.Argent chief executive Roger Madelin has lambasted the government for failing to sort out the traffic chaos at King’s Cross, ...
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RIBA urges boycott of bad PFI
Architects should refuse to work on PFI projects unless they meet tough new design criteria, the RIBA has proposed.
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Crystal Palace centre ‘at risk’
One of the most important post-war buildings in Britain has been put on English Heritage’s buildings at risk register.
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Scots planning reforms clash
Architects and environmentalists have clashed over changes to the Scottish planning system.
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Veil of secrecy over Liptons Olympic deal
Public authorities this week refused to publish details of a deal that could see a private company led by a former government adviser on the Olympics bid handed several million pounds in public cash to help build homes for athletes attending the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Hit and miss
The first phase of the £700 million International Sports Village in Cardiff (above) is set to start on site in October. The masterplan, designed by Carey Jones Architects, comprises a casino, operated by Aspers, part of the Aspinall Packer Group, as well as a hotel, and a sport venue ...
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Power play
The planning system will be made more responsive to housing need under government plans. In her first major speech as housing and planning minister, Yvette Cooper told the Royal Town Planning Institute last week that the Barker Report meant planning policy should take better account of market signals such ...
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Games to provide big break for new generation
The 2012 Olympic Games will allow a new generation of British architects to showcase their skills on a global stage, say the masterplanners behind the successful bid.
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London appalling for cyclists and pedestrians
Oxford Street is the worst place in the industrialised world for pedestrians and cyclists, and London streets and spaces are as bad as the Soviet Union, a respected adviser to London mayor Ken Livingstone has said.
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RIBA agrees Arb reform order
Radical plans to curb the legal powers of Arb have won the approval of RIBA council.
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Alsops country house
The Alsop House is one of more than 40 homes designed by architects also including Piers Gough, Eva Jiricna and Sarah Featherstone, to be built on a Cotswolds site.
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New Freedom
SOM has revealed new designs for New York’s Freedom Tower. The building is being built on the site of the World Trade Centre, destroyed by terrorists in 2001.
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Bristol campaigners rally against Ferguson scheme
A Bristol campaign group that has caused trouble for local schemes by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Robert Adam Architects has turned its attention to a design by RIBA president George Ferguson.
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NewsRevealed: Concern over Cabe boss’s Olympic deal
Developer Lipton denies conflict of interest over Olympic land deal signed while Cabe chair
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Glam pavilion leaks
The great and good of architecture got a little more than they bargained for when they turned up for the glitzy opening of Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura’s Serpentine Pavilion on Tuesday.
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‘City the size of Leeds’ planned for Gateway
Richard Rogers unveils vision to build city for 700,000 in east London
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Zaha Hadid eyes social housing
Zaha Hadid wants to design social housing in Britain, she told BD this week.