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Councils vow to stop Solent Gateway plan
Local authorities in Hampshire have vowed to fight reported plans for a Thames Gateway-type scheme in their area.
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Pods of learning
Will Alsop has completed an unusual science research centre and teaching facility for Queen Mary, University of London, in east London.
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NewsSkater shelter
Birmingham-based practice Sjolander da Cruz Architects has received planning permission for an innovative new youth shelter in a skate park in Wolverhampton.
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Housing stops tram in its tracks
Plans for a tram station in London’s Peckham have been thrown into doubt following the start of construction for a housing association on the proposed site.
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Maltings complex in next musical work
Haworth Tompkins is working on detailed designs for the conversion of a large complex of grade II-listed malting houses in Suffolk.
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Art nouveau theatre loses out in revamp of Yarmouths pier
A scheme to restore the historic Wellington Pier in Great Yarmouth looked set to win planning permission this week after English Heritage backed the project.
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NewsYuck! Porridge
Much of today’s new housing resembles a prison, say the Hemingway family. There must be a better way…
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NewsWalking alone in Liverpool
Glenn Howells Architects and Urban Initiatives’ £31 million plans for Lime Street station in Liverpool have been submitted for planning permission.
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All clear for £2.2bn health procurement
A controversial £2.2 billion system for procuring healthcare buildings has been given a last-minute reprieve by the government.
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Highways jam holds up Thames Gateway
The delivery of 7,250 homes in the Thames Gateway has been held up by a row with the Highways Agency over the capacity of local roads.
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NewsBritish sea power
Grimshaw has unveiled new images of a giant offshore wind turbine bigger than the London Eye and designed to generate three times more electricity than conventional turbines.
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NewsHit and miss
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has officially opened its new headquarters on Wimbledon Broadway (pictured). Designed by GMW Architects, the 6,000sq m building has a frameless glass street elevation.Urban Salon has won the Architecture Foundation’s Bermondsey Square competition. The practice triumphed over a shortlist that included S333, Pierre ...
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People
Mary Wrenn, director of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales, has resigned to become the new chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, it was announced this week. See Talkbox, page 14.Canadian journalist Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, died on Monday, aged 63.Nicholas Taylor has ...
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Power play
John Prescott has said he wants to hold on to his power base, the sprawling ODPM, in a Labour third term. The 66-year-old told the Guardian he had “learned the lesson that you need a departmental base”.The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park is due to re-open today following a ...
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NewsGherkin gasps for air after glass fall
Windows shut at Building of the Year as safety is traded for sustainability
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A web of illiteracy and officialdom: welcome to Hackney planning
All architects will be familiar with the frustration of dealing with local planning departments, so perhaps readers will take pity on a fellow professional who has had a three-month battle with Hackney Council over photocopied signatures and illiterate officialese.
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NewsBasin builds flood defences to be Thames Gateway blueprint
Kiran Curtis Architects has unveiled new ways of beating floods in the Thames Gateway with its designs for the Canal Basin in Gravesend, Kent.