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Power play
The government must introduce effective new climate-change targets in order to meet its wider environmental goals, according to the Energy Saving Trust (EST). EST claimed this week that UK homes were wasting £5 billion worth of energy every year and recommended the government adopt targets to improve home and transport ...
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Official: Sixties estate risks gas blast collapse
Levitt Bernstein scheme on ice after collapse danger admitted at South London estate
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Transport funding goldrush
The government unveiled its £200 million spending plans for vital transport infrastructure needed to deliver new housing in the South-east this week.
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RIBAs votes in architecture manifesto gets mixed reaction
A flagship 21-point manifesto for architecture launched by the RIBA this week has won praise from construction minister Nigel Griffiths but was questioned by other MPs contacted by BD.
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NewsAquatic ambition
Grimshaw’s ambitious plans for a £250 million sealife centre four times the size of the Eden Project took a step forward this week when a site was chosen for the two biodomes in Bedfordshire.
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Job audit and new territories at Aukett
The chairman of newly formed practice Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has told BD of possible redundancies and also plans to expand into new territories such as healthcare and education.
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Liverpool steps in to save listed building
Liverpool City Council has for the first time bought a listed building to save it from ruin.
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NewsWilkinson Eyre crosses into Europe
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won its first major commission in France with a competition entry to build one of the longest new rail bridges in Europe with this environmentally-sensitive design.
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Lottery fund bows to timber pressure
The Heritage Lottery Fund this week agreed to only fund projects which use legal and sustainable sources of timber following a high-profile Greenpeace campaign.
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Adjaye back in to fix Street-Porter house
David Adjaye has returned to fix problems with the house he designed for journalist Janet Street-Porter, just a year after completion.
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NewsStation controller
Terry Farrell & Partners has reaffirmed its dominance in the Far Eastern market after beating competition from a smaller London rival on two large train stations in China.
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Farrell plots ‘intellectual quarter’
Terry Farrell has been commissioned to transform the area around University College London into an “intellectual quarter”, adding a third central London masterplan to the architect’s slate.
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New country houses dont have to be modern, says Hill
Country houses of any architectural style are eligible for planning permission, planning minister Keith Hill has said.
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NewsPrincely living
Panoramic views across the river Mersey and Liverpool Bay are in store for the residents of AFL Architects’ dramatic second residential tower at Princes Dock, Liverpool.
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NewsInnovation prize for 40-minute building in a bag
A temporary concrete building that can be erected in 40 minutes by just adding water and air has won a £25,000 design innovation award.
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NewsDreamer or bruiser?
Ralph Erskine died last week. We asked those who worked with him on some of his best known projects to assess the architect and the man
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Contractors reject push for design
Battle lines were drawn over the future of design procurement in Britain this week as the auditor general and leading contractors clashed over the cost and management of public-sector construction projects.