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Birmingham library in doubt
The future of Richard Rogers’ much-delayed design for a new Birmingham library appeared in further doubt this week as Birmingham City Council branded it and a number of rival schemes “unacceptable and unaffordable”.
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This Week - Hit and miss
London’s historic Marble Arch could be on the move following the appointment of John McAslan & Partners to prepare a masterplan for the redevelopment of the monument. Moving the arch, designed by John Nash, to nearby Speaker’s Corner, is one of the options being considered.Oxford City Council has launched a ...
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NewsThis Week - People
David Lunts has taken up his position as executive director for policy and partnerships at the Greater London Authority. His key responsibilities cover planning, housing, the Thames Gateway, environmental policy, the Olympics 2012 bid and the architecture & urbanism unit. He was formerly director of urban policy at the ODPM.Margaret ...
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This Week - Power play
A group of guerrilla architects is planning to forcibly open London’s Russell Square to the public on Monday night by erecting a series of structures and devices that will offer access over the fence. Transgressive Architecture has secured permission from Camden council for the stunt, designed to bring marginalised communities ...
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Ferguson bridge-mending with Princes Foundation chief
RIBA president George Ferguson has met new Prince’s Foundation chief executive Hank Dittmar this week as part of a “bridge-mending exercise” Ferguson is championing between Prince Charles and the profession.
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NewsLearning space
Six leading architectural practices, including David Chipperfield Architects, Eric Parry Architects and HOK, have submitted designs for the transformation of a 10,000sq m former government building recently purchased by the London School of Economics.
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Broadway Malyan joins forces with Hemingways in Gateway
Broadway Malyan is collaborating with designers Wayne and Gerardine Hemingway and housebuilder George Wimpey on a £100 million scheme in the Thames Gateway.
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Ski station design scales new heights
High-altitude designs for four cable railway stations and a bridge in Innsbruck, Austria, have been revealed by Zaha Hadid Architects.
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Traditional and modern do battle in public vote
Competing modernist and traditional designs for a £4 million community centre in Alton, Hampshire, have been put to a public vote to decide which will be built.
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NewsCattle drive
Hopkins Architects has won planning permission for an £85 million redevelopment of the 5ha Cattle Market site in the centre of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
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Pringle summons troops to put forward PFI alternative
RIBA president-elect Jack Pringle hopes to propose an alternative “smart PFI” model to the Treasury as part of his bid to place procurement reform at the heart of his presidency.
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Erosion threat to Victorian gems
The Victorian Society is concerned that three grade II listed buildings on the east coast of Britain will fall into the sea if government proposals to abandon rather than protect an eroding stretch of coastline are adopted.
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NewsGates closing at fortress Britain
Architects are the latest group to feel the national crackdown on economic migrants, a BD investigation reveals
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NewsFlight plans take off
HOK International has completed its £24 million designs for the AirSpace Project at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
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Zumthor takes key church job at Milan ‘city’
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor is to design a new church at the heart of a 1.2 million sq m Foster & Partners masterplan in Milan, Italy.
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You give away 6,000 a year
The architecture profession is one of the worst offenders for unpaid overtime, according to a new league table published by the Trades Union Congress this week.
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Gateway panel on hold
London mayor suspends design panel to allow time to develop ‘3D vision’ for growth area
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NewsFosters peace mission
Senior staff at Foster & Partners wrestled with their consciences before deciding to design an ostentatious “Palace of Peace” for a regime universally criticised for its poor human rights record.