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Welsh Assembly close to £70m
The cost of the controversial debating chamber for the Welsh Assembly in Cardiff is rising towards £70 million — more than £1 million per elected member —after the assembly’s finance minister announced extra costs.
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Late change to Housing Bill boosts energy efficiency
The Housing Bill has been amended at the last minute to include a target to improve the energy efficiency of English homes by 20% by 2010.
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NewsLessons in lucre
Any architect can rake in the cash, says management guru Robert White. We brought six architects to talk to him about their finances
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NewsTemple of doom
Wren’s Temple Bar was returned to London last week. But what does author and psychogeographer Iain Sinclair make of its latest incarnation? He tells Ellis Woodman why the gate has lost its power
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Lift gets stuck in red tape
Projects under the government’s £1.2bn initiative to speed up healthcare delivery delayed by up to a year
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Bid team lines up Olympic contests
As many as 15 design competitions will be triggered if London is announced as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games next summer.
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HLF and Greenpeace in timber talks
The Heritage Lottery Fund has initiated peace talks with Greenpeace following a series of actions against HLF-funded projects by the campaign group.
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Arup to push for reuse of foundations
An ancient form of construction technology could hold the key to overcoming one of the major challenges to urban development in the 21st century.
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NewsMakes Antarctic expedition
Pyramids are perhaps most associated with hot climes, but Make, the practice headed by former Foster’s director Ken Shuttleworth, has designed a series of pyramids for one of the coldest places on earth. Make is one of six well-known practices competing to design a new research station for the British ...
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Haven for Hepworth
David Chipperfield Architects has submitted designs for The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield for detailed planning permission. The £15 million gallery will house 30 sculptures by the late Barbara Hepworth as well as Wakefield City’s public art collection. It is part of a larger masterplan to regenerate the river Calder waterfront. ...
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Gateway man goes
The man at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the regeneration of the Thames Gateway has quit to head the Greater London Authority’s development team.
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Building to continue despite BBC job cull
The BBC this week denied that the era of major new buildings at the corporation was over after announcing it was slashing the number of staff at its property division by more than half.
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Hit and miss
- London-based Amin Taha Architects has won an RIBA competition to design a family home on the Thames between Marlow and Henley (pictured). Other shortlisted firms were Bere Architects, Horden Cherry Lee and David Grindley Architects. - A campaign to raise cash to finish the Keith Williams-designed Unicorn Theatre ...
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People
- Washington philanthropists Robert and Arlene Kogod have donated $25 million towards renovation of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. The estimated $217 million project includes a curvy enclosure designed by Foster & Partners. - Prince Charles was this week due to speak at a Prince’s Foundation event on how ...
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Power play
- There were 45,400 housing starts in the quarter to September, up 13% on the same period in 2003, according to government figures. - A study for the London Development Agency carried out by Grant Thornton has found that the capital needs a convention centre of up to 5,000 seats. ...