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NewsGrenfell Inquiry digest: What we learned from project client KCTMO this week
Tenant Management Organisation had former architects on its staff and believed no more design expertise was needed
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NewsYour free invitation to the Architect of the Year Awards
Join us for the AYAs here at 4pm on Friday October 23 to discover the winners – and hear about our plans to celebrate Building Design’s 50 th birthday
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NewsGovernment design chief calls for return to a Victorian planning system
Nicholas Boys Smith says planning system got ’confused’ following World War II
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NewsGrenfell client insists cost didn’t drive choice not to hire design advisor
Former architect David Gibson ‘saw no need’ for CDA but admits he did not understand cladding system proposed for tower
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NewsHousing association chief appointed as Grenfell Inquiry’s third panel member
Ali Akbor replaces Benita Mehra, who resigned in January over links to Grenfell cladding manufacturer Arconic
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NewsFalconer Chester Hall gets nod for 31-storey Liverpool tower
Scheme is part of £5bn Liverpool Waters development
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NewsStudio E ‘not asked about high-rise resi cladding experience’ before Grenfell appointment
TMO director cannot tell inquiry why he did not ask ‘obvious question’
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NewsGrenfell witness says Studio E architect ‘has lost his confidence’
The Bruce Sounes who testified is a very different individual to the one I knew, says TMO director
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NewsHackitt warns industry to change now to survive new safety regulator
Failing to plan now ‘morally indefensible’, says chair of board setting up new building safety regulator
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NewsWinner chosen for competition to design Finsbury Circus gardens makeover
Site used by Crossrail’s Liverpool Street station job since 2012
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NewsGrenfell client was warned project would fail without fundamental reappraisal
Consultant initially said re-tendering was not the solution – before performing a ‘volte-face’
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NewsRIBA names winner of its ‘Vision of Future Living’ competition
AHMM’s Paul Monaghan said ’this is the sort of scheme that must happen’
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NewsArb suspends Northern Irish architect for a year
John Kirkpatrick of County Down was found to have acted with unacceptable professional conduct
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NewsKnight Architects’ Dawlish bridges receive planning permission
Work is part of sea defence scheme following 2014 storms
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NewsWhat we learned this week: Grenfell Inquiry digest
Witnesses included consultants from QS Artelia and RBKC’s building control manager
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NewsGrenfell client ‘struggled with design issues’ after rejecting outside help, inquiry heard
TMO chose not to hire design advisor which would have cost £30,000
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NewsSheppard Robson chosen for major Manchester hospital
Project has been awarded £54m for enabling works with more funding to be announced in 2021
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NewsFormer prime minister attacks government planning reforms
Theresa May criticises ‘ill-conceived’ housing numbers algorithm