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Fire destroys Hastings Pier hours after architectural competition launched
A huge fire has destroyed almost all of Hastings Pier in East Sussex, a day after a redevelopment competition was launched.
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O'Donnell & Tuomey wins planning for LSE project
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s new students’ centre for the London School of Economics has been awarded planning permission by Westminster Council.
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Councils take legal action over BSF cancellation
A council in the East Midlands has joined two other local authorities in taking legal action over the government’s decision to scrap the BSF programme.
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Construction industry suffers crisis of confidence
Confidence in the construction industry has dropped back to the levels seen in the recession.
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Foster joins protest against adverts on Venice's historic buildings
Norman Foster has added his voice to an angry protest to the Italian government over the use of giant billboards on Venice’s historic buildings.
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Gensler wins four major projects in Riyadh
Gensler has won four commissions in Riyadh’s 5 million sq m custom-built financial region - The King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD).
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Arup chairman joins prime minister's select group
Arup’s chairman Philip Dilley has joined a select advisory group of UK business leaders who will offer prime minister David Cameron feedback on issues facing the UK.
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Potter retires as P&HS managing director
Chris Potter, managing director of P&HS, has retired after 27 years with the firm.
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Open City spreads its wings
London’s annual architectural showcase, Open House Weekend, is spreading its international reach with Barcelona becoming the latest city to stage an event.
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Consolation for Chipperfield as Neues wins RIBA conservation prize
David Chipperfield and Julian Harrap’s Neues Museum project has won the Crown Estate Conservation Award, one a number of prizes announced during the Stirling Prize awards ceremony on Saturday.
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Peel Group submits UK's largest planning application for Liverpool scheme
Chapman Taylor’s £5.5 billion Liverpool Waters project – reputed to be the largest planning application in the UK – has been submitted to Liverpool City Council.
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Shortlist announced for Manser Medal housing prize
Theis & Khan’s Stirling-nominated Bateman’s Row is one of six houses to have made the Manser Medal shortlist.
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Protests brewing over Olympic bias towards the South
London and the South-east are monopolising the business benefits of the 2012 Olympics, according to new research.
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Zaha Hadid's Maxxi wins the 2010 Stirling Prize
Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome has won the 2010 Stirling Prize.
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Mather's Ashmolean wins public vote on eve of Stirling Prize
Rick Mather’s Ashmolean Museum refurbishment has won the public vote for the 2010 Stirling Prize by a decisive margin.
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BIM to become part of public procurement process
The government’s chief construction adviser Paul Morell has indicated that Building Information Modelling (BIM) will become a key part of the procurement of public buildings.
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Lightning deal rescued Archial from the brink
Up to 20 firms bid to buy stricken firm before knot tied with Canadian company Ingenium
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AHMM health centre defies critics to win council backing
The architect behind AHMM’s plans for a community health and leisure centre in south London was forced to defend his design after a councillor described it as a “dreary bunker” at a planning meeting.
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Architects take heat for high cost of BSF
Critics of the role of architects under Labour’s £55 billion Building Schools for the Future programme have stepped up their attack
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Richard Murphy's Aberdeen ensemble
Richard Murphy Architects has completed work on the £45 million Justice Mill Lane Park Inn hotel and office development in Aberdeen