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NewsRIBA boss tells graduates to stop moaning and get creative
The chief executive of the RIBA, Harry Rich, has warned the next generation of practitioners to be creative during the recession or suffer the consequences.
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NewsUS architectural billings index takes a dive
Fears of a double-dip recession have been fuelled by the latest results from the American Institute of Architects Billings Index, showing a dramatic dive.
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NewsRIBA reveals Severn Crossing ideas competition winners
Carlton Bodkin, David Coyle, Shankari Raj and Philip Skellorn have won the main prize in a RIBA ideas competition for a third Severn crossing.
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NewsWork begins on Jestico & Whiles’ Docklands hotel
Work has begun on Jestico & Whiles’ Aloft London Excel hotel in London’s Docklands.
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NewsNo payout for Candys over Chelsea Barracks despite court victory
Property developers Christian and Nick Candy came away empty handed from the High Court today after a judge ruled on their multimillion-pound claim over the Chelsea Barracks development in London.
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NewsFireplace firm claims EH abused its position
English Heritage is facing scrutiny from Britain’s new coalition government over claims of a conflict of interest which allegedly saw it “abuse” its planning powers in favour of a commercial partner.
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NewsRIBA acts over low-paying practices
RIBA president Ruth Reed has announced a series of proposals to protect young architects, including new “rigorous” minimum pay requirements for all chartered practices.
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NewsPrince Charles's Chelsea Barracks letter revealed
The full contents of Prince Charles’s emotional letter to the prime minister of Qatar, imploring him to rethink Richard Rogers’ plans for Chelsea Barracks, have been made public.
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NewsControversy as Oxford competition collapses
Oxford University has thrown out designs by some of the UK’s leading firms shortlisted for a new academic building
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NewsIndustry waits till autumn to learn where axe will fall
Architects face a long summer of uncertainty before finding out where £100 billion in public spending cuts will come from.
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NewsVictorian artwork takes pride of place on Kingston’s riverfront
Haworth Tompkins has won planning permission for a £9 million mixed-use scheme to revamp and extend a monolithic brown brick 1970s building on the banks of the Thames near Hampton Court.
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NewsEH holds out hope for Stonehenge visitor centre
A crunch meeting will be held next week to examine the prospects for pursuing Denton Corker Marshall’s £27.5 million Stonehenge Visitor Centre despite the government’s withdrawal of £10 million worth of funding.
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NewsHaiti housing competition launched
An international competition to design new housing in Haiti has been launched on behalf of the Haitian government.
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NewsStudio Weave at Glastonbury
Studio Weave’s dystopian dance platform has been unveiled at the Glastonbury festival and is so convincing some revellers believe it is genuinely on fire.
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HCA presses ahead with design standards
The Homes & Communities Agency is hoping to make public the findings of a consultation on housing design standards by September
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Green is go at Public
Architect Flannery & de la Pole has put the finishing touches to the final £1.4 million phase of Will Alsop’s troubled West Midlands landmark, The Public
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Cuts also hit hospital and BFI Film Centre
A £450 million hospital and a £166 million centre for the British Film Institute are among other projects derailed by government cuts.
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NewsCollective approach
Glasgow practice Collective Architecture has lodged a planning application for a £5.5 million housing and shopping development in the city.
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NewsHayward Smart wins planning for Henley family house
Hayward Smart Architects has won planning permission for a large family house (pictured) in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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Community centre go-ahead
Belfast-based McCaw Architects has won planning permission for a new community centre and retail unit in the Upper Ardoyne area of the city