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NewsJudges announced for Young Architect of the Year
Fashion designer and architecture patron Margaret Howell will join a six strong jury, including BD’s Ellis Woodman, to select the winner of the award which recognises the UK’s most promising new architects or practices.
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NewsGreen light for Barking housing development at Fresh Wharf
A scheme by Jestico & Whiles and Glenn Howells Architects to build nearly 1,000 homes on a former industrial site in east London has been given outline planning.
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NewsPlanners back Purcell Miller Tritton’s designs for Wallace collection
Westminster Council planners have backed plans to extend the museum that houses the Wallace art collection.
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NewsFrom New Zealand to Ukraine, Carbuncle Cup receives global coverage
BD’s Carbuncle Cup attracted headlines around the world over the weekend, as well as pieces in the Guardian, Telegraph, Independent and Daily Mail.
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NewsPractices look abroad as double dip looms
Libya, Brazil and Egypt emerge as lucrative new markets as architects give up on Britain.
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NewsLipton slams plans for Broadgate site
Developer Stuart Lipton has condemned plans to demolish two of Peter Foggo’s key Broadgate buildings in the City of London
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NewsIndustry leaders fear weakening UK market
RIBA survey confirms that architects are anticipating a second downturn.
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Jailed architect struck off Arb register
An architect who was jailed for seven years for attempting to murder his wife has been struck off by the Architects Registration Board.
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NewsSchool listing hits Islamic community centre plans
An architect’s plan to turn a former Victorian primary school in east London into an Islamic-run community centre has been hit because the building has now been listed by architecture minister John Penrose
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NewsKoolhaas at the heart of the City
Work is nearing completion on the first British building designed by Rem Koolhaas and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture
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NewsEast’s community centre to be jewel in Sittingbourne’s crown
London practice East is set to create a jewel-inspired £1.2 million community centre in Sittingbourne after winning an invited competition organised by the Kent Architecture Centre
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NewsStrata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup
BFLS’s Strata tower in Elephant & Castle beats a strong field to win BD’s award for the ugliest new building in Britain.
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NewsLondon boroughs gain more control over housing budgets
The Homes & Communities Agency suffered a major blow today when London mayor Boris Johnson announced plans to hand most of the agency’s power in the capital back to the boroughs.
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NewsTP Bennett dropped from Walthamstow
TP Bennett has been dropped from the scheme to redevelop the former Walthamstow Stadium after being caught up in a row between the developer and housing association.
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NewsBblur go-ahead for Slough Centre
London based practice Bblur Architecture has won planning permission for a new 4,447sq m library and cultural centre for Slough.
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NewsLiverpool PFI hospital faces legal challenge
Lawyers are going ahead with a legal challenge that could see architects’ hopes of working on a planned £450 million hospital scuppered because it is being built under PFI.
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NewsNumber of unemployed architects rises for first time in 10 months
The fall-out from the cancellation of the Building Schools for the Future programme has been felt almost immediately with the number of architects on the dole rising for the first time in nearly a year.
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NewsEnglish Heritage demands action on Finsbury Health Centre
EH has told the owner of Lubetkin’s crumbling Finsbury Health Centre to carry out vital repairs – or risk being ordered to do so by the local council.