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NewsPrasad and Adam in conference clash
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit out at classicist Robert Adam for “fighting yesterday’s battle” after the pair sparred in the closing debate of the RIBA International Conference last weekend.
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NewsSimpson completes Manchester ‘jigsaw’
Ian Simpson Architects has unveiled plans for the transformation of a key city centre site in Manchester.
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NewsViñoly inside out
Rafael Viñoly’s first completed project in the UK, Leicester’s £61 million Curve theatre, opened to visitors this week.
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Scottish planning shakeup
The Scottish government has revealed a range of measures to speed up its planning system, in a move it calls a “fundamental shift” in its approach to planning.
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NewsPlanners set to bin Make’s scheme for McDonald’s
Plans by Make for fast food giant McDonald’s first major mixed-use project in the UK are likely to be rejected by Tower Hamlets Council, which says the site is inappropriate for family housing.
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Architecture of the Year Awards 2008
As this years awards demonstrate, the state of British architecture is healthy. The 16 categories were all hotly contested, the judges praised the fresh approach of the younger practices, while the established firms showed a confidence and consistency that is hugely impressive.
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Toolkit to revitalise Park Royal
Cambridge-based architect 5th Studio has put forward proposals to revitalise west London’s Park Royal, Europe’s largest industrial estate.
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David McLean Holdings goes bust
One of Wales’s biggest developers, David McLean Holdings, plus its subsidiaries, has gone into administration.
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NewsWestfield shopping centre opens
The £1.7 billion Westfield London shopping centre in Shepherds Bush was opened on Thursday by mayor Boris Johnson.
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Apple wins go-ahead for Covent Garden HQ
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for computer giant Apple to create its new European headquarters in a series of grade II listed buildings close to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
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NewsHTA answers Carbon Challenge with Hanham Hall eco-village
Housing and regeneration specialist HTA Architects has revealed detailed images of Hanham Hall, England’s first eco-village, proposed for a 6.6ha site near Bristol.
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Five shortlisted for Wembley civic centre
Brent Council has shortlisted Make, Sheppard Robson, EPR Architects, Hopkins, John McAslan & Partners, BDP and TP Bennett for a landmark civic centre opposite Wembley Stadium.
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NewsWood is good for Norwich
Sheppard Robson has won the competition to design Norfolk’s first Academy project, for developer Kier Education.
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NewsHeritage bill rethink after costs disputed
The cost of implementing the heritage protection bill is likely to be far more than estimated, the government has admitted.
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NewsWalsall packs a punch
A £2 million youth centre and boxing club in the West Midlands by Sjölander da Cruz Architects has been granted planning permission.
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NHS agency wins design award
The NHS’s National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has received an award for its use of design in improving patient safety.
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Yorkshire events pavilion shortlist
RIBA Yorkshire and regional development agency Yorkshire Forward have revealed their shortlist for a £650,000 mobile pavilion.
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NewsDCLG adds three new advisers
The Department for Communities & Local Government has appointed three members to its Building Regulations Advisory Committee.
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NewsEH’s Heritage Counts report calls for ‘recycling’ of older buildings to cut CO2 emissions
English Heritage today called on the government to recycle and adapt older buildings to help meet carbon reduction targets.