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Big slump in construction activity
Activity in the construction industry has fallen at its fastest rate in more than a decade as the credit crunch tightens its grip on the house building sector.
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NewsCZWG's East India Dock Road scheme
CZWG Architects has revealed its modified design for a £150 million affordable housing scheme to be built on the banks of the Thames, opposite the Millennium Dome (now the O2).
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron wins Lords masterplan contract
Herzog & de Meuron has won the contract to develop a masterplan for Lords cricket ground, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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NewsCredit crunch threatens Gehry's Hove scheme
Frank Gehry's controversial scheme for the Hove sea front has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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EH proposes grade II listing for BBC Television Centre
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens will not be listed
Robin Hood Gardens estate will not be listed, the government announced on Tuesday.
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NewsEnglish Heritage looks to public in latest round of Stonehenge visitor centre saga
English Heritage is to launch a public consultation to find a new site for its long-planned Stonehenge visitor centre.
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NewsProtestors set to fight on as Holland Park wins planning permission
Kensington & Chelsea Council has granted planning permission for Aedas’s highly controversial design for London’s Holland Park School.
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NewsChipperfield wins first French competition
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with this scheme for a new gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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NewsRIBA National and European Award winners announced
Contenders for the Stirling Prize shortlist were revealed at the RIBA National and International Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel on Friday night.
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NewsArchitects join forces on West End infrastructure plan
A group of architects have joined forces to examine how key West End sites could be knitted into one overarching infrastructural plan.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens design competition: The results
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels.
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NewsHowzat! Herzog & de Meuron scheme bowls Lord’s over
Swiss practice set to take its third major UK commission redeveloping the ‘home of cricket’
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NewsZoran Radivojevic's design for Robin Hood Gardens in depth
Zoran Radivojevic (Cazenove Architects) wowed the judges to take first place in the Robin Hood Gardens competition with his treatment of the buildings as giant carcasses. Explore Radivojevic's design in more depth.
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NewsExperts blast BRE's 'unproven gimmicks'
Research and innovation dropped in favour commercial growth, say critics
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NewsBen Addy's design for Robin Hood Gardens in depth
Ben Addy (Moxton Architects) took third place in the Robin Hood Gardens design competition with his light-touch approach to the Smithsons' masterplan. Explore Addy's design in more depth.
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NewsBoris pledges to reinstate Parker Morris standards
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has promised to reintroduce Parker Morris space standards for new residential developments in a bid to improve the quality of inner city living.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens competition: Entries round-up
The response to the BD/AF competition for idea for the redevelopment of Robin Hood Gardens drew a phenomenal response from architects all around the globe.
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NewsViñoly Battersea plan ‘a menace’
Rafael Viñoly unveiled his masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station site amid a storm of protest last week.
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RIBA competition for flood-proof house
The RIBA is to launch a competition with insurer Norwich Union to create a prototype flood-proof house for the Thames Gateway.