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Squire & Partners chosen for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has been chosen as the new architect to design the Potters Field development project on London's South Bank.
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NewsIOC gives London 2012 preparation “clean bill of health”
Preparations for London 2012 were given a clean bill of health yesterday at the end of a three-day visit by an international team of Olympic inspectors.
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NewsEx heritage minister calls for RHG listing
Margaret Hodge must reject advice from English Heritage and grant Robin Hood Gardens the grade II listing it deserves, MPs and former Labour heritage minister Alan Howarth have demanded.
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NewsSimmons to give panel added beef
Scrutiny of the designs for the government’s planned eco-towns received a boost this week after it emerged that Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons has been appointed to a panel overseeing developers’ proposals.
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NewsGreenwich gets spirit of Trafalgar
Eva Jiricna has designed a £12 million hotel close to the Maritime Greenwich world heritage site in south-east London.
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Johnson snubs planning role
The Green Party has slammed London mayor Boris Johnson for giving his unelected deputy, Ian Clements, delegated powers to make planning decisions.
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News2012 Velodrome set to ditch timber roof
Hopes that the London 2012 Olympics might be a beacon for the use of sustainable wood could be dashed after it emerged that the Hopkins-designed Velodrome is set to boast a steel roof rather than a timber one as originally planned.
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NewsMCM is London’s greenest firm
MCM Architecture has topped a poll of the best green companies in London in the inaugural Sunday Times Green List.
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NewsVictorian museums refurb rest
Construction has started on Allies & Morrison’s £10 million refurbishment and extension of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter.
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NewsCartwright Pickard mill homes sold
Ledgard Mill, Cartwright Pickard Architects’ award-winning housing project with developer Binks Vertical at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, has been completed and fully sold.
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Aedas-designed academy opened
The Aedas-designed Petchey Academy in Hackney, east London, was officially opened by Ed Balls, the children, schools & families secretary, last week.
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Aukett submits Norwich plan
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has submitted a detailed planning application for two new office buildings in Norwich city centre.
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City’s status could survive tower
Unesco world heritage chief Francesco Bandarin this week signalled that St Petersburg could retain its heritage status even if RMJM’s controversial Gazprom tower goes ahead.
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NewsCutty Sark faces £3.7m shortfall
The chief executive of the Cutty Sark Trust, the organisation behind Youmeheshe’s £25 million restoration of the historic tea clipper in Greenwich, has warned that without a further £3.7 million, funds will run out in September.
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Southampton model open to public
Southampton has become the first city outside London to exhibit a scale model of its built environment to the public.
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You can nominate a building at risk
The Victorian Society has launched this year’s search for the 10 most endangered Victorian or Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
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NewsSt Helens go-ahead snubs Cabe
BDP’s £25 million scheme for a new stadium for St Helens Rugby League Club has won planning permission, despite being slammed by Cabe’s design review panel last year.
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NewsSoane’s Pitshanger to have £8.2m makeover
Pitshanger Manor, the grade I listed house designed by John Soane, is to be restored as part of a £8.2 million project led by Ealing Council.
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NewsTesco adds local colour
Cabe has given its backing to a controversial new Tesco store designed by Lyons, Sleeman & Hoare for Hadleigh in Suffolk.