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NewsFuture Systems unveils designs for private home in Kent
New design was recognised as an 'exemplar project' in order to win planning for a Greenfield site overlooking the Kent Weald
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NewsLevitt Bernstein plans to add storey to London's Brunswick Centre
London's listed Brunswick Centre could be extended one storey upwards under proposals that would reinstate architect Patrick Hodgkinson's original 1960s design. Levitt Bernstein, the practice behind the successful refurbishment of the retail and residential centre in 2006, is working with centre owner Hermes on a plan to build an ...
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NewsFire damages Liverpool's Bluecoat Arts Centre
Fire has swept through the Bluecoat Arts Centre, the oldest building in Liverpool, just two months after the completion of its £12.5 million redevelopment by Dutch firm Biq.Alarms in the building were set off shortly before 4 o’clock this morning, and around 30 firefighters spent more than three hours extinguishing ...
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NewsKirkby kicks out Broadway Malyan's Tesco / Everton FC scheme
Cabe says the mixed-use scheme is 'a lost opportunity'
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NewsIndustry group proposes 'more flexible' definition of zero-carbon housing
The UK Green Building Council has devised a new definition for zero-carbon housing which makes it easier for developers to meet the government’s ambitious low-energy targets.Its report, The Definition of Zero Carbon, claims the current definition is not achievable on up to 80% of new homes, and argues that if ...
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NewsHodder's mills and thrills
Stirling prizewinner Stephen Hodder has released images of his practice’s largest-ever scheme — a £170 million mixed-use regeneration project at Eckersley Mills in Wigan.
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NewsNew mayor plans to cut skyscrapers
London’s newly elected Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, took a step toward halting the spread of skyscrapers in London this week with the appointment of a key adviser opposed to Ken Livingstone’s planning policies.
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NewsPrewett Bizley scoops Sheffield Europan site
Prewett Bizley has been named as the third British winner of Europan 9, the competition for architects under 40.
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Hadid not a factor in Moore’s resignation
Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore resigned this week, strongly denying the institution’s recent decision to scrap plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters had prompted the move.
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NewsNew Maggie's by Wilkinson Eyre
A sneak preview of Wilkinson Eyre's new Maggie's cancer care centre in Oxford
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NewsExperts back modernist extension for listed house
Wide support for intervention to 16th century building in Edinburgh
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Health trusts are bypassing PFI for major new projects
A healthcare procurement system which architects claim is a massive improvement on PFI is to be used for the first time on some of the largest hospital building projects in the pipeline.
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Minister approves £237m spend
The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation has been told it can spend £237 million regenerating the area over the next three years.
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NewsThird tower design seeks approval
Developer Oakmayne Properties expects a planning decision this summer on a new 47-storey tower by Allies & Morrison in the London Borough of Southwark.
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WWM is Antwerp Museum finalist
Witherford Watson Mann Architects is the only UK firm among five shortlisted to design an extension for the Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Cumbria plans £160m investment
The University of Cumbria has outlined proposals for £160 million worth of development on its estate across Cumbria and north Lancashire.
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NewsKnight backs new process for BSF
A new procurement process for Building Schools for the Future will be rolled out before the end of the year after being approved this week by schools minister Jim Knight (pictured).
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NewsPassport for Pimlico
Haworth Tompkins has won planning permission from Westminster City Council for a new 55-unit mixed residential scheme at a conservation site in Pimlico, south-west London, for the Peabody Trust.
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Make sustainable drainage compulsory, says RTPI
The government urgently needs to make sustainable urban drainage systems (Suds) compulsory in all new developments, the Royal Town Planning Institute said this week.