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NewsTories want architects to design jails
Architects could be asked to design new jails worth hundreds of millions of pounds under Conservative Party proposals for a radical restructuring of the prison estate.
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NewsRobin Hood report kept from public
A crucial report on the future of Robin Hood Gardens paid for by taxpayers was withheld from BD by Tower Hamlets Council this week.
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NewsDemolition of Pimlico School begins
Demolition has begun at Pimlico School, the brutalist landmark in Westminster which has been the centre of a long-running listing battle.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron in running for Lord’s plan
Herzog & de Meuron and HOK Sport are among the practices bidding to draw up a £200 million masterplan for Lord’s cricket ground.
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NewsDLA Architecture sets the stage for Leeds University school
DLA Architecture has completed work on its £3.3 million Stage@Leeds building for Leeds University School of Performance & Cultural Industries.
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NewsLondon Met unit makes shortlist for Korean city
A British-based architectural team has been shortlisted in a contest to design a new city one quarter of the size of Greater London.
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NewsLessons in timber
Meadowcroft Griffin Architects has submitted this design, for the £8 million Lauriston Primary School in Hackney, east London, for planning.
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Massive regeneration for Big City Brum
Urban Initiatives has launched its vision to transform Birmingham city centre in a £10 billion, 800ha regeneration programme.
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Pear trees for Harley Street
Trees are to be planted on London’s Harley Street for the first time in its 300-year history.
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NewsHopkins returns to Bryanston
Hopkins Architects has been commissioned to design a music building for Bryanston School, Dorset.
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Cabe and RIBA invite entries
Cabe is inviting entries for the 2008 prime minister’s better public building award.
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NewsDSP puts art at school’s heart
DSP Architects has completed an extension to King James’s School at Knaresborough, Yorkshire, which builds over a non-load-bearing flat roof.
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NewsDesign for London needs reform, says Paddick
Mayoral candidate dismisses organisation as a ‘talking shop’
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NewsDfL exhibition looks at public realm
A new exhibition curated by Design for London which opened this week will attempt to engage the public in a wide-ranging debate over the development of the capital’s public realm.
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NewsBDP’s Victoria Square completed
BDP’s £160 million scheme for Victoria Square, Belfast (pictured) opened to the public on Thursday.
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Mosque consultation begins
A public consultation into plans for the Abbey Mills Mosque in Newham, east London, has begun.
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NewsBD’s Woodman to curate pavilion
BD’s buildings editor Ellis Woodman (pictured) is to curate this year’s British pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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RMJM bashes Beijing boycotters
RMJM chief executive Peter Morrison has attacked global figures including Steven Spielberg for boycotting the Beijing Olympics.
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Mipim property fair biggest ever
Over 28,000 delegates from 85 countries are expected to attend Mipim 2008 next week, a rise on the 26,210 who went to the event in the south of France last year.
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NewsMill turns to retail
Lyons, Sleeman & Hoare has applied for planning to transform the five-storey, grade II listed Slingfield Mill building at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, into a department store and hotel.