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NewsEco-towns ‘won’t tackle housing shortage’
Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.
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Former schools chief goes east
Mukund Patel, former head of schools’ capital at the Department for Children, Schools & Family, is to take up a senior role at a Dubai-based education provider.
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NewsFoster’s Beijing ‘gateway’ opens
Foster & Partners’ Beijing Airport terminal (pictured above) opened on Tuesday.
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Ward to lead urban regenerator
Michael Ward has been appointed chief executive of the British Urban Regeneration Association.
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NewsClavell Tower moves 25m inland
Clavell Tower, the historic folly at Kimmerage Bay, Dorset, was topped out on Monday.
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Lighthouse centre board changes
Leading figures in the built environment sector in Scotland, including Reiach & Hall director Neil Gillespie, architect Kathryn Findlay and the design leader of Edinburgh City Council Riccardo Marini, have joined the board of Glasgow’s Lighthouse architecture centre.
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NewsMinister fails to commit to 2020 zero-carbon housing target
Housing minister Caroline Flint has failed to commit to making new non-domestic buildings zero carbon by 2020, a key target of the UK Green Building Council.
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All new homes to be future-proofed for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced this week.
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NewsArchitecture ‘is a key creative industry’
Hodge said that the DCMS Creative Britain report, published last Friday, was still relevant to the profession — despite the fact that not a single detailed mention of architecture appears in the document.
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Former RIBA deputy dies
Maurice McCarthy, a former RIBA vice president and founder member of the Salaried Architects Group, has died aged 64 after losing his battle with cancer.
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NewsMcAslan in Cheapside
A seven-storey, mixed-use scheme by John McAslan & Partners, at Cheapside in the City of London, has been submitted for planning.
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London architecture festival boosted by Arts Council cash
This year’s London Festival of Architecture, set to take place between June 20 and July 20, has secured a £90,000 funding boost from Arts Council England.
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Rogers, Prasad, Smith on bikes
Richard Rogers, RIBA president Sunand Prasad and designer Paul Smith have become patrons of Cycle to Cannes for the epic event’s third year.
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CPRE concedes on housing need
The Campaign to Protect Rural England has conceded this week that, in order to meet Britain’s housing needs, it may be necessary to undertake “a small readjustment” of some green belt boundaries.
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News44 Westgate wins planning
Planning permission has been granted for this £30 million office development in Newcastle city centre, designed by Carey Jones Architects.
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NewsChapman Taylor wins in Bolzano
Chapman Taylor has won an international competition to regenerate part of the northern Italian city of Bolzano.
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Profession rallies to rescue Smithsons' Robin Hood Gardens
NEWS: Extraordinary response to BD campaign as council seeks to ratify demolition ANALYSIS: "It's a great place to live" PLUS: Our petition, comment and archive photographs
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NewsDemolition would be a “real tragedy”, says Rogers
Spurred into action by BD's campaign, Richard Rogers has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham calling Robin Hood Gardens one of the greatest modern buildings in Britain and protesting about its “appalling” neglect.