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Children asked for Velopark designs
The Olympic Delivery Authority has launched a competition for school children to come up with designs for the Velopark.
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Photo challenge deadline nears
The closing date of the Zumtobel Lighting Photographic Competition is approaching, with disposable cameras due to be returned by October 1.
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Cambridge seeks views on housing
Regeneration agency Cambridgeshire Horizons has begun a public consultation on a draft plan to improve housing quality in the Cambridge sub-region.
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NewsLevitt Bernstein reveals Jewish community centre
Levitt Bernstein Associates has unveiled designs for its proposed flagship building for charity Jewish Care, planned for London’s Golders Green.
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NewsHome on the plane
Work on this £7 million, mixed-tenure residential project by Stock Woolstencroft in London’s Canning Town, is now complete.
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Cross-party group to look at new housing
MPs have launched an inquiry into how the 3 million homes planned for 2020 by prime minister Gordon Brown will be delivered.
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Record masterplan for Edinburgh docks
RMJM has submitted Edinburgh’s largest-ever planning application, for client Forth Ports, with proposals that aim to reconnect the Scottish capital to its long forgotten waterfront.
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NewsNorthern renaissance
HKR Architects has beaten competition from Glenn Howells and Studio Egret West to convert a former warehouse and brewery in Salford into this mixed-use development.
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NewsBirmingham axes Cottrell & Vermeulen library design
Award-winning architect Cottrell & Vermeulen has attacked former client Birmingham City Council after it scrapped plans for the practice’s Birchfield Library.
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...while city reveals £2.9bn BSF shortlist
An impressive shortlist of architects bidding for England’s biggest-ever Building Schools for the Future programme, in Birmingham, has been revealed.
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NewsInk Design proposes timber-clad showroom for furniture maker
Glasgow practice Ink Design has applied for planning permission to create this striking timber showroom for a furniture designer in the city, which would be suspended above his workshop.
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New home start-ups drop in 2007
Fewer new houses started in 2007 compared to previous years, new figures show.
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NewsEdaw promotes Prior to president
Edaw director and Olympic masterplanner Jason Prior (pictured) is to be promoted to president of the firm next month.
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Ken vetoes London Arena scheme
London mayor Ken Livingstone has ordered Tower Hamlets council to refuse planning permission for SOM’s 150,000sq m mixed-use project on the London Arena site.
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NewsMuf puts recycling folly on show
Muf has revealed images of its 7m-high folly (pictured) made from reclaimed building materials, which will mark the completion of its new public square in Barking, east London.
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Is your practice a key player on the world stage? Does it produce agenda-setting work in a sector deserving of special recognition?
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NewsFurious Russians take to streets over RMJM tower
St Petersburg’s famous skyline is under threat, claim objectors
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NewsAnger as Birmingham council axes Cottrell & Vermeulen library design
Award-winning architect Cottrell & Vermeulen has attacked former client Birmingham City Council after it scrapped plans for the practice’s Birchfield Library.Director Richard Cottrell revealed the innovative £6 million scheme, which beat rivals including van Heyningen & Haward, Penoyre & Prasad and DRMM in an RIBA competition (News November 3, 2006), ...
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NewsTake part in BD's political survey
As the conference season begins, we want to know which party you think is doing most for the built environment
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NewsTories' Quality of Life report gives architects a leading voice
The Conservative Party will give architects a seat at the political top table if it wins the next general election.Under plans for a “green revolution” set out in the Tories’ Quality of Life policy report, the party would support the institute’s bid to become a leading voice in Whitehall.“The RIBA ...