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NewsPrescott was advised to refuse Vauxhall Tower
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott gave planning permission for Broadway Malyan’s 50-storey Vauxhall Tower even though his own advisers recommended he refuse it, saying it would damage a world heritage site. A newly released planning document sourced by former Tory environment secretary Kenneth Baker after a prolonged battle (News, ...
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NewsErick van Egeraat wins Tatarstan library competition - images
Erick van Egeraat has won an international competition to design a national library in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan
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NewsNews Junkie: 30 June and 1 July
What may 'surprise on the upside' later this year? How might a 'new-new paradigm' protect the British property market from US recession? Who 'relaxed in embroidered slippers in his winged armchair'? Answers below...
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Poor city centre letting down capital’s image
Design for London says millions needed for public realm to match other European cities
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NewsArt of restoration on display in the Orkneys
Saturday sees the reopening of the Pier Arts Centre in the Orkney town of Stromness, following the completion of a £4.5 million expansion by Reiach & Hall.
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NewsUnesco danger list reprieve for London
Capital gets a year’s grace but critics blast heritage decision as a ‘fudge’
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Creative services boost UK economy
Lack of diversity, a low level of educational funding and poor public perception are stalling the progress of the architectural profession, according to a study likely to shape government policy on the creative industries.
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NewsGo-ahead for 2012 sailing venues...
A sailing venue slated by the Cabe design review panel is one of two Olympic sailing projects in Dorset to be granted planning permission.
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... while handball is still up for grabs
The ODA this week started the Ojeu process to find a design team for the handball arena for the Olympics. The arena will be one of the games’ five permanent venues, and is expected to have a capacity of up to 10,000 spectators.
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NewsCentre ‘does not do justice to Burns’
Designs for a museum to celebrate Scotland’s foremost poet Robert Burns have failed to match the “international significance” of the project, the country’s architecture watchdog claims.
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NewsBath interchange reverts to glass
Panel rejects stone alternative to Wilkinson Eyre’s ‘busometer’
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NewsDerwent London wins top client
Property company Derwent London, which commissioned John McAslan & Partners’ RIBA award-winning Dorset Square (pictured), has scooped the £5,000 RIBA Client of the Year award.
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Page takes up post at Cabe Space
Ben Page, head of Ipsos Mori Social Research Institute, is to chair Cabe Space’s advisory committee.
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Bioregional Quintain and HAB split
HAB Housing and Bioregional Quintain have parted company after Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud’s company scaled down its eco-house project, which is expected to be broadcast on TV. HAB’s original intention was to build a 150-200 unit development in the West Country.
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NewsMurrain takes role at Greenwich
Paul Murrain, senior fellow at the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, has been appointed a visiting professor at the University of Greenwich.
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NewsSteel accolade for Newport bridge
Grimshaw’s £5 million pedestrian and cycle bridge in Newport has been honoured at the Structural Steel Design Awards.
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Cheltenham art gallery to extend
Cheltenham Borough Council has launched an RIBA competition for a “flagship” extension to its 100-year-old art gallery and museum.
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NewsLocal authorities more efficient
The performance of local planning authorities has improved in the past six months, planning minister Kay Andrews said last week.
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OFT launches industry probe
The Office of Fair Trading is to review the UK housebuilding industry.