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CO2 target requires ‘revolution’
The British Property Federation says it has serious questions about the construction industry’s ability to meet the government’s target for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.
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News‘Peter Pan village’ under threat
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a campaign to stop the redevelopment of Thorpeness in Suffolk, dubbed the Peter Pan village because of its association with author JM Barrie.
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Quality not quantity for schools
Tim Byles, chief executive of Partnerships for Schools, this week insisted that the Building Schools for the Future scheme focus on quality rather than speed and quantity.
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Security of tenure set to end
Social housing is set for an overhaul that could spell the end of a council home for life.
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NewsHerzog urges contest reform
Swiss duo Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the RIBA Gold Medal this week.
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Historic Chichester role goes to Keith Williams
Keith Williams Architects has been appointed to design a new £6.6 million museum for Chichester in West Sussex. The council selected the practice from 64 entrants “for its exceptional building designs, including its knowledge and experience in designing sustainable buildings”.
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NewsHadid reveals Moscow’s Expocenter complex
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled these images of its Expocenter, the final development at the Moscow International Business Centre, Russia’s largest construction project.
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Scotland confirms committment to PFI
The Scottish Executive this week published its blueprint for architecture, in which it renewed its commitment to PFI.
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NewsGoing private
The first PFI hospital to be run entirely by private companies has opened after a two-year build.
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Bradford in bid for huge central park
Multidisciplinary firm Gillespies has released its vision for this 35,000sq m park, larger than two football pitches, in the heart of Bradford, which forms part of Will Alsop’s masterplan for the city.
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Arb ‘looking out for students’
The Arb board made a rare visit to Scotland when it met in Edinburgh last Thursday.
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Water converter pyramid wins big
An inverted pyramid that collects dew from the air and converts it into 48 litres of water a day has won an international design competition run by Arup.
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NewsWales sets zero carbon target
Welsh environment and planning minister Carwyn Jones (pictured) has pledged that all new buildings in Wales will be zero carbon within five years, which would put it far ahead of the rest of the UK.
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NewsJohn Lewis backs regeneration test
Civic groups such as the Ancient Monuments Society and the Victorian Society have backed John Lewis Partnership’s campaign to keep the “need” test, under which the regeneration of town centres is a first priority for local planners.
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EH opposes Vinoly's London skyscraper
EH has come out in opposition to plans for a new London icon as its chief architect resigns. Read our news reports and leader, David Heath's resignation letter and why Cabe is backing Vinoly
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News report: Walkway design competition gives young firms Olympic opportunity
Up-and-coming practices have been given their first chance to break into the London Olympics with the launch of a major competition to design a public walkway running from Victoria Park in Hackney to West Ham.
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NewsAalto competition winners revealed
Five people have won tickets to the Alvar Aalto private view at the Barbican on Wednesday night
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News Junkie: 17 and 18 February
The government is set to block Mangera Yvar’s £3 million east London supermosque, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. Find out what Ian Martin has to say on this story and the rest of the weekend's news in the first of his weekly dispatches.
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