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Venice Biennale report 2006
Ellis Woodman's reviews an architecture show without architecture; Amanda Baillieu is disappointed by the limits to our thinking about cities; Zoe Blackler reports on the future for Sheffield, the focus of the British Pavilion; and our reviews team offer 20 top tips on how to get the full Venice experience
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Gateway boss out the door
The civil servant in charge of the Thames Gateway has left the Department for Communities & Local Government by “mutual consent” as the government attempts to breathe life into the flagging project.
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NewsConservation register ruling angers critics
The controversial RIBA register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation is here to stay following a landmark decision from the Office of Fair Trading.
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Delays and £7m in costs hit FOA’s Ravensbourne College
Foreign Office Architects’ most exciting British project to date has had to be scaled down because of major delays and construction inflation.
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Competition re-run is next chapter of library saga
There is set to be yet another design competition for a library for Birmingham, according to newly appointed project manager Capita Symonds.
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Scottish watchdog signs up Hoskins
Scotland’s design watchdog this week announced a groundbreaking agreement with the Scottish Executive that it claims will give health projects north of the border the edge over those in England.
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NewsPPS7 suffers classic case of identity crisis
The industry was left wondering exactly what constitutes “the highest standards of contemporary architecture” this week as a classical country house won planning permission under PPS7, but a modernist scheme was refused.
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Young firms get chance at Elephant
Up-and-coming firms DRMM and S333 are among five practices chosen for new housing schemes under a novel procurement arrangement pioneered by Southwark Council.
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NewsTimber row turns incendiary
In the wake of the massive Colindale fire, the timber-frame industry again finds itself fighting for survival — and traditional manufacturers have not been slow to fan the flames.
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Sky’s the limit as T5 team turns its sights on Dublin
A consortium including Pascall & Watson Architects, Arup and Mace — already working together on the T5 project at Heathrow — has submitted a planning application for a second terminal at Dublin Airport.
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NewsDoctoring the docks
Masterplanner Broadway Malyan has unveiled proposals for Wirral Waters, which it claims is the largest regeneration project in the country.
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NewsGherkin’s new neighbour
Allies & Morrison inadvertently gave a sneak preview of a new tower next to the Gherkin with this model display in its office window.
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Stanton Williams wins Centre Point competition
Architect Stanton Williams has won the competition to create a new “Gateway to the West End” beneath London’s famous Centre Point tower.
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Northern cities to battle London for Brick Awards
Fifty-six projects have been shortlisted for the 2006 Brick Awards, including two schemes designed by Allies & Morrison.
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NewsMixed-use site with stacks of appeal
Planning permission has been granted for a new high-density, mixed-use scheme in Southwark, designed by Panter Hudspith Architects.
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Palestinian group objects to Israeli biennale exhibition
Pressure group Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine has taken a petition to the Venice Biennale to protest against the inclusion of the exhibition “Life saver; typology of commemoration in Israel”.
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NewsA peace of work
A ceremony marking the opening of Foster & Partners’ Palace of Peace & Reconciliation in Astana, Kazakhstan, took place on Monday.
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Liverpool goes for bite-sized bids
Following a public inquiry’s rejection of its £73 million regeneration scheme for the New Brighton area of Liverpool, Neptune Developments is to split the work into phases and submit planning applications piecemeal.
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Forget Blair’s babes, now it’s Tony’s towers
Tony Blair once tried to give Labour a new image by favouring women MPs — now he’s trying to ensure his image endures by finding 20 buildings for which he can take credit.