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All clear for £2.2bn health procurement
A controversial £2.2 billion system for procuring healthcare buildings has been given a last-minute reprieve by the government.
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Highways jam holds up Thames Gateway
The delivery of 7,250 homes in the Thames Gateway has been held up by a row with the Highways Agency over the capacity of local roads.
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NewsBritish sea power
Grimshaw has unveiled new images of a giant offshore wind turbine bigger than the London Eye and designed to generate three times more electricity than conventional turbines.
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NewsHit and miss
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has officially opened its new headquarters on Wimbledon Broadway (pictured). Designed by GMW Architects, the 6,000sq m building has a frameless glass street elevation.Urban Salon has won the Architecture Foundation’s Bermondsey Square competition. The practice triumphed over a shortlist that included S333, Pierre ...
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People
Mary Wrenn, director of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales, has resigned to become the new chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, it was announced this week. See Talkbox, page 14.Canadian journalist Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, died on Monday, aged 63.Nicholas Taylor has ...
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Power play
John Prescott has said he wants to hold on to his power base, the sprawling ODPM, in a Labour third term. The 66-year-old told the Guardian he had “learned the lesson that you need a departmental base”.The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park is due to re-open today following a ...
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NewsGherkin gasps for air after glass fall
Windows shut at Building of the Year as safety is traded for sustainability
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A web of illiteracy and officialdom: welcome to Hackney planning
All architects will be familiar with the frustration of dealing with local planning departments, so perhaps readers will take pity on a fellow professional who has had a three-month battle with Hackney Council over photocopied signatures and illiterate officialese.
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NewsBasin builds flood defences to be Thames Gateway blueprint
Kiran Curtis Architects has unveiled new ways of beating floods in the Thames Gateway with its designs for the Canal Basin in Gravesend, Kent.
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NewsCouncil heel-dragging imperils Shelley castle
Worthing authority reluctant to put up £1.5m to save Castle Goring
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RAF scheme marches on after listing halt
The major refurbishment of a series of buildings dating from the Second World War is nearing completion after it was put on hold for three months because of a surprise grade II listing.
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NewsShowpiece studio
Designs by Terry Pawson Architects for a new home for the practice have been submitted for planning.
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No ‘City-on-sea’ for Brighton
Brighton council has rejected Allies & Morrison’s plans for a 42-storey tower in the city centre, saying it is “not looking for a new City of London on the coast”.
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On the waterfront
A £1.8m boathouse for University College Oxford designed by Belsize Architects in London has been submitted for planning permission.
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Leaked document reveals Scottish anti-green plans
Scottish ministers are planning a move that would allow unpopular and ecologically damaging projects to go ahead by radically centralising planning power, environmentalists claimed this week.
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Alsop’s Bradford plans face audit
An audit of Will Alsop’s bold public space plans for Bradford city centre has been launched to see how much they will cost to build and maintain.
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NewsTake courage
Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for a £200 million mixed-use scheme on the site of the former Courage Brewery in Bristol.
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Nothing wasted at new Ealing park
LDA Design has been appointed lead architect on an innovative new park in Ealing, west London.
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Tsunami architects ‘lagging’
British architects’ response to the Asian tsunami crisis is “embarrassingly scarce”, an architect and aid worker told BD this week.
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Make aims to be first carbon-neutral practice
Make is set to become the first carbon-neutral practice, it claimed this week.