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Second estate in danger
Islington Council admits risk of building collapse due to a gas explosion is not confined to Packington Estate
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Sustainable construction centre to open in Somerset
Britain’s first centre dedicated to promoting sustainable construction is to open in Taunton, Somerset, early next year.
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Cabe slams scale of Paddington proposal
An innovative scheme by Chetwood Associates for commercial space above a new supermarket complex has been criticised by Cabe for lacking clarity and verging on “megastructure” in scale.
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Sergison Bates holds off on plans for Smithson pavilion
Sergison Bates has withdrawn its planning application for a new building in the grounds of Peter and Alison Smithson’s celebrated Solar Pavilion after the Twentieth Century Society called for the 1960s classic to be spotlisted.
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NewsSpotcheck: South-west
Mixed use for prison site Associated Architects has unveiled details of a significant mixed-use scheme planned as part of the huge Bristol Harbourside development. The proposals, for the site of the former Bristol Gaol, will be submitted for planning permission at the end of this month. The scheme, for Umberslade ...
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NewsIn to bat in Barbados
Arup Associates has unveiled new images of its plans for the Kensington Oval cricket ground in Barbados. The ground will host the 2007 Cricket World Cup final and will be almost entirely rebuilt, including a new media centre, players pavilion, museum and indoor sports facilities. Just two of the existing ...
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Conservatives lay out policies to boost brownfield housing
The Conservative Party has challenged the government’s regeneration record and unveiled a series of new housing policies.
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NewsLondon-bid brains head to Athens
As the Athens Olympics got under way today, architects working on London’s 2012 bid jetted out to Greece to see how the designs, which include Calatrava’s main stadium (above), work in practice.The Edaw-led design team — which includes architects Allies & Morrison, HOK Sport and Foreign Office Architects — has ...
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Welsh Tories attack RRPs burger van
The Richard Rogers Partnership’s Welsh Assembly building is once again the subject of a political row after Conservatives likened the design of the catering facilities to a “roadside burger van”.
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NewsHit and miss
Massimiliano Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Behnisch, Behnisch & Partner, Make/FaulknerBrowns, Dominique Perrault and Bennetts Associates/ Studio Zoppini have been shortlisted to design an aquatics centre in east London. The state-of-the-art swimming centre will be a flagship building for London’s Olympic bid.The London Borough of Hackney is close to appointing an architect ...
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The Prince of Wales has reportedly waded into the row over windfarms. The Sunday Telegraph reports that he believes the sustainable energy sources are a “horrendous blot on the landscape”.The last-minute construction works for the Athens Olympics could affect the chances of Paula Radcliffe (pictured) in the women’s marathon. Cement ...
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Power play
The Department for Trade & Industry has published the latest statistics on the state of the construction industry. The report shows that new construction orders fell by 1% overall for the year to June 2004. Public housing orders rose by 10% for the period, while infrastructure orders fell by 23%.The ...
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NewsAtkins Arabian paradise
Work has started on a 20sq km manmade island at Durrat al Bahrain in Bahrain. Designed by Atkins, the project comprises 1,800 villas on 13 “paradise islands” linked by bridges in a lagoon. The project is a joint venture between the government of Bahrain and the Kuwait Finance House (Bahrain). ...
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CJ Lim goes to Venice to catch the pigeon
Pigeons are under attack from one of the new darlings of British architecture, BD has learnt.
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Arb slaps injunction on rebel
Arb has taken out a court injunction against rebel board member Ian Salisbury in a continuing row about the regulator’s remit.
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Make set to clinch West End tower
Ken Shuttleworth’s Make has beaten Wilkinson Eyre and his former practice Foster & Partners to design the first tall building in London’s West End since the 1960s.
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£1 bn hospital scandal
Cabe’s attack on Royal London scheme raises questions about future of hospital procurement process
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NewsGehry’s endgame
The 75-year-old talks to Ellis Woodman about George Bush, building bandstands and beating Bill Gates