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NewsJobs go as Ushida Findlay folds
Ushida Findlay Architects has gone into voluntary liquidation, with all 12 staff made redundant.
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Foster's loses Elephant job
Architects at Make have pinched the next phase of the Elephant & Castle project from under the noses of their former employer, Foster & Partners.
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NewsCabe boss could quit after audit
Stuart Lipton is expected to stand down as chairman of the Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment after independent auditors report on potential conflicts of interest at Cabe next week.
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NewsGoing in through the out door
Where next for Cabe and the Housing Corporation? Zoë Blackler and Robert Booth interview the quangos' new chiefs
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Farrell in Edinburgh conflict of interest row
Upset as council-owned client lines up city's design tsar for £60 million flagship project
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Foster's to slim tower for tenant
Foster & Partners has been forced back to the drawing board to scale back and redesign one of the City of London's next landmark towers.
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Make way for the Vortex
BD can exclusively reveal the first eagerly awaited project to emerge from Make, the office of former Foster’s partner Ken Shuttleworth. The man behind the Swiss Re tower in the City of London is planning to return to his old stomping ground with a dramatic reinterpretation of the skyscraper.Taking its ...
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NewsOn the waterfront
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has released images of its landmark designs for Liverpool's Kings Waterfront as part of a new public exhibition. The scheme, part of a masterplan by Edaw for an area adjacent to the Albert Docks, includes a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena, a conference centre and public plaza. The project ...
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Rouse rejects radical social housing
The new chief executive of the Housing Corporation, Jon Rouse, has played down the role of radical design innovation in new affordable housing.
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Heritage wrecker’stiny fine
A man has been fined just £300 for illegally demolishing a listed mansion house in Dunfermline, Scotland, prompting fears that other heritage wreckers could follow suit safe in the knowledge they will receive only a small fine.
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High density loses votes, say councillors
Councils are failing to implement the government’s call for high-density development because of fears that “Nimbyists” will vote them out, a survey of councillors in the South-east has found.
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NewsHigh-rise dining
Executives working at Foster & Partners' newly completed Swiss Re headquarters in the City of London have a new way to impress their clients following the completion of the bar and restaurant at the top of the building. The finishing touches made to the restaurant mark the completion of work ...
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Holyrood designers were nearly sacked
The design team on the Holyrood Parliament building was nearly sacked just over six months ago, according to new documents published by the inquiry into the £430 million building.