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Practice sues for unpaid fees
Munkenbeck & Marshall Architects is suing a client for what it claims is more than £62,000 in unpaid fees.
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Major step for Welsh Poundbury
Ebbw Vale urban extension project moves to site preparation stage
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Bartlett plans to double in size
The Bartlett architecture school could double in size with a new building next door to the much-loathed original, under plans to be pushed forward by incoming chair Christine Hawley.
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Deja vu?
Jean Nouvel is working with Norman Foster on a major City of London scheme, but first his practice is rushing to finish its own phallic symbol in Barcelona. The remarkable Torre Agbar – an office scheme for Barcelona’s main water company – is no erotic gherkin though. Nouvel describes it ...
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Industry bodies join forces to blast new planning guidelines
The government’s overall guidelines for planners known as PPS1 have been slammed this week for neglecting the importance of design.
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Country house clause plea
Norman Foster, RIBA president George Ferguson and MP Alan Howarth met planning minister Keith Hill last week to lobby for the retention of the country house clause.
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NewsMersey skyscraper
Ian Simpson Architects is to submit a planning application to Liverpool City Council for a 50-storey landmark tower at Brunswick Quay at the entrance to Liverpool Marina. The mixed-use development on the banks of the Mersey will provide 538 apartments in three blocks and commercial uses on the ground floor. ...
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NewsBall’s Cornish comeback
Architect Jonathan Ball has bounced back from his legal battle over the Eden Project by unveiling new plans, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects, for a tourist attraction in Cornwall. The Great Atlantic Way will be a series of 30 visitor attractions along the coast of Cornwall. Ball, who co-founded the ...
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Scottish PII threat is lifted
Scottish architects were celebrating this week after the threat of soaring PII requirements to work on publicly funded projects in the country was lifted.
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Big names feature at Selfridges
Foreign Office Architects, Zaha Hadid and Alsop Architects are to showcase their work to shoppers on London's Oxford Street as part of an Architecture Foundation scheme to take over window displays at Selfridges.
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Foster’s to design Glasgow arena on banks of Clyde
Foster & Partners has been appointed to design a £50 million national arena on the banks of the river Clyde in Glasgow.
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Cabe to tackle hot spots
Cabe has launched a pilot scheme to test whether it can focus its resources in local areas during periods of major redevelopment.
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NewsOldham plots international revival
Netherlands-based practice S333 has revealed ambitious designs to regenerate Oldham in Greater Manchester.
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'Streetfighter' Pringle sets out his presidential stall
Jack Pringle positioned himself as the tough guy candidate in the race for the RIBA presidency last Friday, claiming there was "something of a streetfighter" about him.
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NewsPedal tower
Belgian practice Robbrecht & Daem has unveiled new images of its two sculptural viewing towers proposed for a national cycle path in Lincolnshire. The two viewing towers, commissioned by Lincoln City Council with a budget of £200,000, are set for completion in October this year on the 30-mile cycle path ...
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NewsIraqi architect’s hopes for his country fade
Last June Iraqi-born architect Ali Mousawi returned to his homeland for the first time in 14 years to re-establish the practice he left when he fled to England in 1990. Last week he made his fourth visit back to Baghdad.
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NewsWater world
Squire & Partners has been shortlisted for the RIBA Future Homes competition. The practice’s scheme envisages how the Thames Gateway might still be used for new homes even if there is large-scale flooding in the future, as some government research suggests. The floating homes would rise and fall with the ...