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Reid’s ‘all UK’ homes for Cotswolds scheme
The developer behind a £400 million Cotswolds village featuring designs by Will Alsop, Eva Jiricna and Sarah Featherstone has asked architect Richard Reid to design an all-British section, using UK- only materials and labour
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NewsNew twist of fate for CZWG tower
CZWG has won planning permission for its £25 million student accommodation project near Wembley Stadium in Brent, following a public inquiry
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NewsNottingham bids to be world design capital
The city of Nottingham is bidding to be the 2012 world design capital, citing Benson & Forsyth’s Pod building among its design credentials
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Government offers lifeline for cash-starved arts projects
Arts Council prepares list of "shovel-ready" schemes hit by recession
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NewsArchitects are creating toxic 'killing machines'
Sustainability expert William McDonough warns of over-focusing on carbon neutrality
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Fraenkel elected to chair Arb board
Beatrice Fraenkel has been elected chair of the Arb board, four months after being appointed to the registration board by the Privy Council
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NewsFoster and Gehry hit as New York projects go on hold
Architect Frank Gehry has revealed that his troubled $4 billion Atlantic Yards scheme in New York is unlikely to be realised, as projects across New York are put on hold.
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NewsRIBA begins search for new chief executive
The RIBA announces search for new chief executive as retirement looms for Richard Hastilow
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NewsSimpson and Wilkinson Eyre South Bank towers approved
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has approved two huge tower schemes on London’s South Bank by Ian Simpson and Wilkinson Eyre following last year’s public inquiry.
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NewsWhitechapel Gallery expansion unveiled
The Whitechapel Gallery in east London has unveiled its £13.5 million expansion and refurbishment by Belgian architects Robbrecht & Daem and Yaya nominee Witherford Watson Mann.
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NewsThreat to Sydney Opera House refurb
Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd has refused to back a £400 million (Aus$900 million) scheme to refurbish the Sydney Opera House and incorporate Jørn Utzon’s original vision.
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£2.7m in regeneration grants for UK seaside towns
Grants worth almost £2.7 million have been awarded to help regenerate nine seaside towns across the UK.
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NewsYeang's Great Ormond St extension goes on site
Work on Ken Yeang’s £321 million extension to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital began this week.
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NewsSteampunk architecture on show
Steampunk started out as a style of fiction that combined historical romance and science fiction but has quickly become a do-it-yourself design movement.
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Call for religious centres to be adapted for community use
Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples should reinvent themselves as semi-secular centres serving their local communities, according to a new government report.
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NewsChipperfield's Seal House wins planning permission
David Chipperfield’s plan for Seal House, his first scheme in the City of London, has won planning permission.
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NewsSM Architecture launches Gulf manifesto
The London and Kuwait based practice SM Architecture has launched the first design manifesto for the Gulf region.
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NewsDeveloper behind Allan Murray's Caltongate scheme goes bust
The developer behind Allan Murray’s controversial £300 million Caltongate scheme in Edinburgh has filed for administration.