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...as Tories pledge to scrap entire scheme
Eco-towns will be scrapped if the Tories triumph in the next election, the party said this week.
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NewsGehry’s Hove scheme threatened by crunch
Frank Gehry’s controversial scheme for the sea front at Hove has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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Solk is chair at Pro-Manchester
Sheppard Robson associate architect Alex Solk has been elected chairman of Pro-Manchester, a group of more than 250 financial and professional firms in the city which aims to promote Manchester’s skills and expertise, and generate business opportunities for Manchester professionals.
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NewsEH seeks Television Centre listing
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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NewsNo contest for Stonehenge visitor centre, says EH
English Heritage has confirmed it will not hold a design contest to find an architect for the proposed Stonehenge temporary visitor centre.
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NewsDSDHA unveils an underpass to tickle Castleford’s fancy
DSDHA’s long awaited underpass project in Castleford, West Yorkshire, has been unveiled in the week it was confirmed that Channel 4 will finally broadcast the television series on the town’s regeneration next month.
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NewsChipperfield gets down to business
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with a scheme for a gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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Two more join Building Futures
The RIBA has appointed two new members to the steering group of its think-tank, Building Futures.
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BD/AF competition clarification
The winners list from last week’s BD/AF Robin Hood Gardens design competition inadvertently omitted the following information.
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Lutyens’ bank to become a hotel
The former headquarters of Midland Bank, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is to be transformed into a six-star hotel under plans approved by the City of London this week.
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Festival goers back modern design
A public debate this week on whether Prince Charles was right to dismiss modern architecture as glass stumps and carbuncles ended in a comprehensive defeat for his supporters.
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NewsSt Etienne DJs Architecture rocks
Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs from the band St Etienne will DJ at Architecture Rocks, the grand finale and closing party for this year’s London Festival of Architecture.The July 18 evening event, organised by BD, gives architects the opportunity to unleash their musical talents in a battle of the bands.The ...
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NewsRIBA award winners announced
Sixteen RIBA national and 10 European award winners have been named, with next month’s £20,000 Stirling Prize shortlist to be drawn from the national list as well as the British-designed European winners.
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NewsNapier to head homes agency
English Partnerships chairman Robert Napier has been appointed chairman of the Homes & Communities Agency, which is being formed by merging EP and the Housing Corporation.
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Heritage fund awards £23m as budget slashed
The Heritage Lottery Fund has pledged £23 million for threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and a Welsh Georgian town house.
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NewsFosters' Rimini waterfront scheme unveiled
Foster & Partners has revealed designs for its waterfront development in Rimini, Italy