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NewsWestminster council votes to demolish Pimlico School
Last ditch attempt by Rogers, Prasad and Bayley fails to save Bancroft’s Pimlico School
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News‘Gazumping’ jibe tarnishes exemplary competition
Model competition for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games at the centre of bitter "gazumping" row
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for Denton Corker Marshall scheme as road tunnel abandoned
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NewsCameron launches green energy policy
Conservative leader David Cameron has outlined new plans for a “decentralised energy” revolution.
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NewsOxford boathouse gives river a strong design at a stroke
Belsize Architects has completed this new £2 million boathouse for an Oxford college.
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NewsFlorida school board rejects McAslan’s ‘illegal’ design
RMJM usurps winning entry for Rudolph’s Riverview High School
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Stop opposing bill, urges RTPI
The Royal Town Planning Institute is urging green groups to stop opposing the planning bill.
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Sustrans scoops Big Lottery prize
The Sustrans’ Connect 2 project has scooped the £50 million Big Lottery Fund prize after securing the most votes in a massive public telephone and internet poll, televised on ITV.
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NewsHong Kong comes back to Hadid
Zaha Hadid is returning to the location of the unbuilt scheme that made her name with this design for a 12,000sq m Innovation Tower for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Niemeyer unveils major arts plan
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, 100 years old tomorrow, has unveiled plans for a huge new arts building that will place the small Spanish city of Avilés, a former steel hub, at the heart of a international cultural network.
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NewsMUMA triumphs in Bath arts contest
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) has triumphed in a head-to-head with Tony Fretton Architects for Bath University’s new arts complex.
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NewsArmitt quits chief Gateway role
Thames Gateway chief executive Judith Armitt (right) has resigned just two weeks after Gordon Brown announced a plan for the region including a £9 billion investment.
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Architects come to aid of Crisis
Architecture for Humanity is working with Crisis Open Christmas to provide a warm welcome for homeless people staying at crisis centres over Christmas.
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News‘Inflexible’ PFI works against sustainability
Long-term deals are like supertankers you can’t turn around, says report
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Purnell gives museums £100m
More than £100 million is to be devoted to maintaining the assets of government-sponsored museums over the next three years, the Department for Culture, Media & Sport has announced.
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NewsFresh blow to SMC as shortfall looms
The troubled SMC Group has uncovered a further shortfall of up to £800,000 in its accounts.In an announcement likely to deepen concern among shareholders, the group’s board admitted on Thursday that “further investigations” into its finances by an independent firm of accountants had revealed the shortfall, which is in addition ...
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for long-awaited visitor centre after government abandons road tunnel plans
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NewsFoster designs new coastal city in Oman - images
Foster & Partners has revealed designs for its latest scheme, a masterplan for a new coastal city near Muscat in Oman reflecting traditional Omani architecture.Al Madina Al Zarqa, the Blue City, will be home to 200,000 people, and will be formed by a series of clustered communities featuring schools, a ...
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NewsMUMA beats Fretton to win Bath arts complex
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) has triumphed in a head-to-head with Tony Fretton Architects for a Bath University’s new arts complex.MUMA and Fretton were the final contenders in the RIBA-backed competition after three other shortlisted schemes by Stanton Williams, Jamie Fobert and Penoyre & Prasad were rejected in September.The project ...