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NewsLondon practice wins battle of the South Downs bungalows
London-based practice Barrett Lloyd Davis Associates has won permission for two Code 5 for sustainable homes bungalows in the South Downs National Park after a protracted battle with planning officials
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Green light for Alsop’s City hotel
Alsop Sparch has won planning permission for a £250 million Will Alsop designed seven-storey hotel at Puddle Dock in the City of London
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NewsLansley might decide on Lubetkin’s health
Islington Council will decide on September 2 whether to refer a final decision on Lubetkin’s threatened Finsbury Health Centre to health secretary Andrew Lansley.
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NewsBenoy announces India deals on Cameron trip
Benoy has picked up a series of contract wins in India, including a 195,000 sq m residential development in Bangalore.
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NewsArb sees membership rise
The number of architects registered with the Architects Registration Board increased by more than 200 last year to just under 33,000.
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NewsViñoly to design Kennedy building
Rafael Viñoly has been appointed to design a new building at Boston’s University of Massachusetts.
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NewsCommunities secretary outlines how planning process will aid free schools
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has revealed further details on the government’s plans to make the planning process friendlier to proposals to build free schools.
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NewsEric Parry revised West End scheme goes to planners
Eric Parry Architects’ redevelopment of a prime swathe of the West End will this week face the planners for the second time.
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NewsD5 creates new bus station for Chatham
Work on D5 Architects’ designs for a new £5 million bus station in Chatham, Kent, is due to be completed next March.
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NewsGBH starts on Get Carter car park
Demolition work has begun on Owen Luder’s Trinity Centre car park in Gateshead, which became a Brutalist icon after appearing in the 1971 film Get Carter.
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NewsShapps unveils boost for zero carbon targets
The housing minister has today given the coalition’s support to ensure all new homes built from 2016 are zero carbon.
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NewsWalter Scott home picks up £5m lottery funding for visitor centre
The Heritage Lottery Fund has awarded nearly £5 million to the Scottish home of poet and novelist Walter Scott, to build a visitor centre and carry out restoration work.
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NewsWorld’s largest virtual computer-generated skyscraper in Brazil
Brazilian practice Königsberger Vannucchi Architects has entered the record books with the world’s biggest augmented reality marker for its latest skyscraper.
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NewsApproval for Hawkins Brown sport hub in Newham
Hawkins Brown has been granted planning permission for a new sports hub in an east London park.Newham Council approved the two-storey building in Plashet Park, despite the park’s designation as a protected green space and site of nature conservation importance. The council praised the building’s “high standard” design.The new building ...
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NewsBrady to become new RIBA president
Angela Brady has been elected as the next president of the RIBA.
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NewsCLG cuts Cabe funding by £1.4 million
Cabe has been told it will be getting £1.4 million less in funding from the Communities & Local Government department this year.
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NewsEH explains decision not to list Hoe Centre
English Heritage has said it was against listing Plymouth’s 1951 Hoe Centre because it did not meet the standards required.
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NewsChristian Candy apologises to Qataris
Prince of Wales also gets apology following Chelsea Barracks dispute.
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NewsArchitecture billings fail to recover in US
The Architecture Billings Index has failed to bounce back from a sharp fall in May as demand for architectural services in the US continues to decline.
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NewsAdjaye's first offices near completion
David Adjaye’s first stand-alone office development in the UK is nearing completion.