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RIBA backs Barker’s planning vision
The RIBA has called for design to be entrenched further in the planning system and warned against a planning “free-for-all” in its response to economist Kate Barker’s Treasury-commissioned review of land-use planning.
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UK cities bow to Unesco heritage site pressure
Unesco’s bid to influence development in historic British cities has borne fruit after both Lon-don and Liverpool announced changes to planning guidance to safeguard their world heritage status.
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Cabe to star-grade homes
Profession welcomes Michelin-style system for housing as Simmons calls on architects to lead the change
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Community hospital programme ditched
Plans for the next generation of healthcare buildings were in tatters this week after the government appeared to abandon a promise to build 50 community hospitals.
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DCMS to write rules for supercasino competition
The DCMS has revealed it will draw up the rules for Manchester’s supercasino competition after the city won the country’s only licence last week.
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Save goes to court over Guildhall conversion
Save Britain’s Heritage has followed up its threat to fight conversion plans for Middlesex Guildhall “all the way” by instigating a legal challenge.
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NewsKensington tower pleases council
Kensington & Chelsea council is set to approve this £200 million residential tower by Woods Bagot, despite stinging criticism from Cabe’s design review panel.
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Olympic ‘year of design’ starts here
This is “the year of Olympic design,” 2012 organisers promised on Wednesday, as they submitted what is thought to be the largest planning application in British history.
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NewsMaking an entrance
A £1 million upgrade by Gareth Hoskins Architects for the Glasgow Science Centre, including this bold new entrance and media wall, will soon be completed.
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NewsGehry takes Manhattan
This £50 million Manhattan development by Frank Gehry for the media corporation InterActiveCorp is nearing completion. The headquarters building takes the form of a 10-storey glass tower with eight sweeps of glass inspired by the sails of boats passing on the nearby Hudson River.
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NewsReading regeneration
This substantial apartment scheme by Cartwright Pickard Architects, part of a £250 million regeneration project undertaken by developer Amec, starts on site at Chatham Place in Reading, Berkshire, this month.
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NewsLiverpool spurns advice and backs development
Cabe not shown revised plans for Project Jennifer
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NewsStar auction for architect charity
Collectors of architectural paraphernalia will gather at the Royal Academy on June 6 for an all-star auction of architects’ drawings, models and sketches, including work by Will Alsop, Norman Foster, Massimiliano Fuksas, Marks Barfield, Richard Rogers, Rafael Viñoly and Chris Wilkinson.
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Two Brits on shortlist for Mies award
David Chipperfield’s America’s Cup Building in Valencia and Zaha Hadid’s Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg are among seven finalists selected for the 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award.
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NewsBattersea plans dumped
Foster, Viñoly and SOM in running for power station, as new owner prepares to dump Arup masterplan
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Get ready for the big Think
Tom Bloxham, chair of Urban Splash, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at Think, a new property and construction event focusing on sustainability, regeneration and innovation. He will deliver his headline speech, “Are some areas beyond regeneration?” on May 2.
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Scottish watchdog blasts ‘it’ll do’ culture
The chair of Scotland’s design watchdog has attacked the “it’ll do” culture, which he believes has led to a poor standard of development north of the border.
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Changes proposed to tall buildings policy
Tall buildings could be given outline planning consent under new guidance put out for consultation by Cabe and English Heritage.
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Expanded schools remit for Cabe causes concern
The extension of Cabe’s remit to include the design review of all schools built or refurbished by the Department for Education & Skills under its Building Schools for Future (BSF) programme has met with a muted response from the profession.