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NewsMost public work ‘to go to firms with 250+ staff’
The government has revealed that it would like to see 75% of public sector work going to just a handful of the UK’s largest architecture firms.
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NewsRichard Green Gallery completed
The refurbishment of a London art gallery by George Saumarez Smith of Adam Architecture was completed this week.
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NewsBennetts to design chapel for grade I listed school
Bennetts Associates has won a competition to design a new chapel and music school in the grounds of the grade I listed Canford School in Dorset.The chapel will sit at the edge of the school’s formal gardens and will have space for 800 seats – large enough to hold school ...
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NewsNational Trust issues planning demands
Charity calls for changes to proposed planning policy as petition passes 100,000 signatures
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NewsOlympic fringe park competition winners announced
We Made That and Free Play to design Three Mills Green
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NewsStanton Williams' plans for King’s Cross Square submitted
Network Rail applies for detailed planning permission
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NewsImre Makovecz (1935 – 2011)
Imre Makovecz, who died on Tuesday aged 75, was one of the twentieth century’s most original, inventive and politically engaged architects, a man who existed outside the mainstream and inspired a uniquely Hungarian architectural movement.
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NewsCPMG directors in management buy-out
Four directors at Nottingham-based CPMG Architects have completed a management buy-out of the practice.David Glazebrook, Nick Gregory, Richard Flisher and Sara Harraway purchased the business from fellow directors Jack Gant and Bill Crampin, who are set to retire.Glazebrook said: “This is an exciting opportunity for CPMG to continue to ...
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NewsHelena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton get planning nod in Camden
Architectural salvage and design firm Retrouvius has secured planning permission for extensive works to the adjacent houses of celebrity couple Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter.The couple live in the London Borough of Camden in separate houses next door to each other, which have since been connected at ground floor ...
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NewsMuf completes Whitechapel park
Muf has completed the Altab Ali Park in Whitechapel as part of the High Street 2012 public realm improvement programme.The design includes fragments of Portland stone to mark the footprints of previous churches on the site, which include the original white chapel that gave its name to the area.A new ...
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NewsMake wins approval for 1,000 homes on Hornsey gas works
Outline permission for National Grid and LDA’s Clarendon Square joint venture
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NewsRothschild Foundation triumphs at 2011 Wood Awards
Stephen Marshall Architects has won the top award at the 2011 Wood Awards for its work at the Rothschild Foundation in Buckinghamshire.
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NewsCambridge architect wins St Paul's cathedral role
Cambridge-based architect Oliver Caroe has been appointed surveyor to the fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral in London.Caroe was a principal at Purcell Miller Tritton for five years before starting Caroe Architecture in 2009. He will be responsible for advising the cathedral’s dean and chapter on all matters relating to the ...
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NewsChipperfield and Wilkinson Eyre make design prize shortlist
Strong architectural showing for 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize
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NewsCZWG uses 'country house clause' to win planning for Kent scheme
CZWG has secured planning permission for a house in the Kent countryside using the “country house clause” which allows isolated rural development of outstanding quality.Maidstone Borough Council has granted permission for Liverton Hill House on an orchard site near Boughton Malherbe.The house is arranged over split levels. Principal living rooms ...
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News£150m Worthing regeneration plans approved
Proposals from Russ Drage Architects win council go-ahead
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NewsBalls pledges VAT cut for home improvements
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has pledged to cut VAT on home improvements as part of a five-point plan to kick-start the economy.Speaking at the Labour party conference, Balls said he would reduce VAT to 5% on home improvements for one year.The announcement was welcomed by the Federation of Master Builders ...
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NewsArb retention fee held at £80
The Architects Registration Board has announced a freeze on fee for 2012.