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NewsArticle 25 holds art auction
Built environment charity Article 25 has announced plans to raise funds through a week-long art exhibition and auction next month.
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NewsMake's university project launches in Stratford
Make has revealed new images of University Square Stratford, a £33 million scheme for two universities in east London.The 8,600sq m scheme, which has won detailed planning permission and was formally launched by London mayor Boris Johnson earlier this month, is for the University of East London and Birkbeck, part ...
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NewsHomes and schools to get 2012 greening
ODA to spend £1 million on reducing carbon emissions at local schools and houses
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NewsJames Review: the 16 recommendations
Report’s key recommendations include a central suite of drawings and specifications that can be applied across a wide range of educational facilities
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NewsCabe's BSF design standards 'did not work', says James
Report author berates lack of improvement in school design
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NewsJames Review says school design should be standardised
The long-awaited James Review into the future of schools building was released today, with recommendations that design and regulations should be simplified.The review, ordered by education secretary Michael Gove and carried out by a panel led by Sebastian James, head of the Dixons group, says school buildings should be based ...
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NewsAukett's warns over first half profits
But architect says it will return to the black in the second half of financial year
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NewsCapita Symonds to axe 40 from architecture team
Public service cuts are thought to be main cause as firm shuts its Clerkenwell studio
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Empty offices could be turned into homes, minister proposes
Government launches consultation on relaxation of planning rules
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OpinionSebastian James's centre parting
When will architects hear from Sebastian James, old Etonian and Bullingdon dining club chum of David Cameron, and the man poised to advise on the future of school building? An interim report was expected last September but is yet to see the light of day six months later.
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NewsGreen light for black house in Hertfordshire
Stephen Davy Peter Smith Architects receives planning consent for zinc-clad dwelling
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NewsOnly one eco-town will keep original standards
Just one of Labour’s 10 eco-towns will now be built to the original, much-vaunted environmental standards, it has emerged.
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NewsDrop in exam numbers sees Arb lose £41,000
The number of people applying to take Arb’s prescribed examination has dropped by almost a fifth in 2011, with the board set to lose out on £41,000 of income over the year.
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NewsBuilders back government’s zero-carbon turnaround
Housebuilders have clashed with environmentalists over the government’s decision to water down standards for zero-carbon homes.
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NewsMarks Barfield's Islamia to reapply for planning
Brent Council’s decision to grant planning to a scheme by Marks Barfield to extend the country’s first state-funded Muslim primary school has been scrapped and will be heard again.
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NLA sets up London industry lobby group
New London Architecture has set up a pan-industry body to lobby the capital’s mayor about future changes affecting future building in the capital.
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OpinionHas the coalition abandoned zero-carbon housing?
Yes, this U-turn has swept away years of progress, says Zoe Leader; while Andrew Stunell says we need to find the most practical way forward