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Web tool launched to help free schools find sites
Partnerships for Schools has launched an online search service to help groups interested in setting up free schools find potential sites in their area.
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No delivery for Feilden Clegg Bradley postal museum
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s project to design a museum for the British Postal Museum and Archive in Swindon has been cancelled after Royal Mail withdrew its part of the funding.
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NewsArchial’s horse HQ steps gently round oak tree
Archial has completed a doughnut-shaped HQ for the British Horse Society in rural Warwickshire, officially opened this week by Princess Anne.
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NewsGo-ahead for RCK Preston homes
RCK Architects has been given planning permission to build an affordable housing scheme in the middle of Preston.
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NewsChange or die, RIBA tells architects
An RIBA Building Futures report says architects will have to become better businessmen to compete with foreign firms.
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OpinionShould architects offer to work for the Big Society?
Yes, says Pascale Scheurer, pro bono work can be a valuable service; but Jo Wright says it is hard to imagine credible projects emerging from the current set-up
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Brought to book
Thanks, BD, for following up my email drawing attention to the plight of Redcar Library (News February 11).
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Cabe must take a broader view
Your excellent editorial (Leader February 18) reflected upon the future of Cabe.
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Heath views
As a supporter of Robert Adam and traditional architecture I am wary of criticising the design of Athlone House (News February 18).
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More with less
It would be interesting to know the cost comparison per sq m covered area between Zaha Hadid’s heavy, over-designed Aquatics Centre, and the elegant cable net structure for Hopkins’ Velodrome (Buildings February 18).
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Sit up and listen
The president of the Institute of Acoustics, Trevor Cox, has quite rightly censured communities minister Andrew Stunell (News February 18) following his announcement of a major review of the building regulations, which include acoustics in schools.
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NewsGovernment is anti-design, architects warned
Architects are facing a period of government hostility and need to find a champion to lobby for the importance of good design, a vice president of HOK has warned.
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NewsPrasad rallies the profession on school design
“There’s a fight on” says former RIBA president as he insists architects can make standardisation succeed
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NewsAdam defends Athlone House designs
Robert Adam has defended his designs for a £20 million neo-classical mansion in Hampstead against stinging attack from critics who described them as “inept”.
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NewsFretton mansion plans anger locals
Tony Fretton has drawn up plans to remodel a London mansion, complete with a vast subterranean complex beneath the one of the capital’s most expensive streets.
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NewsNew images of Faulkner Browns' 2012 canoe course
Olympics venue in Waltham Cross was first new build to open
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NewsNew images released of Reiach & Hall's 1960s revamp
Reiach & Hall Architects has released new images of its refurbished 1960s bungalow at Roslin near Edinburgh.
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NewsDRDH take Best Building prize at Sheffield Design Awards
DRDH Architectshas won the Best Building prize at the biennial Sheffield Design Awards 2010.