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Opinion
Building enmity
The surge in new school building and refurbishing, sponsored by the government and administered by BSF, is to meet the backlog of neglect in the existing stock, caused by many years of shameful lack of maintenance.
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OpinionDaddy would not be proud
To borrow from 1066 and All That (which I’m sure Gove would like us all to do), Toby Young is repulsive but right
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OpinionShould standardisation be the future of school design?
Yes, says Andrew Geldard, now is our chance to make a virtue of necessity; but Sean Griffiths is contemplating a Jamie Oliver-style campaign against processed schools
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Opinion
Falling flat
As someone who has fought battles with his local authority over the quality of design for our local PFI-funded school building projects, the news about flat-pack schools is about as depressing as it gets (bdonline, January 28)
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NewsGreen light for Tesco at Newcastle hospital site
A £100 million scheme that involves turning part of the former Newcastle General Hospital site into a Tesco store and medical walk-in centre has been given the go-ahead after years of delays
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Opinion
History lessons
Toby Young is right – to a degree – but the argument is getting polarised (News, January 28).
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OpinionPreset limits
Out of the costly BSF frying pan and into the now frugal but still centralised fire! (“’Flat-pack’ schools will make architects redundant” bdonline January 28)
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NewsBDP colleagues launch tributes to Joanna Yeates
Annual design prize to be set up in landscape architect’s memory
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NewsAllies & Morrison to design Vauxhall Square scheme
£250 million project will include two towers and a public square
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NewsMichael Gove in new attack on 'award-winning architects'
Secretary of State for Education again uses public platform to accuse profession of getting rich at public expense
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NewsMake submits masterplan for Newcastle's Science Central
Make has submitted its masterplan for Science Central, a new quarter for Newcastle which aims to help the city shed its reliance on public-sector jobs.The project, on the 9.7ha former Scottish & Newcastle brewery site, focuses on science, and will include business, research, residential, retail and leisure accommodation.Science Central is ...
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NewsSpacelab's Walthamstow plans support bid to reinstate dog racing
Spacelab has revealed alternative proposals for Walthamstow Stadium in a bid to support potential buyer Bob Morton’s plans to reinstate dog racing at the site.
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NewsRIBA London launches forgotten spaces competition
RIBA London has teamed up with Chelsea Barracks developer Qatari Diar and national mapping agency Ordnance Survey to launch the 2011 Forgotten Spaces ideas competition.
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NewsStuart Lipton leads investigation into strengthening localism
Former Cabe chairman to examine how cities can cut ties with Whitehall
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NewsRIBA bosses apologise over trust debacle
RIBA bosses have apologised to former trustees of the RIBA Trust over the rushed decision to abolish the body.
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NewsRichard MacCormac parts from MJP
Richard MacCormac has left his own practice to set up a new consultancy in his own name.
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Building StudyShingle House, Dungeness, by Nord
The windswept and unworldly coastal settlement of Dungeness provides the location for Living Architecture’s second holiday home.