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Doors open at lighthouse
A Shetland lighthouse and Glasgow allotments are among the places people will be able to visit this month as part of the Scottish Civic Trust’s Doors Open Days
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NewsTurning over a new leaf
Sjölander da Cruz Architects has completed a £35,000 youth shelter on a piece of wasteland-turned-wildlife sanctuary in the West Midlands
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NewsHowells reveals King’s Cross tower
Plans for the tallest tower on the King’s Cross Central site have been unveiled. It is hoped the building, by Glenn Howells Architects, will become an “urban marker” for the regeneration scheme, visible from across London.
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NewsRIBA Special Awards shortlist announced
David Chipperfield, DSDHA, dRMM, Carmody Groarke and Aecom are among the finalists for the RIBA Special Awards 2010.
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NewsGloomy growth forecast for the construction industry
The construction industry is set to contract in 2011 according to a revised growth forecast by the Construction Products Association.
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NewsNicol Thomas faces Birmingham heritage battle
Conservationists are fighting to stop Nicol Thomas Architects from building a £40 million retirement village in Birmingham because it would destroy a row of fine Victorian and Edwardian villas.
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NewsEd Balls demands £6bn investment in affordable homes
The government must invest £6 billion in a programme to build 100,000 new affordable homes, according to Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls.
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NewsAnshen & Allen bought by Canadian firm
Canadian practice Stantec has bought Anshen & Allen to beef up its healthcare expertise.
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NewsFalconer Chester Hall win approval for hotel and retail development in Liverpool
A hotel and retail scheme by Liverpool firm Falconer Chester Hall in the city has been approved by local planners.
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NewsBank freeze led us to axe staff, says practice boss
The man in charge of Jefferson Sheard Architects (UK) Limited when it plunged into administration earlier this month has said he was forced to take the action because its bank refused to lend it any more money
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NewsRIBA to pay finalists early in delayed competition
The RIBA has promised to make early payments to four finalists caught up in a delayed £8 million international ideas competition.
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NewsTube architect Holden’s work recognised with V&A exhibition
The work of London Underground architect Charles Holden is to be celebrated with an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum this autumn.
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NewsYaya entry deadline Sept 3
Architects wanting to enter the 13th Young Architect of the Year Award have just a week to do so
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NewsShowtime at site of art deco cinema
DLA Architecture’s mixed-use scheme on the site of a grade-II listed art deco cinema in Eltham, south-east London, has started on site this week
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NewsNew chapter for Croydon Carnegie library as Fat brings it up to date
Thornton Heath Library in Croydon has reopened to the public after a £1.5 million renovation and extension project by Fat.
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NewsHadid’s debut London building nears opening day
Zaha Hadid Architects’ first building in England – and the practice’s first school – has now been completed
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NewsSimpson’s Leeds towers cancelled
Ian Simpson’s scheme to build one of Europe’s tallest residential towers in Leeds has been formally scrapped by the developer.
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NewsDesign guide could ‘stifle creativity’ in homes sector
Architects have admitted the new London Housing Design Guide could jeopardise hope of an early recovery in the residential market