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NewsNo payout for Candys over Chelsea Barracks despite court victory
Property developers Christian and Nick Candy came away empty handed from the High Court today after a judge ruled on their multimillion-pound claim over the Chelsea Barracks development in London.
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NewsFireplace firm claims EH abused its position
English Heritage is facing scrutiny from Britain’s new coalition government over claims of a conflict of interest which allegedly saw it “abuse” its planning powers in favour of a commercial partner.
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NewsRIBA acts over low-paying practices
RIBA president Ruth Reed has announced a series of proposals to protect young architects, including new “rigorous” minimum pay requirements for all chartered practices.
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NewsPrince Charles's Chelsea Barracks letter revealed
The full contents of Prince Charles’s emotional letter to the prime minister of Qatar, imploring him to rethink Richard Rogers’ plans for Chelsea Barracks, have been made public.
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NewsControversy as Oxford competition collapses
Oxford University has thrown out designs by some of the UK’s leading firms shortlisted for a new academic building
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NewsIndustry waits till autumn to learn where axe will fall
Architects face a long summer of uncertainty before finding out where £100 billion in public spending cuts will come from.
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NewsEH holds out hope for Stonehenge visitor centre
A crunch meeting will be held next week to examine the prospects for pursuing Denton Corker Marshall’s £27.5 million Stonehenge Visitor Centre despite the government’s withdrawal of £10 million worth of funding.
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NewsStudio Weave at Glastonbury
Studio Weave’s dystopian dance platform has been unveiled at the Glastonbury festival and is so convincing some revellers believe it is genuinely on fire.
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HCA presses ahead with design standards
The Homes & Communities Agency is hoping to make public the findings of a consultation on housing design standards by September
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Cuts also hit hospital and BFI Film Centre
A £450 million hospital and a £166 million centre for the British Film Institute are among other projects derailed by government cuts.
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Community centre go-ahead
Belfast-based McCaw Architects has won planning permission for a new community centre and retail unit in the Upper Ardoyne area of the city
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NewsHayward Smart wins planning for Henley family house
Hayward Smart Architects has won planning permission for a large family house (pictured) in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
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NewsFive-star praise for Heron’s hotel neighbour
Cabe has praised PLP’s plans for a new five-star hotel next door to the Heron Tower in the City of London. The scheme is part of a mixed-use development, including public space and private residences.
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NewsImpressive volumes
Next week sees the official opening of the second phase of Haworth Tompkins’ redevelopment of the London Library.
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NewsGove to relax planning rules so disused buildings can become schools
Architects have given a cautious welcome to education secretary Michael Gove’s announcement that he will relax planning rules to make it easier to turn derelict hospitals, shops and pubs into “free schools”.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands to masterplan UCL campus
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been appointed by University College London to masterplan its Bloomsbury estate – beating 120 others to win the job.
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NewsNewport station starts on site
Work to clad the new Newport train station with 31 air-filled plastic cushions has begun.
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NewsRIBA voices relief over Osborne’s Budget
The RIBA has given a cautious welcome to yesterday’s Budget, praising the Chancellor’s commitment to maintain capital spending and predicting that there will still be money for well-designed schools, housing and hospitals.
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NewsRIBA takes the Stirling Prize to the BBC
The RIBA has announced that this year’s Stirling Prize will be shown on BBC Two’s The Culture Show, after viewing figures dipped to an all time low on Channel 4 last year.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley's structural spaghetti
Feilden Clegg Bradely challenged eight other practices in London’s Fitzrovia and members of the public to build a structure using spaghetti as part of the London Festival of Architecture last weekend.