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NewsAedas school wins Manchester Society of Architects’ design awards
Aedas has won the Manchester Society of Architects’ 2010 design awards with a small primary school in the shadow of the Blackpool Tower.
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NewsAngela Brady set to run for RIBA presidency
Angela Brady is making a bid to become RIBA president, becoming the first person to publicly throw their hat into the ring.
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NewsRIBA London chair resigns
Chair of RIBA London Azar Djamali resigned last night at the start of a meeting in which she was expected to face a vote of no confidence.
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NewsSunderland to approve the tallest bridge in UK
Spence Associates’ plans to build the country’s tallest bridge were expected to win approval from Sunderland City Council this week — five years after the architect won an RIBA competition to design it
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NewsUngar negotiates green belt and pub garden to rethink cottage
London-based practice Ungar Architects has won planning permission for a 290sq m four-bedroom family house to replace an 1860s cottage in Mill Hill, north-west London
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NewsKiwis raise the baa on lateral thinking
Jestico & Whiles is one of a dozen practices that has been flown to New Zealand and challenged to design a concept hotel… made from wool
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NewsCouncil defies Cabe advice over Epsom development
Planners have ignored stinging criticism from Cabe of a “low quality” mixed-use redevelopment, which it said should be thrown out
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NewsHotel boom withstands bust as UK work soars
Architects in the UK are enjoying the benefits of a recession-proof boom in hotel-building projects, according to new figures
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NewsTwo more architects standing in election
Two more architects are standing in next week’s general election taking the total number in the profession bidding to become MPs to six
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NewsSnøhetta performing arts centre on site in Ohio
Work has started on site on Norwegian practice Snøhetta’s $40 million (£26 million) Wolfe Centre for the Performing Arts in Ohio
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Extra chance for design glory
The deadline for entries to this year’s Saltire Society Housing Design Awards has been extended
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NewsNumber’s nearly up for college
Foreign Office Architects is close to completing its £50 million building for Ravensbourne College, next door to the O2 Arena in south-east London
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NewsBuilding sector unites for big push on Parliament
The built environment professions are to be given more clout in Parliament with the launch of an all-party group for the whole of the industry after next week’s election
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NewsThe quango that banned your exhibit lives here
English Heritage has threatened a small independent art gallery with legal action after it exhibited a light-hearted alternative version of the famous blue plaque
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NewsStop proceedings against Djamali, urges former RIBA president Owen Luder
A former RIBA president and one of the most respected figures in the profession has made an urgent call for the institute to halt a proposed vote of no confidence in the chair of RIBA London this evening.
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NewsRIBA/ICE bursary award winners named
Two architecture graduates and a civil engineer have won this year’s RIBA/ICE Bursary Awards for projects based in Kenya and an English seaside resort.
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NewsArchial mental health unit starts on site
Work has begun on a £27 million mental health facility in Dumfries by Archial Architects.
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NewsCameron and Brown both back memorial
Architect Liam O’Connor has achieved the almost impossible and managed to unite Gordon Brown and David Cameron less than a week before the general election.
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NewsRIBA London in crisis as chairwoman faces no-confidence vote
RIBA London is in the grip of a full blown crisis which has left it apparently “unable to govern itself” according to the minutes of a recent council meeting of the regional branch.