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Job agency Adrem resurrected under new name
Collapsed recruitment agency Adrem is back up and running, and now trading as Adrem Group.
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NewsLeach Rhodes Walker reveals latest designs for Liverpool tower
Leach Rhodes Walker has revealed new images of its £130 million tower for the centre of Liverpool.
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Report into Camberwell tower block fire won’t be ready till June
A police investigation into the causes of a fatal fire which ripped through a London tower block will not be finished until June.
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Minister announces 600 eco-town show homes
Housing Minister John Healey has announced plans to build more than 600 “eco show homes” to demonstrate the attractions of living in one of the planned eco-towns.
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NewsArchitects called on to enter Grand Design Awards 2010
The deadline is looming for this year’s Grand Design Awards which will be hosted by TV presenter Kevin McCloud.
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NewsBoyes Rees new Welsh laboratory opens
A £6 million laboratory building designed by Boyes Rees Architects has opened at Glamorgan University.
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Demolition starts for tallest tower
Demolition work has begun to make way for the Architects Design Group’s £89 million Oceanique development in Plymouth, which will be the tallest building in the South-west.
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Lend Lease boss to chair UK Green Building Council
The chief executive of developer Lend Lease’s European arm Lend Lease has been appointed chairman of the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsGovernment pledges £3m to complete Cutty Sark restoration
The restoration of historic clipper the Cutty Sark has been secured after the Department of Culture Media & Sport announced this week it would commit £3 million to the project.
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Mayor confident about Viñoly Battersea plan
London mayor Boris Johnson has announced that Rafael Viñoly’s £5.5 billion scheme to redevelop Battersea Power Station does not yet comply with the London Plan, but praised its architecture
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NewsBalls under fire for zero carbon U-turn
The Tories and Lib Dems have attacked schools secretary Ed Balls for abandoning his pledge to make all new schools in England zero-carbon from 2016
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NewsMuf to curate UK pavilion at Venice
London-based practice Muf has been named curator of the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale with a playful concept that turns the spotlight on the 1887 UK pavilion building itself
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NewsGreenwich peninsula puts on its dancing shoes
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has submitted for planning its 58,500sq m hotel, serviced apartments and events complex for a site adjacent to London’s O2 Arena
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NewsHOK opens spine centre
HOK has completed the first phase of a residential and hospital development in Fitzrovia, central London
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NewsCall for best buildings of the past 50 years
The Architecture Club is calling for entries to the exhibition “50 Years of London Architecture — 1960-2010”, which will be held in the Mall Galleries June 19 – 26 as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2010
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NewsPlane Stupid co-founder attacked Grimshaw HQ
The co-founder of campaign group Plane Stupid was one of the three men who attacked the offices of Heathrow Airport third runway masterplanner Grimshaw last month, it has emerged
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Jobs agency collapses despite fragile recovery
Adrem enters administration as RIBA figures claim 15% unemployment
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NewsFOA's Birmingham New Street station wins approval
Foreign Office Architects and Atkins have revealed new images today of the £600 million transformation of Birmingham’s New Street station after the project won approval from the council’s planning committee.
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NewsHackney to demolish Foundry to make way for Squire & Partners' Art'otel
The Foundry, a popular arts centre and bar in Shoreditch, east London, is to be demolished after Hackney Council granted planning permission last night to a controversial hotel building designed by Squire & Partners.
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Competitions
Students urged to design for death
Architects for Health has launched its third annual student design awards with a brief titled Designing for Death: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.