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Archive TitlesSpending cuts put culture projects in jeopardy
If “there’s no money left” in the Treasury coffers will anyone in the new government stand up to defend the Tate Modern extension or the Stonehenge Visitors Centre just two of the projects that rely heavily on public funding but whose future could be at risk under tough new austerity ...
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NewsHCA cuts directors in bid to save £2m a year
The Homes & Communities Agency today announced a number of measures to cut its costs ahead of an expected clampdown on quangos by the new government.
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NewsNightingale owner fails to find a buyer for the practice
The company that owns Nightingale has said it has not yet found a buyer for the business it put up for sale in March.
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NewsLuder to stand for RIBA Council in protest at ‘staff taking sides’
Former RIBA president Owen Luder has announced he will stand for election to the institute’s national council because senior staff are riding roughshod over the wishes of elected officials.
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NewsQatari Diar buckled under prince’s criticism, court hears as £81m Chelsea Barracks action begins
Prince Charles’s ”notorious opposition” to modern architecture led to an £81 million claim in the High Court.
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NewsHeatherwick routemaster revealed as Foster told to move along please
Heatherwick Studio has created a 21st century alternative to London’s iconic Routemaster bus.
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NewsViñoly to design £1bn scheme for Manchester City
Rafael Viñoly is set to design a £1 billion sports and leisure complex for the richest football club in the world – Manchester City.The 81ha Eastlands site, previously earmarked for one of the government’s super casinos, is expected to be transformed to include a £5 million training complex, as well ...
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NewsAlastair Parvin and Lukas Barry win Greenpeace Heathrow competition
A design by London architects Alastair Parvin and Lukas Barry has won a Greenpeace competition to build an impregnable fortress on the site of the ill-fated third runway at Heathrow Airport.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley 116m-high beacon commemorates Battle of Britain
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed early designs for a monument to rival the scale of the Angel of the North – a north London tribute to the Battle of Britain.
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NewsCabe backs Studio RHE’s east London tower
Cabe has given a cautious thumbs-up to Studio RHE’s plans for a striking 24-storey tower in east London.
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NewsScottish Enterprise insists on an 'international winner'
The RIAS has accused the public backers of a controversial Aberdeen scheme of freezing out Scottish design talent.
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Fears over planning job cuts in N Ireland
Plans to slash 300 jobs from the Northern Ireland Planning Service will lead to poor decisions that will damage the province’s built environment, it was claimed this week.
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NewsTesco blasts Cabe in development row
Tesco has accused Cabe of ignoring local residents after the design watchdog savaged its plans for a development in east London for a second time in three months.
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NewsBroadway Malyan £100m Edinburgh flats scheme rejected
Edinburgh Council has refused Broadway Malyan’s £100 million scheme to build over 700 flats on a brownfield site in the city.
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NewsGwyn Hall revamp begins
Work has started on Holder Mathias’s £7 million refurbishment of Gwyn Hall, a Victorian arts centre in Neath, Wales.
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Camden schools contracts announced
Walters & Cohen and Penoyre & Prasad have been awarded the job of designing two sample schools in Camden after partner BAM scooped the London borough’s £250 million Building Schools for the Future scheme.
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NewsTory education spokesman apologises to architects
Tory education spokesman Michael Gove has been forced to issue a grovelling apology to the profession after claiming that architects were “creaming off cash” under the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsElection sees victory for architecture spokesmen but defeat for architect candidates
The architecture spokesmen for all three main parties have retained their parliamentary seats and increased their majorities as the country deals with its first hung parliament since 1974.
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NewsGrimshaw excels with extension
Grimshaw’s £160 million scheme to expand the Excel exhibition centre in London’s Docklands is set to open next week