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NewsFirst service of tennis club flats
Construction work has begun on a £1.4 million, 1,300sq m affordable housing development in Southport by Manchester-based Ark Design & Architecture
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Aukett slumps to £1.9m loss
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson today announced it had made a pre-tax loss of £1.9 million for the year ended September 30, 2009, but suggested it was over the worst of the recession.
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Stop and search ruled illegal
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the stop-and-search powers recently used by police to detain architectural photographer Grant Smith are illegal.
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Newham chief makes hat trick of hires
London’s Newham Council has hired a new development chief in its third major appointment in five months.
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Three new partners on board Housing Design Awards
The Housing Design Awards are celebrating their eighth decade with a series of new partners, including the London Development Agency, Design for London and the RICS.
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Timber builds fire safety probe
The London Assembly has asked its planning and housing committee to investigate the fire safety of tall and timber-framed buildings.
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Guide Dogs steers for new review on Exhibition Road
The charity Guide Dogs is trying to get its case for a judicial review of Dixon Jones’s Exhibition Road scheme reconsidered.
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NewsRIBA awards open for entries
The RIBA has issued a call for entries for its annual regional and international building awards.
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NewsBritish Museum extension avoids call in
Communities secretary John Denham has refused to call in the £135 million plan by Rogers Stirk Harbour to extend the British Museum in central London.
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NewsCabe blast triggers new plans for Ferrier
The developer behind a £1 billion regeneration scheme in south-east London is reworking its plans for the second phase of the development after Cabe savaged the planning application.
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NewsWatchdog rounds on Hoxton hotel
A hotel scheme in east London designed by Squire & Partners has been attacked by Cabe as not being of good enough quality.
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NewsBond Bryan LSC college goes on site
Work has begun on one of just a dozen colleges which managed to get funding under the Learning & Skills Council’s botched rebuilding programme.
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NewsWork starts on Mecanoo's new Birmingham library
Work has started on Mecanoo’s new Central Library for Birmingham, effectively burying any attempts by opponents to get the design called in.
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Competition launched to design Dundee V&A
An international architectural competition has been launched to design a landmark building for the Victoria & Albert Museum in Dundee.
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HCA names firms on new housebuilding framework
The Homes & Communities Agency has unveiled the names of firms on a new housebuilding framework under its public land initiative.
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NewsYoung people signing up for construction diploma doubles
The number of young people signing up to study for a Diploma in Construction & the Built Environment has doubled
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NewsARK's Southport housing scheme starts on site
Construction work has begun on a £1.4 million, 1,300sq m affordable housing development in Southport by Manchester-based ARK Design and Architecture.
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TP Bennett and Engle merge
Designer TP Bennett and retail specialist Engle have merged to form a new practice with seven offices dotted around the globe.
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Competition seeks ideas for London’s forgotten spaces
An ideas competition has been launched to find development proposals for unused and forgotten pockets of land in London.
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NewsConstruction starts on Herzog & de Meuron's Tate extension
Construction work has begun on the £215 million Herzog & de Meuron designed Tate Modern extension on London’s Southbank.