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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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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.
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Architects named for Essex BSF
Nicholas Hare Architects, Haverstock Associates and Bryant Harvey Partnership are all part of the Skanska-led consortium that has been named preferred bidder for Essex’s BSF programme.
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NewsCall for upgrade to Rhodes listing
The Victorian Society has written to English Heritage urging the body to upgrade the listing of Basil Champneys’ 1908 Rhodes Building on Oxford High Street.
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News‘Green building boosts jobs’
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment this week claimed green construction methods, using natural materials and local labour, will boost struggling local economies.
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Harwell medical complex finished
A new science research complex in Oxfordshire designed by Nightingale Associates has been handed over to the Medical Research Council.
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Cook to be new Atkins chairman
Chartered engineer Allan Cook has taken over as chairman of design consultant Atkins.
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NewsAnger over refusal to list Preston bus station
The Twentieth Century Society has questioned the government’s fitness to preside over heritage protection following culture secretary Ben Bradshaw’s decision not to list Preston Bus Garage.
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NewsFoster Wilson’s Cheltenham Parabola starts its rise
Work has completed on Foster Wilson Architects’ £3 million Parabola Arts Centre in Cheltenham.