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NewsGrimshaw agrees to pay settlement over Bath Spa
Grimshaw is to pay an undisclosed amount to Bath & North East Somerset Council following an out-of-court settlement over the architect’s Bath Spa project.
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NewsArchitects should resign from bad schemes, says Cabe chairman
Outgoing Cabe chairman John Sorrell last night called on architects to resign from schemes to prevent bad buildings being built.
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NewsInquiry approves Wilkinson Eyre/Horden Cherry Lee mixed-use scheme near Somerset House
Controversial plans by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and Horden Cherry Lee for a 90,000sq m mixed-use scheme close to London’s Somerset House have been given the green light, following a planning inquiry.
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Mayor launches vision for London’s public spaces
London’s mayor Boris Johnson today unveiled his vision for revitalising London's public spaces through more than £220 million worth of investment.
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NewsBell Phillips & Kimble wins Kings Cross gasholder competition
Bell Phillips & Kimble has beaten 80 other firms to win a competition to design a new use for one of the King’s Cross gasholders.
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NewsLDA Design triumphs in Southwark park competition
LDA Design has won a £6 million competition to give a neglected south London park a striking new identity.
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NewsInnovative park shelters unveiled in Hertfordshire
Unique park shelters created by multi-disciplinary firms Superblue and Haring Woods Associates are to be installed in three Hertfordshire parks.
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NewsAedas scoops top prize at Partnerships for Schools’ in-house awards
A school designed by Aedas Architects for Leicester’s Building Schools for the Future programme has won the Grand Prix in the Excellence in BSF Awards 2009.
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Burdett shifts from ODA to advise on games legacy
The Olympic Delivery Authority’s chief adviser on architecture and urbanism, Ricky Burdett, has taken a sideways step to oversee the work of the new Olympic Park Legacy Company, he confirmed this week
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Hugill’s new firm will be developer and owner
Former Lend Lease chairman Nigel Hugill has revealed his new property company plans to own the plots of land it develops rather than simply selling them off, in a move he claims will raise design quality
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NewsGlasgow job may see Nightingale recruit
The head of Nightingale Associates expects the firm to recruit extra staff to help it carry out the largest ever contract in its 20-year history, the £840 million Glasgow Southern General Hospital
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NewsCheese grater site set to be city farm
Mitchell Taylor Workshop has won the competition to transform Richard Rogers’ stalled “cheese grater” site into public space, BD understands
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Saltire housing winners named
Foster & Partners’ Quartermile redevelopment in Edinburgh and Simon Winstanley Architects’ private house in rural Dumfries & Galloway won this year’s Saltire Society Housing Awards
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NewsAwards invasion shows how protesters are targeting architects
Architects are more used to being on the side of environmentalists than being targeted by them
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NewsGrimshaw to oversee Heathrow expansion
Greenpeace calls third runway scheme ‘the greatest climate change project on the planet’
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Backlash at plans to cut Scottish architecture schools' funding
Proposals to cut funding for Scottish architecture schools have prompted an angry response from architects.
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NewsArchitects with an eye for photography
The winners of this year's Architect's Eye photography competition have been announced.
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NewsFoster's science academy inspires through design
Foster & Partners' £23 million Langley Academy will be opened today by Olympic rowing hero Matthew Pinsent.
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NewsMake hits out at Southwark planners
Make has hit out at “anti-development” planners in Southwark, after its latest scheme was recommended for refusal.
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Good news as architect unemployment falls
The number of architects on the dole has fallen by 10% in a single month, new figures show today.