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NewsHeatherwick fires up plans for Stockton power plant
Designer Thomas Heatherwick is working on plans for a £150 million, 49 megawatt biomass power plant in Stockton-on-Tees, north-east England
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‘Drop Victorian technologies’
Architects must drop “Victorian technologies” in favour of smart building materials in a bid to tackle climate change
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Hodge asked to reconsider listing
The Twentieth Century Society is set to ask architecture minister Margaret Hodge to review her decision not to list Birmingham Central Library
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NewsKen slams Boris over public space plans
Former London mayor says architecture will form part of re-election bid
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NewsEPR completes harbour office
EPR Architects has just completed the largest office development in Bristol for 10 years
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NewsGreen light for Picardi to create step change on A41
A north London housing scheme by Picardi Architects has been granted permission on appeal
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NewsAlex Cochrane wins provisional consent for Beirut private homes
London-based practice Alex Cochrane Architects has won provisional planning consent for a £1.8 million ($3.1 million) private housing scheme in the Achrafieh district of Beirut in Lebanon
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NewsBelfast team wins Copenhagen square
Hackett Hall McKnight has beaten three local practices to win a competition to design a new 18 million kroner (£2.2 million) 5,000sq m public square in the centre of Copenhagen, Denmark
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NewsArchitecture dean appointed
Nottingham Trent University has appointed Peter Westland (pictured) as the new dean of its school of architecture, design and the built environment
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NWDA driving Ancoats regen
Ancoats in east Manchester has become the subject of a new development drive by the Northwest Regional Development Agency
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NewsHawkins Brown plans £100m social housing site at Clapham
Hawkins Brown is drawing up plans for a £100 million estate regeneration that is being described as a template for the future of social housing
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NewsManchester library win sparks row over fee bid
Ryder Architecture has been forced to defend its competition winning-bid to revamp Manchester’s grade II* listed Central Library after being accused of submitting an "extraordinarily low" fee proposal.
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Call to design modern housing for elderly
Architects have been urged to design more contemporary homes for older people in a new report out this week.
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NewsWestminster double for RIBA student medals
The RIBA has announced the winners of the President’s Medals Student Awards, which promote excellence in the study of architecture.
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Elephant & Castle developer to pick architect in 2010
The architects that will design Lend Lease’s £1.5 billion redevelopment of Elephant & Castle will be hired next year.
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Low carbon group launched
Peter Mandelson has launched the government’s low carbon construction innovation and growth steering group, which will review the industry’s fitness for reducing carbon emissions.
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NewsPiano puts UK and Qatar in tune
Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass (pictured) at London Bridge is a symbol of the close ties between the UK and Qatar, the head of the financier bankrolling the scheme said during a site visit this week.
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NewsBuilding for Life winners
Housing developments by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Cole Thompson Anders have been awarded the highest-ever scores in the annual Building for Life awards, announced this week.
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NewsCandys demand sweet £68.5m
The High Court is expected to rule Monday whether a court case between the Candy Brothers and Qatari Diar will go ahead next spring.