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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.
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NewsMPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards
Cross-party fury after agency bails out housing schemes scoring 1.5 out of 20 for design
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NewsCouncil waves on Studio Octopi’s Wiltshire wheelchair user’s home
Studio Octopi has been granted planning permission for a two-storey, £250,000 home for a wheelchair-user in Calne, Wiltshire
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RIBA under fire over conservation register
Architects criticise institute’s proposal to create rival to AABC
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NewsChipperfield knighthood recognises Neues Museum success
Former RIBA president Ferguson and Gareth Hoskins also honoured
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NewsAukett wins £550,000 in High Court Halabi battle
A judge has awarded Aukett Fitzroy Robinson more than £500,000 following a High Court legal battle with a client over non-payment of fees