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News270 housing projects vie for £1bn in Kickstart money
The full list of the schemes shortlisted to be bailed out by the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme has been revealed.
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NewsStride Treglown’s Gwent Record Office gets green light
A plan to turn a 1913 grade II listed building in south Wales into a new headquarters for Gwent Record Office has been given the all-clear by local planners.
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Make wins £250m Brighton Conference Centre redevelopment
Make is due to be confirmed today as the architect for the £250 million redevelopment of the Brighton Conference Centre.
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NewsRogers’ British Museum extension refused planning
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners £135 million British Museum extension project was dramatically refused planning permission last night.
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NewsShared space altered to meet safety fears
Dixon Jones’ plan for Europe’s largest “shared space” scheme has been reworked amid safety fears
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NewsDesign competition for eco-towns mothballed
It will happen, says government; Cabe to beef up review panel in meantime
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NewsAYA shortlist announced
The shortlist for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2009 has been announced. Five practices have been shortlisted in each of 12 categories
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NewsEnglish Heritage set to veto OMA institute plan
English Heritage is set to veto OMA’s plans for a comprehensive revamp of London’s former Commonwealth Institute
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NewsBritish Museum plan set to win approval
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ proposal to expand the British Museum was set to be approved this week. Camden Council’s planning committee was expected to grant planning permission at a meeting yesterday (Thursday)
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Brown's £1.5bn social housing programme to siphon funds from existing projects
A £1.5 billion social housing programme announced by the government is being funded by money earmarked for hundreds of other public building projects.
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NewsLondon museum projects at risk due to DCMS budget shortfall
A budget shortfall of £100 million at the Department of Culture Media & Sport could threaten publicly funded projects including Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension.
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Welcoming City theme for 2010 London Festival of Architecture
Next year’s London Festival of Architecture is to take place around the theme of “The Welcoming City”.
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NewsAdjaye brought to brink of insolvency
Shelved projects around the world the cause of Adjaye's financial woes
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Middle-aged good, middle-class bad
Builders and other tradespeople should be encouraged to retrain as architects in mid-career, in an attempt to make architecture less exclusive, RIBA president Sunand Prasad said this week.
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Crisis talks over future of Glasgow's Lighthouse
A crucial board meeting to decide the future of the cash-strapped Lighthouse in Glasgow will be held at the start of next month.
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News2009 Stirling Prize shortlist unveiled
The Stirling Prize shortlist includes some unexpected choices, and at least two extremely strong ones, says Ellis Woodman
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NewsHodder’s Oxford art studio gives Mather’s masterplan a nudge
Hodder & Partners has won planning permission for a £3.75 million residential scheme and art studio in Oxford that will see the renovation of a grade II listed building by Edwardian architect Henry Hare
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Regenerate London suburbs’ town centres, says report for mayor
A report for the mayor of London says the capital’s suburbs should be regenerated through investment in existing town centres and the transport links between them.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton’s Martime Museum extension has go-ahead
Purcell Miller Tritton has secured planning permission and listed building consent for a new £35 million wing at London’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
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New deal to save Elephant & Castle redevelopment
The £1.5 billion redevelopment of London’s Elephant & Castle has been thrown a lifeline.