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RIBA president says Tory housing proposals ‘deeply flawed’
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has branded Tory proposals for the creation of local housing trusts – a key plank of the Conservative Party’s new housing strategy – as “deeply flawed”.
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Architect erased from Arb register over Legionnaires' disease case
Architect Gillian Beckingham was removed from the Arb register on Tuesday, almost three years after she was convicted of a breach of health and safety regulations in a case which involved the deaths of at least five people from Legionnaires’ disease.
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Tories outline new housing policies
The Conservative Party has launched a policy green paper outlining its approach to social housing, the private rented sector and energy-efficient homes.
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Sunand urges Prince Charles not to interfere over Chelsea Barracks
RIBA president Sunand Prasad today made a direct appeal to Prince Charles, calling on him to not interfere with Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Chelsea Barracks scheme.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Ferrier Estate masterplan wins planning
The Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' masterplan for the £1 billion redevelopment of London’s worst sink estate has been approved.
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NewsPrince Charles urges Chelsea Barracks owner to scrap Rogers Stirk Harbour design
Prince Charles is attempting to derail Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ plans for the redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks.
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NewsPrasad and NHF lobby government for £3bn housing retrofit pilot
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has joined forces with the National Housing Federation to call for a £3 billion pilot to retrofit social housing stock across the UK.
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NewsRIBA told conservation architecture accreditation scheme 'unwise'
Heritage bodies have warned RIBA it will cause confusion by setting up its own accreditation system for conservation architects in direct competition with the existing Architects Accredited in Building Conservation Register (AABC).
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Liam O'Connor Architects to design Bomber Command memorial
Liam O’Connor Architects has won the competition to design a national memorial for the Second World War’s Bomber Command.
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News25 years on, prince and RIBA kiss and make up
Invitation to speak a “historic moment” — but don’t expect a love-in, warns RIBA president
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NewsTower approvals rile Westminster Council
Westminster City Council has blasted communities secretary Hazel Blears’ decision to approve towers by Ian Simpson and Wilkinson Eyre on London’s South Bank as an “act of architectural vandalism”
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NewsBirmingham basks in building boom
£20bn of public-led projects are enabling the city to buck the recession
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NewsBrace of Oxbridge modernists listed
Modernist university buildings in Cambridge and Oxford by James Stirling and Powell & Moya have been listed, to the delight of heritage groups
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NewsStem cell scheme to regenerate Nottingham
Studio Egret West has designed this £100 million MediPark, a "life sciences community" in Nottingham. The scheme, for council vehicle Nottingham Regeneration, is intended to house more than 200 medical firms
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NewsHolmes's Queen Street approved
Scottish practice Holmes has won planning consent for a £40 million mixed-use project on Queen Street in central Glasgow
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Engineer rebrands as Ramboll UK
Engineering consultancy Ramboll Whitbybird has announced it is to change its name to Ramboll UK
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RIAS convention heads to Dundee
This year’s annual convention of the Royal Incorporation of Scottish Architects will be held in Dundee on May 14-16.
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RIBA council votes down controversial client contract
RIBA council members have voted down a revised version of the institute's controversial client contract at its spring council meeting.
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Architects deluged by planning bumph
The government has issued more than 3,200 pages of planning guidance in the past four years