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NewsShortlist for PM’s awards revealed
Buildings by Ian Ritchie, Make, Wilkinson Eyre, BDP and Nicholas Hare have made the shortlist for the Prime Minster’s Better Public Building Award, alongside a ring road project, a railway extension and a canal link
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NewsPeer makes dig at superstar names
Labour peer William Howie has claimed that architects such as Richard Rogers and Norman Foster are unfairly taking credit for high-profile projects such as the Millennium Dome and the Great Court at the British Museum
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Schools programme a ‘tall order’ for government, say MPs
The government’s programme to redevelop England’s schools buildings has been beset by over-optimism and will struggle to deliver all schools on deadline, MPs have claimed.
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NewsAlsop tops list of world’s most creative people in architecture
Will Alsop has beaten Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron to be named number one in a list of the world’s 10 most creative people in architecture.
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NewsCouncil strongly backs Rogers' Chelsea Barracks scheme
Prince Charles’ attempts to derail the controversial £1 billion redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks have been dealt a major blow.
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NewsRescue plan for Viñoly’s Colchester arts centre
A rescue plan to save Rafael Viñoly’s troubled Colchester visual arts centre was unveiled this week in a move that will see the project delivered up to three years late.
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NewsWork begins on McAslan's King's Cross concourse
Work has begun on John McAslan’s huge semi circular-shaped concourse for King’s Cross Station, due to open in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsWilkinson Eyre’s dramatic plans for Science Museum revealed (fly-through)
Business secretary Peter Mandelson has unveiled new plans by Wilkinson Eyre for London’s Science Museum.
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NewsRescue plan to save Victorian concrete house
A rescue plan has been drawn up to save one of London’s most unusual houses.
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News£7m bid to give new life to Manchester towers
City South Manchester Housing Trust has revealed its £7 million plans to refurbish four landmark towers in the city’s Hulme area
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Kay Andrews to chair English Heritage
New culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has named Kay Andrews as the new chair of English Heritage.
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Six win RMJM Harvard scholarship
Six young people from under-privileged backgrounds have won places on a six week architecture course through RMJM’s Architecture for Everyone scheme.
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NewsArchitects to design tower block – for animals
Leeds-based Garnett Netherwood Architects has won a quirky competition to design a tower block for animals.
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NewsGo-ahead for Gloucestershire large-scale eco housing scheme
The country’s first large-scale housing scheme to be built to level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes has won planning permission.
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NewsAvanti designs children’s hospital complex for Alder Hey
Avanti Architects has unveiled designs for a new children’s hospital complex at Alder Hey in Liverpool.
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NewsWestminster councillors scrutinise Chelsea Barracks site
Westminster’s planning committee spent three and a half hours touring the contentious Chelsea Barracks site today.
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News2012 media centre design changes win Cabe over
Last minute alternations to the design of the Olympic media centre have finally won Cabe’s support.
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NewsMayor’s proposals to increase London’s viewing corridors would further restrict tall buildings
Mayor of London Boris Johnson today unveiled plans to further limit tall buildings in the capital by widening protected viewing corridors and in some cases doubling them.
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HTA to bring about a sea change in Bexhill
HTA has won a competition to regenerate a faded south coast seaside resort as part of the government’s Sea Change scheme