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NewsSackler is honoured
This year’s Stephen Lawrence Prize has been awarded to the Sackler Crossing in Kew Gardens, by John Pawson.
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Gehl on Salisbury shortlist
Danish urban designer Jan Gehl’s practice is among six teams of architects and landscape architects shortlisted to redevelop Salisbury’s Market Place, its central square.
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NewsControversial Lancaster scheme wins planning
Heritage groups have failed in an attempt to stop a £150 million development in Lancaster by 3D Reid, which won outline planning permission this week despite massive opposition from campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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NewsIndustry faces job cuts and closures
Practices caught unawares by sudden impact of banking crisis
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Plug pulled on Six Cities festival
The Scottish government has pulled all future funding for the Six Cities Design Festival, effectively cancelling the event.
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NewsDance centre gets go-ahead in Leeds
A £12 million dance centre in Leeds by Strategic Design Alliance, a partnership of Jacobs Architecture and Leeds City Council’s in-house architects, has been granted planning.
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Gove canes late schools schedule
Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme was “woefully behind schedule”.
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NewsWork starts on Bourne Hill project
Work has begun on Stanton Williams’ £13 million redevelopment of the 18th century Bourne Hill building for Salisbury District Council.
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NewsMilton Keynes shuts architecture dept
Milton Keynes Council has finally lowered the curtain on one of the last remaining in-house council architecture departments.
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Wrap calls on architects to help cut landfill waste
A scheme to halve the amount of construction industry waste going to landfill by 2012 was launched this week.
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Glenn Howells picked to design Elisabeth House in Manchester
Glenn Howells Architects has beaten Flacq, Stanton Williams and Austin Smith Lord to design the Elisabeth House project in Manchester.
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NewsNo votes for favourite as Accordia wins Stirling
AHMM’s hot favourite for the Stirling Prize, Westminster Academy, received no votes from the judges, BD can reveal.
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Government raids Olympic contingency fund as Lend Lease and ODA struggle to agree contract
The government has raided the Olympic contingency fund to provide £95 million for the construction of the London 2012 village.
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NewsCroydon contest will transform A212 ‘canyon’
An international competition to transform Croydon’s “canyon” – the A212 – will launch on Friday.
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NewsGreen light for TP Bennett's O2 HQ
The TP Bennett-designed O2 UK headquarters in Slough, Berkshire has been granted planning permission.
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Pressure on Arb mounts as Tories raise questions
The Conservative Party has stepped up the pressure on Arb by tabling a series of questions to the government about the organisation’s spending habits and running costs.
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NewsCabe design review slams Aukett Fitzroy Robinson’s £450m Birmingham Eastside Locks masterplan
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson’s £450 million masterplan for the Eastside Locks area of Birmingham has been slammed by Cabe, which says it has “fundamental” concerns about the proposal.
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NewsAccordia wins the Stirling Prize
Accordia in Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington has won the 2008 Stirling Prize.
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NewsRogers’ east London Wood Wharf masterplan wins outline planning consent
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Wood Wharf masterplan for the Isle of Dogs in east London has won outline planning approval.
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NewsRIAS announces Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award shortlist
The 2008 shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, which is given by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, has been announced.