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NewsBurnham proposes new British City of Culture designation
The Stirling Prize ceremony could move around the UK under a proposal from culture secretary Andy Burnham to allow cities to vie to be British City of Culture every four years.
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New US embassy likely to be 'a fortress'
The new US embassy in London is likely to be a “fortress”, Richard Rogers, one of the jury members that will select the new building, has acknowledged.
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NewsLondon Olympic village – new images released
The Olympic Delivery Authority has released new images of the London 2012 Olympic Village, showing the completed foundations of several buildings as well as a new render of the final design.
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ORMS’ £45m old people’s home
ORMS has won planning permission to build a £45 million retirement home at Royal Arthur Park in Corsham, Wiltshire
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NewsGraceful design for Coventry’s academy
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects has unveiled designs for Grace Academy, a mixed secondary school and sixth form in Coventry in the West Midlands
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Farnborough airship shed listed
Architecture minister Barbara Follett has listed a airship shed in Farnborough, Hampshire, at grade II
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NewsArchitecture schools excel in rankings
Assessment shows major improvement in schools’ research performance
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NewsODA reveals basketball arena
The Olympic Delivery Authority has submitted Wilkinson Eyre’s 2012 basketball stadium for planning permission
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NewsLight Bar protection hits Foster’s scheme
Foster & Partners’ £500 million Bishop’s Place scheme in London’s Shoreditch has suffered a blow after Hackney Council officials recommended the local conservation area be extended to include the popular Light Bar, which stands in the way of the development
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NewsBSF threatened by downturn
The government’s multi-billion pound Building Schools for the Future programme could become the next victim of the downturn, a committee of MPs has warned
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Students called to design sustainable community
Technology giant Cisco has launched a competition for architecture graduates and undergraduates to design the “connected community of the future”
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Sector sees drop-off in projects
The UK Construction Purchasing Survey for December has shown a record decline in new work, with a sharp fall in activity across the construction industry.
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NewsUK firms face supporting role only on US embassy
British firms are hoping to win work as executive architects on the proposed £275 million US embassy at Battersea, south-west London, after the country’s State Department announced an all-American shortlist for the competition
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Hanham Hall plans go to HCA
Plans for HTA’s Hanham Hall project, which will see 195 code level 6 new homes built near Bristol, have been submitted for approval by the Homes & Communities Agency and developer Barratt Homes
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NewsNew school, new systems
Capita Architecture has been appointed to design the £13 million Southwark Primary School in Nottingham
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NewsFoster dragged into Wembley legal row
lawsuit over access to architectural staff could signal wider battle
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NewsBattersea developer warns against blocking shorter tower
The developer behind Rafael Viñoly’s controversial £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station has warned that blocking its revised tower — now 250m high rather than 300m — could jeopardise the wider Nine Elms area regeneration.
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NewsCabe slams poor spaces at KPF’s Victoria interchange
Cabe has criticised Kohn Pederson Fox’s latest designs for the £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in London, saying it has major concerns with the project’s urban design principles.
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News£3m restoration for UK's oldest mosque
England’s oldest mosque is undergoing a £3 million refurbishment in an effort to restore the building to its former glory.