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NewsA second bite at Stonehenge centre
Two architects who have drawn up unrealised designs for a visitor centre at Stonehenge are on a new shortlist for a slimmed down version of the scheme, BD can reveal.
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NewsSheppard Robson’s college days
Sheppard Robson’s designs for this £27 million, 13,000sq m school in Wokingham, Berkshire, have been given the go-ahead by planners.
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NewsCouncil urged to reject Terry hotel opposite Hampton Court
Historic Royal Palaces has made a last-ditch plea to local councillors to reject a hotel development by Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects proposed for a site directly opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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NewsGreen Guide ‘flawed’, says lobby group
Report says it is likely to worsen buildings’ environmental impact
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Retrofitting programme revealed
Deputy London Mayor Simon Milton has revealed plans for a retrofitting programme to improve the energy of existing commercial building stock.
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Professional bodies unite to fight slump
The RIBA and the Association of Consultant Architects have joined forces to establish a Recovery Task Force, which they hope will help architects and others through the recession and beyond.
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NewsHadid’s Hoxton Square project wins approval
Zaha Hadid Architects’ gallery and residential scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, east London, has won planning permission from Hackney Council despite strong objections from English Heritage.
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Architecture Week scrapped
Architecture Week has finally been scrapped, 17 months after Arts Council England (ACE) withdrew funding and announced an extensive and wide-ranging consultation on the beleaguered event.
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Cross party condemnation as Heritage Protection Bill dropped
MPs from all three main parties have criticised the government's axing of the Heritage Protection Bill from next year’s parliamentary programme, amid claims historic buildings are being put at risk.
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NewsReject environmentally harmful work, says engineer Mark Whitby
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has called on design professionals to boycott work from environmentally harmful clients.
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NewsMcDowell & Benedetti wins RIBA contest for JCB factory site
London-based architect McDowell & Benedetti has beaten Glenn Howells Architects in the final stage of a competition to redesign a 9ha factory site in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
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NewsMake slashes workforce and closes Edinburgh office
Make architects has cut its headcount from 130 to 100 and has closed its Edinburgh office.
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Planning reforms could save £300m per year
Leading figures from the architecture, construction and planning sectors have welcomed the findings of a major review of the planning system, which recommends slashing red tape to save up to £300 million a year.
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New homes agency ‘will squeeze Cabe’
Super-quango to establish its own regional network of design champions
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Tim Foster wins planning appeal
Tim Foster Architects has won planning permission for a 9,000sq m office and retail development behind King’s Cross Station in central London following a public inquiry appeal.
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College appoints new rector
Paul Thompson, a former director of the Design Museum, has been unveiled as the rector of the Royal College of Art.
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Edaw’s city masterplan approved
Edaw’s masterplan for the redevelopment of north Manchester’s Strangeways district has been approved by the city council.
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Arb defers decision on selecting architects
Arb has deferred its decision on whether to appoint or elect architect members to its board until after its elections next February.
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NewsBack the borough architect
Planning departments can now refuse schemes for poor design quality, but lack the skills to do so