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NewsBudget’s college bailout is “derisory”, architects claim
The architectural community has reacted with disappointment at the government’s decision to allocate a further £300 million to the Learning & Skills Council’s struggling Building Colleges for the Future programme, saying it is far too little.
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NewsLack of investment preventing Thames Gateway becoming eco exemplar, conference told
Terry Farrell’s vision of creating an exemplar eco-region in the Thames Gateway is at risk of “falling desperately short” unless urgent action is taken to encourage investment, a conference on environmental sustainability heard today.
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News£350m Olympic contract for Populous, Allies & Morrison and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands
Populous, Allies & Morrison and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands make up the consortium selected for the £350 million contract to convert existing 2012 Olympic and Paralympic venues.
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NewsGeffrye museum unveils star shortlist
David Chipperfield is competing against Long & Kentish and Irish firm O’Donnell & Tuomey to be appointed for initial design work for a major redevelopment of east London’s renowned Geffrye Museum.
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NewsRIBA president disappointed by Budget
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has complained that this week’s Budget represents a disappointment for construction compared with the multi-billion rescue given to the banking sector.
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NewsArchitecture and the Budget: the implications
£600 million to kick start housing projects, £300 million for BSF and £435 million for energy efficiency key Budget points for architects
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Bristol Council picks consortium to refurbish six schools
Walters & Cohen and Batterham Matthews are among the architects who will redevelop six Bristol schools as part of a £100 million Building Schools for the Future deal.
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Sadness from ex RIBA presidents as Civic Trust folds
Two former RIBA presidents are among those expressing sadness over the demise of the Civic Trust, which went into administration today after more than 50 years of campaigning to improve the quality of the built environment.
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NewsChapman Taylor wins Queen's Award for Enterprise
Chapman Taylor has been awarded an international trade award in this year’s prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise.
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Tributes paid to architectural assistant killed in cycling accident
Tributes have been paid to the Metropolitan Workshop architectural assistant killed on her bike at a London roundabout earlier this month.
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NewsBroadway Malyan's Pall Mall advances
Designs by Broadway Malyan for 30 Pall Mall, a £50 million new office complex in the middle of Liverpool, have gone in for planning.
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NewsLeading architects protest over prince's interference in Rogers scheme
Some of the world’s leading architects have publicly called on Prince Charles to stop meddling in the planning process for Richard Rogers’ controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme in west London.
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NewsArchitecture minister lists 19 historic military buildings
Nearly 50 military buildings dating from the Napoleonic War to the first world war have been listed or given added protection by architecture minister Barbara Follett.
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NewsTories propose massive green retrofitting programme
The Conservatives have outlined plans to give every home in Britain a grant of up to £6,500 to pay for green retrofitting improvements, which could provide extra work for architects.
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NewsHCA sets up developer panel to help spend £17bn
A new “super panel” of developers is being set up by the Homes & Communities Agency to help it spend hundreds of millions of pounds on building residential and mixed-use schemes in the next three years
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NewsWarning over 2012 press centre legacy
A host of media companies may abandon plans to move into Allies & Morrison’s £355 million Olympic press and international broadcast centre after the 2012 Games because of “serious concerns” over its design
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Homes adapted for army injured
Housing minister Iain Wright has announced an initiative to provide seriously injured former servicemen and women better access to specially adapted social homes
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V&A seeks architect-in-residence
The Victoria & Albert Museum has teamed up with the RIBA to offer a UK chartered architect a six-month residency
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NewsArchitects: give us protection of function
An overwhelming majority of architects are in favour of a change in the law to protect architects’ function as well as title, new research by BD suggests
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Cabe wants Ardley plant rethink
Cabe has called on Kent-based Architecture & Planning Solutions to rethink its approach to a new waste and recycling facility in Ardley, Oxfordshire