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NewsParliament tents must go, say MP and architects
Architects have backed MP Andrew MacKinlay’s move to get rid of a set of semi-permanent marquees which he says have become a “blot” on the private terraces of the Houses of Parliament.
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NewsBerkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe
Pidgley accuses architectural establishment of trying to control projects
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NewsPlanners set to bin Make’s scheme for McDonald’s
Plans by Make for fast food giant McDonald’s first major mixed-use project in the UK are likely to be rejected by Tower Hamlets Council, which says the site is inappropriate for family housing.
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David McLean Holdings goes bust
One of Wales’s biggest developers, David McLean Holdings, plus its subsidiaries, has gone into administration.
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Five shortlisted for Wembley civic centre
Brent Council has shortlisted Make, Sheppard Robson, EPR Architects, Hopkins, John McAslan & Partners, BDP and TP Bennett for a landmark civic centre opposite Wembley Stadium.
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NewsSimpson completes Manchester ‘jigsaw’
Ian Simpson Architects has unveiled plans for the transformation of a key city centre site in Manchester.
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Yorkshire events pavilion shortlist
RIBA Yorkshire and regional development agency Yorkshire Forward have revealed their shortlist for a £650,000 mobile pavilion.
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NewsWood is good for Norwich
Sheppard Robson has won the competition to design Norfolk’s first Academy project, for developer Kier Education.
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NewsViñoly inside out
Rafael Viñoly’s first completed project in the UK, Leicester’s £61 million Curve theatre, opened to visitors this week.
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NewsWalsall packs a punch
A £2 million youth centre and boxing club in the West Midlands by Sjölander da Cruz Architects has been granted planning permission.
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Toolkit to revitalise Park Royal
Cambridge-based architect 5th Studio has put forward proposals to revitalise west London’s Park Royal, Europe’s largest industrial estate.
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Scottish planning shakeup
The Scottish government has revealed a range of measures to speed up its planning system, in a move it calls a “fundamental shift” in its approach to planning.
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NewsEH’s Heritage Counts report calls for ‘recycling’ of older buildings to cut CO2 emissions
English Heritage today called on the government to recycle and adapt older buildings to help meet carbon reduction targets.
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RIBA launches Leicester footbridge competition
The RIBA has announced a design competition for a foot and cycle bridge over the River Soar in Leicester.
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NewsDesign Museum targets Commonwealth Institute building for new home
The Design Museum’s epic search for a larger new home is finally set to end with a new base at Kensington’s former Commonwealth Institute building.
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Blears defies Islington council to approve Squires’ City Road Estate
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has overruled a planning inspector to grant permission for a 39-storey triangular residential tower, designed by Squire & Partners, at the junction of City Road and Old Street in London.
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NewsKPF Victoria scheme is unpleasant, says Cabe
Cabe has warned that Kohn Pederson Fox’s (KPF) masterplan for Victoria in central London will result in “spaces that are unpleasant to live and work in”.
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Brent civic centre shortlist announced
Make, Sheppard Robson, EPR Architects, Hopkins Architects, John McAslan & Partners, BDP and TP Bennett have all been shortlisted for a landmark civic centre for Brent Council in north-west London, opposite Wembley Stadium.
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Welsh construction giant David McLean goes into administration
One of Wales’s biggest developers, David McLean Holdings, plus its subsidiaries, has gone into administration. Administrator Deloitte said that while the firm’s contracting division would close, its house-building division would be put up for sale.