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Maidstone urges high street ideas
The RIBA has joined Maidstone Borough Council in launching an international design competition to revitalise the town’s high street
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Nee to lead McAslan historic team
Pauline Nee is to head up John McAslan & Partners’ historic buildings division.
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NewsLeicester leads on Part L
Bond Bryan Architects’ £25 million city centre campus for Leicester College has opened to students
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RIBA pulls out of Accon agreement
The RIBA is set to establish its own accreditation system and register for conservation architects amid claims that the existing system for recognising qualified conservationists is not transparent enough.
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NewsDebate to tackle barrier mentality in counterterrorism design
Architects will be urged to move on from the "barrier and bollards mentality" at a counterterrorism conference next week.
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Public funding for 2012 media centre
Allies & Morrison’s Olympic media centre will be a 100% publicly funded semi-permanent structure, the government announced on Wednesday.
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NewsDan Pearson Studio wins RIBA roof terraces competition
Dan Pearson Studio has won the RIBA competition to redesign the roof terraces at the institute's headquarters at Portland Place, London.
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NewsDRMM beats five to win Brunel Museum
DRMM has won a competition to redevelop the Brunel Museum in south London, trumping five other practices including Fat and Ash Sakula.
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NewsLiverpool to limit number of towers
Tall towers in Liverpool ’s historic centre are set to be restricted to two clusters to help preserve the city’s world heritage status, according to recent guidance drafted by council planning officers.
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Cabe says Donington plans not up to speed
Cabe has mauled proposals to transform Derby’s Donington Park into a new Formula 1 British Grand Prix venue, damning the designs as “disappointingly weak”.
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NewsHugill to advise HCA on financial models
The Homes and Communities Agency has appointed former Lend Lease Europe chairman Nigel Hugill as a special adviser to help devise credit crunch-beating funding strategies.
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NewsEH unchanged in opposing Robin Hood Gardens listing
English Heritage has refused to alter its opposition to the proposed listing of Robin Hood Gardens.
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NewsBlears calls in 3DReid’s £150 million retail scheme for Lancaster
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has called in a controversial £150 million retail-led scheme for Lancaster by 3DReid following protests by English Heritage and campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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NewsStowe & Beale’s £4 million revamp for Westminster Abbey Chapter House
Conservation architect Stowe & Beale and English Heritage have announced a £4 million project to refurbish Westminster Abbey’s 13th century Chapter House in central London, considered to be the birthplace of the UK parliamentary system.
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NewsPrasad backs fair access
RIBA president Sunand Prasad is to sit on a high-level government panel to help open up professions including architecture to those from less privileged backgrounds.
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NewsCambridge anger over Schosa table
Cambridge School of Architecture has hit out at school heads organisation Schosa over its interpretation of the latest official rankings of research performance.
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NewsWestminster boss’s job expands
Westminster City Council head of planning Rosemarie MacQueen (pictured) is set to gain a host of new responsibilities covering transport, crime and disorder, licensing and the environment in a major organisational shake-up.
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NewsCentre Point fountains make way for Crossrail
But heritage groups argue they should be reinstated once work is done
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NewsDCMS warned over Chelsea chapel
The developer behind the Rogers Stirk Harbour-designed Chelsea Barracks scheme in London has warned the DCMS not to list a chapel (pictured) on the site.
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NewsConcrete is key to Woodland Trust’s green offices
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning permission for a headquarters for the Woodland Trust in Grantham, Lincolnshire.