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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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Competitions
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.
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EH legal spending soars past £1.6 million
Heritage groups dismiss criticism in welcoming robust protective stance
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NewsGazprom pledges to fully fund RMJM’s St Petersburg tower
Russian energy giant Gazprom has pledged to fund the 396m-high RMJM-designed Okhta Centre tower in St Petersburg after the city government suspended its contribution to the project.
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NewsCamillin Denny submits plans for Hove seafront tower
Plans have been submitted for a new 15-floor mixed-use tower on Hove's seafront.
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NewsMatch the architect with the design for Salisbury's market place
Six designs to revamp Salisbury’s central market place have been shortlisted from an initial pool of 42 entries, but can you match the schemes to the design teams?
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands £1bn revamp of Ferrier Estate in for planning
Berkeley Homes (Urban Developments) has submitted a planning application for its £1 billion redevelopment of the Ferrier Estate in south-east London.
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NewsShortlist for London's new US embassy revealed
Thomas Mayne's Morphosis Architects, SOM, KPF and Richard Meier & Partners are among nine firms on the all-American shortlist to design Britain’s £275 million new US embassy.
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Birmingham Jewellery Quarter competition attracts over 100 entries
More than 100 architects from around the world are competing to design a public square in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.
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NewsHawkins Brown and Cullinan’s shortlisted for Croydon traffic route
Hawkins Brown and Edward Cullinan Architects have been shortlisted to design a key traffic route through Croydon town centre, a central part of Will Alsop’s masterplan for the area.
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NewsFoster & Partners wins joint first prize in London Routemaster competition
Foster & Partners could be designing a 21st century Routemaster bus for London after winning joint first prize in a Design for London competition which mayor Boris Johnson hopes could spell the end for bendy buses.