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NewsBlears tells homes quango to promote good design
Communities secretary Hazel Blears called on the new Homes & Communities Agency to champion good design last week, as the super-quango revealed new details of its structure.
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NewsCabe can't let Victoria scheme go
Cabe still has major concerns about Kohn Pederson Fox’s (KPF) troubled masterplan for Victoria in central London, despite a massive overhaul of the proposals, BD has learnt.
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NewsCabe lukewarm on Fosters' Crossrail station
Cabe has given a cautious welcome to Foster & Partners’ design for a Crossrail station at Canary Wharf.
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NewsAngus Meek wins Weston-super-Mare pier rebuild
Bristol-based architect Angus Meek Architects has won the competition to redevelop Weston-super-Mare’s fire-ravaged Grand Pier, beating off competition from five firms including Grimshaw.
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NewsJohn McAslan Victoria scheme goes in for planning
Developer Land Securities has submitted its third and final planning application for the redevelopment of Victoria in London with this residential scheme by John McAslan & Partners.
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Blears says new Homes & Communities Agency must champion good design
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has called on the new Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) to champion good design as the “bread and butter” of its house-building programme.
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Wrap calls on architects to help cut landfill waste
A scheme to halve the amount of construction industry waste going to landfill by 2012 was launched this week.
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NewsMilton Keynes shuts architecture dept
Milton Keynes Council has finally lowered the curtain on one of the last remaining in-house council architecture departments.
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NewsWork starts on Bourne Hill project
Work has begun on Stanton Williams’ £13 million redevelopment of the 18th century Bourne Hill building for Salisbury District Council.
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Gove canes late schools schedule
Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme was “woefully behind schedule”.
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NewsDance centre gets go-ahead in Leeds
A £12 million dance centre in Leeds by Strategic Design Alliance, a partnership of Jacobs Architecture and Leeds City Council’s in-house architects, has been granted planning.
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Plug pulled on Six Cities festival
The Scottish government has pulled all future funding for the Six Cities Design Festival, effectively cancelling the event.
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NewsIndustry faces job cuts and closures
Practices caught unawares by sudden impact of banking crisis
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NewsControversial Lancaster scheme wins planning
Heritage groups have failed in an attempt to stop a £150 million development in Lancaster by 3D Reid, which won outline planning permission this week despite massive opposition from campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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Gehl on Salisbury shortlist
Danish urban designer Jan Gehl’s practice is among six teams of architects and landscape architects shortlisted to redevelop Salisbury’s Market Place, its central square.
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NewsSackler is honoured
This year’s Stephen Lawrence Prize has been awarded to the Sackler Crossing in Kew Gardens, by John Pawson.
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NewsTrentham trucks on
Michael Trentham Architects has resubmitted plans for a project within the Fournier Street conservation area in Shoreditch, east London, after concerns about the impact on natural light plus opposition from neighbour Network Rail.
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Glenn Howells picked to design Elisabeth House in Manchester
Glenn Howells Architects has beaten Flacq, Stanton Williams and Austin Smith Lord to design the Elisabeth House project in Manchester.
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NewsNo votes for favourite as Accordia wins Stirling
AHMM’s hot favourite for the Stirling Prize, Westminster Academy, received no votes from the judges, BD can reveal.
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Government raids Olympic contingency fund as Lend Lease and ODA struggle to agree contract
The government has raided the Olympic contingency fund to provide £95 million for the construction of the London 2012 village.