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NewsLords blast Boris on Parliament Square
London mayor Boris Johnson’s scrapping of plans to turn Parliament Square into a pedestrianised plaza were slammed by members of the House of Lords this week.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's revised Tate Modern extension revealed
Herzog & de Meuron and the Tate today unveiled their substantially revised scheme, now in brick, for the £215 million extension to London's Tate Modern.
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Architects blamed for unsustainable schools
Cabe chief attacks profession’s lack of skills for design review failures
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NewsHousing practices feel the chill of recession
BD survey reveals picture of dwindling orders, redundancies and difficulties in getting paid
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NewsRMJM puts up £1m to make architects of graffiti artists
RMJM has launched a £1 million project to encourage inner-city youths with a passion for graffiti to become architects.
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NewsCredit crunch puts paid to Scottish housing fair
One of the UK’s most innovative housing projects has been delayed indefinitely in a decision blamed on the credit crunch.
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Parker Morris standards just for social housing, suggests Boris adviser
Confusion surrounds plans by London mayor Boris Johnson to introduce Parker Morris-like space standards in the capital, former deputy mayor Nicky Gavron claimed today.
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NewsViñoly says Battersea Power Station scheme could change substantially
Rafael Viñoly’s controversial designs for Battersea Power Station could change substantially before being submitted for planning, the architect has admitted.
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NewsPartnerships for Schools appoints new design director
Partnerships for Schools, the delivery body for the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme, has appointed Mairi Johnson as its director of design.
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£2,000 fine for use of ‘architect’
A Birmingham design firm has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 in fines and costs for misusing the title Architect.
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Prince puts £1bn into urban regeneration
Traditional architecture is to receive a boost from a £1 billion property fund set up by Prince Charles to invest in urban regeneration and sustainable property.
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Boris pledges £60m for disused properties
Architects stand to benefit from a £60 million fund to help bring disused London properties back into use.
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NewsHamiltons adds drama to Cardiff
Hamiltons Architects has submitted this £22.5 million scheme for the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama to Cardiff Council planners.
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NewsWork to start on Aquatics Centre
Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre will go on site a month ahead of schedule, with work starting this month, the Olympic Delivery Authority claimed this week.
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Joint architects for York centre
CZWG and Holder Mathias have been appointed joint architects for the Coppergate shopping centre scheme in York.
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NewsCity’s bandstand will now play on
DRP Architects has been granted planning for a £850,000 scheme to restore Brighton’s historic seafront bandstand.
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Benoy to fund wildlife officer
The Benoy Foundation is to fund a conservation officer for 20 months to help with work on the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Living Landscape project on the Trent flood plain between North Muskham and Dunham Bridge.
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NewsNational Trust bids to restore Vanbrugh masterwork
A grade I listed Northumbrian house widely seen as the finest work of English baroque is set to be restored and converted for public use under a radical plan by the National Trust.
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NewsEH forces rethink of British Museum plans
Rogers Stirk Harbour challenged over plan to demolish listed buildings
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NewsDirector buys out William Cowie
Aberdeen-based William Cowie Partnership has been bought out by director Dougal Morgan.