All UK articles – Page 961
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Nimbyism is alive and well
More than 80% of people are against more development in their area, a survey of nimbyism has found.
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Gore to address Think conference
Former US vice-president turned environmental campaigner Al Gore has confirmed he will address this year’s Think07 property and construction conference — via a carbon-neutral satellite link.
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UK academic comes third in China eco-city competition
British practice Studio 8, headed by Bartlett school of architecture academic CJ Lim, has narrowly missed out on the top spot in a competition to masterplan China’s second major eco-city.
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News1,100 entries to green homes competition
An international competition to design sustainable and innovative housing in China, Brazil and the UK has attracted an astonishing 1,100 expressions of interest from architects in 88 countries.
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Tenders take too long, says report
PFI contracts take too long to tender for and are attracting bids from too few consortia, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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NewsLiverpool Waters is ‘pie in the sky’
A £5.5 billion plan by Chapman Taylor Architects to transform Liverpool’s waterfront over the next half a century has been dismissed by observers as a “pie in the sky” project that will never be built.
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NewsMipim told new-builds should be ‘last resort’
DEGW chairman calls for end to new developments, as conference focuses on sustainability
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NewsTrust helps to house refugees
A project to house refugees on the Burma/Thailand border has won more than £7,000 funding from the RIBA and Institution of Civil Engineers’ McAslan bursary.
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NewsSour note for FOA’s Mipim showcase
A landmark office scheme by Foreign Office Architects in the City of London has become the latest victim of tough new protection for world heritage sites.
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NewsHeritage funding gap feared
The government’s long-awaited white paper on heritage has sparked fears of a looming funding gap in the sector.
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NewsDTI invites Pringle to join sustainable energy group
The RIBA’s bid to influence government policy on climate change has received a huge boost as part of a new initiative involving president Jack Pringle and the government’s chief scientist David King.
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Landscape is key to development
The Landscape Institute has joined forces with the government-backed Academy for Sustainable Communities to put landscape at the heart of development.
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Gallery drops Otto’s pavilion design
Frei Otto’s design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been rejected after the gallery admitted his team would not have enough time to develop the architect’s “ambitious” structure.
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NewsTower developments for Croydon
Rolfe Judd Architecture and Berkeley Homes have submitted plans for a residential-led development with a 43-storey tower.
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Stratford City recruitment drive
Developer Westfield has launched a major recruitment drive for Stratford City, its huge regeneration project next to the London 2012 Olympic Games site.
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Chipperfield wins Norway museum
This £25 million competition-winning scheme by David Chipperfield Architects will be the practice’s first building in Scandinavia.
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NewsCelebrating timber construction
This year’s Wood Awards have opened for the submission of entries.
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NewsCanterbury theatre goes to Williams
Keith Williams Architects has beaten John McAslan, Levitt Bernstein, RHWL and Burrell Foley Fischer to redesign Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre.
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UK’s biggest housing scheme
The first phase of a £1.2 billion development in Leeds by Edaw has been submitted for planning permission.
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Architects to join race probe
The Commission for Racial Equality is calling on architects and urban designers to give evidence as part of a new investigation into regeneration and race equality.