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Call to regenerate seaside towns
The Commons local government committee has called on central government to help boost the quality of life in England’s most run-down seaside towns.
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NewsDigital cuts build house in four days
This prototype house, built using a digital component-making system, has gone on show at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London’s Old Street.
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NewsHeritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers
Over £1.5 billion of private investment to improve one of the capital’s worst transport blackspots could be threatened by tough new measures to protect world heritage sites.
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NewsBridge Is a star turn
This design by McChesney Architects is one of four shortlisted entries in a competition for a footbridge in Manchester which will link Urban Splash’s landmark New Islington development with the neighbouring Ancoats urban village.
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NewsBrent PFI care centre finished
A £63 million PFI healthcare project by HLM Architects has been completed.
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Jowell backs Manchester
The government will press ahead with plans to locate the first super casino in Manchester, culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed.
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NewsAward will open new doors for Fobert
Jamie Fobert Architects has won this year’s Next Generation Award (NGA), giving the 10-year-old practice a huge opportunity to break into the commercial market.
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NewsChurch plans carbon audit of bishops’ residences
Among the issues facing the Church of England’s 43 bishops the carbon footprint of their residences — from palaces to humble houses — may not seem pressing.
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NewsArgent blasts protestors’ victory
The developer behind the £2 billion scheme to regenerate London’s King’s Cross area has hit out at local opponents, following news that they have been granted a High Court hearing.
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Golden hellos aim to tempt staff
Competition between practices to recruit the best staff for their burgeoning workloads is pushing salaries up, with some practices offering “golden hellos” to the right candidates, BD has discovered.
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News‘This seems about safety rather than innovation’
A war of words has broken out over the first open competition for a 2012 Olympic venue after high-level advisers to ODA bosses raised fears over design quality.
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News...as young UK practice comes 2nd
While Future Systems will see its Prague library scheme realised, clinching second place could lead to even bigger projects for former David Chipperfield staffers Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke.
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NewsFuture Systems wins huge Czech library competition
British firm will design the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building.
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NewsMake’s Nottingham uni revamp
Work has begun on Make’s University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus extension.
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NewsFoster and Nouvel to work on Moscow River scheme
Landmark project will not repeat Gazprom fracas, pledges developer
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NewsSlick design for City site
HKR Architects has submitted plans for this £74 million speculative office development in the City of London.
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NewsChipperfieldrethinks design for luxury Kensington flats
David Chipperfield Architects has made sweeping changes to one of its most significant British projects to date — a luxury residential development in west London, involving property developer Candy & Candy.