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Historic Chichester role goes to Keith Williams
Keith Williams Architects has been appointed to design a new £6.6 million museum for Chichester in West Sussex. The council selected the practice from 64 entrants “for its exceptional building designs, including its knowledge and experience in designing sustainable buildings”.
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NewsWales sets zero carbon target
Welsh environment and planning minister Carwyn Jones (pictured) has pledged that all new buildings in Wales will be zero carbon within five years, which would put it far ahead of the rest of the UK.
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NewsContest for Thames bridge to be reopened
Judging panel will include Sydney Opera House engineer Jack Zunz
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NewsYoung Brits up for Bloc house job
A rising star of British architecture is the only UK firm shortlisted to design a house in the modernist hot spot of Meudon, near Paris.
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Water converter pyramid wins big
An inverted pyramid that collects dew from the air and converts it into 48 litres of water a day has won an international design competition run by Arup.
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NewsJohn Lewis backs regeneration test
Civic groups such as the Ancient Monuments Society and the Victorian Society have backed John Lewis Partnership’s campaign to keep the “need” test, under which the regeneration of town centres is a first priority for local planners.
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NewsSwiss win for Warsaw art gallery
The controversial competition to design a new museum of modern art for the Polish capital Warsaw has been won by Swiss architect Christian Kerez. None of the British entrants —which included Gareth Hoskins and Zaha Hadid — made the top three, or even merited a place in the honourable mentions ...
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EH's chief architect quits over low morale
English Heritage’s chief architect has launched a blistering attack on the beleaguered organisation in a letter of resignation leaked to the press this week.David Heath, who has worked for the heritage body for 20 years, condemned the management of recent job cuts and slashed budgets and complained that he had ...
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Arb ‘looking out for students’
The Arb board made a rare visit to Scotland when it met in Edinburgh last Thursday.
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NewsConsent for Alsop canal scheme
Planning consent has been granted for a mixed-use scheme by SMC Alsop and ShedKM Architects for a site on the waterside of the Walsall Canal.
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Competition for UK’s 2010 Shanghai Expo pavilion
Small talented practices are being encrougaged to enter a competition to design the UK’s pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.
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CO2 target requires ‘revolution’
The British Property Federation says it has serious questions about the construction industry’s ability to meet the government’s target for all new homes to be zero carbon by 2016.
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NewsArchitects welcome new Firth of Forth £1bn crossing
Leading architects in Scotland have hailed the announcement of the country’s biggest construction project since devolution — a new road crossing of the Firth of Forth.
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Mediacity: UK goes to planning
The first phase of Wilkinson Eyre’s mediacity:uk development for the BBC at Salford Quays has been submitted for detailed planning permission.
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RRP finally reveals new name
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is the new name for Richard Rogers Partnership, it has been announced this week.
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Green homes crisis
Two thirds of local authorities admit they are ‘not ready’ to deliver zero-carbon targets
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Highbury Corner set for revamp
The multidisciplinary design practice Gillespies is developing an urban design framework for Highbury Corner, in north London, on behalf of Transport for London.
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NewsWalkway design competition gives young firms Olympic opportunity
Up-and-coming practices have been given their first chance to break into the London Olympics with the launch of a major competition to design a public walkway running from Victoria Park in Hackney to West Ham.
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NewsInternet sabotages Stockholm library competition
The internet has threatened to derail one of the biggest open competitions in recent years after two of the six supposedly anonymous shortlisted contenders for the new Stockholm library were posted on the web.