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Save goes to court over Guildhall conversion
Save Britain’s Heritage has followed up its threat to fight conversion plans for Middlesex Guildhall “all the way” by instigating a legal challenge.
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DCMS to write rules for supercasino competition
The DCMS has revealed it will draw up the rules for Manchester’s supercasino competition after the city won the country’s only licence last week.
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Community hospital programme ditched
Plans for the next generation of healthcare buildings were in tatters this week after the government appeared to abandon a promise to build 50 community hospitals.
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Cabe to star-grade homes
Profession welcomes Michelin-style system for housing as Simmons calls on architects to lead the change
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UK cities bow to Unesco heritage site pressure
Unesco’s bid to influence development in historic British cities has borne fruit after both Lon-don and Liverpool announced changes to planning guidance to safeguard their world heritage status.
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RIBA backs Barker’s planning vision
The RIBA has called for design to be entrenched further in the planning system and warned against a planning “free-for-all” in its response to economist Kate Barker’s Treasury-commissioned review of land-use planning.
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NewsNext Generation Award shortlists Fobert, Featherstone and DSDHA
DSDHA, Featherstone Associates and Jamie Fobert Architects have been announced as the three shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Next Generation Award.
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Cabe launches Europan 9
Cabe has launched Europan 9 UK, announcing the three sites for this year’s contest: Stoke-on-Trent, Sheffield and Milton Keynes.
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NewsSpace for Salford
The Manchester office of HKR Architects has won planning permission for this £11 million residential development in Salford.
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NewsRegency refurb
Tim Foster Architects has won planning consent for this performing arts centre at Cheltenham Ladies’ College.
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NewsZaha’s latest performance
Zaha Hadid has released this image of the Abu Dhabi Performing Arts Centre, one of five major institutions to be developed as a new cultural district on the Gulf state’s 270ha Saadiyat Island.
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Make takes over from RRP on Haringey plan
Make has taken over the masterplan for Haringey Heartlands dropped by Richard Rogers Partnership earlier this month.
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Heritage lottery to fund museum plans
John Miller & Partners and Sidell Gibson have been given the go-ahead for their second project together after a funding commitment made by the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
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Farrell takes vision for Gateway to Tories
Terry Farrell is promoting his idea for a national park in the Thames Gateway to leading figures in the Conservative Party following growing disillusionment with the government’s approach.
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Minister defends planning system
Planning and housing minister Yvette Cooper hit back at critics this week during a parliamentary seminar on the “overburdened” planning system.
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NewsGLA probes decline of London’s street trees
The Greater London Authority has launched an inquiry into the loss of street trees in London amid growing concern that they will die out, leaving the capital’s public spaces exposed to rising temperatures.