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NewsMcCloud worried about presenting Stirling Prize after architect controversy
TV presenter Kevin McCloud has revealed his worries about presenting the Stirling Prize in October following BD’s revelation that his development firm had dumped its architect Wright & Wright.
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HOK wins London 'super lab' project
HOK has beaten Rafael Viñoly and NBBJ to design a £500 million "super laboratory" in central London.
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NewsBeijing Olympics used to promote UK architects
British architects’ hopes of landing work abroad have received a huge boost thanks to intensive lobbying during the Beijing Olympics by the RIBA and trade minister Digby Jones, it has emerged.
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Four shortlisted for Waterloo redevelopment
Four design firms have been shortlisted to develop concept designs for a new public square at Waterloo.
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NewsSlavery monuments given new protection
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has given new protection to eight monuments associated with the slave trade.
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NewsBirmingham tower faces year delay as site reduced
A landmark leisure and observation tower intended to boost Birmingham’s image as a “global city” has been delayed by at least a year.
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NewsWestminster Council and EH attack Doon Street tower go-ahead
Westminster City Council has joined English Heritage in attacking Communities secretary Hazel Blears’ approval of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower.
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NewsSarah Ichioka becomes new Architecture Foundation director
The London Festival of Architecture’s deputy director Sarah Ichioka has been appointed as director of the Architecture Foundation.
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NewsHodge grants Sherborne’s Shell House grade I listing
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has listed the Shell House in Sherborne, Dorset, at grade I, labelling it a “great example of British craftsmanship at its best”.
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NewsRIBA launches competition to give Salisbury a “grand square to rival any in Europe”
Salisbury’s historic city centre could be transformed thanks to a new RIBA design competition.
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Croydon considers appeal after new blow to Gateway
Croydon Council is considering a last-ditch appeal to push through plans by Michael Aukett Architects for the area’s Gateway site after another setback to its proposals.
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Cabe on attack over Halifax bid
Cabe’s design review panel has slammed proposals by Harris Partnership for a mixed-use scheme in Halifax.
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NewsRSHP plan for Chelsea Barracks under attack
Exclusive Candy housing scheme accused of being ‘gated community’
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NewsCarbon Challenge team nominated
Architect Brown Smith Baker, Morris Homes and Gentoo Homes have been selected as the preferred development team for the first phase of Peterborough’s South Bank redevelopment, part of English Partnerships’ Carbon Challenge.
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NewsPFS to give schools design threshold
Partnerships for Schools has confirmed it will introduce a minimum design standard to boost the calibre of schools in the £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsMalcolm Fraser to redevelop Stromness pierhead
Edinburgh-based Malcolm Fraser Architects has endured an emotional rollercoaster of a week, scooping an international RIAS competition while also being forced to make a quarter of its staff redundant.
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NewsGateway interchange pair picked
Atkins Urban Design and Grimshaw Architects have been chosen to draw up the masterplan for a transport interchange for the Thames Gateway in Barking.
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Next step of regeneration signed
Southwark Council in London has signed a partnership agreement with developer Lend Lease to secure the next stages in the £1.5 billion transformation of Elephant & Castle.
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NewsEH chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart dies of cancer
English Heritage chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart has died of cancer, aged 66.