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NewsNew Street contest comes off the tracks
Critics fear that Foreign Office Architects will lose all control to Atkins
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Seven listed for Douglas Crossing
The RIBA has announced that seven teams are competing to design the River Douglas crossing near Preston, Lancashire.
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Olympic screens plan ‘like Currys’
Cabe has objected to plans to erect up to 60 giant television screens as permanent installations in cities and towns in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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NewsElephant plaza dispute resolved
One of most significant schemes in the regeneration of London’s Elephant & Castle will go ahead after a dispute between the developer and Southwark Council was resolved.
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NewsING drops Gehry scheme
Frank Gehry’s £290 million King Alfred scheme in Hove looks likely to be abandoned after investor ING Real Estates withdrew backing.
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NewsGovernment sets out eco-town standards
The government has set out standards for eco-towns that require all buildings in an eco-town to be zero-carbon and 40% of land to be designated as green space.
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NewsReed elected first woman president of the RIBA
Ruth Reed has been elected the first woman president of the RIBA and has pledged to champion other women in the profession during her term in office.
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NewsRIAS grants honorary fellowships
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has made Robin Harper (right) and Dame Barbara Kelly (centre) honorary fellows.
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NewsHotel plan for ‘at risk’ Manchester fire station
One of Manchester’s “best loved landmarks” is to be transformed into a hotel under a £30 million scheme by Purcell Miller Tritton.
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NewsFoster urged to rethink Shoreditch tower plans
Foster & Partners should radically rework its controversial Bishop’s Place scheme in London’s East End, Hackney council has said.
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NewsGlasgow scheme gets green light
Architect SMC Hugh Martin has received planning permission for this £130 million office development in Glasgow.
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Pender to head Heriot-Watt school
Heriot-Watt University has appointed Gareth Pender as head of the School of the Built Environment.
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NewsThe Public lures retail
Lyons Sleeman Hoare and Tesco have submitted a major mixed-use scheme in West Bromwich for outline planning.
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Mayor moves on Waterloo towers
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.
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NewsWeston pier pavilion owners vow to rebuild
The owners of Weston-super-Mare’s grade-II listed Grand Pier have vowed to rebuild its famous pavilion after it was destroyed by fire on Monday.
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News100 Public Spaces axed in London design shake-up
Flagship programme abandoned as Design for London subsumed into development agency
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NewsBoris blocks progress of A&M towers in Lambeth
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.
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NewsRuth Reed elected first woman RIBA president
Ruth Reed has been elected the first woman president of RIBA.
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NewsCalling all carbuncles
This year’s award for the most hideous buildings in the country — the Carbuncle Cup — is now calling for entries.