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NewsLobbyists urge review of BSF design failings
The government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme should be subject to an independent review because of its design shortcomings and “wasteful” procurement process, a key lobby group has claimed.
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NewsTrack energy performance — Cabe
Cabe chair John Sorrell (pictured) used this week’s launch of the 2007 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award to urge ministers to ensure that all new public buildings meet the UK’s climate change obligations.
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RMJM designs Napier campus
RMJM is to design a £55 million new development for Napier University’s Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences in the south-west of Edinburgh.
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Viñoly inquiry ends with daggers drawn
English Heritage’s attack on the design of Rafael Viñoly’s “walkie talkie” tower was hotly contested in the two sides’ final submissions to the public inquiry on Monday.
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NewsJohnson is new project director
Lend Lease director Rob Johnson has been appointed project director at Greenwich Peninsula, one of the country’s biggest regeneration schemes.
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Mosque drops Mangera
Young Architect of the Year runner-up Mangera Yvars’ flagship project — a huge mosque in east London — was in serious doubt this week after a shock announcement by client and evangelical Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat.
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Save loses Guildhall fight
Campaigning group Save Britain’s Heritage has lost its High Court battle against Westminster council’s decision to permit the conversion of the listed Middlesex Guildhall into a Supreme Court— to be designed by Feilden & Mawson.
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NewsFloating ideas for London
This surreal design of temporary floating islands in the River Thames by architect Tomas Klassnik is a vision of London in the future, as it adapts to the pressures of climate change and soaring summer temperatures.
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Wimpey and Woodrow merger
The largest deal in the continuing consolidation of the UK’s house-building industry, the proposed £2.5 billion purchase of George Wimpey by Taylor Woodrow, could be derailed.
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Oval Road project moves on site
PKS Architects’ £30 million Oval Road apartment development in Camden Town, north London, is now on site.
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NewsGehry wins in Hove, but protesters vow to fight on
Council approves scheme by one vote as residents say they’ve been ignored
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Tate extension gains planning - images
Herzog & de Meuron’s daring extension to the Tate Modern gallery on London’s south bank has been approved by Southwark Council’s planning committee.The pyramid-like development, which Tate hopes to complete in time for the 2012 Olympics at a cost of around £215 million, will extend to the south of the ...
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News1,100 entries to green homes competition
An international competition to design sustainable and innovative housing in China, Brazil and the UK has attracted an astonishing 1,100 expressions of interest from architects in 88 countries.
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UK academic comes third in China eco-city competition
British practice Studio 8, headed by Bartlett school of architecture academic CJ Lim, has narrowly missed out on the top spot in a competition to masterplan China’s second major eco-city.
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Gore to address Think conference
Former US vice-president turned environmental campaigner Al Gore has confirmed he will address this year’s Think07 property and construction conference — via a carbon-neutral satellite link.
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Nimbyism is alive and well
More than 80% of people are against more development in their area, a survey of nimbyism has found.
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NewsSerota promises regular architecture shows at Tate
Gallery cites public demand for architecture at launch of Global Cities show based on Venice Biennale
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NewsArchitecture courses lack green aspect says BRE
Architectural education is failing to provide a proper grounding in sustainable design, the Building Research Establishment has claimed.
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NewsChelsea’s art in the open
Landscape architect Planet Earth has won a national competition to design a £1.5 million open-air gallery at the Chelsea College of Art & Design, next to the Tate Britain gallery in London.
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NewsDouble British success in Cyprus arts quarter
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a prestigious competition organised by the RIBA for an £8 million art gallery in Nicosia, central Cyprus.