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AHMM's Westminster Academy is bookies’ favourite to win Stirling Prize
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s Westminster Academy the 3/1 favourite to win this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize, according to bookmaker William Hill.
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Atkins sheds 51 jobs as it shifts focus to larger schemes
Atkins has shed 51 jobs as part of a strategy to refocus the company’s design teams on larger national projects.
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Cabe: Hamiltons' Birmingham tower should be refused planning
Cabe has recommended that Hamiltons’ proposed tower scheme in Birmingham, to replace Madin’s unlisted NatWest Tower, be refused planning.
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Birmingham leader begs Hodge not to list library
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has pleaded with architecture minister Margaret Hodge to grant the city’s Central Library immunity from listing in an extraordinary 4,500-word letter.
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New regional strategy for North-east sets targets for homes and economic development
Communities minister Baroness Andrews this week unveiled the government’s new regional plan for the North-east of England.
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Purcell Miller Tritton to open Edinburgh office after ‘bumper’ two years
Specialist heritage architect Purcell Miller Tritton is expanding into Scotland, the firm has revealed, by opening an Edinburgh office following two bumper years of growth.
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Acanthus Ferguson Mann geothermal project gets under way in Bristol
Work has begun on a scheme in Bristol designed by local practice Acanthus Ferguson Mann to create one of the country’s largest residential geothermal heating installations.
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New builds harm CO2 aims
The government is failing to reduce carbon emissions from commercial buildings because of its obsession with new builds, the All Party Urban Development Group said this week.
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Essex hotel wins planning appeal
And Architects has won a planning appeal for the Rivenhall Hotel refurbishment scheme in Essex.
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NewsWhite water centre set to float
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled designs for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects.
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NewsYork Council dumps practice’s HQ design
York City Council has withdrawn its planning application for a RMJM-designed headquarters building after English Heritage slammed the scheme.
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NewsJury had doubts over Hadid design
The jury that selected Zaha Hadid’s design for the London Olympics Aquatics Centre raised serious doubts over its cost and design before it was selected in 2005.
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NewsStirling Prize shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2008 Stirling Prize has been announced. See the buildings and read BD's Buildings Editor Ellis Woodman's assessment of the key buildings on the shortlist.
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Five picked for court building frameworks
Five firms, including Manchester Civil Justice Centre designer Denton Corker Marshall, have been picked for a prestigious framework agreement for court buildings.
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NewsLords blast Boris on Parliament Square
London mayor Boris Johnson’s scrapping of plans to turn Parliament Square into a pedestrianised plaza were slammed by members of the House of Lords this week.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's revised Tate Modern extension revealed
Herzog & de Meuron and the Tate today unveiled their substantially revised scheme, now in brick, for the £215 million extension to London's Tate Modern.
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Architects blamed for unsustainable schools
Cabe chief attacks profession’s lack of skills for design review failures
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NewsHousing practices feel the chill of recession
BD survey reveals picture of dwindling orders, redundancies and difficulties in getting paid
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NewsRMJM puts up £1m to make architects of graffiti artists
RMJM has launched a £1 million project to encourage inner-city youths with a passion for graffiti to become architects.
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NewsCredit crunch puts paid to Scottish housing fair
One of the UK’s most innovative housing projects has been delayed indefinitely in a decision blamed on the credit crunch.