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NewsLondon mayor axes flagship Parliament Square plans
London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped ambitious plans to transform Parliament Square into a pedestrianised piazza.
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Campaigners slam UIA over failure to expel Israelis
Lobby group Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine has vowed to continue with its campaigning after a move to expel Israeli professionals from the International Union of Architects (UIA) failed.
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RIBA launches drive to help large practices
The RIBA has launched a new drive to engage with large practices across the UK, claiming it has not done as much as it could for bigger firms.
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London mayor pledges £60m to bring neglected buildings back into use
Architects stand to benefit from a new £60 million fund to help bring discarded London properties back into use.
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NewsShed KM’s Chimney Pot Park takes top Housing Design award
Shed KM’s Chimney Pot Park scheme for Urban Splash in Langworthy, Salford has been named the overall winner at the Housing Design Awards.
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Architects in the running to win Scottish healthcare work
Nightingale Associates, BDP and Reiach & Hall are among the architects in the running to win a slice of a £900 million deal to build hospitals and major healthcare facilities across Scotland.
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NewsSouthwark approves Simpson's Chambers Wharf design
Southwark Council has approved Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a major new residential development at Chambers Wharf in Bermondsey.
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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Boris to boost London “low-carbon” zones
Mayor of London expands Ken Livingstone’s policy to cover 10 areas by 2012
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NewsUrban Splash Walsall competition winners unveiled
Flacq and Moh Architects are among the seven finalists announced for the Urban Splash Lex Walsall competition.
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Big slump in construction activity
Activity in the construction industry has fallen at its fastest rate in more than a decade as the credit crunch tightens its grip on the house building sector.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron wins Lords masterplan contract
Herzog & de Meuron has won the contract to develop a masterplan for Lords cricket ground, it was confirmed on Tuesday.
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NewsCredit crunch threatens Gehry's Hove scheme
Frank Gehry's controversial scheme for the Hove sea front has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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EH proposes grade II listing for BBC Television Centre
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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NewsProtestors set to fight on as Holland Park wins planning permission
Kensington & Chelsea Council has granted planning permission for Aedas’s highly controversial design for London’s Holland Park School.
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NewsEnglish Heritage looks to public in latest round of Stonehenge visitor centre saga
English Heritage is to launch a public consultation to find a new site for its long-planned Stonehenge visitor centre.
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NewsRIBA National and European Award winners announced
Contenders for the Stirling Prize shortlist were revealed at the RIBA National and International Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel on Friday night.
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NewsHeritage Fund pledges £23m for threatened buildings
The Heritage Lottery Fund on Friday pledged £23 million for scores of threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and Georgian town house in Llanelli in Wales.
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NewsSunderland is 2012 camp
Faulkner Brown’s CitySpace scheme for the University of Sunderland has been selected by the Olympic Delivery Authority as a training camp for the 2012 games.
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NewsCouncil anger as EH asks for Birmingham library listing
Birmingham Council has harshly criticised the city’s central library after English Heritage recommended the 1973 building be grade II listed.