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NewsArchitects to take lead in zero-carbon schools drive
Leading architects Robin Nicholson, Peter Clegg and Irena Bauman are to sit on a government panel helping to ensure that all new schools are zero carbon by 2016
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NewsCelebratory Aspire tower complete
Make’s Aspire tower at Nottingham University was completed on Monday
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Leeds joins green awards winners
This year’s Ashden sustainable energy awards included Leeds City Council, which has saved around 88,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year through energy efficiency, and Kensa Engineering, for its easy-to-install heat pumps.
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NewsViñoly Battersea plan ‘a menace’
Rafael Viñoly unveiled his masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station site amid a storm of protest last week.
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NewsBoris pledges to reinstate Parker Morris standards
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has promised to reintroduce Parker Morris space standards for new residential developments in a bid to improve the quality of inner city living.
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NewsHowzat! Herzog & de Meuron scheme bowls Lord’s over
Swiss practice set to take its third major UK commission redeveloping the ‘home of cricket’
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Walker steps down in SMC rejig
SMC Group executive chairman Rodney Walker is stepping back from frontline duties at the huge listed practice following a company reshuffle this week.
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NewsEH slams design of Holland Park school
English Heritage has slammed a design by Aedas for the famous Holland Park School in Kensington, west London, as “visually intrusive” and called on the local council to make sweeping changes.The project, which is due to go before Kensington & Chelsea’s major planning development committee on Thursday, involves a substantial ...
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Pitt report urges shake-up in flood planning
A major report into the 2007 floods has rejected calls for an end to building on flood plains.
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NewsConsarc wins iHub research centre design
Consarc Architects has beaten firms including BDP in an RIBA competition to design the “iHub” — an innovative construction research centre in Daventry, Northamptonshire.
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NewsFerguson: Vinoly's Battersea design is a menace to London
Former RIBA president George Ferguson has attacked Vinoly's new design for Battersea Power Station, branding Vinoly a "major menace to London".
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Deserving projects share £20,000
Six people have received a total of £20,350 in this year’s RIBA/ICE McAslan bursaries for environmental and community-focused projects in economically deprived areas of the UK and abroad.
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Cambridge to get 350 new homes
Almost 350 new homes and apartments are to be built on Cambridge’s southern fringe after outline planning approval was granted last week.
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Crunch pushes Aukett Fitzroy Robinson abroad
The credit crunch has been blamed for an 11% fall in profits at Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, revealed in interim results released this week.
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NewsCollege building follows the sun
Architect Stubbs Rich has released images of its newly occupied college building in Herefordshire.
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Prasad warning over presidential campaign
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has delivered a stern warning to presidential candidates Andrew Hanson and Ruth Reed to steer clear of attacks on the organisation that risk damaging staff morale.
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New community centre planned
Designs by Adams & Sutherland for a community centre in Stratford in the London Borough of Newham have been submitted for planning permission.
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Cutty Sark ready to start museum
The Cutty Sark conservation project led by Grimshaw and Youmeheshe this week passed a major milestone on its path to full restoration with the removal of its final piece of planking.
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NewsFoster’s set to prune Leaf tower
Ealing scheme cut as new mayor plans halt to suburban high rise
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NewsSave’s risk list hits record
Save Britain’s Heritage has issued a rallying cry to help rescue buildings across the country with the publication of its annual Buildings at Risk list.