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UK’s biggest housing scheme
The first phase of a £1.2 billion development in Leeds by Edaw has been submitted for planning permission.
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NewsCanterbury theatre goes to Williams
Keith Williams Architects has beaten John McAslan, Levitt Bernstein, RHWL and Burrell Foley Fischer to redesign Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre.
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NewsCelebrating timber construction
This year’s Wood Awards have opened for the submission of entries.
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Chipperfield wins Norway museum
This £25 million competition-winning scheme by David Chipperfield Architects will be the practice’s first building in Scandinavia.
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Stratford City recruitment drive
Developer Westfield has launched a major recruitment drive for Stratford City, its huge regeneration project next to the London 2012 Olympic Games site.
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NewsTower developments for Croydon
Rolfe Judd Architecture and Berkeley Homes have submitted plans for a residential-led development with a 43-storey tower.
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Gallery drops Otto’s pavilion design
Frei Otto’s design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been rejected after the gallery admitted his team would not have enough time to develop the architect’s “ambitious” structure.
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Landscape is key to development
The Landscape Institute has joined forces with the government-backed Academy for Sustainable Communities to put landscape at the heart of development.
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NewsDTI invites Pringle to join sustainable energy group
The RIBA’s bid to influence government policy on climate change has received a huge boost as part of a new initiative involving president Jack Pringle and the government’s chief scientist David King.
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NewsHeritage funding gap feared
The government’s long-awaited white paper on heritage has sparked fears of a looming funding gap in the sector.
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NewsSour note for FOA’s Mipim showcase
A landmark office scheme by Foreign Office Architects in the City of London has become the latest victim of tough new protection for world heritage sites.
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NewsTrust helps to house refugees
A project to house refugees on the Burma/Thailand border has won more than £7,000 funding from the RIBA and Institution of Civil Engineers’ McAslan bursary.
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NewsMipim told new-builds should be ‘last resort’
DEGW chairman calls for end to new developments, as conference focuses on sustainability
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NewsLiverpool Waters is ‘pie in the sky’
A £5.5 billion plan by Chapman Taylor Architects to transform Liverpool’s waterfront over the next half a century has been dismissed by observers as a “pie in the sky” project that will never be built.
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Tenders take too long, says report
PFI contracts take too long to tender for and are attracting bids from too few consortia, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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NewsThe new Wembley stadium: images
Foster's £800 million 90,000 seater stadium is finally complete. Bdonline takes a peak
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The loss of England’s greenbelt
As much as 10,000 acres of greenbelt is under threat from development, the Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned today. Research, conducted jointly with the Guardian newspaper, suggests the most ambitious building programme for more than 30 years is set to have a detrimental effect on protected rural land.The ...
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ODA issues media centre notice
The ODA has called for proposals for the legacy use of the Olympic Park’s media centre, one of the landmark built projects of London 2012.
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Foster hospital wins planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, has been granted outline planning approval.
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News...as young UK practice comes 2nd
While Future Systems will see its Prague library scheme realised, clinching second place could lead to even bigger projects for former David Chipperfield staffers Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke.