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EH's chief architect quits over low morale
English Heritage’s chief architect has launched a blistering attack on the beleaguered organisation in a letter of resignation leaked to the press this week.David Heath, who has worked for the heritage body for 20 years, condemned the management of recent job cuts and slashed budgets and complained that he had ...
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NewsSwiss win for Warsaw art gallery
The controversial competition to design a new museum of modern art for the Polish capital Warsaw has been won by Swiss architect Christian Kerez. None of the British entrants —which included Gareth Hoskins and Zaha Hadid — made the top three, or even merited a place in the honourable mentions ...
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NewsJohn Lewis backs regeneration test
Civic groups such as the Ancient Monuments Society and the Victorian Society have backed John Lewis Partnership’s campaign to keep the “need” test, under which the regeneration of town centres is a first priority for local planners.
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Water converter pyramid wins big
An inverted pyramid that collects dew from the air and converts it into 48 litres of water a day has won an international design competition run by Arup.
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NewsYoung Brits up for Bloc house job
A rising star of British architecture is the only UK firm shortlisted to design a house in the modernist hot spot of Meudon, near Paris.
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NewsContest for Thames bridge to be reopened
Judging panel will include Sydney Opera House engineer Jack Zunz
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NewsWales sets zero carbon target
Welsh environment and planning minister Carwyn Jones (pictured) has pledged that all new buildings in Wales will be zero carbon within five years, which would put it far ahead of the rest of the UK.
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Historic Chichester role goes to Keith Williams
Keith Williams Architects has been appointed to design a new £6.6 million museum for Chichester in West Sussex. The council selected the practice from 64 entrants “for its exceptional building designs, including its knowledge and experience in designing sustainable buildings”.
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Scotland confirms committment to PFI
The Scottish Executive this week published its blueprint for architecture, in which it renewed its commitment to PFI.
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NewsHerzog urges contest reform
Swiss duo Herzog & de Meuron were awarded the RIBA Gold Medal this week.
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Security of tenure set to end
Social housing is set for an overhaul that could spell the end of a council home for life.
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NewsEnglish Heritage slams Viñoly icon as ‘oppressive’
The battle lines have been drawn for a fight over the future of the London’s skyline, with English Heritage ranged against Rafael Viñoly, Land Securities and the City in a landmark public inquiry.
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Velopark entrants ready for the off
Make, David Morley Architects, Faulkner Browns Architects, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Ryder HKS are all in the running to design the Olympic Velopark. SMC Alsop, S&P Architects and Atherden Fuller Leng are also considering entering the contest, while Foster &Partners refused to rule itself out.
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NewsGoing private
The first PFI hospital to be run entirely by private companies has opened after a two-year build.
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News‘Peter Pan village’ under threat
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a campaign to stop the redevelopment of Thorpeness in Suffolk, dubbed the Peter Pan village because of its association with author JM Barrie.
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News‘Far bigger’ 2008 London Architecture Biennale
The next London Architecture Biennale will run for an entire month and will expand to cover new areas of the capital such as Bloomsbury and Canary Wharf.
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Skanska announces team to design Kent schools
A host of young, design-led practices has been brought in to Kent’s Building Schools for the Future programme by Skanska UK.
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NewsNew members join Arb board
The Privy Council has appointed Philip Cunliffe and Alex Galloway to replace chair Humphrey Lloyd and Alan Crane as lay members of the Arb board (News February 9).
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NewsLivingstone proposes landmarks to denote arrival in London
Mayor wants new landmarks to signal visitors’ arrival in the capital
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Cabe backs Simpson rethink
Cabe has backed Ian Simpson’s redesigned skyscraper for Blackfriars Road in Southwark, London.