All articles by Will Hurst – Page 15
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NewsHCA cuts Cabe’s role in Kickstart round 2
Fears over squeezing of design quality under the government’s £1 billion Kickstart programme intensified this week as details emerged of a substantial reduction in Cabe’s scrutiny of the initiative
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NewsHampshire eco-town to hold pilot home contest
One of the government’s four planned eco-towns is to hold an architectural competition to design pilot homes, it has emerged
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NewsKickstart cover-up condemned by MPs
Both main parties and former RIBA presidents back our FOI campaign
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Five shortlisted for Nottingham dance centre competition
Ian Ritchie, Malcolm Fraser and Ash Sakula are among the five architects shortlisted for a new centre in Nottingham for East Midlands dance organization Dance4.
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NewsHCA chief hits out at BD Kickstart campaign
Chief executive of the Homes & Communities Agency Bob Kerslake has hit back at BD’s Come Clean on Kickstart campaign, claiming that releasing data on design scores would undermine the commercial confidentiality of housebuilders.
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Minister announces 600 eco-town show homes
Housing Minister John Healey has announced plans to build more than 600 “eco show homes” to demonstrate the attractions of living in one of the planned eco-towns.
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NewsCabe refuses to reveal identities of round one Kickstart schemes
Government design watchdog Cabe was under mounting political pressure today after blocking a Freedom of Information request made by BD about the government’s £1 billion Kickstart stimulus programme.
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NewsHCA rejects calls for Kickstart standard
Despite outcry, agency fails to set minimum threshold for second phase
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NewsFOA's Birmingham New Street station wins approval
Foreign Office Architects and Atkins have revealed new images today of the £600 million transformation of Birmingham’s New Street station after the project won approval from the council’s planning committee.
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NewsTributes paid to Alan Cherry, developer of Accordia
Richard Rogers led tributes this week to Alan Cherry, the housebuilder behind the Stirling Prize-winning Accordia development, who has died at the age of 76
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Schools secretary admits zero carbon target will not be met
The government will miss its target of making every new school building in England zero carbon from 2016, schools secretary Ed Balls admitted today.
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NewsAlan Cherry, housebuilder behind Accordia, dies
Respected housebuilder Alan Cherry, the founding director of Countryside Properties, has died at the age of 76.
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NewsSheppard Robson to design Trafford grammar school
Sheppard Robson has won a contract to design a £20 million Roman Catholic boys’ grammar school in Trafford.
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NewsEH wades into schools’ demolition debate
Heritage body lists 16 schools as disquiet grows over lack of refurbs in BSF programme
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NewsRIBA calls for radical solutions for British coastal cities
British cities near the coast are at risk of extreme flooding with urgent action needed now to protect them, the RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers have claimed.
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Aukett slumps to £1.9m loss
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson today announced it had made a pre-tax loss of £1.9 million for the year ended September 30, 2009, but suggested it was over the worst of the recession.
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NewsMPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards
Cross-party fury after agency bails out housing schemes scoring 1.5 out of 20 for design
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NewsReiach & Hall to design British nuclear archive building
Edinburgh firm Reiach & Hall has beaten competition from rivals including Gareth Hoskins to design the UK’s nuclear archive in Caithness, Scotland.The £15 million facility, in Wick, is expected to hold between 20 and 30 million digital, paper and photographic records on the history, development and decommissioning of the country’s ...
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News3D Reid’s Lancaster scheme thrown out by communities minister
Heritage groups are celebrating after a £140 million retail scheme in Lancaster by 3D Reid was thrown out by secretary of state John Denham.The North Canal Corridor project, for developer Centros, involved creating a new shopping centre connected to the city centre via a pedestrian bridge but also the destruction ...
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NewsRogers wins Australian competition for £3bn Sydney waterfront development
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is celebrating a successful end to 2009 by winning a major international competition in Australia.The practice, working with Lend Lease, beat a team comprising Foster & Partners and Brookfield, to land the £3.3 billion redevelopment of Barangaroo, part of Sydney’s waterfront formerly reserved for shipping ...