All articles by Ellen Bennett – Page 4
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NewsFOA shatters Part L hopes
The ability of Part L of the building regulations to cut carbon emissions was thrown into serious doubt this week with the unveiling of a fully glazed, 900,000sq m City office development by Foreign Office Architects.
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NewsQuick off the blocks
Breakaway practice Metropolitan Workshop is doing so well, it was a year before it had time for a launch party.
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Walk-out Warsaw competition cancelled
The mayor of Warsaw has cancelled the competition to design a new gallery for contemporary art in the Polish capital following the exclusion of a host of star architects on technical grounds, BD can reveal.
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NewsPhillips sparks rule change
BNP revelation could lead to future RIBA presidential candidates having to declare politics and backers
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NewsBBC looks to salvage design reputation
The BBC has hired a hit squad of design experts to try and salvage its damaged reputation as a good client after the sacking of Richard MacCormac last year.
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DoH scraps £167m Colchester hospital
PFI for hospitals has taken another body blow with the shock cancellation of the £167 million campus planned for Colchester.
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Jury's Warsaw walkout
Petty rules see host of international architects excluded from gallery design competition for Polish capital
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NewsBiennale bites: Sheepdrive pulls the crowds
Good shepherds Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano herd 30 herdwick sheep across the Millennium Bridge
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Details of new £60K competition revealed
Second phase of scheme to launch this summer as Future Homes
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NewsI am a BNP member, says RIBA Presidential candidate
RIBA Presidential candidate Peter Phillips has confirmed that he is a member of the British National Party, BD can reveal.
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Housing revolution in Harlow
4,000 homeowners could herald new era in British development by commissioning their own architects
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NewsStarters orders for Olympic design panel
Cabe commissioners were set to rubber-stamp the names of the Olympics design review panel as BD went to press on Wednesday.
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Smart PFI fails to convince
Health and education departments reject RIBA's model to bring design forward in the tender process
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NewsStill bottom of the class
Richard Bowker's shock resignation from Partnerships for Schools has done little to allay to fears over the already delayed Building Schools for the Future delivery, discovers Ellen Bennett
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Mayor doubles green target
Concern grows over Livingstone's plan to increase requirements for production of renewable on-site energy
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Public space proposal for Building Centre
The chairman of the Building Centre Trust, Spencer de Grey, has outlined plans for a new public space for London outside the centre, where Sheppard Robson's £60,000 house is on display.
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NewsGreen rhetoric exceeds reality
A Dublin conference called for sustainability in offices, but agents are a stumbling block
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‘Out of touch' RIBA to survey members
The RIBA has announced a £70,000 survey into what architects think of it in an apparent admission that it is out of touch with members.
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NewsBrakes on legal gravy train
Bespoke contracts come to an end as industry signs up to new agreements between consultants and clients