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Disgraced architect forged notes
Robert Lindsay, the first architect ever struck off by the Arb, has been caught forging doctors’ notes to avoid attending a trial at Carlisle Crown Court.
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NewsHemp construction put to the test
A single-storey building made from hemp-lime has been built at Bath University to test its potential as a building material.
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NewsShapps insists localism will see more houses built
The government has insisted it will get more housing built by handing power back to local authorities despite reports that plans for new homes are being abandoned across the country.
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NewsBarbara Weiss creates new home for Holocaust archive
Work has begun on Barbara Weiss Architects’ £1.5 million project to provide a new home for the Wiener Library, one of the world’s most extensive archives on the Holocaust.
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NewsMalcolm Fraser tops Housing Expo people's choice poll
Malcolm Fraser Architects’ house design for Scotland’s Housing Expo has been named the people’s favourite.
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NewsTheresa May steps in over War Graves Commission HQ allegations
Home secretary Theresa May has written to the director general of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission over allegations that she was misled about the original significance of its headquarters.
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NewsHCA names practices for new framework panel
Broadway Malyan, Atkins, BDP, Aecom and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios will now all be in line for local authority and government work.
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NewsV&A launches competition for new extension
The V&A has launched a design competition to create a new gallery to house temporary exhibitions on its Exhibition Road site in Kensington.
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NewsJestico & Whiles completes Hackney technology college
Jestico & Whiles has completed a £15 million technology college in east London.
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Levitt Bernstein wins Islington Housing competition
Levitt Bernstein has won the Islington Housing Design Competition, beating finalists Avanti Architects and Brady Mallalieu.
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NewsDouble win for Rural Design at Saltire awards
Scottish architect Rural Design has bagged two prizes at this year’s Saltire Society Housing Design Awards, which were handed out in Edinburgh today by culture minister Fiona Hyslop.
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NewsRowan Moore questions Cabe's independence
Critic Rowan Moore has called into question Cabe’s independence and efficacy as an arbiter of architectural quality.
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NewsSainsbury donates £25m to Rogers' British Museum extension
Conservative peer John Sainsbury has personally backed Richard Rogers’ £135 million British Museum extension by giving £25 million towards the project.
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NewsKoolhaas wins competition to design Caen library
Rem Koolhaas’s practice OMA has beaten five other shortlisted architects to win an international competition to design a new library in Caen, France.
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NewsCamillin Denny starts renovation of Brighton homeless centre
Work has begun on Camillin Denny Architects’ £600,000 renovation of Brighton’s largest day centre for homeless people.
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Pope Priestly submits plans for Hampshire brewery site
Pope Priestley Architects’ plans for a £10 million redevelopment of a former brewery site in Hampshire have been submitted for planning.
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NewsGrimshaw marks 30th anniversary with record turnover
Grimshaw has every reason to celebrate this week with three decades in practice coinciding with record turnover and staff numbers.
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NewsPrince book renews attack on profession
Prince Charles has renewed his assault on the architecture profession in a new book which argues that sustainable construction is imperilling the world by ignoring the importance of tradition
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NewsRMJM Cambridge lab topped out
A new medical building in Cambridge by RMJM was topped out by health secretary Andrew Lansley this morning.