All Recession articles – Page 12
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Madrid's City of Justice halted as recession hits Spain
The City of Justice project in Madrid, which includes schemes by Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and Foreign Office Architects, has gone on hold as projects across Spain are threatened by the collapse of the property industry.
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More practices set to make redundancies, says RIBA survey
The number of practices expecting to make redundancies over the next three months has risen by 11% since January, according to the latest results of the RIBA’s Future Trends Survey.
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Rogers and Hadid to cut jobs
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects and Gehry Partners have all revealed redundancies this week.
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‘Decades till City’s next tall building’
It could be 20 years before another tall tower is built in the square mile, the City of London’s planning chief has predicted, in a dire assessment of the future for skyscrapers in the capital.
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Zaha Hadid Architects to cut jobs
Zaha Hadid Architects has become the latest big name practice to announce redundancies.
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Gehry admits to 50% cut in staff
Starchitect Frank Gehry has been forced to cut his staff count by 50% over the past year, the architect, who turned 80 this week, has revealed.
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Architects Benevolent Society campaign to help those made redundant
The Architects Benevolent Society is to launch a new campaign to help architects who have been made redundant.
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Rogers Stirk Harbour to make 35 redundancies
Richard Rogers has announced plans to make 35 redundancies at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, describing the recession as “the most ruthless and wide-ranging” he can remember.
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Architecture and the last recession (video)
This isn’t the first recession the architecture profession has faced, so are there any lessons to be learnt from history?
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Should architects still be looking abroad for work? (video)
With a worldwide recession no longer a case of speculation, Emily Cadman looks at whether there are still job opportunities for architects abroad.
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Today tracks architect jobseeker
Thirty-year-old architect Lucy Bennett appeared on BBC Radio 4’s flagship Today programme on Thursday as part of a long-running feature on people who have lost their jobs during the recession.
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Inspiration begins at home
Can’t afford to take staff on a three-day break to an exotic foreign location? Never mind, says Keith Bradley of Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios. The creative juices flow just as well at home.
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HCA offers Urban Splash project emergency funding
Urban Splash’s scheme to redevelop the grade-II star listed Park Hill estate in Sheffield has been hit by a shortfall in private financing, prompting the government’s new Homes and Communities Agency to offer it emergency funding.
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Make staff set up new practice
7N Architects emerges from the ashes of Shuttleworth’s Scottish office
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Dealing with redundancy
If you're facing redundancy where can you turn to for help? Emily Cadman looks at the practicalities of the redundancy procedure and where to get advice.
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Scotland's poor jobs outlook exaggerated, say Scottish architects
Leading industry figures in Scotland have poured cold water on reports that up to half of all architects north of the border could lose their jobs as the recession worsens.
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Half of all small practices short of work
Survey by the RIBA reveals 47% of firms with 11 employees or fewer are “under-employed”
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Aukett Fitzroy Robinson to restructure as UK market deteriorates
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson is to restructure and is poised to make cuts to its workforce, warning, in a statement to the City today, that the UK marketplace had further “deteriorated” in recent weeks.
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Hammerson puts all new UK projects on hold
Property developer Hammerson has indefinitely postponed construction work on all its proposed UK projects including a Foreign Office Architects’ shopping centre scheme in Southampton after revealing pre-tax losses of £1.6 billion.
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Foster's to make 300 to 400 redundancies
Foster & Partners shuts Berlin and Istanbul offices the day after it highlights profitability to staff